Autumn of Life(NaN)

Afire(de)

Self-important author Leon joins his best friend on a summer holiday near the Baltic Sea to complete his novel. When they arrive, they find their house is already occupied by a carefree woman who challenges Leon to open up. Meanwhile, forest wildfires rage around them and impending disaster looms.

Together(pt)

Two neighbors lean on each other, turning small moments of life into great treasures.

Tomorrow's a New Day(it)

When theatre actor Giuliano receives an unexpected visit from his childhood friend Tommasso, the encounter is bittersweet. This reunion is their first meeting in many years, triggered by Giuliano’s failing health and his decision to forgo treatment. Instead he is focussed on putting his affairs in order: distributing possessions, reconciling past disputes, and, most importantly, finding a home for his beloved canine, Pato. Over four days, the two men walk the streets of Rome, visiting bookshops, restaurants, veterinarians and friends, examining their lives and speculating on what the future holds.

Underwater(es)

After 8 years together, a gay couple is confronted with the fact that they don't know how to keep on going. What is love? What is keeping them together? Is it better to drown or to die of thirst?

Flooding Memories(en)

Haunted by flooding memories of their parents' verbal abuse, an insecure person decides to stop reflecting and start living the life they never knew they could have.

Activities of Daily Living(en)

When twenty year old care worker Sam is suddenly allocated the primary caregiver of grumpy resident Tommy, things don't look too bright. But after they realise they have more in common than may seem, an unlikely friendship begins; one that could change the trajectory of Sam's life forever.

The Deep End(en)

With her husband Jack perpetually away at work, Margaret Hall raises her children virtually alone. Her teenage son is testing the waters of the adult world, and early one morning she wakes to find the dead body of his gay lover on the beach of their rural lakeside home. What would you do? What is rational and what do you do to protect your child? How far do you go and when do you stop?

Jael's Tale(en)

A seemingly brutalised woman struggles to escape her emotional paralysis. The state of her marriage to her presumed-to-be violent husband feeds her urge to pursue a violent redemption.

ME(en)

A musical odyssey about trauma and the retreat of humanity into itself.

La Dérailleuse(fr)

Viva Cuba(es)

The friendship between two children is threatened by their parents’ differences. Malú is from a family that was upper-class before the Revolution and remains well-to-do through remittances from relatives overseas, and her single mother (Larisa Vega Alamar) does not want her to play with Jorgito, as she thinks his background coarse and commonplace. Jorgito’s mother (Luisa María Jiménez Rodríguez),

FAMILY STORY(id)

Based on the experience of the Director, this short film tells the story of a struggling family when a moment changes the family’s life. The mother figure becomes the light that moves the family to stay together.

Meu amigo que trabalhou com Manoel de Oliveira, que fez 100 anos(pt)

Black Swell(en)

A man tries to kill himself in a motel room.

Falling Letters(xx)

A short film about doing things your own more creative way.

The Job Hunt(en)

A documentary-style comedy that follows the journey of a young Welshman as he attempts to find employment.

Refugee Poetry(ku)

The Kurdish Iraqi poet and actor Zeravan Khalil travels with his dog through an Alpine gorge after fleeing from IS war and genocide. As he remembers the abomination, he writes a poem with the title “You drive me mad” in Kurmanji Kurdish. In his home country, Yazidic Kurds are forbidden to work in his profession. Then he eats his apple and wanders through Europe’s middle with more hope.

Air comprimé(fr)

Vincent, who lacks control over his pupils, his a maths teacher in a high school. One day, he and his wife Hélène, who is five months pregnant, are the target of a hidden paintball shooter. Although not injured, they are traumatized. While Hélène decides to forget the attack, Vincent becomes convinced that the shooter is one of his young students.

Fatiya(fr)

Fatiya agrees to replace her cousin at a babysitting gig. When she meets the mother of the young boy she is supposed to look after, prejudice and racism cause the afternoon to take a turn.

A Taste of Honey(en)

While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarries, Jo's only support becomes her friend Geoffrey, a homosexual.