Ernest & Celestine(2012)

GUO4(en)

A confrontation between two swimmers in a locker room.

Elephants Dream(en)

Elephants Dream is the story of two strange characters exploring a capricious and seemingly infinite machine. The elder, Proog, acts as a tour-guide and protector, happily showing off the sights and dangers of the machine to his initially curious but increasingly skeptical protege Emo. As their journey unfolds we discover signs that the machine is not all Proog thinks it is, and his guiding takes on a more desperate aspect. Elephants Dream is a story about communication and fiction, made purposefully open-ended as the world’s first 3D animated “Open movie”. The film itself is released under the Creative Commons license, along with the entirety of the production files used to make it (roughly 7 Gigabytes of data). The software used to make the movie is the free/open source animation suite Blender along with other open source software, thus allowing the movie to be remade, remixed and re-purposed with only a computer and the data on the DVD or download.

Girls in Uniform(de)

In a strict Prussian boarding school for girls, sensitive student Manuela von Meinhardis develops a forbidden love to one of her teachers, the compassionate Elisabeth von Bernburg.

Edges of the Lord(en)

A 12-year-old Jewish boy hides with a family of Catholic peasant farmers to escape the Nazis.

Boats Out of Watermelon Rinds(tr)

In his award-winning debut feature film, director Ahmet Ulucay portrays the innocence of childhood and the lure of the cinema for two teens in a small Turkish village. Working for a watermelon seller by day, Remet spends his evenings trying to rebuild a film projector with his friend Mehmet. Both have big dreams to be famous film directors one day.

The Right to Be Born(es)

Vinci Da(bn)

A gifted make-up artist gets entangled up in a world of crime with a psychopathic vigilante.

Saturn Bowling(fr)

In a family-owned bowling alley, tension arises between two brothers following their father's death. Meanwhile one of them, a cop, is investigating a series of disturbing murders. Both brothers soon find themselves trapped in a looming darkness.

A Girl on the Shore(ja)

Keisuke Isobe and Koume Satou live a rather dull life. But when Koume's crush breaks her heart, their situation becomes quite unordinary. She starts a "no-strings-attached" relationship with Keisuke, whom she had previously rejected, both finding solace in the other in order to fill the emotional voids in their lives.

Americanish(en)

In Jackson Heights, career-driven sisters Maryam and Sam and their newly-immigrated cousin Ameera must navigate the consistent — and sometimes conflicting — demands of romance, culture, work and family.

Where Spring Comes Late(ja)

The story is set in 1970 during the time of the first EXPO in Japan. The film’s main figure is a miner who suddenly becomes unemployed because the mine he worked in was shut down. He decides to resettle with his whole family to Hokkaido in northern Japan and start a new life as a farmer.

Bonus Malus(fr)

The Eagle Huntress(en)

Follow Aisholpan, a 13-year-old girl, as she trains to become the first female in twelve generations of her Kazakh family to become an eagle hunter, and rise to the pinnacle of a tradition that has been typically been handed down from father to son for centuries.

Mozart and the Whale(en)

A love story between two savants with Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism, whose conditions sabotage their budding relationship.

Red Road(en)

Jackie is a CCTV operator. One day, a man shows his face on her monitor, a man she hoped never to see again. Now she has no choice and is compelled to confront him.

Swing Time(en)

Lucky is tricked into missing his own wedding to Margaret and has to make $25,000 so her father will allow him to marry her. He and business partner Pop go to New York where they run into dancing instructor Penny. She and Lucky form a successful dance partnership, but romance is blighted by his old attachment to Margaret and hers for Ricky.

Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia(fr)

Ernest and Celestine are travelling back to Ernest's country, Gibberitia, to fix his broken violin. This exotic land is home to the best musicians on earth and music constantly fills the air with joy. However, upon arriving, our two heroes discover that all forms of music have been banned for many years - and for them, a life without music is unthinkable. Along with their friends and a mysterious masked outlaw, Ernest and Celestine must try their best to bring music and happiness back to the land of bears.

Heal(en)

A documentary film that takes us on a scientific and spiritual journey where we discover that by changing one's perceptions, the human body can heal itself from any disease.

Love per Square Foot(hi)

Individually, bank employees Sanjay and Karina don't earn enough to be able to buy a home, so they decide to enter into a marriage of convenience.

Crazy for Fixi(de)

Tom is a nice guy, and that's his problem: Real women don't like nice guys. No surprise that he has never gotten laid. On graduation day and amidst laughter, he is presented with Fixi, a lifesize sex doll. How embarassing! But the next morning, Tom awakes next to a real woman - Fixi came to life.

Mlsné medvědí příběhy: Na pól!(cs)

Wet Dog(de)

Based on a provocative autobiography, this story — set in a largely Muslim neighborhood in Berlin — follows a teenage gang member who is caught between hiding his Jewish identity and saving his life.

