Dead of Night

ANORAK(en)

A short film that delves deep into the psyche of young protagonist Will. Follow the intriguing tale of Will as he finds himself captivated and consumed by his obsession with a girl named Bliss.

Out of Time(en)

Jack adheres strictly to his routine, as dictated by his phone. When a friend at work tries to free him, his phone fights back.

Pond, Fish(cn)

Qingyan Yu confronts confusion and self-identity problems as she gets to the point where romance starts to take place in her adolescence.

Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays(es)

Hungry for sun, light and warmth, a group of teenagers embark on a dream trip to the Balearic Islands.

Tacet(en)

An aspiring classical pianist loses his hearing and, with the help of those closest to him, must find the strength to play again. . .

The Art In Anguish(en)

Josh Thomas is an artist grieving the loss of his wife, channelling inner turmoil into art. When presented with an opportunity, Josh must decide whether he’s selling art or his emotions.

Rojkovia(sk)

Poetic film from summertime Bratislava, reminiscent of Slovak films of the 1960s or the work of Dušan Hanák.

A Sentença(pt)

Lucifer, my love(es)

A man's life becomes threatened after he goes on a date with a woman who's in love with the Devil.

In the Box(sk)

A character is inside a cubical room; there is a hole in the roof, which is too high to reach. But pushing on the walls distorts the room in various ways, always appearing to bring the hole closer while still leaving it tantalizingly inaccessible.

Veering(en)

When a group of friends stumbles upon a mysterious man covered in blood during a midnight stop, fear drives them to speed away. But as guilt and tension escalate, their frantic journey takes a dangerous turn, leading them to face the unsettling truths about themselves and the limits of their morality.

Monkey or Man(en)

When a circus trio have a particularly disastrous show, Mandy the Acrobat must decide whether to run away from the circus, or to stay and help her friends.

Longevity Peach(zh)

A little girl's parents have to go overseas for work, so she is sent to stay with her grandmother for that period. The grandmother only speaks Teochew, which the little girl can neither speak not understand, so the initial generational and linguistic gaps result in friction and misunderstanding, until an accident unexpectedly brings the whole extended family closer together, and the child bonds with both her grandmother and her parents.

Forget Me Not(en)

Sally suffers from dementia, a regularly misunderstood and mistreated illness. She believes she is in her prime, enjoying her twenties as a soon-to-be mother with her best friend, Isabel, by her side.

Hranice(cs)

Story of a man who, at the end of the 1940s, attempted to cross the Czechoslovak border illegally like many others to escape the communist regime and became a victim of the historically documented game of the security forces of the totalitarian regime, the so-called Kameny action. The project of the Miroslav Ondříček Film Academy in Písek is the debut of screenwriter and director Martin Kopp.

The Rabbit Hole(en)

When a close friend of Ally's takes his own life, she plummets into self destructive behaviour. She then goes on a surreal "Alice in Wonderland" trip in a nightclub bathroom, to help her process her grief.

Julian(en)

Julian is a short film about a girl named Anna who is struggling with moving on from an abusive relationship. She enters in a therapy program where she does therapeutic exercises to confront the past and move forward.

A Woman's Face(en)

A female blackmailer with a disfiguring facial scar meets a plastic surgeon who offers her the possibility of looking like a normal woman.

Wise Guys 2(en)

After the release of his debut film, documentarian Richard Chase journeys down a rabbit hole to uncover the lost second episode of his initial film's subject: Wise Guys.

El espíritu(es)

The haunting spirit of a woman comes to the call of the participants in a séance.