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19TH FILM PROGRAMME
(AB) NORMAL / (А) НОРМАЛНО, Fiction, Spain , 12'38'', 2021
Leo, Juan, David and Lucio cross paths at their gym´s locker room. Four people, four different ways to understand masculinity: The conflict is on the air. / Лео, Хуан, ...
(LA) FUREUR DE VIVRE / БЪДЕЩЕТО НА ЖИВОТА, Experimental, Belgium , 19'21'', 2021
Like a confluence of rivers flowing into the infinity of individual and collective universes, the visions offered by (La) Fureur de Vivre confronts us all, in their own unique ...
A DARK MOMENT OF FAITH / TЪМНАТА СТРАНА НА ВЯРАТА, Fiction, Germany , 17'17'', 2021
The young Vicky is struggling for money. Her mother has just died and she has to pay for her funeral. It all seems very hopeless, until she meets Vasco. / Младата Вики ...
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF AN ULTRARUNNER / ЕДИН ДЕН ОТ ЖИВОТА НА УЛТРАМАРАТОНЕЦА, Documentary, Canada , 9'50'', 2021
Dave Proctor, a Canadian ultra-marathoner and father of three, attempts to run across his home province of Alberta, on Canada's busiest highway, in the fastest known time. The ...
A DESCENT INTO THE MAELSTRÖM / СПУСКАНЕ ВЪВ ВОДОВЪРТЕЖА, Animation, Czech Republic , 11'55'', 2020
Two brothers are caught by storm and they are drifted to the greatest whirlpool inДвама братя са хванати от бурята и биват отнесени към ...
A NIGHT AT THE CEMETERY / ЕДНА НОЩ НА ГРОБИЩАТА, Animation, Greece , 11'20'', 2021
In the Mediterranean island of Crete, Maria heads to the cemetery every Friday to tend her beloved husband's grave. When the bus that picks her up breaks down, she will be forced ...
A SUMMER PLACE / ЕДНО МЯСТО НАСРЕД ЛЯТОТО, Fiction, Cyprus / Greece , 21'42'', 2021
Summer is a permanent state of mind in Limassol, a once small seaside town in Cyprus that has transformed into the oligarch paradise of the Mediterranean. Being both a player and ...
ABSOLUTION / ОПРОЩЕНИЕ, Fiction, United Kingdom , 14'06'', 2021
Norfolk. England. Eve, a young nun, leaves her convent for the day to collect Luca from prison. They attempt to re-piece their relationship following a traumatic incident in their ...
AIN'T NO MERCY FOR RABBITS, Fiction, United States , 16'03'', 2021
When Gramma gets sick, Roan must learn to survive on her own in a world without drinkable water.
AJOTIN / ШОФИРАНЕ, Fiction, Switzerland , 19'11'', 2021
An illegal Kurdish refugee borrows the car of his dreams for a joyride around London. Freedom starts to get blurry when a series of misfortunes comes his way, leading him to make ...
ALL THESE MEN THAT I'VE DONE / ВСИЧКИ МЪЖЕ, С КОИТО СЪМ БИЛА, Fiction, United Kingdom , 8'52'', 2021
Four women explore the constructs that have helped shape their sexual confidence. / Четири жени говорят за ситуациите, които са им ...
ALMOST UNREAL / ПОЧТИ НЕРЕАЛНО, Animation, France , 6'23'', 2021
Obsessed with the loss of his sister, an old janitor creates a magical world through collage, hoping to bring her back. But when he thinks he has found her, his perfect world ...
AN IRISH GOODBYE / СБОГУВАНЕ ПО ИРЛАНДСКИ , Fiction, United Kingdom , 23'29'', 2021
Set against the backdrop of a working farm in rural Northern Ireland, 'An Irish Goodbye' is a black comedy following the reunion of estranged brothers Turlough and Lorcan ...
ANAMESA / АНАМЕЗА, Documentary, Belgium , 18', 2021
Anamesa is an atmospheric depiction of the connection the three friends Maria, Markos, and Julian share with the same island in Greece. Memories of togetherness in the summers ...
ANARKIA / АНАРХИЯ , Fiction, Colombia , 20'47'', 2020
An unsuccessful punk singer plays her last chance in a musical battle with her band integrated with her best friend who has a toxic relationship with the veteran contest organizer ...
ANOTHER HAPPY EVER AFTER / ПОРЕДНОТО "ЗАЖИВЕЛИ ЩАСТЛИВО", Fiction, Ireland / United Kingdom , 11'33'', 2021
Jane, is a young mother who takes refuge in stories. To escape her past, she realizes that she must get rid of her prince charming and create her own happy ever after. It is a ...
ARMADILA / БРОНЕНОСКА, Fiction, Serbia , 10'30'', 2020
A tough thirteen year old girl struggles to keep her emotions in check, whether concerning her missing dog or the boy she likes. / 13-годишно момиче има ...
AURA / АУРА, Experimental, Spain , 3'39'', 2021
Standing at the verge of her own execution, an almost defeated Earth witnesses how the actions of her most ungrateful inhabitants continue to shorten her lifespan. Determined to ...
BACK AND FORTH / НАПРЕД-НАЗАД, Documentary, Netherlands , 21'30'', 2021
A ferryman lives alone on his houseboat next to the ferry that he works on. Two years ago he lost his wife. Since then he is trying to cope with his grief. He tries to do this ...
