Ablution(2017)

Alba(en)

An aspiring Peruvian-Australian performer is partnered with her ex-boyfriend in a community Marinera dance competition.

As One(en)

In the woods, a young woman and man scuffle as they fight for life. Gently lit and accompanied with a soundtrack of soaring strings, this film by Jessie Oldfield and Adam Murfet explores vulnerability, connectedness and a renewed sense of self among the autumn leaves.

Finding Jedda(en)

Betty and Rosalie are best friends living on a Northern Territory mission. When cinema titans Charles and Elsa Chauvel arrive, searching for the perfect star for their revolutionary moving picture, the girls are forced to decide whether to rise up to the occasion.

Giants(en)

Impressively shot over an 18-month period, Giants documents the changing drought-ridden landscape – from green to yellow to a Mars-like brown-red dust – from the perspective of one farmer, who risks losing everything as he holds fast to remain on his land.

Mia Mio(fr)

After yet another after-party, Mia has an identity crisis, and for a few hours, her two best friends will try their best to help her overcome a crucial, if not the most important, moment of her life.

I, Chinese(en)

An influencer famous for his racist Chinese impressions faces consequences when his family gets involved.

The Summer Holidays(fr)

Blandine spends her holidays alone in a small campsite at the foot of the mountains. She is quickly overwhelmed by the noise, the crowd and the rain that she was trying to escape for a summer. At the edge of the lake, Blandine meets Helio, a young local journalist.

Endliche Erinnerungen(en)

A cunning scientist exploits people with rare diseases to advance the field of research by decades. She plays different roles, each time with different costumes and emotions, in order to obtain valuable research data. Her head professor gets wind of her doings and has to deal with this situation: should efficient research be allowed, even if it is immoral?

Mothers, Lovers and Others(en)

This ensemble drama explores a number of interweaving relationships, all grappling with polyamory and sexual expression, amid the personal and societal expectations faced by each character.

Disappear Here(fr)

Back in Paris after a year spent abroad, Lenz wanders with melancholy from party to party, balancing on a line of cocaine, seeking for a mysterious young woman: Elena.

Young Hunter(es)

Ezequiel, a sixteen-year-old gay teenager in his sexual awakening, meets a boy of twenty-one. They quickly start a relationship and the situation unravels unexpectedly.

On Sunday(it)

No Brakes(sv)

Johan sits on a small jetty by the lake, deep in thought - he is struggling to find the words to say, or the actions to take. Joined by friends Anton and Julie, the trio cycle through the Swedish countryside, and as the sun begins to set, more friends enter the fray, bottles of beer are opened and guitars thrum as the group party into the night. But Johan is still deep in thought. When the sun eventually rises, Johan's fears have long since faded away.

Flooding Memories(en)

Haunted by flooding memories of their parents' verbal abuse, an insecure person decides to stop reflecting and start living the life they never knew they could have.

Refugee Poetry(ku)

The Kurdish Iraqi poet and actor Zeravan Khalil travels with his dog through an Alpine gorge after fleeing from IS war and genocide. As he remembers the abomination, he writes a poem with the title “You drive me mad” in Kurmanji Kurdish. In his home country, Yazidic Kurds are forbidden to work in his profession. Then he eats his apple and wanders through Europe’s middle with more hope.

Goodbye Mother(vi)

Văn comes back to Saigon from the US with his boyfriend Ian to visit his mother. Being the male heir of the family, everyone expects him to take a wife soon. And to top it all, his grandmother, who has Alzheimer, mistakes Ian for her grandson.

White Man(ko)

A white-collar South Korean man discovers a severed human finger and keeps it.

Dissolution(en)

A woman is forced to confront her elderly husband’s physical deterioration when they meet to sign their divorce papers.

Shadow(en)

A young mother's shadow takes on a life of its own, terrorizing her and her daughter over the course of one night.