The Chocolate Club(en)

Seven strangers search for faith, hope, love and chocolate at a Cornish support group, nicknamed The Chocolate Club, as everyone is surviving on something sweet. Can confectionery and creativity lift the spirits of the lost souls?

Les Quatre Tours(fr)

My Summer with the Shark(it)

School's out and 13-year-old Walter has lost his father. In his seemingly aimless wanderings around the Roman coast, a fascinating and mysterious place catches his eye: an abandoned villa with a huge, murky swimming pool. But the villa is not unguarded...

Ee Nagaraniki Emaindi?(te)

Four friends, with a bittersweet history, get drunk and embark on a journey to Goa. On the trip, they lose an expensive ring which threatens to derail one of their engagement. They end up confronting one another and their own fears, as they enroll in a short film making competition in Goa to try and win the prize money for the ring.

Princess Goldilocks(cs)

A princess was so beautiful and had such golden hair that she was known as Pretty Goldilocks. A neighboring king fell in love with her from her description, but much to the king's disappointment, she rejected his ambassador, saying she had no wish to be married...

SOS: Summer of Suspense(no)

Noora, who lives in a small coastal community, finds a packet of drugs while trying to save a seal cub abandoned by its mother.

Muddy River(ja)

Two boys, whose parents ply their trade by the mouth of a muddy river in Osaka, become close friends.

In Beating Cells(de)

The sun is setting on couples Rico and Eva and Friedrich and Julia's forest road trip. Tight bonds have formed across the group, none more so than between free-spirited Rico and vertical thinker Friedrich, who is coming to terms with a side of his sexuality that had previously remained in the shadows. As the foursome drink, party, swim and while away the hours by a picturesque lake, the food supplies dwindle, and the sheen starts to come off their idyllic escape.

Haami(bn)

It is a story of real & simple friendship between two lower primary school student; Bhutu (Broto Banerjee), son of soon-grown-up-rich businessman Laltu Biswas (Shiboprosad Mukherjee) & Mitali Biswas (Gargi Roy Chowdhury) and newly admitted Chini (Tiyasha Pal), daughter of high life-styled Professor (Sujan Mukhopadhyay) & teacher (Churni Ganguly). Drama started as Bhutu kissed Chini as a symbol of friendship, which made clash between the respective families with their grown-up thinkings.

Solitude(is)

An aged farmer moves to the urban city for the first time in his life. He befriends a paper delivery boy in the neighborhood and their connection changes the course of both their lives and the boy's family.

Tambourine, Drum(ru)

A mining town in Russia at the end of the nineties. A miners' strike has paralysed the place, corruption and fraud are flourishing in the transitional period from a socialist economy to a market economy. In this world of lost souls lives Yekaterina Artemovna (Katya). This unconspicuous woman has, in the words of her future lover, a "heart of gold". The only bright spots in her lonely life in a meagre communal apartment are literature and her work in the town library. The only bright ray flashed in the life of the heroine is a visiting sailor. But he turns out to be a gigolo and leaves the poor woman. The tense string inside the heroine bursts, the iron nerves lose, and restrained Yekaterina at this point loses all patience with life and ready for the most desperate and cruel revenge...

The Phoenix and the Magic Carpet(en)

Stuck in their late Grandfather's country cottage with no TV, Anthea, Robert and Chris are resigned to a boring week until they find a mouldy old carpet and a strange golden egg. But when the egg accidentally falls into the bonfire, it hatches into the mythical firebird, the Gloden Phoenix. So begins an amazing journey and the adventure of a lifetime, as the Phoenix takes them to a land of enchantment, magic and fantasy - via a magic flying carpet. Written by L.H. Wong

Mighty Mouse(en)

Film based on the cartoon.

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever(en)

The Herdman kids are undeniably the worst kids in the history of the world. They lie, steal, cheat, bully and overall terrorize their small community. But this Christmas, they're taking over their local church Pageant – and they just might unwittingly teach a shocked little town the true meaning of Christmas.

One Happy Day(nl)

99 Miles Till LA(en)

In a bid to recapture the carefree days of their youth, four friends decide to escape their daily routines and responsibilities and hit the open road to California. As the friends traverse the stunning landscapes of California, they rediscover the value of friendship and the power of shared memories. Beneath the laughter and chaos, they confront their fears, vulnerabilities, and unfulfilled dreams, strengthening the unbreakable bonds they now share. "99 Miles Till LA" is a unabridged celebration of camaraderie, self-discovery, and the enduring power of friendship that will leave you touched by the beauty of life's unexpected adventures.

Fremont(en)

Donya, a lonely Afghan refugee and former translator, spends her twenties drifting through a meager existence in Fremont, California. Shuttling between her job writing fortunes for a fortune cookie factory and sessions with her eccentric therapist, Donya suffers from insomnia and survivor's guilt over those still left behind in Kabul as she desperately searches for love.