Where the Birds Cry

35 Shots of Rum(fr)

A widower and her daughter witness the retirement of a colleague of his and the closing of her department at her university.

I Killed My Mother(fr)

Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a love-hate relationship with his mother that consumes him more and more each day. After distressing ordeals and tragic episodes, Hubert will find his mother on the banks of Saint Lawrence river, where he grew up, and where a murder will be committed: the murder of childhood.

Hidden(es)

A homeless couple looks for a way to get ahead, working and making an effort, while trying to overcome their past.

Home(en)

Lewis starts to recognise himself in other people. Having reflected on his past, he attempts to affect his future.

Packaged(en)

After being caught stealing from the till at a nightclub, Jack agrees to deliver a package to the club's gangland owner.

Stuart(en)

An episodic short that details the heartbreak of nine individuals

The Chosen(en)

In a 1940s New York, two Jewish teenage boys are determined to remain friends despite the deep differences between their two families.

The Devil's Magnificent(es)

Manu, a trans immigrant, must return to her native Chile after 10 years in France. In the days leading up to her departure, Manu’s platonic friend Daniel proposes marriage with the intention of solving her visa issues. Manu strongly considers the offer, but she’s wholly disheartened at the prospect of a life without love, romance, and sex—that is, until she meets a fellow foreigner who instills in her the hope for a romantic future.

Nude Pictures(de)

Two couples meet on a deserted beach. Politeness soon turns into an emotional and physical striptease.

Epitaph(en)

In the Dark Ages a lone knight, haunted by the spirit of death, braves a dark forest to lay his wife’s ashes to rest.

Mountains(en)

After a tragedy, Atel finds himself stuck on a series of mountains… with a familiar voice somehow communicating with him.

This Dark Thought(en)

While babysitting her newborn sister, a young astronomer struggles with a dark thought after encountering something eerie in the night sky.

Father by Law(en)

A father attempts to reconnect with his daughter on her wedding day.

Enter Achilles(en)

A funny, cruel exploration of the male psyche, Enter Achilles is set in a typical British pub, a shabby, nicotine-stained boozer. Pop songs tumble out of the jukebox, there is football on the TV, and the eight men lark around, pint glasses in hand. But their blokish fun is balanced on a knife-edge of tension, for beneath the mateyness lurks a disturbing undercurrent of paranoia and insecurity, where weakness is brutally exploited and violence covers up vulnerability.

Shank(en)

Teenage gang member Cal, hides his sexuality from his fellow gang members despite their often violent dislike of anyone that isn't the same as them, be they unsuspecting shoppers, foreign students, gays, etc. When his world collides with Olivier, a student he rescues from a pointless beating, he encounters a lifestyle that presents as many new experiences as it does obstacles.

Last Meal(en)

Roger McNamara dreams of being the next great celebrity chef, but his lofty aspirations are jeopardized when controversy arises surrounding his current job: cooking last meals for prisoners on death row.

Disco Boy(fr)

After a painful journey through Europe, Aleksei, a Belarusian, joins the Foreign Legion in France and clings to a confused hope of a European identity. Jomo, a Nigerian, fights for the survival and durability of his people in the Niger Delta and is ready to die to defend his ideas. These two young people who are sacrificed and smashed together will, against all odds, meet and their destinies will merge to continue across borders, bodies, life and death...

Non, merci(fr)

Nimby: Not In My Backyard(fi)

Mervi is a gay girl living in the hipster quarters of Helsinki. She has been together with Kata for a year, and now they are encouraged by the circumstances to come out from closet. When they do, Mervi realises that she is not the only one in her family with secrets – her parents have been living in an open-bisexual-swinger-relationship for 20 years. On the other hand Kata is pretty surprised that she might be living with a hetero girl that once was dating a neo-nazi. And the ex-boy friend cannot swallow that Mervi is now with a person both of wrong color, and sex. The real threat appears when Kata’s parents arrive from Berlin and the local skinhead chief finds out that a black muslim celebrity politician has arrived to town.

Skansen(pl)

In a world where Augmented Reality has taken over every aspect of human life, there is a very tempting vision of a return to a technology-free world. The heroes will abandon intelligent lenses and private avatars and move to a place that will irretrievably change their lives.