Deru Risau(NaN)

The Next Level(en)

After a deadly accident and a tough move, a young basketball player must learn to overcome adversity and make the most of his new situation.

Immortality(fa)

Six families in different compartments of a train, moving through a rainy night. In a single, 145-minute take, the film depicts the families and how their lives are interwoven with each other. Vacillating between dream and reality, each story builds on the one before and leads into the next. Each destiny is influenced by the other one on board, and all hurtle to the same destination.

The Portrait(en)

After a long absence, artist Margaret Church returns to her aging parent's home to finish a portrait of them, only to to discover that her parents have decided to sell their home.

I Remember(pt)

The memories of Guiga, from early childhood to young adulthood: his family, relatives, friends, fears, dreams and reality in a still provincial city of Salvador, Bahia, from the 50s to the 70s.

The Stepdad(en)

This year's story follows Nicole, the granddaughter from last year's ad, who is now all grown up with a family to make Christmas traditions with. We follow her and her two adorable children, Max and Ella, as their new stepdad Mike moves into their family home. At the heart of the story is a very special storybook – a precious item belonging to Max from his birth father. The book celebrates the power of storytelling and how it can deepen family bonds; as the family are shown delighting in the magic of Disney storytelling, beautiful animation springs off the pages, igniting the true spirit of Christmas. Follow their emotional journey as we see them combine existing festive traditions with wonderful new ones. In partnership with Make-A-Wish. Featuring "Love Runs Deeper" by Gregory Porter.

Shonar Pahar(bn)

An older woman's unique friendship with a young boy inspires her to examine the strained relationship she shares with her married son.

Una nuova vita - La vita di Azzurra Lorenzini(it)

Smiles of Sad Men(cs)

A writer gets into a rehab where he meets a lot of successful men who destroyed their lives with alcohol.

The Mattachine Family(en)

While Thomas and Oscar are very much in love, after their first foster child returns to his birth mother, they find that they have different ideas about what making a family actually means.

Lavender(xx)

A portrait of a depressed mother and her child.

Una Corona de Flores(es)

Francisco is a young man who tries to protect his sister Isabel from his father, who is unable to overcome the death of his wife and blames his daughter for it, locking her in the dark room. Everything changes when Maria enters their lives and discovers Isabel's existence.

Fiasco(is)

Set in present-day Reykjavík, Fiasco draws a narrative circle of interconnecting stories in which three members of the Bardal household deal with the secret loves in their lives. Karl, an old age pensioner, is busy chasing after an amnesic old screen legend. Julia, Karl's granddaughter, is torn between a mediocre bank manager and a wild sailor, and tells them both she is pregnant. But is she really? Steingerdur, Julia's mother, has a wild crush on a preacher who has a serious drinking problem, and ends up with a dead stripper in his Jacuzzi. The characters cross each other as the film progresses, until the three interwoven strands of the story finally come together in an explosive and hilarious crescendo full of surprises.

Memoriam(en)

A short personal story touching on the impact parents have on their children and how it can reflect them in the future. Filmed, Written and Directed by Chris Villafuerte

Dear Pretty Fish(nl)

Two sisters are deciding whether or not to play with a dead fish.

Égalité(de)

14-year-old Leila is only supposed to have her tonsils operated on, a routine procedure. But when she wakes up from the anesthesia, she is suddenly blind. While the doctors are completely at a loss to explain how this could have happened, Leila's father Attila is beside himself. In his opinion, the doctors botched the operation. From day to day, he gets more and more involved in this thought and gets into a downward spiral that seems to have no end. Meanwhile, the family members drift further and further away from each other and become increasingly estranged. One day Attila finally makes a decision that will have consequences...

Impermeável Pavio Curto(pt)

Jacqueline has what some people would call a strong personality. The teenage girl lives with her aunt and faces some problems at school. Her daily company is a bicycle with which she wanders through the neighborhood. One day, Jacqueline and her aunt hit the road, but things don’t go as expected

Bennett's Song(en)

When two very unique and diverse families with 7 kids each collide, they find laughs, music, love, and a few answers about what it means to be a not-so-normal American family in the 21st century.

Vestigio(es)

In a small town, a writer and a local man unite to find out what happened to their missing relatives.

Fragile(nl)

In a society in which conscious lies and double morals are easily justified with excuses and laughs, a needlessly complex society is created, that deviates from the core of tangible life. Freek has a difficult time maintaining himself in his normal day life. When he looses his grip, he breaks and marks his most beloved person, his son, for life.

Arañas(es)

The limit of tension in a family reaches its peak when the father discovers a spiders nest.