Browse all films in the festival programme.
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A trio of wild kangaroos in the Australian bush.
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A true story where a shortsighted neighbor, deaf cops and a mute family set off a chain ending in a man's death.
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The shrimp Fran, with deadly claws, seeks to show the blind fish Milva the ocean’s beauty and overcome their differences…
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Discarded Clay takes on Smug Ceramic with shocking consequences. Can they learn to understand and accept one another?
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A girl attends a house party dressed as Aardman's 'Wallace', but she didn't get the memo that bald caps aren't "in"...
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Death brings his apprentice on a routine job to teach her the trade. Her scattered focus and soft heart turn it into a t…
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You are trying to enjoy a quiet pint in the pub but a patron and his son seemingly have a problem with your demeanour.
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Two seasoned volunteers at an international art festival start participating in a highly controversial art installation.
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Ellen lends a friend some money and when the friend then disappears, she is forced to make a heartbreaking decision.
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A dystopian future where borders between countries are indefinitely closed.
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Mrs Thomas, a widowed lady who adores the tranquility of her garden, is disrupted by the noisy boy next door.
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Time stretches like soft polymer; metamorphoses creep forward frame by frame, suspiciously slow, as if the film were wat…
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Abducted into a jungle tribe’s brutal initiation, three adolescent girls enter a divine dimension.
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It’s the last day of the month. Bowlers flock to the lanes of a bowling alley that has seen better days. Mira, the bowli…
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A group of young incarcerated men are tested during an inmate litter pickup day.
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Eva no longer trusts the tap water. She seals her windows, arms herself, does whatever it takes to keep herself and her…
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A struggling primary school teacher begins to make some questionable decisions after one of her students is injured.
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Life throws curveballs, how you react decides if you make it through.
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Natig a 16 year - old teenager can’t accept the shame of his family any longer and joins the military tryouts in an atte…
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Li Yi returns home for her mother’s pyramid scheme award ceremony, where staged joy gives way to buried truths.
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The world is crumbling, but what’s for supper? Romance rhymes with dissonance in this peculiar animated short.
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Expecting their first child, a couple follows endless online advice until the noise reaches further than they ever imagi…
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A Norwegian customs officer, a Finnish poacher and a mysterious Swedish woman meet at the border. A conflict on laws and…
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A devoted sister races to save her brother, a bread-turned zombie. A mob of hungry living pursues, mouths agape.
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Overwhelmed by crippling anxiety, a young sculptor finds himself trapped in his studio.
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At a local carnival celebration, 15-year-old Marta's pursuit of her crush takes an unexpected turn behind the masks.
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In small-town Montana, Simon struggles working in his family’s grocery store under the management of his younger brother…
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When a baking disaster sends six-year-old Betti and Mam into town for a new cake, a creature turns a simple trip into a…
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Sam wants to break out of prison, but his cellmate Bob isn't much help.
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On the last evening before her departure, Vera tells a bedtime fairy tale to her small sister to hide the real reason of…
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Frankie believes he is about to die with no one to say goodbye to. He turns into a planet and an explosion of life occur…
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Shepherd boy Matei, raised by an abusive alcoholic father, starts mimicking that violence toward his sheep and must ask:…
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Daria has written her first manuscript about falling in love with a mysterious girl called ‘abi’ [blue].
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A young girl discovers a new family after being transformed into a vampire.
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In search of a sunrise, nothing can stop the ascent of two brothers, not even the weight of death.
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A dog was abandoned in its own home at the time when my grandfather began to experience his widowhood and I was returnin…
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A group of neighbours must coexist—whether they like it or not (they don’t).
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An aspiring musician gigging as a rideshare driver struggles to navigate the bizarre request of a mourning passenger.
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Two movers. One grand piano. One very uncooperative staircase and a passion they never saw coming.
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An abstract 3-ink risograph animation exploring endometriosis tissue acting as a parasite taking root in the body of its…
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Kara, an actress, steps into the role of an enslaved housemaid at a historic site until she reaches a breaking point and…
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Maya is a young woman who moves to a new city and leaves her home and childhood behind.
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A dinner party for the rich and elite spirals into bloody chaos when their greed can no longer be satiated.
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A film about a girl drawn to a golf course. Rafael Manuel's sublime short won the Brief Encounters Grand Prix as well as…
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Rejected by everyone, a woman follows a mysterious finger into a surreal realm.
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When a couple's relationship disintegrates, they can only muster one word.
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When Foil Guy comes face to face with an unstoppable, unmovable, impenetrable force ... who will prevail?
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Haunted by the memory of a violent father, Paul drifts through the Berlin night, drawn to fleeting encounters that deepe…
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In 1988, Afghanistan sent its only astronaut into space, a journey that proved home can be farther than the stars.
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Witness the transition from ancient stone to a lithium-powered sustainable future, ultimately launching Cornish heritage…
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A little girl in North Yorkshire is determined to meet the man she's convinced is her father: Academy Award-winning acto…
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The squirrel's nest is warmly padded for the cold winter but then a flood breaks out and forest animals flee to Lena's f…
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The end is near as the animal world is in revolt.
