Tower of Babel

Everything Will Be OK Again(cs)

An elderly woman's quiet morning turns into the toughest day of her life with an unexpected visit from her son. He informs her that he is the unknown murderer the police has been searching for.

Sunnyside(en)

Lola's dream of escaping her father's Sunnyside motel seems closer to reality when a young stranger checks in.

Chekhov's Gun(en)

Two robbers, having a philosophical debate about fate, realize that their deaths are imminent.

King's Gambit(en)

A surrealist retelling of Caine and Abel in a black void, where a game of chess is taking place. A boxer uses a punching bag while watching from afar.

Dinosaurs are Dead(en)

A young girl's perspective on life changes when she must take care of her mother during an epileptic seizure.

Code_Switch(en)

After tragedy strikes, a meek Ruby Oliver enters a broken VR game for a last chance to see the dead. Little does she know that this game treats all girls as a virus as she fights to save herself.

El Viaje(es)

Suburbia(xx)

From afar, the suburban lifestyle may appear as a sort of utopia; but be sure to gaze beyond the veil, for dire horrors and troubled intimacies will arise in the most unpleasant of forms.

Vinland(cs)

Like many others, Daniil has decided to leave his native Georgia and move to Prague in search of better pay. Originally a teacher, he finds a job with Ukrainian laborers controlled by a Russian boss called Sergei and thus becomes a cog in the machinery that takes advantage of the work of illegal immigrants… Vinland looks at the lives of people who exist all around us but about whom we know so little because their identities disappear the moment they relinquish their passports to the mafia who are interested only in profit.

The Birdhouse(en)

A comedy short film about the bond between two sisters and the marriage that comes between them.

Follow the String(en)

The red string of fate connects people to their soulmate. Sawyer is incredibly excited about this. Brynn? Not so much.

Across the Street(en)

A heartfelt short story about the long sighs and longer nights that come with falling for a friend and finding the courage to confess. Caught between chemistry and uncertainty, Georgina navigates the delicate line between friendship and love in this tender exploration of vulnerability in all of its forms.

War Theater(xx)

During a theatrical performance featuring puppets glorifying war, a wounded soldier is taken backstage where he unveils the truth about war.

A Spot for Frog(en)

Locked out of the school art room, a creative non-binary teen named Frog grapples with anxiety as they seek a new place to eat lunch. Imagination blurs with reality in this hybrid work of live action and animation about finding a place to belong.

The Cube(en)

An insecure but curious gay guy tries to change the outcome of his date by manipulating time with his Rubik’s Cube, despite not acknowledging the consequences that this time warp might bring to his date.

The Kite(sk)

A little boy likes to visit his grandpa and go kite-flying with him. But as the seasons change, grandpa seems to change too.

Harvey's Dream(en)

Inspired by the short story "Harvey's Dream" by Stephen King.

Úsvit(cs)

The story of two sisters from the Slovak-Hungarian border who, after a long separation, reveal the common moments of their complicated childhood. They return to a bleak landscape and an abandoned hotel, forced to deal with urgent questions of responsibility towards themselves and their loved ones.

Heart Fruit(de)

City people set off into a warm late summer night. Glances meet in a library. At a workout, two men discuss where to buy love. A couple kisses intimately. She bites him. No sooner has he bought a match than a better offer calls. Doubts arise. A couple explains themselves in therapy. At breakfast, his match chews her egg so loud that he freezes in disgust. The electrifying looks in the library lose their power. Full of hope they wander into the unknown. Only the dance makes them temporarily forget who they are and what will happen.

Roma Boys – The Love Story(cs)

The film explores the taboo subject of homosexuality within the Roma community through the personal story of a Roma activist who happens to be gay. Though his job has earned him respect among his peers, by coming out his status is in jeopardy. However, the desire to share his complex story prompted him to write a screenplay based on his life. Partly a documentary about his autobiographical script, the film switches between documentary and narrative storytelling. Owing to its distinctive style, the film offers a glimpse into the protagonist's world as he faces triple discrimination: as a Roma, as a gay man, and as a gay man in the Roma community.

One Week Friends(zh)

A high school student suffers from a strange amnesia, causing her memories to only last a week. After she befriends a new student, his kindness and persistence make her gradually open up.

The Neighbors' Window(en)

The story of a middle-aged woman with small children whose life is shaken up when two free-spirited twenty-somethings move in across the street.

The Girl in the Book(en)

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.

The Unforgivable(en)

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.

What Time Is It There?(zh)

A street vendor with a grim home-life forges a connection with a young woman on her way to Paris.

All Day and a Night(en)

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.

Eleanor the Great(en)

94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.

Lighting Up the Stars(zh)

Having been released after serving his sentence, a funeral director accidentally crosses paths with a girl which brings about an unexpected change in his attitude towards life.

Imperial Dreams(en)

A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles.

Iron Jawed Angels(en)

Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.

Gracie(en)

A teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer.

Tigertail(en)

A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter.

All Together Now(en)

An optimistic, talented teen clings to a huge secret: she's homeless and living on a school bus. When tragedy strikes, can she learn to accept a helping hand?

Buddha Mountain(zh)

In Chengdu, China, a retired female opera singer named Master Chang takes in a trio of young tenants into her boarding home. The tenants include a rock singer and a college student who has run away from home.

Come Sunday(en)

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.

Starving in Suburbia(en)

When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site founder, ButterflyAna. By the time Hannah's family realizes what is happening and get Hannah the help she needs, the disease has fully taken hold and Hannah is refusing to eat. Will this family be able to exorcise the demon of anorexia from their lives?

The Safety of Objects(en)

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.

One Second(zh)

A movie fan escapes from a labour camp during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and strikes up a relationship with a homeless female vagabond.

Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains(zh)

In the Chinese town of Fuyang, four brothers go about their day-to-day lives, their destinies shaped by love and challenges.

Babylon(en)

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles with family problems and has his friendships tested by racism.