The Hope Rooms(2016)

Parelisa(es)

The dream of leading a life where personal growth and economic freedom are possible is discussed by a teenage prostitute and her male friend in this poignant vignette.

Dirty(en)

Marco cuts class to spend the afternoon with his boyfriend, Graham. Things do not go as planned.

Little Chief(en)

The lives of a Native woman and a troubled young boy intersect over the course of a school day on a reservation in Oklahoma.

Pillars(en)

After seeing a boy she likes before church, Amber sneaks out to the Sunday school bathroom during the service and is given her first kiss.

T(en)

A film crew follows three grieving participants of Miami’s annual T Ball, where folks assemble to model R.I.P. t-shirts and innovative costumes designed in honor of their dead.

Three Deaths(en)

Three strangers confront death in a modern interpretation of a Tolstoy short story.

Regret(en)

Following the death of his father, a man must survive the manifestations of his inner demons over the course of a dreary night.

So What If the Goats Die(ar)

Abdellah, a young shepherd living in the mountains, is forced to brave the snow blocking him in order to get food and save this cattle. Once he gets to the village, he faces a supernatural phenomenon.

Carne(fr)

After a dreadful incident coupled with an ungovernable paroxysm of violence, a butcher will fall into a downward spiral that will burn to the ground whatever dignity still remained in him.

Gift(pt)

Caio receives a birthday "gift" from his friends -- a night with call boy Fernando. During the three hours of their meeting, the two will go from an initial aversion to a mutual and almost improbable attraction, slowly discovering and confronting the reality of both.

10(pt)

Bernardo owns a furniture industry. In his sixties, he lives alone. After his father's death, he has to count to ten everynight to fall asleep. Time goes by, and it seems like he just can't fall asleep.

Sugar(en)

A mother and daughter face a harsh new reality - Alzheimer's disease. After being away, Charlie returns home to find the one person she can't live without has quickly deteriorated into a woman she hardly knows.

Origin(en)

A woman tries to keep her family together when her son falls ill after he's bitten by a mysterious creature.

Supermarket Sweep(en)

Protozoa(en)

Darren Aronofsky’s AFI short opens with angry slacker Dave sitting in a dreary, empty junkyard. Dave stares into space, sips beer, and beats the hell out of a cracked guitar. We quickly realize the emptiness of the dump parallels the emptiness of Dave’s life which consists of smoking weed, staring at television screens and watching school children. Dave’s friend Pete is shortly introduced, along with their friend, Ari, who despite calling her pals losers, doesn’t seem to accomplishing much herself. These three are going nowhere fast. They’re the amoebas of life… protozoa….

Sergi & Irina(es)

Raixa estate, June 24, 1939. Sergi Forteza, son of the landowner, falls in love with Irina Dols, niece of the foreman, during the celebration of the summer solstice party.

Warriors(fr)

Gnawed at by his desires as much as by his frustrations, sixteen-year-old Thomas is having difficulties in shaping his identity. To such a degree that it will soon be impossible for him to contain this muted rage driving him. But far from destroying him, anger is his first impulse toward freedom.

The Understudy(en)

An ambitious understudy’s respect grows to obsession.

Purgatorium(en)

After his death, a young man stuck in purgatory attempts to cope with the afterlife.