Protoparticles(2009)

Letargo(es)

Alex is a boy who has just broken up with Marc, his partner for several years. In a cold winter night, their dog sickens and Alex brings him to the hospital. This situation forces Marc and Alex to meet again in a long night in which everything that seemed asleep awakens.

Forest(en)

Short film built from photographs, sped up like a traditional stop motion and is meant to be an evocation of the English Eerie and Folk Horror.

Six A.M.(en)

After drinking all night, Monty and his friend try to get home, but it turns out to be not easy. The next day, Monty tries to win the heart of a theater actress.

The Uninvited(en)

A family, trying to pull themselves together after losing their infant son, moves into a new home, where, almost immediately, the mother begins experiencing paranormal phenomena. She finds it playful at first, but as it grows increasingly malevolent, she is unable to convince her husband of it, and she must contend with it to protect her family from its influence.

Mirr(km)

FILM(en)

A boy walks through an abandoned building and films the interior. Suddenly his camera disappears.

Maria Mariana II(ms)

Maria is rushed to the hospital and is saved by Dr. Faris who successfully extracts the bullet from her body. Maria is assigned to the Special Unit of the Royal Malaysian Police force. She falls in love with Dr. Faris. Her unit has been directed to smash a syndicate which is trafficking ecstasy pills and drugs in the city. Meanwhile, Mariana is visited by Remy, a colleague who is attracted to her. Roy, her ex-boyfriend reappears causing turmoil in her life and Mariana reverts to her old wild ways. The relationship between the two sisters, Maria and Mariana becomes strained again.

A World Free of Crisis(fr)

Thirty-year-old Émilie, as spontaneous as she is clumsy, screws up all her job interviews one after the other. Under pressure, harassed by the owner of her rental apartment, she puts a lot of hope in a new interview which she has managed to secure for this afternoon. But in a near future, where social demands are no longer exactly the same, nothing happens as planned.

Lost Records(pt)

A documentary that follows a middle-aged Azorean record obsessive who has lost the vinyl collection of his youth, and so seeks to reconnect with it through talking with the fellow island collectors he grew up with about the music scene of their wilder years.

The Arbors(en)

It's the last bus ride of the school year. Walker, recovering from a recent traumatic event, meets a deeply troubled kid named Noah. The two form a unlikely friendship that eventually leads to something dangerous.

ABC miłości(pl)

Wincenty Poziomka tries to earn his living and falls in love.

Raticide(pt)

On a night like so many others, indistinguishable from the previous or the next, Carlos sees himself thrown out of his bedroom. Beyond his own door, a rat has taken over his belongings, without a courtesy call or warning. This is the second work by João Niza Ribeiro screened at Curtas.

Η Αδελφή Μου Θέλει Ξύλο(el)

A mad man, Spyros, wants to marry Marianna, his lively sister. He wants to give her a dowry apartment, but his money is not enough for that. So he has to ask for a loan from his boss. The boss refuses to serve him but as soon as he knows Marianna, he changes his mind. Spyros tries to think of Marianna, who is smirked for his boss's mistress, but he only manages to lose his job. He wants to marry her with the poor and honest electrician Manolis, who is in love with her.

Fade Away(en)

In a city where the high school drop out rate is at its highest, a pre-destined path of murder, crime, and drug trafficking seems to be the only way of life for teenagers growing up in Liberty City.

Walking to School(zh)

Based on a true story, this film follows a 7-year-old boy, Wawa, and his older sister, Naxiang, who live beside the Nujiang River in Yunnan Province, China. Every day, Naxiang crosses the river to attend school using an overhead cable, but their mother will not allow Wawa to use the cable. Eventually, Wawa secretly uses the cable to cross to the other side. The dangerous activity has deadly consequences, and the siblings’ lives are changed forever.

We Will Never Die(es)

Rodrigo and his mother travel to the town where his older brother just died. In this calm place they will go through the first stages of their mourning. Rodrigo will start to peer on grown-ups grief and, imperceptibly, will begin to leave childhood behind. His mother will try to uncover the mysteries surrounding that death. A story suspended in time, floating between the countryside lost places.

Ubeur(fr)

In 2011, the arrival of Uber in France has created a lot of jobs, especially for young people from council estate. But then, a lot of became disillusioned. Price drop, uberization of work, a lot of work hours not even sufficient to pay bills... Karim, 37 years old and a pending divorce, drives a passenger car. To pay his car, a black sedan where he sleeps, he gets a 25 000 euros debt to an unscrupulous man. His nightmares are full of worries and accidents. Today is the due date, his creditor claim his money, which Karim doesn't have. He has seven days to repay the loan.

Skyhook(en)

A material science expert is blackmailed to steal designs from a brilliant team of scientists who are building the world's first space elevator.

The Counting Sheep(en)

Sheep #100 never gets a chance to jump because the sleeper always falls asleep before getting to him. Can he figure out a way to accomplish his lifelong dream, while still staying humble?