The Frozen Sea(2006)

Matteo Falcone(az)

Matteo Falcone is an Azerbaijani short drama film based on Prosper Merimée's like-named story from 1829. Matteo Falcone is a successful Corsican, who lives with his wife Giuseppa and 10-year-old son Fortunato. One day he leaves home with Giuseppa, leaving Fortunato alone.

The Red Kiss(cn)

Passion brews quietly between Qian and Vicky, as they rehearse for the school anniversary drama performance in their form 5 summer holiday. The two girls gradually lose in their exquisite tension and growing intimacy. Right before the new school year begins, the kissing plot is exposed and their show is banned. Yet, it unfolds Qian’s courage that she decides to make a bold move on the first school day.

Sea Child(en)

On the verge of becoming a woman Sora is woken by a nightmare and decides to follow a group of men into the city in the hope of finding her mom.

Final Revision(en)

A frustrated writer struggles to find the motivation behind a story that involves two brothers and their differences. While letting the story unfold, events escalate as he writes the final revision and the story takes him to places he did not expect.

I faresonen(no)

I Faresonen is a combination of a documentary and fictional approach to the problem of alcoholism -- or alcohol dependency. Tackling a problem common to other Nordic countries as well, director Bjoern Breigutu has focused on the life of sailors, among others, and how alcohol is used or abused in that sector of the population. This was the Norwegian entry at the 1961 Berlin Film Festival.

Surface Tension(en)

Intercutting live action footage with animation, a depiction of the possible memories, repressions and fears of the leading character. The animated sections are monologues by a male figure drawn to highlight the tension between rigid and fluid body structures, skeleton and flesh.

Danse Macabre(es)

A man walks into a bar and warns to the clients that Death will come at midnight.

7th & Union(en)

Ex-fighter Raymundo forms an unlikely bond with a disgruntled man whose life and relationship with his daughter are unraveling. The men join forces to win a fight that could very well save Raymundo, his wife and their child.

Forrest Gump(en)

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.

És tard(ca)

Estrella(es)

Manodopera(el)

An immigrant worker renovates a flat. Young men reflect on their existence.

Twenty Years(en)

A police officer encounters a stranger waiting for an old friend.

Vodka 7(en)

Three simultaneous stories take place in a New Jersey bar.

My Family(en)

Traces over three generations an immigrant family's trials, tribulations, tragedies, and triumphs. Maria and Jose, the first generation, come to Los Angeles, meet, marry, face deportation all in the 1930s. They establish their family in East L.A., and their children Chucho, Paco, Memo, Irene, Toni, and Jimmy deal with youth culture and the L.A. police in the '50s. As the second generation become adults in the '60s, the focus shifts to Jimmy, his marriage to Isabel (a Salvadorian refugee), their son, and Jimmy's journey to becoming a responsible parent.

Devil's Hour(pt)

An ex-guerrilla fighter wants to leave and forget the past, but is blackmailed by an old friend, who threatens to turn him in. Pursued by the police, he is eventually arrested.

Cedar Wolf(el)

Zohair, a 14 year old refugee from Afghanistan, finds himself trapped in legal limbo in Greece. While wandering around Athens, he recollects his hometown. His life gradually brightens through the work in an old sawmill and his relationship with an old carpenter and his son.

Keo(fr)

A young woman recounts her life, between her very tender and very drug-dealing boyfriend, her very blond brother, and her very dead parents...

The Halloween Girl(en)

Ten years after her tragic death on Halloween night, Charlotte begins to reappear to her mother, Marie, in a series of nightmares - or are they? Only adding to her distress is the news that her young son, Luke, now has a mysterious teenage friend he calls 'The Halloween Girl' - and her name is Charlotte. Has Charlotte really returned - and is Marie's dark secret now in danger of being revealed...?