BAGGAGE / ТОВАР, Fiction, Finland , 9'48'', 2021
After dating for a good while, Vilja and Olavi decide to move in together. Vilja’s apartment is perfect for them, except that they still need a bigger bed. While carrying ...
BEHIND THE LOOM / СТАН, Documentary, United States , 11', 2021
An experimental animated short film about the impact of war on women underscoring rape as a war crime in 1945. Told from the perspective of one family, this common yet forgotten ...
BETWEEN US / МЕЖДУ НАС, Fiction, United Kingdom , 22'52'', 2020
When his estranged father is released from prison after a four-year sentence, 15 year old Jack will have to deal with his feelings of resentment and adapt to the changes his ...
BITCH / КУЧКА, Fiction, Belgium , 15'25'', 2021
Looking for her offender, Lucie tries to soothe her pain. / Търсейки виновника, Луси се опитва да утеши болката си.
BLACK SEA / ЧЕРНО МОРЕ, Fiction, Georgia , 14'46'', 2021
Time has stopped for a family living in a house on the shores of the Black Sea. The tragic death of a young son in the sea has lost communication between them, they are taking ...
BLEACH / БЕЛИНА, Fiction, Canada , 14'43'', 2021
Damien, a 16-year old swimmer, clashes with his Coach at practice. In parallel, Damien plays with his younger brother at a hotel waterslide, but his erratic behaviour shows ...
BLESSING IN DISGUISE, Animation, Germany , 4'33'', 2021
Kevin Hines hears voices due to auditory hallucinations that one day order him to end his life. A hand-drawn documentary about one of the few people to survive a jump from the ...
BLOOD AND GOLD / КРЪВ И ЗЛАТО, Fiction, New Zealand , 14'16'', 2021
New Zealand, 1861. Man’s hunt for gold is feverish. Through the snow-capped mountains a horse and rider flee; on their heels are blood thirsty dogs and furious men. The rider ...
BOOBS / ЦИЦИ, Animation, Canada , 7'25'', 2021
A young woman is confronted with the birth of paper breasts on her body. Boobs is both a comic and dark journey that explores a woman's love-hate relationship for her body and her ...
BOOK OF THE PEOPLE / КНИГА ЗА ХОРАТА, Fiction, Bulgaria , 22'47'', 2021
In the last week of her summer internship in her late grandmother's village, Slavina the librarian is faced with a stark dilemma. Either throw out all of the library's books under ...
BRANKA / БРАНКА, Fiction, Hungary , 19'58'', 2021
Yugoslavia, 1991. Far away from the war zones Branka gets a job at a maternity ward of a state hospital. The young woman is all alone, but it turns out loneliness is not the ...
BROKEN POTATO / СЧУПЕН КАРТОФ, Animation, China , 7'04'', 2021
With one after another booms, large holes suddenly appeared in the town. No one knew what the holes were and where they came from. Curiosity seekers were swarming all over the ...
BUMP / БРЕМЕ, Fiction, United Kingdom , 15'16'', 2021
Leaving her house amidst a blazing row with an unseen person, heavily pregnant Pearl appears to be on a curious mission, and creates confrontation or curiosity with every ...
BURNOUT / ИЗГОРЯЛ, Fiction, Serbia , 27'15'', 2021
Exhausted of low-paid jobs, and following the breakup with his long-term girlfriend; frustrated Nicola believes his only escape is leaving the country. The story is set in one ...
CALVING / ОТЕЛВАНЕ, Fiction, United Kingdom , 11'47'', 2020
In a rural town in Ireland, a strange calf is born, and it won’t stop screaming. The local vet is called to attend, but to his surprise, on arrival he’s treated with ...
CAPTAIN DIDIER / КАПИТАН ДИДИЕР, Fiction, Italy , 14'34'', 2021
Didier is a child from sub-Saharan Africa, who dreams of building his own boat with pizza boxes. Amir, his father, works as a driver at Franca’s pizza place. Every evening, he ...
CHICKEN / БЪЗ, Fiction, France , 12'50'', 2021
That afternoon, ten-year-old Antonin has a date with Zohra, a girl he's quite fond of. But she shows up with her two cousins, who dare them to play a dangerous game involving cars ...
CITY TREES / ГРАДСКИ ДЪРВЕТА, Documentary, Italy , 20', 2020
City Trees is a short documentary about urban regeneration. through his art, the sculptor Andrea Gandini, gives a new life to those trees which are chopped and abandoned in Roma's ...
CLARA IS GONE / КЛАРА Я НЯМА, Fiction, Canada , 14'33'', 2021
11 year old Simon is woken up by the police in the middle of the night. His best friend Clara has gone missing. He goes on a search with the help of his friend Ben. During the ...
CODE STROKE / УДАР, Documentary, Spain , 7'08'', 2022
An unexpected event can change everything. My mother Martha suffered a stroke, a disease that affects about 15 million people worldwide and is the leading cause of death among ...
CONFUSION WILL BE MY EPITAPH, Animation, France , 5'47'', 2021
Anna lives alone with her sick father. He has become a stranger to her. Wasting away through illness and silenced by fear, he passively undergoes while awaiting for the death that ...
