The Elusive(2016)

The Golden Cage(bn)

It is an early winter morning in Kolkata in 1989 and the palatial old "Roy Choudhury" house lies dilapidated, housing the last few members of a once huge affluent joint family. Rudro, the younger brother of the last generation, an under-confident, nondescript man in his mid-30s tries to convince Rajatabho, the eldest of the brothers to take up the offer of selling the house in a desperate attempt to save themselves from bankruptcy. Rajatabho, however, is unrelenting. Rudro, later tries to convince Anjali, Rajatabho's wife, to help change her husband's mind. Later in the day, a crying Anjali grinds down sleeping pills on her kitchen slab. She reminisces down memory lane through each nook and corner of the house as she does this. Finally, at dusk, as Anjali stands alone on the terrace holding a bottle of sleeping pills, Rajatabho suddenly arrives and they look eye to eye for the first time in months.

Roy(en)

Trapped in a lonely existence, reclusive widower Roy passes the days by cold calling strangers from the phone book, looking for brief moments of companionship. But when he accidentally calls adult hotline worker Cara, an unlikely friendship is born that will help them both rediscover the joy of life.

Canvas(en)

An egotistic, self-centric painter discovers he has developed a life-changing disease. Choosing to forget his troubled past, he immerses himself in painting, reshaping his memories to imagine a different past.

Charlie - Someone's in there(en)

Charlie is about love while Apocalypse wind destroys everything. Antonio fights for the love towards his companion and his dad and faces one of the hardest choice in his whole life.

A Coup(ur)

When a young girl comes out to her biased psychiatrist in 1983, he calls her parents for an intervention to cure her.

El Extraordinario Sr. Júpiter(es)

Franco Júpiter has lived an extraordinary life. Abandoned as a child, he grew up wondering about the mysteries of the universe. This curiosity about life has made him capable of achieving powers one could ever dream of. Now an adult, Franco Júpiter discovers something that had been missing all his life... love.

Sekunder(da)

The Chosen One(en)

After impulsively shaving off his beard and sidelocks, a young Hasidic man experiences a nightmarish transformation that leads him right back to where he started. Over the course of one painful night, Eli Eisenstein will come to realize that it’s much easier to shave your beard than to shed who you are.

Shadow Puppets(he)

Set in Israel during the 80's, a young boy's role model uncle - a shadow puppet artist - is slowly losing his mind, drawn ever deeper into a web of Local folklore, Israeli Ethos, and unearthly puppetry.

Café Marylin(hu)

Last Full Show(tl)

A high school student learns the meaning of love at an underground Manila movie theatre.

Tasting Skinny(en)

A short retrospective documentary on the struggles of eating disorder.

Panda(fr)

Two teenagers are playing by night in a dirty parking lot. After they are driving on an empty road, they start to tease each other on the way to the sea, but they seem to be too young to drive and the road is a bit strange.

Bunyi Hujan di Atas Genting(id)

Adopted from Seno Gumira Ajidarma's short story, Sawitri, this former prostitute believes that one day she will meet again with her boyfriend Pamuji, who left her when the government was cleaning up thuggery in her country.

Kavi(en)

The story of a young boy who attempts to escape from the brick kiln where he is forced to work as a bonded labor slave in India.

A Man Thing(pl)

13-year-old Bartek tries desperately to hide the fact that his father beats him. Lonely and with no support from his mother or his school, tyrannized by his soccer coach, the boy finds his only friend in an old dying stray dog.

The Private Life of a Cat(en)

An intimate study of the life of a domestic cat, taking place over a period of months as she gives birth to a litter of kittens and cares for them as they grow.

The Storm-Tamer(fr)

Following a premonition, a young woman tries to persuade her fiancé not to go out to sea in his fishing boat, but the boy ignores her and sets out. Soon, a storm occurs, and the girl frantically tries to find out his fate. Eventually, at the advice of her grandmother, she goes to the "Tempestaire", who has the power to speak to the wind and subdue it.

Aswang(tl)

Little Ruben believes that Lilith, the beautiful lady in their town, is an "aswang". His world will turn upside down because of Lilith's suspicious interest in his family.

The Bereaved(de)

After the death of his father, Paul (18) meets Dresen (60), who also suffered a loss. The two of them spend the night together. But their suppressed mourning turns into aggression. The situation is about to escalate.