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A human civilization lives within the body of a living planet and is forced to fertilize its egg cell before its resourc…
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An immersive 360 film poem from the heart of a Cornish temperate rainforest, this is a meditative 360 full dome experien…
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A 360 film inspired by the ideas of nearly 100 young people from across Cornwall, who were invited to explore what home…
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During her chaotic family’s Qingming visit, dead Grandma Nai sneaks away from her peaceful afterlife
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A four-year-old discovers the fine line between bravery and recklessness.
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Under a growing dictatorship, a hidden writer must choose between silence and action when his neighbor is endangered.
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In a world where being yourself makes you monstrous, what is the cost of repressing your authentic self?
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A short animated film exploring RSPB Ham Wall, a nature reserve in England.
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Romania, New Year's Eve, 2009 A woman arrives at a remote cabin in the mountains, where she must confront a painful memo…
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In a decaying cinema in the heart of Manila, Life discovers first love through films and their new friend’s father.
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Love, sex, desire, trauma, fantasy, spiritual ideas and peace. An end of life story, to give joy to herself and those sh…
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In an isolated castle, students prepare for a life-changing examination.
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In order to “heal” Sam must embrace her inner Me and kill her I.
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A man commits a terrible crime and the consequences are not what you’d expect.
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Joey makes a TikTok. It isn’t easy.
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Insight into the filmmaker's hospital stay, where she experiences absurd moments between pain, homesickness and disgust…
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When Ana's mom starts transforming into a bug, their codependent relationship reaches its boiling point.
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In Los Angeles, AJ, a shy teenager, meets Kristen. She lives for surfing; he loves skateboarding and drawing. They fall…
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The Intimate Scenes Coordinator and the Actor are experiencing a crisis in relationship during participation in the same…
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A technophobe suspects his best mate is getting scammed by his virtual "fiancee", so he begrudgingly enters the Betavers…
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At the heart of an animation studio, three young orangutans join forces to recreate a jungle born of imagination.
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Stuck with the task of mowing an overgrown lawn, a teenage boy has a surprising magical encounter...
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A girl is pulled into her phone’s whirlwind of doomscrolling, vanity, and viral chaos, struggling to escape its addictiv…
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Between doubts and awkwardness, three roommates go through a night marked by the abortion of one of them.
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A loner capybara is questioned by passer-by animals: aren't you lonely?
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Life on the Line follows the odyssey of a sablefish from the depths of Alaskan waters to the dinner plate, told through…
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Accused by the authorities of not working hard enough, Vladimir's punishment is to live with an idiot.
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When a mysterious presence appears on a damaged spaceship, Amelia is torn between the past and the future.
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A Cornishwoman living with a degenerative speech condition struggles to ask her family for one simple thing: to take her…
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A Kafkaesque courtroom drama set in 19th-century Liverpool, recounting the trial of a corpse with neither name nor past.
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A short animation exploring matrescence, the often unseen and deeply personal metamorphosis of becoming a mother.
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Moon travels through a mysterious unexplained world free of adults. Moon meets a scholar turned sage and her translator…
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A mockumentary comedy discussing the classic British meal deal.
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Alienated Dylan (George MacKay) throws off the shackles of his solitary life in an attempt to experience the highs and l…
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To cope with their gruesome job, two content moderators start having sex at work.
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He’s full of juicy flavours. You’ll never get enough, if you let him give you.. Just. One. Puff.
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Robert is in a relationship with a sex robot and runs a bakery with his mother. When a cake oven breaks down, his toxic…
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A one-night stand takes a terrifying turn for Tom when his date starts talking in their sleep.
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Graham hires an escort to help him recreate an argument with his ex — so he can finally prove he was right.
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A boy remembers a Saint Nicholas evening spent with his father.
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While dealing with a strange being that lives inside her, a woman seeks to reconcile with her sister.
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A feuding mother and son clash as they rail against the paths that have already been laid for them.
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What happens when blind faith and the comforts we never question demand more of us than we have to give?
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After school on a long summer's afternoon, neighbours Becky and Jake offer each other a safe haven from life at home — a…
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A young Chinese woman enters the U.S. under a deceased girl's assumed identity, facing immigration authorities and her o…
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When a defiant young girl stages a silent protest, her mother must decide whether to follow her or let her go.
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With the sea and urban Algarve as the backdrop, we follow a complete life cycle of a special shellfish called percebes,…
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All Eddie has ever known is Granny’s world. But when Granny joins their ancestors, Eddie has to decide if she’ll continu…
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PLEASE is a dark comedy about humankind’s desire to love and to be loved.
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A desperate 16-year-old dancer betrays his best friend and bandmates in a misguided attempt to secure his spot in the li…
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A praying mantis mutant seduces and preys on men out of desperation to save her child.