CONNEXIONS: BANKSY X GÉRICAULT / ВРЪЗКИ: БАНКСИ И ЖЕРИКО, Documentary, France , 26', 2021
In 2015 in the city of Calais, Banksy produced four artworks in support of migrants. Not far from the belfry of the town hall, one of these works is a pastiche of the famous ...
CROTCH STORIES / ИСТОРИИ ОТ ЛОНОТО, Documentary, France , 35'17'', 2021
You will give birth in pain. Why? Are there other stories? Because birth does not always rhyme with pain, Crotch stories transmits a new imaginary : women who are on their way to ...
CUPIDS / СВАТОВНИЦИ, Fiction, United States , 10', 2021
What is the most important thing on the last day of school before summer break? Well, if you’re Mia, Natalie and Jabari you frantically search for a date for Ms. Cheryl, the ...
CYCLES / ЦИКЛИ, Fiction, France , 7', 2021
Fidji watches the street for incoming danger as Jérôme, her partner, tries to break into the paying station of their laundromat with a crowbar. In comes Mana, the handywoman, ...
DO NOT FEED THE PIGEONS / НЕ ХРАНИ ГЪЛЪБИТЕ, Animation, United Kingdom , 8'40'', 2021
Even in a lonely, revolting and boring place such as a coach station, a little bit of harmony can always be found... / Дори на самотно, отвратително и ...
DORA / ДОРА, Fiction, France , 15'14'', 2020
Dora turns 16. Strangely, for some time now, she has been eating like an ogre and locking herself with her friends for long hours around a strange thing, stirring up her ...
FILM FOUND / НАМЕРЕН ФИЛМ, Experimental, Denmark , 3'30'', 2020
Look at a mistake that is not human. Be present in the uncontrollable intervention of the material. Between control and chance, surface and void a film will (perhaps) be found. / ...
FIRST LAST SUMMER / ПЪРВОТО ЛЯТО ОТ СВЪРШЕКА НА СВЕТА, Fiction, Poland , 24'46'', 2020
Nature is dying out, as an ecological catastrophe is continuing. In a secret military center, somewhere at the Polish seaside, research is being carried out on the technology of ...
FIRST SWIM / ПЪРВОТО ПЛУВАНЕ, Fiction, Greece , 14'34'', 2021
It’s the last day of the family’s vacations. A little girl wants to swim without her wings, but her parents want to postpone it until next summer. An allegory about the ...
FLUID LIFE / ТЕЧЕН ЖИВОТ, Documentary, Czech Republic , 3'42'', 2020
Mini portrait of one place - atmosphere of solitude in the middle of the city - life change of one woman - water as an element. Short film poem flowing like a river with which our ...
FOOTSTEPS ON THE WIND / СТЪПКИ ПО ВЯТЪРА, Animation, Brazil / United Kingdom / United States , 7'05'', 2021
Footsteps on the Wind follows the plight of Noor and her little brother, Josef as they journey far away from home, orphaned from a devastating earthquake.The story highlights the ...
FORESTKEEPER / ПАЗИТЕЛ НА ГОРАТА, Animation, Belgium , 6'41'', 2020
A secluded forest where the borders between caring and controlling become thinner with every thread. / Изолирана гора, където границите между ...
FREEDOM SWIMMER / ПЛУВЕЦ ЗА СВОБОДА, Documentary, United Kingdom , 15', 2021
In order to understand the present, we need to shed light on the past. Freedom Swimmer documents one of the most extraordinary mass escapes of the 20th century – and offers ...
HAND / РЪКА , Experimental, Hong Kong , 5'15'', 2021
“Hand” is a 2D abstract animation which is accompanied by the song, “Sekktortjek” composed by Mads Lindgren. The idea of the work is to present the weird beauty of hand ...
HAVE A NICE DOG! / ПСЕ СЪЩОТО, Animation, Germany / Syria , 13'14'', 2020
Trapped in Damascus, surrounded by war, a lonely man is desperately waiting for a chance to leave the country. In his isolation he loses himself more and more in constant ...
HELMUT / ХЕЛМУТ, Animation, Switzerland , 3'49'', 2020
Being weightless can be a heavy burden, as Helmut knows. Every day, he makes sure there are enough pebbles in his boots that save him from drifting off into space. But sometimes ...
HIS NAME WAS CARGO / КАЗВАШЕ СЕ КАРГО, Documentary, Italy , 17'29'', 2021
Italy, late 1960s. Two strangers arrive in a village in the South: the first one has a movie camera, the second one has a gun. Crossing that wasteland, the two will have an ...
HOLY SLUT / СВЕТА КУРВА , Documentary, France , 8'24'', 2021
Holy Slut, a young graffiti woman who was sexually abused at the age of 13, wanders alone through the locked-down streets of Albi, feverishly scribbling fragments of her story on ...
HOMEBIRD / ДОМАШНА ПТИЦА, Animation, United Kingdom , 9'55'', 2021
Struggling to make it in a big city, a young artist finds herself retreating into the rose-tinted memories of the village she left behind. / Изпитващ трудност да ...
HUMANS / ЧОВЕЦИ, Experimental, United Kingdom , 8'25'', 2021
In an imagined near future, humans have lost their ability to feel, touch and smell. Deprived of physical sensations, the once human mannequins still have memories of what life ...
