The Ball Method(2020)

Stockholm Daybreak(sv)

At the break of dawn, teenagers Axel and Love are on the way home after a night out partying. As the sun rises, they start to see each other in a whole new light... Elin Övergaard's remarkably tender portrait of the struggle to say what you mean to the person you care for the most packs a considerable emotive punch in only just a few minutes.

Hotsunlight(ru)

Lugansk region, May 2014. The Novozhilov family, by chance, finds itself in the thick of events in Lugansk. Vlad Novozhilov is a former participant in the war in Afghanistan. He knows firsthand what war is. Having seen enough of the horrors of war in his time, in principle he does not even want to touch a weapon. In a situation, he sees only one way out - to leave the country. But you can't run away from the war, the border is already closed. To save his family, he will have to make difficult moral choices.

It Was You(en)

Lauren and her friends gather for a carefree night of drinking and playing with a spirit board, but when the game takes a dark turn and buried secrets surface - friendships unravel and the line between truth and belief begins to blur.

How Brief(en)

HOW BRIEF is a disappearing act set over the course of one night in 1962 when a restless woman returns to her childhood home for the last time, inspired by the music of singer-songwriter Connie Converse.

Shedding(pt)

In a strange morning, Gabi had the feeling of being absorbed by something unusual.

That Which Once Was(en)

In 2032 an eight-year old boy, displaced by global warming, fends for himself as an environmental refugee in a hostile northern metropolis. Haunted by memories of flooding that left him homeless and orphaned, the boy forms an unexpected friendship with an Inuk ice carver who helps him confront his past.

A Chiara(it)

Chiara feels that there is something wrong. She has a strange feeling she cannot explain to her mother or sister. During the night, after overhearing a heated argument between her parents and witnessing something shocking, her world is overturned and her safety net crumbles. Reality and dreams start to blur and Chiara’s life will never be the same.

Suspended(en)

Confronted by the stark reality that his father is in an intimate relationship with another woman, seven-year-old Caleb grapples with his sense of belonging and begins to inhabit a realm of frightening magical possibility. The cracks in his parents relationship, coupled with their drug use and inability to communicate, drive Caleb further into his imagination. It is not until he meets Eddie, a blind man with a sense of mischief and a subtle inner knowing, that Caleb begins to open up and explore his own innate potential for magic, which leads ultimately, to a fulfillment of the impossible.

The Funk(en)

Jack woke up in a Funk one day. No one really knows how it started.

Gahvara(ur)

To fulfill his grandmother's last wish, Farhan makes a new funeral bier (gahvara) to take her body to the burial ground. But the events that happen thereafter change Farhan's life and perspective forever.

My Friend Jaime(es)

This short film tells the story of Dani, a young boy who shares a close friendship with his friend Jaime. Their relationship changes when Dani realizes he feels something more. Following these events, the lives of both experience an unexpected twist full of strong emotions.

Black Pawn(en)

The rejected son of a gangster tries to regain his fathers approval.

Mayor of Lowell(en)

This short documentary chronicles the culture and arts of Cambodian Americans and the Lowell, MA community through the eyes of Sokhary Chau, the first Cambodian American Mayor in the United States. Chau immigrated to the U.S. at seven years old to escape the Khmer Rouge genocide. Through this unique story that showcases the best of Lowell—immigrant success, assimilation, history, and the development of the arts—we see a man born into a war-torn country who comes to America to be a first-in-the-nation leader.

The Rock Pile(en)

Amid the conflict in Israel, disillusioned war correspondent Erin Ryan finds redemption and a story of reconciliation in the fights, football, and friendship of three boys of different faiths in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Deixa, João(pt)

The First Emperor of China(en)

This historical drama tells the story of Qin Shihuang, who unified China's vast territory and declared himself emperor in 221 B.C. During his reign, he introduced sweeping reforms, built a vast network of roads and connected the Great Wall of China. From the grandiose inner sanctum of Emperor Qin's royal palace, to fierce battles with feudal kings, this film re-creates the glory and the terror of the Qin Dynasty, including footage of Qin's life-sized terra cotta army, constructed 2,200 years ago for his tomb.

Sugar(en)

A mother and daughter face a harsh new reality - Alzheimer's disease. After being away, Charlie returns home to find the one person she can't live without has quickly deteriorated into a woman she hardly knows.

Responsible Child(en)

Ray, a twelve-year-old boy, must confront the British legal system when he is accused of murder.

10(pt)

Bernardo owns a furniture industry. In his sixties, he lives alone. After his father's death, he has to count to ten everynight to fall asleep. Time goes by, and it seems like he just can't fall asleep.