Eelman
Stand-In
You see her for the first time in the supermarket. She's the most beautiful girl you've ever seen. You go on a few dates, a couple walks and very soon, you're hanging out all the time. You tell her you love her and she loves you. Things have never felt better. But one day, you notice something about her you hadn't noticed before.
Troy has resorted to speed dating, where he meets Cassandra, who uses tarot cards to skip the awkward get-to-know-you phase, only Cassandra's flirting turns into an ominous prophecy.
6.5A magical girl, who exists outside of space and time, inhabits an odd, timeless landscape that is both old and modern, and spends her days playing and collecting objects from history, things that she loves.
0.0A mermaid is asked to use her gift of persuasion to help a woman forget the pain of her son's death after he was killed by a police officer.
5.5Mexico's response to the French film Emilia Pérez. The real life of French people in a musical made by people in Mexico. It tells the epic tale of baguettes, croissants, stinky cheese, and the difficulties of not taking daily showers.
4.5Two women are bonded by strange rituals; a blurred sense of blood relation portrayed through a game of domination, submission, voyeurism and cruel tenderness.
After a magic bell from Tibet is stolen, a little girl and an elephant undertake a dangerous journey to bring the bell home.
0.0In the dining room of the abandoned house a white, faded entity feeds on her pieces. Memories keep her here and time transforms her into something new.
0.0In a magical lunar landscape, A star-maker is forced with the unwanted task of catching falling stars with the help of her magical net.
0.0Daydream Therapy is set to Nina Simone’s haunting rendition of “Pirate Jenny” and concludes with Archie Shepp’s “Things Have Got to Change.” Filmed in Burton Chace Park in Marina del Rey by activist-turned-filmmaker Bernard Nicolas as his first project at UCLA, this short film poetically envisions the fantasy life of a hotel worker whose daydreams provide an escape from workplace indignities. —Allyson Nadia Field
6.9In a world where flames represent love, it's easy to get your heart burned.
4.0'All Small Bodies' is a feminist, sci-fi take on the Grimm tale of Hansel and Gretel. It occurs in the distant future among the ruins of a planetary catastrophe, revealing the abuses of history and technology. In the wake of the chaotic aftermath, there are several resilient survivors including two young girls named Z and Bub. The film follows these curious adolescents who have long been lost and alone in the haunted, other-worldly woods, as they awaken their extrasensory abilities and reclaim their autonomy from a menacing dark presence.
0.0Trying to prove her courage, little Joana accepts the challenge of entering the woods, supposedly haunted by an ancient spirit.
A Costas Ferris' short featuring two of the best greek songs. Back in 1961 this film was expelled from Thessaloniki Film Festival because of the lyrics of these songs. They belonged to the rembetiko genre that used to over-emphasize the pleasure of using drugs. The worst thing was that Acropolis was shown in a plan and that lead the government to completely ban the film as anti-touristic!
0.0Nico and Thomas are childhood friends who were separated. Years later, at the beginning of their adult lives, they meet again and feelings from the past resurface, causing them both to face personal dilemmas. This is how, between dreams and disagreements, Nico and Thomas reflect on life, themselves, and love.
6.9Manivald is a fox in his early 30s. He is still living at home with his mother. One day a young hot wolf called Toomas comes to fix the washing machine. A love triangle develops between the three of them. Things get out of hand and Manivald realizes that it is time to move out.
