Isolation and harsh living conditions force them into a relationship of convenience. Yet out of this apparent practicality, a delicate love blossoms. But this love doesn’t stand a chance, for Anao is hiding a tragic secret from Ela.
FAITH AND MIRRORS Behold! is a hand-painted short film. Drawing on the work of Ted Hughes and Gustave Doré, this short explores the theme of faith in its many forms. Every frame of the film was meticulously painted and photographed, the process of animation itself becoming a form of faith, with each new layer of paint permanently covering the last.
An exploration of Edmond Dédé and Basile Barès were 19th-century New Orleans composers of color. Dédé, born free, was an orchestral composer and violist, known for his opera Morgiane. Barès, born into slavery, was a pianist and composer of music for dance halls, unique for being the only known American composer with a copyright assigned to his work while enslaved.
A tourist arrives in Mexico City ready to consume it out of control. The protagonist's photographic delirium leads him to the most bizarre situations in his desire to get souvenirs.
Charles gets to be King! But what does Joan Get? A naïve and inexperienced Angel sits in a sterile room awaiting judgement for having failed to bear witness to a young farm girl called Joan receive divine instruction. Switching between the black and white world of an angelic HR interrogation and the French country side The Angel looks to her interrogators in the hopes of finding meaning and justification for why Joan, having followed her instructions is destined to be burnt as a witch and heretic. Inspired by the painting ‘Joan of Arc’ by Jules Bastien Le Page the question at the heart of this film is not whether we drowned or burnt Witches. Rather why the violence and murder of women and all who identify as women is such a consistent and unrelenting thread throughout history.
The crews are called to shoot a film, but no one has the script, shooting schedule, food, or even actor. The director also has nothing but urge to film so as always, unpleasant things happened.
When distance keeps her from her grandmother’s bedside, Lookpla — a young Thai mother — longs for a goodbye left unsaid. Through staged, improvised scenes shaped by the cast’s actual memories, this meditative hybrid short examines how we revisit and reinterpret our memories to move forward through loss.
With over 90 works, 87-year-old Renate Welsh is one of the most influential authors in Austrian children's and young adult literature. The film follows her eventful life - from a childhood filled with guilt to her literary work alongside Christine Nöstlinger and Mira Lobe, giving a voice to marginalized outsiders. In her writer's workshops she supports homeless people or farmers with little connection to writing to find their own voice. But a sudden stroke robs her of her own voice and mobility. A touching portrait of an extraordinary author who overcomes both her own and others' silence - never ceasing to tell stories.
Wiktoria and Franek decide to take another action, this time in the Catholic church. Hybrid in content and form, the documentary "Bad Poles" tells the story of two young LGBTQ+ activists who, in their social and performative actions, fight disinformation, violence and hate speech, especially the formal and institutional ones. Their latest action takes place during Holy Mass. Opposed to the reality around them, they try to change it in their own way, regardless of the consequences.
An extroverted, cheerful, dreamer, Rosetta was raised in the “Traveling Circus of Pitibiribas”. From a very young age, she dreamed of following her parents' profession and become a circus clown, but when offered the opportunity to perform in public for the first time, she gets nervous and gets her number wrong. Consumed with the feeling of failure, she runs away before she could fulfill her dream
Rodrigo, a widowed father who lives in Tijuana with his mother and son, works undocumented at a hotel in San Diego, California. However, with the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, the border crossing is closed, triggering unfortunate events. The family will have to confront the harsh reality of living separated by the world’s most important border, dealing with the physical and emotional distance that this situation imposes on their lives.
India, my nation, is being rebuilt. Her foundation is being laid on the imagined land that claims to be the birthplace of my grandmother's God. In the mythology that she passed down to me during many summer nights, her God was magical, kind, imaginative and democratic, just like my India was supposed to be. But today, through its many retellings and reimaginings, the tale is being used as a political tool to manifest the violent desire of a Hindutva state. This film attempts to remember, as well as dream, a forgotten nation.
Set in a small, vibrant village, Oru Onnonnara Ottam follows the hilarious journey of three youngsters running a struggling event management business. When their warehouse owner demands overdue rent, they finally find hope in a cousin’s upcoming wedding — but things take a wild turn when the bride suddenly elopes !
Uli (7), a child of Kalimantan’s karst caves raised in prehistoric traditions, is sent into the forest to prove the legends of his ancestors. But when he discovers traces of modern humans there, Uli must choose between believing the myths of his forefathers or accepting a new reality that could shake the identity of his tribe.