I GOTTA LOOK GOOD FOR THE APOCALYPSE / ТРЯБВА ДА ИЗГЛЕЖДАМ ДОБРЕ ЗА АПОКАЛИПСИСА, Animation, France , 5'37'', 2021
March 2020. After China, the whole planet locks itself in. Our world, which we call “real”, is drained of what used to be its substance, and forms of digital life multiply, ...
I JUST WANT TO BE FOUND / ИСКАМ САМО ДА БЪДЕ НАМЕРЕНА, Fiction, Serbia , 29'59'', 2021
Magda, a washed-up former prima ballerina living a solitary life on a desolate island, reconnects with her estranged daughter Sena, an anxious and depressed workaholic, after ...
I KNOW MY POTENTIAL / ПОТЕНЦИАЛ, Fiction, Romania , 14'10'', 2021
A high school student wants to be a great mathematician and in order to prove that he wants to participate at the National Math Olympiad, but at some point he is unsure of himself ...
IMPORTANT THINGS DON'T MATTER / ВАЖНИТЕ НЕЩА НЯМАТ ЗНАЧЕНИЕ, Documentary, Spain , 26'13'', 2021
Documentary made for more than five years in numerous countries in Africa and Europe, to photograph and film through the encounter with people and places that suffer from the ...
IMPOSIBLE DECIRTE ADIÓS / НЕ МОГА ДА ТИ КАЖА "СБОГОМ", Fiction, Spain , 16', 2021
Can you be a mother without bringing a child into the world, or adopting it? Can you create a link that connect more than a DNA or a blood group? Some bond and relationships are ...
INSIDE / ВЪТРЕ, Documentary, Czech Republic , 6', 2020
How does it feel not to understand your own body and its needs? To perceive everything but food blurry and meaningless? The animated documentary film ‘Inside’ shows a day in ...
INTRUSION / НАХЛУВАНЕ, Experimental, Slovenia , 11'15'', 2021
The Gian Rinaldo Carli High School in Koper keeps a late 19th century set of animals preserved in formaldehyde, one of the oldest collections of the kind in Slovenia. The film ...
JUST LIKE YOU / ТОЧНО КАТО ТЕБ, Documentary, United Kingdom , 23', 2021
A handyman from the south coast of England seeks to understand his opiate addiction by exploring inter-generational trauma in his family, trying to break the cycle before it ...
LAIKA & NEMO / ЛАЙКА И НЕМО, Animation, Germany , 15', 2021
Nemo looks different. Nobody else is wearing a diving suit and such a huge helmet. But then he meets Laika, an astronaut. / Немо изглежда различно. Никой ...
LAST STOP / ПОСЛЕДНАТА СПИРКА, Fiction, France , 8'50'', 2021
A customer fills up at an isolated gas station, then douses his car with gasoline and threatens the gas station attendant with a lighter. The customer wants to discuss. / ...
LETTERS TO THE SON, Fiction, Germany , 26'59'', 2021
The death of his son has thrown Frieder off track and driven him into a lonely existence. His last friend is a fish in Lake Maggiore, and when it disappears one day, Frieder ...
LILIM / ЛИЛИМ, Experimental, Italy , 6'36'', 2021
A Woman tells the nightmare of violence. Through her words we understand how hard the physical and mental suffering can be. When everything seems lost, she finds the courage to ...
LITTLE OX / МАЛКИЯТ ВОЛ, Animation, Belgium / Netherlands , 10'42'', 2021
A young muskox migrates with a small herd through the cold barren tundra. For the hungry young ox the rules of conduct are difficult to fathom. His mother does her best to take ...
LIVING ALL OF LIFE / ЦЕЛИЯТ ЖИВОТ , Fiction, Mexico , 27'52'', 2021
After a lifetime together, Susana has been abandoned by her husband. She is in denial and holds on to the past. One day, she needs the help of her neighbor, Gloria, a ...
LOOP / ЦИКЛИЧНОСТ, Animation, Spain , 8', 2021
In this society each human being repeats the same action over and over again, in this society each human being repeats the same action over and over again, in this society each ...
MAKS / МАКС, Fiction, Slovenia , 17'58'', 2021
In the absence of his mother, seven years old Maks decides to find company at the basketball court. Lack of warmth and attention forces him to take matters into his own hands. / ...
MARCO & POLO GO ROUND / МАРКО И ПОЛО С ГЛАВАТА НАДОЛУ, Animation, Canada , 14'14'', 2021
On the morning of his birthday, Marco discovers the cake Polo has lovingly made and left for him on the kitchen table. He also notices that every object in the kitchen has been ...
MARS / МАРС, Fiction, United Kingdom , 14'22'', 2021
Leon and his odd-job crew are assigned work at a house belonging to Martin McAllen, a notorious queer author and Leon secret hero. While the workmen are civil to Martin, behind ...
MEMENTO MORI / МЕМЕНТО МОРИ, Animation, Ireland , 8'46'', 2021
A storm brews over Victorian Dublin as post-mortem photographer, Mr.Huxley, returns to his hallowed practice within the gloomy townhouse in which he resides. His latest subject ...
