Fruna

LOVERDOSE(fr)

Love(it)

A boy and a girl are in love, but they wait for the other to make the first move.

Analog Love(th)

The love story and loss of Mok and Iris, a young couple whose lives are intertwined by the sounds of analog music. What was once a symbol of their love now echoes with the pain of separation and memories that can never be forgotten.

La Belle Dame Sans Merci(en)

Inspired by the Poem by John Keats, "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" follows the accounts of a dying man (Morgan Holgate) who encountered a mysterious woman (Maribel James-Corral) in the woods. When she goes missing, he must search for answers as to why, as he gradually grows weaker.

The Place of Chimeras(pt)

An elegy about ‘José Ð Almeida’s life and work. Along an intimate metamorphosis, this dreamlike and visually expressive world created by the visionary and insane dreamer is recreated and performed between a symbiosis of moving image, photography and painting- in a scenic, dramatic, symbolic and mystical tone.

Uyire (ഉയിരേ)(en)

A complex web of emotions which unfolds the grounding difference between love & predilection. An underlying, but prominent current of class difference between Indrajit & Zoya, brings clarity to the waters that they're in.

August(en)

In their last summer together, two young men must confront the doom of change and come to terms with feelings they didn't know they had.

The Most Beautiful Girl in the World(id)

A playboy stages a dating show to earn his inheritance by granting his father's last wish: for his son to marry the most beautiful girl in the world.

A Natural Saddest(ko)

Bomb and Cherry's unorthodox business venture of selling pearls is put at risk when the pair fall deeper in love, leading to pain and conflict.

Unwritten Love(en)

Max, a novelist struggling with his latest project, works in Central Park when he unexpectedly reconnects with Emily, an old high school friend turned graphic designer. Their conversation sparks Max’s creativity, and he begins to write again, inspired by their connection.

wunsch zwei(2)(en)

Wunsch zwei(2) is not about nightmares or fear, it’s about love. It’s is a tool to materialize oneself into the physical world. It’s wunschmaschinen. This short film was shot in a video-diary style between summer 2022 - fall 2024, being revamped with every other screening, exploring themes of identity, faith and mass alienation. It’s about diaspora, trans-girlhood and longing. It's about faith. It’s sort of an artistic take on what is more commonly known as “shitposting”. It’s about trivial posting of affirmations, conspiracies and jargon to conjure something into the screen and through it into reality, aiming to reproduce the shitpost phenomena in video form.

Five Minutes Ago(en)

A young man pretends to sleep while he watches his lover go through her morning routine.

A Business Proposal(id)

Short on cash, food analyst Sari makes a deal to go on a blind date, only to realize she's been set up with Utama, her hateable but handsome boss.

The Heartbreak I Choose(id)

Alya and Ben love each other, but there's a high wall between them, a difference that can't be forced. Can love survive amidst differences and conflicting blessings?

My Prostitute Love(tr)

Halil goes to a bar with his friends and meets Sabiha, a prostitute, and they fall in love. Two lovers want to escape their past and live together. However, Sabiha knows little about Halil's life, and she has to face some facts.

Pixels(en)

Video game experts are recruited by the military to fight 1980s-era video game characters who've attacked New York.

Frank vs. God(en)

Frank is a man who thinks he has lost everything, until his house is destroyed by a tornado. Then when he goes to the insurance company, he’s told they won't pay because the damage falls under the "Act of God" exclusion in his policy. With nothing left, and nothing left to lose, he decides to sue God himself for damages, naming representatives of the world's religions as defendants in the suit. What starts as a ridiculous stunt, becomes a beautiful, funny, soulful odyssey in which he rediscovers that love itself... requires a leap of faith.

Andula vyhrála(cs)

A rich bachelor, Pavel Haken, tries - with the help of his faithful servant - to escape the courtship of marriageable young ladies. They meet at a ladies' social club. In the cafeteria there, he is helped by the talkative Andula, the daughter of a poor taxi driver. Haken longs for peace and has a secluded weekend villa built for him. The brief silence that followed his mother's departure is interrupted by the inhabitants of a tent camp. The girls from the club have taken advantage of Mrs. Haken's offer and camped on their property, and Andula helps out in the camp kitchen...

The Boyfriend(en)

Lily is a young woman stuck in a violent relationship with James whom she no longer loves. After several years of physical abuse, Lily has now become a silent and obedient victim who’s everyday task is to please James and submit to his demands and authority in order to save herself. Lily’s true love is Zac, a past boyfriend who has started to spend a lot of time around the couple and begins to question Lily’s injuries before discovering the truth.

The Star of Cottonland(ja)

After two-month-old kitten Chibi-neko is abandoned by her former owners, she is found by 18-year-old Tokio. Although his mother is allergic to cats and has a great fear of them, she agrees to let him keep the kitten because she fears he is becoming too withdrawn after failing his university entrance exams. Chibi-neko soon falls in love with Tokio. In her own mind, Chibi-neko is a small human who speaks in human words, although people only ever seem to hear her meow, and she believes that all humans were once kittens like her. A stray cat tells Chibi-neko of a paradise called Cottonland, where dreams can come true.