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Living Your Life(de)

Through a magical coincidence, the ambitious career woman Rebecca and the lively musical actress Maja switch bodies and have to find their way in each other's lives. What begins as a strange dilemma soon teaches them important life lessons.

Waterlogged(en)

After his greed lands him in the lair of the Vodník (a terrifying water spirit), a young man must learn to value his own humanity over his material desires.

10:10(en)

Two girls wait to be picked up at the train station. One finds herself unable to let go of the end of a trip she wants to last forever.

Game of Love(en)

After meeting on a fateful New Year's Eve, two con-artists go for the ultimate grift: tricking each other into falling in love.

Akáty bílé(cs)

Two itinerant performers in a timeless, unnamed land rescue an abandoned infant. As they care for the child, they clash with the realm’s all-powerful, primitive militia. This tragicomedy follows their bond, the absurdity of authority, and the longing for belonging against a surreal, beastly backdrop.

SPOT(en)

A lonely young man, with a cat as his only companion, struggles with a looming, ravenous darkness lying beneath his home.

Trick or Bleat(en)

Gabby is a young wannabe mechanic, who has just moved into a new neighborhood in the suburbs of Maryland. On Halloween Night, she encounters a slew of trick-or-treaters who tell her of a local legend called the Goatman. Soon after, a masked intruder who bears an eerie resemblance to the mythical Goatman breaks into her home. A violent game of cat and mouse ensues, pushing Gabby to her mental and physical limits.

R52.9 Pain, unspecified(de)

Period pain varies greatly in terms of its form and intensity. It is not easy to describe in words, and it is often trivialized and dismissed. This film aims to break this taboo and visualize the feeling of having a period based on personal experiences, making it more tangible.

Merenguito(es)

Merenguito, a little piñata boy, wakes up on a school table after being put together by a group of primary school children. Soon they discover his gift: dispensing candy at will. When the children become absorbed by their greed for candy, Merenguito finds comfort in his friendship with Bruno, a gentle child outcast from his peers due to his delicate health condition. Chaos soon erupts and Merenguito becomes a victim of merciless bullying that spirals him into a choice with terrible consequences.

body(ca)

The film follows an introverted 20-year-old girl, Duna Canet, as she leads a seemingly normal life. Yet, at its roots she is trapped and consumed by an eating disorder that refuses to accept. In as little as a day, the struggle unravels to the point where she hits rock bottom and sets out on a path of self-discovery and acceptance.

A Descent into the Maelström(cs)

Two brothers are caught by storm and they are drifted to the greatest whirpool on the world. Due to circumstances they will be forced to fight each other for life and death.

ECDYSIS(xx)

Dusk or dawn, stuck in subconsciousness until we can’t separate between the true self and appearances. Is it even possible that we will be free from our own sake?

The Dynamite Watcher(cs)

Three separate short stories by Jan Drda from the collection The Dumb Barricade: The Dynamite Watchman, Hatred and Traces.

Do Us Part(en)

A wedding videographer and his apprentice answer a mysterious invite to shoot a wedding in a secluded, ramshackle barn. When they arrive, they find they are not shooting a wedding at all, and are the last thing standing between the world and a demonic apocalypse.

Two Elephants(cs)

Lov(cs)

Palomita(es)

A hungry pidgeon finds a box of popcorn, down on a bench, and tries to reach it. The only thing it stops him to get it it's the rain.

to boyhood, i never knew him(en)

Archive footage from 2006 - 2010 of a young girl growing up during the ages of four to eight. Only fragments of what is remembered exists. Words from a transgender man float to the surface as fleeting memories go on.

Limerence(en)

On a laid-back summer day, a young woman spends some time with her casual partner. Irmak Akgur directs "Limerence," a slice-of-life portrait that flows in uninhibited vignettes. Minimally plotted but tonally sharp, Akgur's film captures a couple of free spirits in their element - spending the day preening, dancing in the sun, making love. Built with convincing intimacy and naturalism, it culminates in a moment of carnal revelation.

Good Heart(cs)

The first film ever broadcasted in Roma language on Czech public TV without Czech subtitles. Good Heart is an adaptation of a Roma folk tale recounting an evening in a little cottage house in the countryside.