Kátharsis

City of God(pt)

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.

A Call Above the Clouds(en)

Recently separated Sally finds out that her husband Ashley has gone on an expedition to Mount Everest and that his life is in danger.

Identity(en)

A short film exploring the notion of identity in relation to our actions and society's perception of individuals.

Antoine and Colette(fr)

Now aged 17, Antoine Doinel works in a factory which makes records. At a music concert, he meets a girl his own age, Colette, and falls in love with her. Later, Antoine goes to extraordinary lengths to please his new girlfriend and her parents, but Colette still only regards him as a casual friend. First segment of “Love at Twenty” (1962).

2:43(en)

2:43 a.m. An empty room. An unexpected calling.

If(bn)

Jaya and Fatima, two women deeply in love with one another, want to have a family. They have dreamt of a future together that would seem straight out of a fairytale. But then destiny has planned for them otherwise.

Squat(en)

A group of teenagers try to survive in a run-down squat. A home birth, zero-hour contracts, bigoted parents, a mouse infestation - what's left to be thrown at them?

Hell(pt)

In the course of one afternoon, Raphael's paradise turns into a spiral of guilt and paranoia.

Fire(pt)

“There must be a different solution than the one from hell’. Full unadulterated terror (and music). 'The best class always ends with a lesson'. Almost baroque in its ambition and detail, Akerman and Seabra Lopes’ mesmerising short film delves deeply into the hard-wired dread of music lessons. Sewn around Schubert’s steely Opus 1, which is itself based on the no less terrifying legend of Goethe's Erlkönig, their film is a revelation.” International Film Festival Rotterdam.

Seventh Art is Unique(pt)

Seventh art is unique addresses people's relationship with a movie theater or film. What feelings do they feel? What changes in you when you go to the movies? It also addresses Jair Bolsonaro's harsh criticism of culture and cinema in Brazil.

Always The Artist, Never The Muse(en)

The Artist feels like they could never be the muse and The Muse feels like they could never be the artist.

Miss(ed)(id)

Behind the colors, glitter and excitement at the night market is Nabil, an older brother who lost his younger sibling. When he celebrated his younger brother 10th birthday. Nabil went through various obstacles in searching for his younger brother alone, until he discovered the true reality.

are you with me?(en)

Iníon an Fhiaclóra(ga)

New kid Rory falls in love with the dentist's daughter Genie, and discovers painfully that falling in love can mean losing not only your teeth but your life....

F Is for Friendship(en)

Emily decides to air the skeletons in her closet and brave the scrutiny of a catty dinner party to win back her name.

Oasis(es)

After her husband dies, Nieves inherits his job as the super of a decaying apartment complex in New York City. But the job becomes more difficult than she anticipated when she discovers a disturbing secret in one of the units.

Birds Fly Back to the Nest(ko)

The scattered families gather and visit their mother.

Graduation Trip(ko)

Summer vacation of the last year of high school, Yu-na and He-yoon go to Incheon, deceiving their parents to go to a rock festival. However, the concert which they want to see is postponed until the following day. They have no choice but to book tickets for tomorrow and decide to spend one more day in Incheon. The next day, the tickets that Yu-na definitely held in her hand the previous day disappear. He-yoon contacts her cousin to borrow money…

Wedding Ceremony(ko)

A man who can't even grasp his reality and just flirt with it. a woman who struggles gently to marry him. Why, on earth, is she obsessed with him?