Into the Thicket(2023)

Teddy the Rough Rider(en)

This short follows the political career of Theodore Roosevelt, beginning in 1895, when he was appointed police commissioner of New York City. In 1897 he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy. His charge up San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War in 1898 is re-created. He becomes vice president in March 1901 and assumes the presidency when William McKinley is assassinated six months later. According to the narrator, Roosevelt refused to be beholden to political bosses, doing what he believed to be right for the American people.

Casual Encounters(en)

A depressed man tries to get back with his ex while drowning his depression in meaningless hook-ups.

Clara's Tale(en)

A young girl gets lost in a forest and spends the night in a supposedly empty mansion. In the morning she meets the owner of the house... As time goes by she realizes she can't get out of the house and discover that a curse is set upon its owner.

ANORAK(en)

A short film that delves deep into the psyche of young protagonist Will. Follow the intriguing tale of Will as he finds himself captivated and consumed by his obsession with a girl named Bliss.

X(de)

X is a cinematic ritual aimed at appeasing the ancestral spirits of the industrial workforce. The film is inspired by the lives of the filmmaker’s father and grandfather, who also play the lead roles.

Deborah(it)

Created by Antonio Rezza using an auto-timer and edited in the video camera, it describes selfishness and one-sided relationships. The only person who listens to everyone else’s problems ends up sopressing himself before the eyes of his confidantes/ executioners.

Stone Soup(en)

A modern day fable about a young girl, an old man and a handful of stones.

Beauty Boxed(ur)

Young take of a girl breaking chains out of her early child marriage to pursue a dream of becoming a makeup artist.

Honey(en)

PR Firm owner Liv falls for her client Ollie, placing them in a complicated relationship where mixed signals eventually cause them to grow apart without closure.

Skin(en)

In a small supermarket in a blue collar town, a black man smiles at a 10 year old white boy across the checkout aisle. This innocuous moment sends two gangs into a ruthless war that ends with a shocking backlash.

Detainment(en)

Two ten year-old boys are detained by police under suspicion of abducting and murdering a toddler.

Cleaning Woman(fi)

Cleaning woman is cleaning and finds herself in an unexpected situation.

Things I Never Told My Father(en)

A road trip. Father and Son. Unanswered questions and things left unsaid as they travel through a distorted reality.

Boy at Shores(de)

A boy enters an artist's workshop, eager to find out what that encounter might bring him...

Horizon(de)

Two flat mates, three conversations, and the realisation that sometimes love can be unrequited. Pascal thinks he's found "the one", but during conversations with his flat mate, he learns to accept that sometimes dreams do not come true.

See(es)

Biel works at a carpenter’s workshop. He lives a routine and boring life, he doesn’t feel alright. Everything changes when he runs into a stranger on the subway, who makes him discover the little details around him, to see the daily spaces from another perspective and discover himself.

Ele Não(pt)

Rose(nl)

Rose, a young girl suffering from aplastic anemia, desperately seeks to find a stem cell donor to save her life. When insurance companies refuse to pay for treatment, life for Rose and her mother Céline becomes very hard.

The Touching(cs)

Behind the closed doors of their room, two brothers share a secret of self-discovery. But when the elder Marek starts growing up, bringing his childish curiosity to an end, he realizes that they’ve crossed the boundaries of brotherly love – something that the younger David is still unable to understand...

Skinship(en)

Set against a technological backdrop, in a time where people engage more with technology rather than with one another, an alienated and disconnected woman seeks the help of a professional to reconnect through 'touch'.