Echo

Last Minute(en)

An aspiring director wants to submit his own short film to his school's media festival. With less than a month left to participate, he has yet to begin production on the film. His procrastination leads him to decide between making the project he's most excited for, or coming up with something else for the meantime.

Judgments and Talents(it)

A young man has to face his judgemental parents with the great oppurtunity offered by his friend, that will let him show off his hidden talent,

Waiting for Godot(cs)

Jakubisko’s graduation work which examines the lives of young people on the eve of their joining the army for national service.

Wish You Were There(en)

When Vienna gets locked inside the library overnight, she finds herself stuck with Maeve, her former best friend who she hasn’t spoken to since high school. With college graduation nearing, they reflect on what they have missed out on in each other’s lives and remember why they were once so close.

Blossoms in Agony(es)

Jacinta lives with her mother Alma, who has now brought grandmother Soledad home, to look after her, as she's had a cerebral stroke. Jacinta lives Soledad's presence as an invasion of her intimacy, and feels jealous of the attention Alma pays to her grandma, leaving Alma more and more worn-out.

The Kidnapping of the Bride(de)

Luisa from Argentina and Fred from Germany are confronted with their social roles at their wedding. The German tradition of kidnapping the bride shakes the couple’s equality. There is no room for love in this role-play of marriage.

Poutníci(cs)

The Waiting Room, or Eggs in Purgatory(en)

In a waiting room in the space between the living and the beyond, an unlikely pair sits impatiently for their final reckoning.

Sing for Us(cs)

When Eva (14) goes to the lake with her older brother and his friends, she finds herself under her body’s control, of which she is still ashamed at her age.

One F*cking Wish(en)

Disabled Petr, living with an overprotective father, wants to prove his masculinity by meeting a girl from the internet.

Southeasterlies(en)

Two mismatched friends, students, each in their own way troubled by life, travel one day to a nearby beach, invoking a sort of playful innocence long believed spent along with their childhoods, in the hopes that doing so will restore both of their happiness. Alas, life seldom works out that way.

Paradise on Earth to See(cs)

Matys is an outsider who moved from Ukraine to Czechia with his sister in search of a better life. It turns out the situation there is not ideal either. A glimpse of hope comes when Matys manages to get a job in a cottage located in the heart of a splendid forest.

Sam's Town(en)

After a death in the family, a fragile young man struggles to cling to his fractured reality, which is not at all as it seems.

Booking(zh)

After the death of his wife, a taxi driver, Hoon, struggles to provide for himself and his daughter, Mei, during the COVID-19 pandemic. He chooses to turn his taxi into a mobile brothel so he can give his daughter a better life. One life-changing moment forces him to re-consider his choice.

Island of Freedom(cs)

A man from communist Czechoslovakia unexpectedly meets his childhood love on a flight to Cuba. When they stop over in Canada, he has a plan… but can he trust her?

Candela(xx)

An insoluble quest.

El Pistolero(es)

José, a street performer who dreams about becoming a telenovela star, is recruited by a talent manager who promises him great success, but soon realizes the job is actually dancing in a gay strip club. Away from his home and enjoying the newfound fame he has acquired with his new job in the city, José starts wondering if turning his back on his family and himself is worth it now that he's the club's biggest star, nicknamed "El Pistolero."

Tumble(pl)

Adam, thirty-two, still lives with his overprotective mother. Their everyday life is filled with rituals of obedience and mutual dependence. Everything changes when one night Adam is accompanied by a man in a gray suit, visible only to him.

Smart Water(en)

A high-school student decides to poison her classmate in order to pass an AP-Photography test

Lebensraum(de)

Marie Kaufmann has to face an unusual interview that decides not only her own fate.