Sons And Daughters Of Nothing(2022)

Echoes of Silence(es)

Rosa spends her days between working at the dry cleaning shop and reminiscing about her childhood with her mother. One day, she sees on television that a woman from her neighborhood claims to have seen the Virgin Mary. From that moment, Rosa’s daily life becomes increasingly surrounded by religious symbols.

Auntie Mame(en)

Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues when the executor of the father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle and tries to force her to send Patrick to prep school.

Incendiary(en)

A woman's life is torn apart when her husband and infant son are killed in a suicide bombing at a soccer match.

Neighbors(en)

The 43rd edition screens Neighbors, with five segments about the theme “neighbors”: not only about physical proximity, but also about relationships. In Brazil, Olga is a 90-year-old black woman who lost her husband one year ago; her neighbors, who come from different parts of the world, interrupt her grief. In Russia, an employee tries so hard to please his boss that he becomes inconvenient. An Indian woman, with the help of her male friend, decides to learn how to drive, an uncommon practice for women in the country. In China, an elderly, owner of an old and decadent barbershop, argues with his son, who wants to change the business. In South Africa, a group of homeless fights for the right to housing.

Inside(en)

Alex has a disturbing hobby of following strangers...until one night he gets caught. Instead of calling the police, the couple--fascinated by Alex's resemblance to their dead son--asks him to stay, and Alex finds himself trapped in a horrifying existence of desperation, despair, and insanity.

Negative Space(en)

Even though Sam's father is hardly ever home because he is often away on business trips, he is able to connect with his son by teaching him how to pack a suitcase.

Ceremonia(pl)

Joanna returns to her native village for her father's funeral. Later that night, a brawl breaks out in the family - the woman decides to fulfill her father's dream of a secular burial, which her mother categorically refuses to do. Joanna, in order to achieve her goal, begins to learn the truth about her deceased father. And with it she discovers shocking facts about her parents' life.

In the Bedroom(en)

Summertime on the coast of Maine, "In the Bedroom" centers on the inner dynamics of a family in transition. Matt Fowler is a doctor practicing in his native Maine and is married to New York born Ruth Fowler, a music teacher. His son is involved in a love affair with a local single mother. As the beauty of Maine's brief and fleeting summer comes to an end, these characters find themselves in the midst of unimaginable tragedy.

Kensho at the Bedfellow(en)

Reeling from his sister’s death, a NYC playwright searches for fulfillment in a sex-and-drug filled odyssey. When he’s reunited with a childhood love, their shared journey of self-discovery catalyzes a profound, existential awakening.

The Mothman Prophecies(en)

Reporter John Klein is plunged into a world of impossible terror and unthinkable chaos when fate draws him to a sleepy West Virginia town whose residents are being visited by a great winged shape that sows hideous nightmares and fevered visions.

Signs(en)

A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.

A Time to Kill(en)

A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

Portrait of a Smile(en)

Sent spiraling after the unexpected discovery of his girlfriend's suicide, Liam sifts through the memories of their relationship that he now must reinterpret.

Twin Peaks(en)

An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of the series pilot was produced for the European VHS market and has an alternate, closed ending.)

Fosse Vedette(fr)

Tell No One(fr)

A man receives a mysterious email appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's alive, he finds himself being implicated in her death.

Birth(en)

It took Anna 10 years to recover from the death of her husband, Sean, but now she's on the verge of marrying her boyfriend, Joseph, and finally moving on. However, on the night of her engagement party, a young boy named Sean turns up, saying he is her dead husband reincarnated. At first she ignores the child, but his knowledge of her former husband's life is uncanny, leading her to believe that he might be telling the truth.

A Doctor and A Snake(en)

A disgraced ex-surgeon on a path of self-destruction comes to a crossroads in his life when a long-forgotten patient calls in the middle of the night.

Void(is)

A woman struggling to cope with the death of her fiancé begins to suspect she might not be as alone as she thought.

Moulin Rouge!(en)

A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century. A young poet, who is plunged into the heady world of Moulin Rouge, begins a passionate affair with the club's most notorious and beautiful star.