Being an Elephant

Unspoken(en)

Noam Stein is a closeted teenager in a religious community who discovers he might not be alone. When he finds a love letter written to his grandfather by another man before the Holocaust, he sets out to find this mysterious person and uncover both his grandfather's identity as well as his own.

Perspective(en)

A cynical claymation artist gets a special camera that changes the way he sees the world.

Lamb(en)

A poor father lives with his blind son, dog and sheep. When he can't find any food, he is forced to make a hard decision.

Bathed in Light(es)

Two teenage couples are spending a weekend together in a house by the sea. When new feelings develop, the dynamic quickly changes.

Strandgut(de)

The oppressing life of a father and his son with a tragic ending and what can happen if a dream suddenly comes true.

Screwed(fi)

Seventeen-year-olds Miku and Elias find themselves, and each other, during a summer in the Finnish countryside.

Èvanescence(it)

Eden(pt)

In this short story, João and Pedro live in this garden. What João wants the most is for Pedro to be happy and the only way he found to make that happen is to support him in his escape with Sara. On the other hand, Pedro learned how to love João and does not want to leave the garden. But one of them ate the forbidden fruit.

The One Good Turn(en)

A political crime film in which a militant, anarchist father allows his political ideals to prevail over human dignity. The father uses his young daughter to carry out an attack on Princess Louise. After his wife foils the attack and he is arrested by the police, he steps back from his fanaticism and repents.

Traveler(en)

A young girl's quest for the stars teaches her about the reality of life on earth.

Like it or Lump it(es)

Raquel, a girl who is in the process of overcoming a break-up, is convinced by her roommate Lola to go on a double date. There she meets Jesús, with whom she will start a new relationship.

Rita(tl)

Rita, who finds herself alone when husband Ariel works abroad. They both find solace and sexual satisfaction in other people. When Ariel comes back, they both act like nothing happened. But will this keep their marriage from falling apart?

ABCDad(en)

A young man struggling with a secret gets his life back on track.

Reckless(no)

An uncompromising and controversial short set in the Scandinavian suburbia on the hottest day of the summer. A sister reluctantly babysits her little brother. Two young boys catch her attention, and she makes a crucial decision.

American Beauty(en)

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.

We Deliver a Smile(de)

The Pani company employs a dark-skinned supplier. The young Karim gets into a difficult situation through his work as a food delivery boy when he delivers to a customer who doesn't want to let him go. The boundaries between racism and helplessness become blurred and Karim has to decide: morality or compassion.

Telling Tales(en)

Two young women from very different backgrounds are forced together as part of a storytelling workshop for young offenders.

Zheimer(es)

One morning, an elderly woman grappling with Alzheimer’s awakens, gazes into the mirror, and, confronted with a stranger’s reflection, embarks on a poignant quest to rediscover the face she has carried through a lifetime, now altered overnight.

King of the Castle(en)

A heart-warming short film of two brothers and their relationship after their father's death.