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I went to Lofoten, Norway and captured this very large red man on 8mm.
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Ash must escape a mysterious time loop. But to survive, he must confront the trauma he's spent years avoiding.
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After failed creative pursuits, Zehra returns to her father's Turkish supermarket. But a customer's arrival may finally…
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A group of friends travels to a cabin to celebrate Citlali’s birthday, but she never arrives. Instead, someone else arri…
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Tim Key narrates a bizarre date-night poem brought to life by animator Rob Ling, with music and sound by Paul Steel.
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An ICE arrest on a quiet neighborhood street turns volatile.
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What could happen when two people in the renaissance time do sexting?
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What’s that coming over the hill? On Halloween Eve at Mossy Bottom Farm, excitement turns to dismay when the clumsy Farm…
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On the road in a world on fire, Gabrielle would rather isolate herself than have to confront the journey. A story about…
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A man and his son arrive at a rave lost in the mountains of Morocco. They are looking for Marina, their daughter and sis…
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A young man who lives in south China runs an errand service: visiting and cleaning ancestors' cemeteries of his clients…
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When Dr Atkins neglects his big wedding anniversary present, the perfect gift presents itself inside a patient.Will he r…
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A lonely Qian meets her online acquaintance Chen Li to end their lives together.
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When Camille, a teenager with Down syndrome, auditions for a dance troupe, her sister Agathe discovers the quiet cruelty…
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After a visit to a man claiming to have the old Irish folklore “cure” goes wrong, a woman is haunted by a demonic form o…
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A girl tries to prevent her mother from drowning in depression, after the death of a fish.
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Late 18th-century England. A nightmarish teenager and a rookie Reverend lock horns over Sunday school attendance.
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When a knock on the door interrupts Flora’s decades of solitude, she must confront her grief and the darkness that poiso…
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A haunting fable about a girl overwhelmed by sorrow, the boy who loves her, and how greed leads good hearts to wicked de…
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On a summer trip with friends, Momo becomes consumed by the belief he has witnessed something impossible.
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A man's car trip is interrupted by the sudden appearance of a hedgehog.
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As folklore and nationalism rise, The Land Remains explores a Britain shaped by memory, migration and the persistence of…
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Close your eyes, go to sleep, the Midnight Witch is on the creep.
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An 8-minute animated epic following the adventures of Gorillaz’ band members Noodle, Murdoc, 2D and Russel as they journ…
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Jim Baitte (Jack Redmayne) is a hapless sound recordist about to lose his job working under tyrannical director P.W. Gri…
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Impoverished residents of a tight-knit working class community are forced to meet a brutal quota to survive.
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In a faded rococo resort, a thousand frightened souls rebel against aging and death.
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Herve Rossini is a renowned artist who expresses himself through his surrealist garden.
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A blind violinists seeing eye dog witnesses a murder…and it’s up to this good boy to solve it.
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A woman walks around an ancient garden and speaks to the wind. Inspired by a poem by Antonio Machado.
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On a warm fall day, a construction worker takes a lunch break, a girl cares for her grandmother, and a director edits hi…
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In the oldest fun park of Beirut, four young friends go on a Ferris Wheel. During this claustrophobic open-air journey,…
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A struggling alcoholic, haunted by his past, is stalked by a dark wolf. On the brink of submission, his mother fights to…
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The past, present and future collide when a mysterious man confronts his younger self over a game of trading cards.
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Stuck in a lonely and unforgiving city, a Bus Canvasser waits for an opportunity to migrate to create a better future fo…
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A man is trying to find his place among friends.
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In Ultra Strong, we’re invited to reexamine our youthful ideals—from Cinderella to Iron Maiden.
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In his later years Nosferatu has become a foster carer for children. That seems like a good idea.
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A lively family gathering for full-body hair removal is stormed by Islamic revolutionary guards.
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When a tyrannical president monopolizes the world’s carrots, a country rabbit couple risks everything in factory heists…
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A portrait of a middle-England family man and aspiring right-wing parliamentary candidate.
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In the aftermath of a major earthquake, local police discover a bound, naked man stranded near a large hole in the woods…
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Sad boys Jelson and Ipe harness the power of their love in an attempt to survive a world devastated by climate change.
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Two people tune into each other across the noise of the world. When the signal fades, what remains?
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The story of Hoa Thi Le and Hue Nguyen Che, who, in 1975, were utilized as background extras in the filming of APOCALYPS…
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A vanished prodigy painter—once destined for greatness—hides a secret behind his sudden silence.
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One night in Bristol. Ketamine, crystals and a cast of chaos, quickly shows a loved up couple why they were doomed from…
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Helpless in the face of a repressive state, a young couple leaves their home - an escape that turns into a surreal night…
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In the face of her body fading into stardust, Shari realizes what truly matters to her.
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Brief encounter between a struggling poet moonlighting as a stripper + a smug property developer exposes the divides of…
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A young man’s mind is taken over by the whispers in his head, while his friend tries to rescue him from a darkness only…
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