MILES & KILOMETERS / МИЛИ И КИЛОМЕТРИ, Experimental, United States , 2'06'', 2021
A lingering haiku poem of migration, separation, dislocation, and exile. / Хайку поема за миграцията, раздялата и преместването.
MILK LAIT LATTE / ЛАТЕ С МЛЯКО, Documentary, Switzerland , 8'08'', 2020
Swiss milk enjoys a great reputation. Switzerland has a long tradition in cow's milk and nearly identifies with it. But what does it actually mean to consume milk? The documentary ...
MISTRAL / МИСТРАЛ, Animation, Italy , 10'30'', 2021
A man goes to work and sees a boat for sale. He dreams of leaving his life behind. He leaves, and the dream gives way to memory, the mistral forces him to a makeshift landing. A ...
MONSTERS NEVER KNOW / ЗВЕРОВЕТЕ НИЩО НЕ ЗНАЯТ, Fiction, China , 15'09'', 2020
Mongolians believe in Tengri. They think everything in the world has a spirit. Tengri is god and the spirit of God is hidden in nature to protect the tribe. Mongolians call ...
MUD / КАЛ, Fiction, Bulgaria , 7'33'', 2021
Two men from warring tribes meet on unstable ground. / Мъже от воюващи племена се срещат на нестабилна почва
MURMUR OF ICEBERGS / ШЕПОТ НА АЙСБЕРГИ, Documentary, Macao , 17'42'', 2021
A poetic murmur shortens the distance between 80º and 22º latitude north, as well as the gap between the Arctic Ocean and the Pearl River Delta. Are the melting glaciers and a ...
MY EYES / МОИТЕ ОЧИ, Fiction, Italy , 20'53'', 2021
On a rainy day, driving a burgundy car, a woman decides to face her destiny. / В един дъждовен ден, карайки кола в цвят бордо, жена ...
MYOSOTIS / МИОЗОТИС , Fiction, Switzerland , 15'24'', 2022
Switzerland in the 1950s. Electricity consumption is inevitably rising. New reservoirs seem a sustainable solution. Municipal officials are supposed to convince the inhabitants of ...
NEVER GIVE UP! LAURA ROGORA / НЕ СЕ ОТКАЗВАЙ! ЛАУРА РОГОРА, Documentary, Italy , 36', 2021
Laura Rogora is a special girl: the strongest female climber in the world and she’s only 19. But Laura is one of those girls for whom it is difficult to even imagine, because ...
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DREAD / НОЩТА НА ЖИВИТЕ МРЪХЛИ, Animation, United Kingdom , 11'27'', 2021
When a power cut ruins Ruby's bedtime routine, she finds herself haunted by some unwanted guests. The only way for Ruby to get a peaceful night of sleep is to confront her ...
NUISANCE BEAR / ЗА МЕЧКИТЕ И ХОРАТА, Documentary, Canada , 14'34'', 2021
Churchill, Manitoba, is famous as an international destination for photographing polar bears. We’ve seen the majestic images and classic wildlife series captured here - but what ...
NUMBER 26 / НОМЕР 26, Fiction, Georgia , 20'21'', 2021
Ski school instructor Nika tries to hide a fatal accident that happened on the slopes. But when night comes, it turns out that the girl number 26 is missing. Nika will confess the ...
OLIVE HARVEST / МАСЛИНОВА РЕКОЛТА, Documentary, Ireland , 10'36'', 2020
A short doc about small scale olive growing in Western Greece, where olives have grown for centuries. We look at 'a day in the olive harvest'. In the morning, we find the pickers ...
ONE ELEVATOR APART / ЕДИН АСАНСЬОР РАЗСТОЯНИЕ, Fiction, Bulgaria , 27'26'', 2021
Yuli and Pavel are failing police students in the big city. Liliya, their rich and imperious landlord is the first person, who take them seriously by forcing them to start a ...
ONE FOR THE ROAD, Fiction, United Kingdom , 15'54'', 2021
Inspired by a true story, this film follows Ceri, who owns the local pub in a Welsh seaside village. For years, she has seen their coastal defences crumble under rising sea levels ...
OPTICIAN’S DAUGHTER / ДЪЩЕРЯТА НА ОПТИКА, Experimental, United Kingdom , 4'21'', 2021
Optician's Daughter (2021) is an exploration of looking. The camera is used to both reveal and conceal the mysterious layers of light and colour in the filmmaker’s environment, ...
OTHER HALF / ДРУГАТА ПОЛОВИНА, Animation, United Kingdom , 13'21'', 2021
The film follows Ren’s journey through a mystical labyrinth of potential suitors as they attempt to find their other half and form a Merged Couple. With each trial, Ren tries ...
OUTSIDE IS FREE / НАВЪН Е БЕЗПЛАТНО, Fiction, Spain , 16'45'', 2021
A cyclist suffers a training accident. Badly injured and unable to move, he is trapped in the mountain. The appearance of a dog will mark the fate of his survival. / ...
P0LEP0LE / П0ЛЕП0ЛЕ, Documentary, Greece , 25', 2021
A sentimental odyssey about the illusions and prejudices of an European man that goes to live in Zanzibar, told through his letters to his beloved woman, in a time where ...
