Bless Me Father

Ponyboi(en)

An intersex runaway searches for love and a way out of his working class neighborhood in New Jersey.

Chhaya(or)

El primer día(es)

At a train station, a thief steals from a couple while the passengers are getting off the train. The boy runs after the thief and disappears. The girl, alone and lost, decides to go out into the street.

After-School Special(en)

A man and a woman have an awkward encounter at an indoor playground.

A Christmas Carol(en)

Based on the story by Charles Dickens. Filmed in Toledo, Ohio, U.S.A. Preserved by the Oesterreichisches Filmmsuem, Vienna and Temenos Archive, Zurich.

Flowers of Asphalt(en)

Suggested music to be played during film : “Concerto Grosso” by Ludwig van Beethoven. With John Markopoulos, Maria Markopoulos, Andrew Markopoulos, Elaine Markopoulos and others. Filmed in Toledo, Ohio. ( This film contains footage from Jackdaw and Christmas U.S.A. Preserved by Temenos, Zurich & New York.

Perfection(en)

An artist struggles by not finding the way to finish his master piece.

Life...(en)

The intrapersonal fragility of a psychologist's life is revealed as she helps others navigate through the issues in their own lives.

Blood Bonds(en)

Steven Dillon, 18 years old and homeless, desperately tries to escape poverty by getting a job. When his older brother Anthony, a drug addict, offers him a "freelance job", Steven is manipulated into robbing a convenience store. Steven is now left with the decision to either continue following Anthony or to cut his blood bond, leaving his only brother and family behind forever for the sake of his own stability, future, and life.

Bang!(en)

A shy, lonely boy discovers his finger guns shoot real bullets, and tries to use this newfound ability to make friends.

Still Your Son(en)

The story of Matt, a bigoted yet loving father, coming to terms with the fact that his son, Lucas, is gay.

Nonino's Gift(en)

When a young teenager learns of his grandfather's memory sickness, he forces his father to meet with him, despite having bad family history.

The Fires of Joanna(en)

Set in Depression-era Eastern Ontario, "The Fires of Joanna" tells the story of a woman struggling to endure a harsh and unforgiving life. Joanna McVeigh is a young epileptic woman, who, burdened by an illness for which she is shunned, illuminates her isolation with the pleasures of her one great gift: her ability to set fires with her mind. A tale of sin, guilt, and redemption.

Clouzot : The Early Works(en)

A master of suspense admired even by Hitchcock, Henri-Georges Clouzot is famous for acid-tinged thrillers about cold-blooded murder and ugly politics, whether in a French town or a Latin American oil field. But his early writing career was quite different: he provided the scenarios and dialogue for ten years’ worth of clever farces and affecting melodramas, often with musical numbers. My Cousin from Warsaw, Dragnet Night, The Unknown Singer, I’ll Be Alone After Midnight, The Terror of Batignolles, Tell Me Tonight, Dream Castle

Red Snow(de)

A young lieutenant must persuade a captive resistance fighter to betray his comrades, or enforce a law which states that for every German soldier killed, one hundred civilians must be executed.

(Un)alarmed(en)

Derek, a young man indebted to his sleep and schoolwork fractures his perception of reality as his association of alarm and anxiety is numbed by the repetition of his stresses.

Notice Me(en)

Becky looks up from her phone and her world changes forever.

Open House(es)

While robbing a house, Julio asks Ricardo to pretend to be the house's owners. Both of them take advantage of the solitude of their surroundings to express what they truly feel for each other.

Unbreakable Signs(en)

Chris intends to leave the village where he lives, aware that he will have to face Those We Don't Speak Of. Short film inspired by M. Night Shyamalan's The Village.

Taxi(es)

Anything can happen to a foreigner who travels to meet his fiancée.

Fire(en)

A volatile young man struggles to control his unnatural powers when he faces a chance encounter in an unfamiliar environment.

We All Play(en)

"WE ALL PLAY" addresses the reality of the LGBTQIA+ community in sport. In a trip around the world, we will meet outstanding world elite athletes, who will talk, many of them for the first time, about their personal and professional experiences in first person.

Martian(lv)

A little boy pulls out one Martian toy from a vending machine and it turns into a real alien who takes him to his planet, where he is surronded by the toys from the vending machine, but much bigger.

