Korsakov

One of the Bravest(en)

A romantic drama about love and jealousy. Two firefighters want the same girl. She almost gets married to Harry, but John sneakily keeps her from doing so, and then marries her himself. After a year, he has started drinking and has lost his job, and his wife has to go to work at the factory. When a fire breaks out there, he rescues her, but loses his own life in the process.

Lessons in Red(en)

When a junior high student in 1963 suspects his teacher of being a communist, he investigates the truth to gain approval from his father.

Wish(es)

Alejandro is a insecure teenager who is in love with Javier but he does not like him back. One day in a museum visit, Alejandro asks a magic Maya stone the wish of being in a relationship with Javier, his wish will come true but not in the way he was expecting.

Letters to the Man I Love(af)

Set within the aftershocks of South Africa’s Apartheid, a gay farmhand writes letters to his lover.

Explorer(en)

Deep in the suburbs, a troubled and obsessive man waits for signs of alien life from the skies. Instead, he finds new meaning in the empty rooms of his family home—and travels into his own inner space.

Consequences Of Any Kind(ru)

Lena and Rita are friends but they act like it’s something more. What do they want from each other and what do they really feel? The lack of clarity between them will have its consequences.

Tin Dancing Shoes(en)

A young soldier seeks to impress his love at the local village dance before he is mobilised for war. But the waltz is not the only thing that Stanley has to learn.

Return Flight(en)

A teenage girl and her younger brother find their missing father.

Bark(en)

BARK is a portrait of a seemingly simple argument between two teenage girls that curdles into a surreal, psychological struggle.

Happy Endings(en)

After falling in love with an erotic masseuse, a lonely parking booth attendant must step out of his comfort zone to liberate her from her oppressive boss.

Hum(en)

A solitary dish washing robot living out his life in the back room of a restaurant is enlightened to the world that exists beyond his four walls, with the help of a small friend he breaks free of confinement to pursue his dream of exploration.

Dopamine(en)

Why do we all get a little “rush” when we open our doors to see a shiny new package on our door step? Dopamine, and we’re all addicted. So what happens when they cut our supply?

Hummingbird(en)

Short film by Justin Wilder Neese

Drifting Boat(zh)

An elderly Chinese immigrant woman strongly desires to return to her hometown in China.

Stay(en)

In the late 1960s, during the Vietnam War, the US government is working on a draft lottery to send soldiers to the front line. Fiona holds back news of her pregnancy as a surprise from her husband Jay. Meanwhile, Jay has received a draft notice.

Sunflower(en)

After being sexually assaulted by a well-respected professor, a reclusive Chinese American girl who grew up in an abusive family struggles to find her voice while her mother tells her to be silent.

The Male Gaze: First Kiss(en)

The Male Gaze is a new series of releases from New Queer Visions that showcases short LGBTQ films from across the world. The first instalment, First Kiss, brings together five shorts that are based around men experiencing romantic and/or sexual interaction with other men for the first time. It takes in films from Sweden, Indonesia, USA, Australia and France giving a rounded look at how similar experiences are depicted across the world. The films are: Naked [Naken] (2013); Pria (2017); Walk With Me (2018), One Night Only (2018); Michel's Mouse [Tapette] (2016).

Wanderer(en)

A conversation over dinner, between a married couple and a weary traveller, leads to unexpected revelations

Ballad for Billy the Kid(de)

Medea(he)

An actress loses her identity in a character, what then turns her life into tragedy.