PAINT ON PAINT # 8 / БОЯ ВЪРХУ БОЯ #8, Experimental, Portugal , 3'34'', 2021
Paint On Paint # 8 is the last of a 8 series experimental animations that follow some structural principles: all are digital; all have a 3 minute and 33 seconds runtime; all are ...
PHOSPHENE / ФОСФЕН, Animation, United Kingdom , 7'08'', 2021
Set in a colourless megalopolis, 'Phosphene' follows the story of a young woman on her journey to regain her internal creativity and independence. By approaching true-to-life ...
POWER / СИЛА, Documentary, Estonia , 10'49'', 2021
An experimental shale oil essay starring people, industry, and nature. The sounds of music consist of industrial noise, with the image of the language they are transformed into a ...
PUSH THIS BUTTON IF YOU BEGIN TO PANIC / НАТИСНЕТЕ ТОЗИ БУТОН, АКО ЗАПОЧНЕТЕ ДА СЕ ПАНИКЬОСВАТЕ, Animation, United Kingdom , 12'50'', 2020
Bartholomew Whisper went to the doctor today. There he met administrators keen on experimental surgery, and lonely MRI machines. At least the growing hole in his head was becoming ...
RIDING LIBERTY / СВОБОДА, Fiction, United Kingdom , 21'47'', 2021
Traumatised by an abusive past, Sebastian finds work with a family as a groom in a polo yard. When charged with trying to re-train Liberty, an unhand-able, failed racehorse, ...
ROCCO / РОКО, Fiction, Belgium , 17'04'', 2021
Luka, a young man around 30 years old, is hopelessly obsessed to become famous and successful. Ignited by his narcissism and thanks to social media, he pretends to carry a ...
ROOMS / СТАИ, Fiction, Germany , 23'06'', 2021
The older couple Monika and Werner Baland lives in an apartment in the Munich suburbs. One day they get a termination due to intended owner occupation. The new landlord, a young ...
ROOTLESS / ОТКЪСНАТИ, Fiction, Bulgaria , 30', 2021
Nikolay and Deliya live all alone with their horse - Maria, in a small ranch outside the city. Their daughter - Kalina, visits them after three years of living abroad, with her ...
ROSA ROSAE. A SPANISH CIVIL WAR ELEGY / РОЗА РОЗАЕ. ЕЛЕГИЯ ЗА ГРАЖДАНСКАТА ВОЙНА В ИСПАНИЯ, Documentary, Spain , 5'31'', 2021
Carlos Saura creates and recovers more than thirty images, drawings and photos that he prints, manipulates, plays with and then films, to create a story that, recreates the ...
ROUND 0 / РУНД 0, Fiction, Iceland / Italy , 17'17'', 2020
Kolbeinn and his friends are young Icelandic boxers, training for the Nordic Championship. A serious accident risks compromising their future, both as boxers and young men.… / ...
SALT WATER TOWN / СОЛЕНО, Fiction, United Kingdom , 14'58'', 2021
Liam spends his days drinking with friends and racing his motorbike across the roads of his Welsh coastal town. He helps run a failing caravan park with his father, Glenn, who ...
SAMI / САМИ, Fiction, Slovakia , 18'27'', 2020
Young father Samo wants to prepare a nice weekend near the lake for his son and mother. With his immaturity, he does not realize what he will unleash. He just wants the family to ...
SAUERDOGS / ЗАКВАСКА , Fiction, Spain , 14'40'', 2022
A glacial winter has set in. Bill and Hans, two unlucky prospectors and a battered dog sled, try to make it home. Walking through a desolate snowy valley, exhausted and with empty ...
SAVING ELODIE / СПАСЯВАНЕТО НА ЕЛОДИ, Fiction, United Kingdom , 10'55'', 2021
A story of a family reconnecting in the age of social media. When surly teenager Elodie reluctantly visits her Grandad at his remote Icelandic cabin, her world is turned upside ...
SECRETS OF BUKHARA / ТАЙНИТЕ НА БУХАРА, Documentary, Bulgaria , 10', 2021
The documentary tells the today's story of one of the cities on the great silk road, Bukhara in Uzbekistan. The short film shows some of the silk crafts of the city and how ...
SHARK / АКУЛА, Fiction, Australia , 14'10'', 2021
Completing the trilogy of wickedly dark comedy shorts that began with Spider and Bear, Nash Edgerton finds a perfect match in Rose Byrne as Sofie, a woman who loves pranks just ...
SISTERS / СЕСТРИ, Animation, Czech Republic , 11'27'', 2021
The Big Sister – a person of colossal size – is trapped in sand in a deserted landscape. With no way to take care of herself, this burden falls on her resentful little sister. ...
SNOW WHITE / СНЕЖАНКА, Fiction, Croatia , 14'41'', 2022
Željka is a 40-year-old woman, living a quiet life in an isolated village. An unexpected visit will take her back to the past, shaking up her daily routine. / Желка е ...
SO FAR SO GOOD / ДОТУК ДОБРЕ, Fiction, Poland , 17'23'', 2021
Recent immigrant Elena is hired by a small-time gangster to honeytrap a juror during a trial. When she finds herself falling for her target, she must decide whether or not to go ...
SOME KIND OF INTIMACY / УСЕЩАНЕ ЗА БЛИЗОСТ, Documentary, United Kingdom , 5'40'', 2021
In the British countryside, director Toby Bull observes the sheep that live on the land where his parents were buried several years ago. Talking to his brother on the phone, they ...
