Borders(2017)

Apartamento(pt)

Luiza is a young woman who embarks on a journey of change amid the emotional turmoil caused by a past relationship. The film intertwines the present and the past in an attempt to portray a process of overcoming trauma shrouded in memories.

When We Kill the Creators(en)

A soul rock and roll movie about love, talent, death, and music. It is about a singer's (Shelby Lynne) improbable journey to achieve her dreams, and when she does, it's about the price she has paid and the question of whether or not it was worth it.

The Goat Life(ml)

Indian migrant worker Najeeb Muhammad goes to Saudi Arabia to earn money. However, in a twist of fate, he finds himself living a slave-like existence, herding goats in the middle of the desert.

Call Me Dad(id)

Little Intan was used as collateral for a debt by her mother, who was forced to become a migrant worker and leave her behind. But from that moment, her life took a turn. Dedi, the debt collector — a stranger who initially just came to collect — ended up becoming an important figure in Intan’s life. Together with Tatang, they grew into an unusual kind of “family.”

One More Moment(en)

A couple's relationship falls apart under the pressures of city life and their personal demons. Can they work through their issues, face their fears and realise they are meant to be together?

Norwegian Dream(en)

Robert moves from the Polish countryside to work on a fish processing factory on the coast of Norway. There he falls in love with Ivar who is openly gay and a member of the workers union. Robert is hiding his sexual orientation from the other Polish immigrant workers. When Ivar helps the Polish to start a strike for better working conditions at the factory, Robert has to choose between money or love.

Match(pt)

Artur is an actor in decline preparing for an audition that will determine his career. Throughout the process, he finds an escape in his fleeting relationships on Tinder.

Count the Hours!(en)

A lawyer defends a migrant worker in a sensational murder trial.

Backyard(es)

Officer Blanca Bravo arrives in Juarez, Mexico — a grim nexus of corporate colonialism and sexual tourism — to investigate a rash of killings targeting female migrant workers. But with no help from the locals, bringing the responsible parties to justice becomes a frustrating exercise. As Bravo rails against indifference and local corruption, she finds herself on a collision course with Mickey Santos, a Mexican mogul with a taste for young prostitutes.

Strong Women, Weak Men(ja)

After the closure of a coal mine leaves her husband unemployed, Fumiko travels from Kyushu to Kyoto with her daughter Kimiko, and they become hostesses at a cabaret.

The Door(en)

A young couple, Eva and Lia, find their move into a new home together disturbed when Eva develops an all-consuming obsession with opening a mysterious locked door in their kitchen - one which seems to be producing sinister sounds.

Sunday(ml)

A drama short film about two friends who regularly get to meet every weekend and they spend a Sunday chatting and how things take a turn from there.

Of Mice and Men(en)

An intellectually disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.

Wind(s)stärke(de)

A story about a man named Max Wind, who celebrates a men‘s evening with his friends under the deck of a ship and leaves his pregnant girlfriend Nele at home. A storm is rising and the atmosphere below deck is tense. As Nele goes into shock from a lightning bolt hitting her house the situations start to escalate.

The Ambassador's Wife(en)

The beautiful and spoilt Yerusalem had a wonderful life in Paris as the wife of the Eritrean Ambassador. Due to political changes, her husband is arrested, and she has to run for her life, finding herself in a refugee shelter in south Tel Aviv, where nobody cares who she was. Even there, at the skirts of town, among the desperation and poverty, she does not give up and struggles with all her might to regain her former status. A torrid love affair with an affluent Israeli architect brings her closer to her target until she discovers that he will never leave his family, and that her fate is doomed.

For You(pt)

A coroner reunites with a great love from the past, realizing that the memories are more vivid than ever.

Miserable(en)

When their friends arrive for dinner at a get-together party in a student-based environment, a naive college student must resolve issues with his obsessive girlfriend before she walks all over him.

O Que Aconteceu com Catarina(pt)

Un Día de Verano(es)

A young couple lives together in a small apartment in the city of Caracas, Venezuela. As they spend their summer in lockdown, their relationship will become increasingly toxic and more dangerous.

Ali(es)

A Haitian migrant struggles to bring his son to Chile from their homeland. He works as a waiter in a restaurant where he must endure the petulance of his partner Hugo and the constant discrimination of his boss; he aspires to be a Chef, so he can guarantee his dream and reunite with his family once again.