Six Figures(en)

Warner lives in a cramped townhouse with his wife, Claire, and their two children. While buying a house in Calgary's competitive real estate market, he learns his job isn't as secure as he'd like, and when he asks Claire to reconsider, they fight. On the same afternoon, Claire is attacked; Warner emerges as the prime suspect.

Tales of Times Square(en)

Based on the cult classic book of the same name, written by Josh Alan Friedman, Tales of Times Square combines 16 mm footage and grainy Super 8, as well as original 35mm photography by Porn Star Annie Sprinkle, to paint a vivid picture of Times Square's seedy past, the sex industries that thrived there, and those threatened with extinction by a movement to 'sanitize the square.' The film investigates the past, present and future of the infamous neighborhood, at the height of its raunchy reputation.

The Good Hope(nl)

Young Barend is worried about the safety of the sailing vessel he is on. The owner is an unscrupulous and stingy man who skimps on repairs and Barend becomes aware of this. Inevitably there is drama and tragedy. The film is set in an early 20th century Dutch fishing village with local period costume and colour.

El peor comediante del mundo(es)

The Private Secretary(en)

A timid and dim-witted clergyman is duped into helping a playboy avoid his creditors, inherit his uncle's fortune and get the girl.

Cocktail(da)

Armored Car(cs)

An unknown gang has again broken into a van containing money from the European bank. Banker Sam Hamilton decides to use an armoured car for the next money transport. He hires racing driver Charly Allan as the driver. Allan is invited to Hamilton's house for a party. During a dance with the banker's daughter Bessy he is attacked by bandits, pushed to the ground and Bessy is kidnapped.

Hunter's Bride(de)

Inspired by Carl Maria von Weber's Der Freischütz, the film opera Hunter's Bride traces the romantic rivalry between two veterans of the Napoleonic Wars who each vie for the heart of the same woman.

The Showdown(ko)

In the 11th year of Kwang Hae-gun, Jo-seon soldiers go to war with China after an invasion. In the middle of Manchu, three people who have barely survived are being cornered by the Chinese forces, and begin a bloody battle not with their enemies but with their friends.

Anita Liberty(en)

Anita's boyfriend Mitchell dumped her after 3.5 years for Heather. All she can think about is humiliating him, mostly in poems that are bitter, banal, and hilarious.

Sons of Cuba(en)

The Havana Boxing Academy is a Cuban boarding school that takes 9-year-old boys, and turns them into the best boxers in the world. SONS OF CUBA follows the stories of three young hopefuls through 8 dramatic months of training and schooling as they prepare for the biggest event of their lives so far: Cuba's National Boxing Championship for Under-12's. But during the season, crisis strikes: Fidel Castro is taken ill, and all of Cuba's Olympic boxing champions defect to the USA, leaving Cuba at a crossroads, and the boys contemplating a changing world.

Paradise Inn(tl)

Paradise Inn is more than a watering hole, a gambling den cum-brothel frequented by the menfolk. It is a notorious landmark. Ester Paraiso, a retired prostitute, runs the place with help from her own daughter, Daria, whom she is preparing for the job, and from influential politicos. Her daughter, however, decides to run away but is later spurned by her suitor and his offer of a respectable life. Even the timely arrival of a two-beat magician, Rey, who hastily proposes marriage, fails to prevent the escalating tension as the mother-daughter conflict takes its worst turn culminating in the characters' fiery destruction.

The Doll's Revenge(en)

A boy breaks his sister's doll and it mends, grows, tears him up and eats him.

Woven(en)

When a mysterious crime takes the life of her only brother, an Ethiopian American woman searches for the truth behind his death, while struggling to reconcile cultural expectations with her own pursuit of self-identity and love.

¿Pena de muerte?(es)

Pedro is accused of the murder of Eduardo . The evidence against him is overwhelming. A famous lawyer has to give up his defense because he is seriously ill. But his son Pablo, who is a writer, decides to investigate

Lou's Neighbour(fr)

Vladimir, 15-years-old, is secretly in love with his neighbour Lou. When Lou decides to leave her home to move in with her boyfriend – a man ten years older than her – Vladimir tries to put his jealousy aside to help her.