SPECTRAL RAINBOW FREQUENCY / СПЕКТРАЛНА ЧЕСТОТА НА ДЪГАТА, Experimental, Turkey , 2'20'', 2021
Spectral Rainbow Frequency is about creating an experience akin to a certain type of synesthesia, as if all hues of colors comes, emerging and piercing through darkness ...
SPRING ALWAYS COMES BACK / ПРОЛЕТТА ВИНАГИ СЕ ЗАВРЪЩА, Animation, Spain , 10'39'', 2021
It is spring and grandma Margara teaches her four grandchildren how to plant in little flowerpots. Three of them decide to fly away from the family patio they live in and go out ...
STAINED SKIN / ОЦВЕТЕНА КОЖА, Fiction, Germany , 9'17'', 2021
In the underground halls of a dystopian textile factory, the rhythm of machines dictates the lives of Alba and Samy. Every day, they pull endless lengths of fabric through the ...
STARS ON THE SEA / ЗВЕЗДИ ВЪРХУ МОРЕТО, Animation, Korea, South , 6'06'', 2021
It is just another ordinary day until the house is filling up with water. A mother leaves the flooded house with her two children and heads to the top of the building. The ...
STATIC FRANTIC / СТАТИЧЕН БЯС, Experimental, Germany , 11'08'', 2021
“Static Frantic” is an experimental collage film. I used found and processed material to capture the mood of uncertainty and loneliness in the 'Corona time‘. The basic mood ...
STEAKHOUSE / СТЕК, Animation, Slovenia , 9'34'', 2021
The steak has been marinating for a few days now. The pan is heated. Franc’s stomach is rumbling. But Liza’s co-workers surprise her with a birthday party. Will she be home on ...
STEPS TOWARDS THE PEAK / СТЪПКИ КЪМ ВЪРХА, Documentary, Bulgaria , 30'33'', 2021
The documentary film „Steps To The Peak” tells the story of a young family of blind people and their preparation for a trip to the highest lake in the world at the foothills ...
STRATUM DEEP / ПОСЛЕДНИЯТ ДЕН, Fiction, United Kingdom , 17'11'', 2020
Robert, a young coal miner, is severely injured yet forced to rescue his father in the accidental collapse of their coal mine. Historical Fiction set in the aftermath of the 1980s ...
SUCH SMALL HANDS / ТОЛКОВА МАЛКИ РЪЦЕ, Fiction, United Kingdom , 19'10'', 2020
At the girls' orphanage, the group’s unchecked pack mentality alienates a new arrival. To swing the balance of power, she invents a manipulative night game. / В ...
SUMMER FRIENDS / ПРИЯТЕЛИ ПРЕЗ ЛЯТОТО, Fiction, France , 24'20'', 2021
Tom and Ellis, 15 years old, have been friends forever. They spend their summer fishing at sea. One day, they meet Lucie who came to their village on holiday. As days go by, they ...
THANATOS / ТАНАТОС, Experimental, France , 10'46'', 2021
Sadness, despair and emptiness before the sudden death of a beloved soul. These emotions are transfigured into an infinite dance of shadows and colors. A luminous space open to a ...
THE BIG FRENCH ROBBERY / ГОЛЕМИЯТ ФРЕНСКИ ОБИР, Fiction, Bulgaria , 7'35'', 2021
Тhe lives of two robbers depend on whether they will be able to recover the money they have lost. The smarter one comes up with the bad idea to rob a French street market. ...
THE DREAMS OF LONELY PEOPLE / МЕЧТИТЕ НА САМОТНИТЕ ХОРА, Fiction, Poland , 23'44'', 2021
After twenty years in prison, a man returns to his family home to die alone. A mysterious figure from the magical world of nature begins to appear in his surroundings. Getting to ...
THE DUEL / ДУЕЛЪТ, Fiction, United States , 18'09'', 2021
Christopher Dennis is a Hollywood Superman working on Hollywood Blvd for over 25 years. In the morning, he wakes up in his trashy poor apartment and gets an eviction notice from ...
THE FINDING / ОТКРИТИЕТО, Fiction, New Zealand , 21', 2021
The Finding follows sheep farmer Sanders and his estranged teenage daughter Lucy, whose frosty relationship is matched by an unseasonal cold snap. They reconnect while rescuing ...
THE FOURTH WALL / ЧЕТВЪРТАТА СТЕНА , Animation, Iran , 9'50'', 2021
Home and family, relationships, desires, wishes and everything is summarized in a kitchen. The stuttering boy is alone there, playing with his imagination. / Дом и ...
THE GAME / ИГРАТА, Documentary, Switzerland , 17'09'', 2020
A whistle. The stands of the stadium get loud. The players protest angrily. The presenters follow the action on the field. In the middle of it, the referee. The whole stadium ...
THE HANGMAN AT HOME / ПАЛАЧЪТ В СВОЯ ДОМ, Animation, Canada , 14'04'', 2021
What does the hangman think about when he goes home at night from work? / За какво си мисли палачът, когато се прибира вечер от ...
