The Fourth Door(2021)

Roles We Play(en)

An older professor longing for motherhood must recalibrate her path to pregnancy when she realizes one of her favorite students is a potential sperm donor.

Canvas(en)

After a heartbreaking loss, a grandfather struggling to reclaim his passion for painting finds the inspiration to create again.

The Year of the Radio(es)

Mexico in the 90s. Alex, a 7 year-old boy and his little siblings are left in the care of senile Aunt Lola while their mother works as a host on a radio station. Alex misses his mother and along with his siblings, they listen to his mother’s show every night, building strange imaginary worlds through the stories they hear, the news, the radio soap operas and the religious influence of his great-aunt.

The Glutton(en)

Gulosus (the glutton), is an alluring yet disturbing view of gluttony in contemporary culture. The film is in stop motion, with one photo being taken every 6 seconds, and contains over 130 individual sound effects and foley sounds. The piece draws from the compositions of traditional vanitas paintings and photography. It was also heavily influenced by a genre of youtube called 'Mukbang' (korean for 'eating show'), where people consume mass amounts of unhealthy and idealistic foods for viewers to watch. All of these elements came together to form an opinion on greed and vanity through a relatable but confronting menu. Influencing artists: PES Jan Svankmajer Reynold Reynolds Chen Fei Achievements: BUFTA Bond University awards - nominated best overall film - nominated best director - winner best experimental - winner best sound design Artexpress exhibitions at - Margaret Whitlam gallery - virtual gallery VX - Maitland regional art gallery

Spaceless(th)

Kan and Tul are aspiring actors who meet at an audition. From there on, another story unfolds, and both find themselves battling their own feelings.

Bathsheba(en)

A widow struggling to readjust to a life of grief unexpectedly meets a woman whose presence is transformative.

Chaya Moricher Bone(en)

During the independence war of Bangladesh in 1971, a father who lives in village, decides to stay back at home to help all the family members to escape to safety. The Pakistani army has headed towards their home for a sudden reason , will the father make it through?

Run Away - Polayon(en)

On the day of the pandemic of corona virus in Bangladesh , the story of the movie revolves around a Bangladeshi garments worker. At home, she has a mother, a younger sister and a restless father. Can a garments worker go to her mother who lives in village ? Can she buy red clothes and shoes for her sister? Or not.

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.

ANA C.(pt)

ANA C. uses videoart and videoperformance to express the relationship between the marginalized poet Ana Cristina Cesar with art itself.

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 Bread(en)

A newly-baked bun in a bakery tries to avoid getting eaten.

Lioness(nl)

When the temperamental Sylvie (17) is told that she has to give up her child when it’s born, she decides to escape the youth institution where she’s placed. In her eyes it’s the only solution to prevent that her child will have the same institutionalized youth as she endured.

VALUE(en)

Casual encounter or not? When a young man meets an old man, the generation conflict between them leads to unusual events.

Pink Jacket(en)

When Tommy, 10, starts to wear a girl's pink jacket everyday, it reveals the true colors of his dad and everyone else around him.

Jerk(en)

A Jamaican man of the community battles depression and disillusionment.

Homophobia(de)

An adolescent boy, who serves the military forces, experiences homosexual feelings towards one of his comrades. The suppressed conflict bubbles up during their last night at the border, socially isolated and armed with loaded weapons.

The Air Inside Her(ru)

When six year-old Katya explores the experience of death, she discovers life like she has never seen before.

The Letter(es)

A young woman returns to her rural Mexican village after a few years away to find out if her first love can be revived.

Cátia e Ivan(pt)