With a Smile(1983)

Sierra(et)

A father and his son are losing the race. To win, the boy turns himself into a car tyre. Sierra looks at toxic masculinity through dark irony, while pulling us into the surreal car racing world. Loosely inspired by the director's childhood, this animated black comedy includes fragments of a stop motion film animated by the director's father during Soviet Estonia.

Radix(de)

Two creatures meet on a tree. Their encounter goes deep down to the roots and beyond.

Ovary-Acting(en)

A harried thirty-something woman is forced to decide whether she wants to be a mother after unexpectedly giving birth to her reproductive organs at her sister’s baby shower.

Kuželky(cs)

A cocky man plays skittles and tries different methods to throw the ball. But then he goes berserk when he starts losing.

Narco Blues(fr)

On summer vacation a young teenager finds himself hanging out alone on the streets of his neighbourhood, all his friends having gone to the country with their parents. Near his home he meets a disturbing character, a drug pusher looking for clients, who introduces him to an artificial paradise. The teenager discovers a seductive and terrifying world that frequently draws him back to his neighbour.

Madeleine(fr)

Every week, two friends born 67 years apart share their life stories in a senior home's living room. The younger friend convinces the 107-year-old lady to join her in an adventure: a road trip to the sea.

Svatohor(sk)

This animated puppet film based on Russian folk tales tells the story of the hero Svätohor and his battle with the dragon Goryn Gorynych.

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On(en)

Marcel the shell gives an outline of his life.

火藥, burn my eyes(es)

In 1967, Beulah struck Reynosa. Family survives through images from memory circling the wreck. Rituals of celebration and violence like hurricane, shift between dancing, cyanotypes, blue fire and lost family archive. We have come to see the damage that was done and the treasures that prevail. Thus invent colors that burn the eyelid like 火藥.

A Few Words of Introduction(cs)

Pojar’s wickedly humourous satire pokes gentle fun at a speechmaker so enamoured with the sound of his own voice, he is oblivious to the effect he is having on his audience. Pojar details their bafflement, fidgets, whispers and snores with great imagination.

Sprout(de)

The story of a woman who grows her dreamchild in a flower pot. But the perfect motherhood has unexpected side effects.

This Land is a Woman(en)

Inspired by the poem Hamza by the great Palestinian poet Fadwa Tuqan, compares and connects the mystery of the fertility of the Palestinian land to the mysterious power of it's women.

Cell Buddies(nl)

Sam, a grumpy raccoon is stuck sharing a cell with Bob, a sweet but dim manatee. Sam hatches an escape plan. In their chaotic jailbreak Sam’s hardened edges soften as Bob’s loyalty shines. Will they escape? Maybe. But together, they’ve already cracked something bigger: trust.

Osiris’ Gift(en)

Osiris' Gift is a short stop motion animated film that follows an explorer in a desert searching for mythical 'immortality mushrooms'.

God is a Pelican(en)

“God is a Pelican” follows two queer middle-school girls, Madi and Josie, who both recognize they are different from other students, and don’t fit into the religious white suburbia around them. They decide to create their own religion, a religion for the weirdos and “others” of the world.

The 12 Inch Pianist(en)

A bar joke goes awry, unraveling into a surreal tale that explores the acceptance of self, others, and queer identity.

Stay Alive(ko)

In Suncheon Bay, Felix, a bowed fiddler crab who lives alone and is tired of competition, survives an attack by a spoonbill with Madeline. The two become a couple and give birth to a son, Sonny.

Mr. Vapey Man(en)

He’s full of juicy flavours. You’ll never get enough, if you let him give you... Just. One. Puff. It's a new era and no one is scared of the boogeyman anymore. Unfortunately something much, much worse is hidden under the bed.

Pequeño Hongo(es)

Mycardiumopathy(en)

An experimental documentary that explores heart muscle disease and the impact a diagnosis can have on a young person’s outlook on life.