The Gift

Balcony(en)

Tina doesn’t know much about the schoolgirl in the Hijab. She might come from Egypt or Iraq – but what does it matter? She would like to be there for her neighbour, to protect her from her tough life at home and in the neighbourhood. But how come Tina thinks she knows so much about this foreign girl? Prejudice and tentative advances collide head-on in the block.

The Strange Case of Sherlock Holmes & Arthur Conan Doyle(en)

What led Arthur Conan Doyle to create, and then destroy the world famous detective, Sherlock Holmes? This compelling drama explores the dark secrets that surround the author and his creation.

The Heart(en)

A lonely man grieves the death of his mother after an argument about groceries and an odd request in her will.

Strangers(en)

While walking her dog alone, Clare is approached by a stranger with a disturbing story to tell.

Mail-bag(en)

A woman lives vicariously through the letters she needs to deliver until she finds one whose destiny she does not want to accept.

Gare du Nord(fr)

In a busy, noisy neighborhood, a frustrated young wife in a failing marriage is offered her freedom by her indifferent husband, but has second thoughts after meeting an intriguing stranger.

Deborah(it)

Created by Antonio Rezza using an auto-timer and edited in the video camera, it describes selfishness and one-sided relationships. The only person who listens to everyone else’s problems ends up sopressing himself before the eyes of his confidantes/ executioners.

Stone Soup(en)

A modern day fable about a young girl, an old man and a handful of stones.

Déjame(es)

My Jealous Barber(no)

Bent, Frank and Susie live in the same street, and when they finally meet they have to face new problems. Unknown problems concerning themselves. The question is: Do they manage to solve them?

The Lorry(fr)

In this most talky and personal of films, director Marguerite Duras and actor Gerard Depardieu do an on-camera read-through of a movie script. Occasionally, the director comments about the characters or their motivations, and sometimes the actor does. That's all -- there is no action, there are no location shots, no one pretends to be anything else. The script itself tells about an encounter between a blank-slate of a woman hitchhiker, and a communist truck driver. As the reading progresses, Duras comments bitterly about the failed ideals of communism and the glorious revolution that will probably never happen.

A Little Inside(en)

When he unexpectedly becomes a single parent, an aspiring professional baseball player trades in his bat for a socket wrench and becomes a small-town mechanic. But when he tries to convince his young daughter to play Little League ball, King is disappointed to learn that she prefers ballet shoes to cleats. Can he accept his daughter for who she is and take another swing at his dreams?

Spring Will Soon Be Here(ru)

In the courtyard of a convent run by Mother Ekaterina, a dozen people are trying to build a new life. Young novitiate Olga is a simple soul, honest and loving. When a troublemaker enters the community, Olga trusts him immediately, and things get complicated.

Travelling with Pets(ru)

Plucked from an orphanage as a literal love slave, the now adult Natalija (a luminous Kseniya Kutepova) serves her ape-like husband by tending his prized cow—whose milk they sell to customers on passing trains. When hubby suddenly drops dead, however, Natalija’s narrow life of cows and rails finally starts opening up. Dumping his body at the local hospital, dropping by church to say a few prayers and trading in the cow for a pet goat, she slowly eliminates all trace of his former hold on her, searching out a new life in the freedom that emerges.

Pull My Daisy(en)

Based on an incident in the life of Beat icon Neal Cassady and his wife, the painter Carolyn, the film tells the story of a railway brakeman whose wife invites a respected bishop over for dinner. However, the brakeman's Bohemian friends crash the party, with comic results. Pull My Daisy is a film that typifies the Beat Generation. Directed by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie, Daisy was adapted by Jack Kerouac from the third act of his play, Beat Generation; Kerouac also provided improvised narration.

When the Sea Rises(fr)

An actress, who goes all over rural France with her monologe "Sex and Crime", meets and falls in love with a man, since that moment starts helping him in his plays.

Past Perfect(it)

A pair of summer and winter weekends intertwine in a series of flashbacks involving five friends. Their dreams and expectations overlap with memories of events that took place in the house that they are sharing, which has a particular significance for all of them.

Corpo Celeste(it)

After growing up in Switzerland, 13-year-old Marta returns to a city in southern Italy with her mother and older sister. Independent and inquisitive, she joins a catechism class at a local church. However, the games and religious pop songs she encounters there do not nearly satisfy her interest in faith. Struggling to find her place, Marta pushes the boundaries of the class, the priest, and the church.

Drimage(en)

Mike lives in New York. Every day he walks in the streets and what he sees mixes with his thoughts, while his dreams blur with the mirages of the society of images. In such a large city it may be difficult to find a balance between the words and the noises around. Suddenly, Mike realizes what he wants: to go away, as far as he can.

Pathetic Woman(en)

An awkward encounter at work carries two unassuming co-workers into a dreamy holiday weekend. A weekend that inevitably falls to pieces when Andy introduces Katherine to some friends. A surreal portrait of love and how pathetic it renders us.