THE IMMORTAL / БЕЗСМЪРТНИЯТ, Fiction, Bulgaria , 25', 2021
Apprentice psychiatrist Dr. Pavel Hristov (33) has recurrent dreams of his patient Lazar (50). The latter tries to convince him he is his father, that Pavel is an Immortal and has ...
THE LAST AUDITION / ПОСЛЕДНОТО ПРОСЛУШВАНЕ, Fiction, Canada , 8'49'', 2021
A single mother struggles to balance between providing for her daughter and pursuing her dream of being on the big screen. After countless rejections, she will go on one last ...
THE MOUSE / МИШКАТА, Fiction, United Kingdom , 19'24'', 2021
A disturbed and homeless seventeen-year-old, injured and wielding a metal pipe, turns himself into police in east London. He is sectioned and taken to a secure cell. Here, in ...
THE NIGHTWALK / НОЩНА РАЗХОДКА, Documentary, France , 15'28'', 2020
‚I applied as soon as they opened an exchange programme, I was desperate to go anywhere. I was nervous before arriving in Shanghai, but the place felt familiar, as strange as it ...
THE SHAVE / БРАДА, Documentary, United Arab Emirates , 10', 2021
A coming-of-age story where the inability to age due to a medical condition puts Mohammed in an ongoing struggle to prove his manhood in the face of masculine stereotypes. / ...
THE SHIFT / СМЯНАТА , Fiction, Portugal , 9'01'', 2021
Anna, an agency worker, takes her dog for a morning walk before doing her shopping. Searching through the discounted items, Anna wanders through the supermarket trying to find the ...
THE TABLE OF GRAVE / ГРОБНАТА МАСА, Fiction, Republic of Kosovo , 15'52'', 2021
Uka, a not-so-advanced man, lives alone on a high hill where no one else lived around. One day a big earthquake was a sign that something terrible was coming. He quickly returns ...
THE THIRD SOLAR TERM / ПОСЛЕДНИЯТ СЛЪНЧЕВ ДЕН, Fiction, China , 20'45'', 2021
Qizhe returns home to spend his spring break with his mother. After meeting a man who he originally met online, he begins to lose control of his double life-- one which is living ...
THE WAY / ПЪТЯТ, Documentary, Poland , 22'36'', 2021
Work and passion. Sport and art. Contradictions that make up one personality. A black and white journey into the life of a man of many talents. / Работа и страст. ...
TITAN / ТИТАН, Fiction, Belgium , 18'56'', 2021
Nathan is a stubborn thirteen-year-old boy. Driven by his new friend Malik, he prepares himself for a strange ritual to become a member of a teenage gang. In order to look strong ...
TROPHY / ТРОФЕЙ, Fiction, Canada , ', 2020
Dominique, a shy and introverted teenager, wants just one thing: to become the best hockey player in her league. Her father, acting as her personal trainer, expects no less. But ...
TUTU / ПАЧКА, Fiction, Italy , 15', 2021
A small town in southern Italy is shaken by the death of Maria La Torre, a very young dancer who died of anorexia. Ester, a classmate for whom Maria represented an ideal of beauty ...
UNDO / ОТМЯНА, Fiction, Bulgaria , 14'48'', 2021
Young and career focused theatre actress finds herself facing a life-changing decision, whilst pressured by time after falling in love with an introverted writer, whose dark side ...
VIEWS / ВИЖДАНИЯ, Fiction, Slovakia , 17'52'', 2021
We all live in the same world, yet everyone's world is different. Each one of us perceives things from its specific point of view. When Katka and Táňa look for a missing cell ...
WALL PIANO / СТЕННО ПИАНО, Experimental, Palestinian , 3'01'', 2021
‘Wall Piano’ takes us into a daydream of a young girl who lives under the shadow of a separation wall. Part music video, part magic realism, ‘Wall Piano’ shows a wall as ...
WALLACE CHAN – THE ART OF MATERIALS / УОЛЪС ЧАН - ИЗКУСТВОТО НА МАТЕРИАЛИТЕ, Documentary, Italy , 12', 2021
The latest documentary by award-winning director Martina Margaux Cozzi is a visually stimulating portrait of Hong Kong-based multidisciplinary artist Wallace Chan. Established as ...
WAR ANIMALS / ЖИВОТНИ НА ВОЙНАТА, Fiction, Colombia , 11'46'', 2020
After a long time, Antonio meets Rubén the night before the face each other in a wrestling tournament final. They wander around, looking for something to repress their desires. / ...
WASTED MILK / РАЗВАЛЕНО МЛЯКО, Fiction, Greece , 22'29'', 2021
Thirty-year-old Marianna returns to her paternal home after years, due to her dying father. Traumatic memories from her childhood come back as family secrets are revealed.… / ...
WE WILL BE THE GREATEST, Fiction, Switzerland , 19'54'', 2021
Kosovo 1998: When Dunja, a young Serbian woman, finds out that she is pregnant she decides to run away to her aunt in Switzerland. Amir, her secret Albanian boyfriend, ...
WEEKLY PLANNER / СЕДМИЧЕН ПЛАН, Experimental, United Kingdom , 4'01'', 2021
'Weekly Planner' explores a need to celebrate the everyday, in all its simplicity and complexity. / „Седмичен план“ изследва необходимостта ...
WHEN NIGHT MEETS DAWN / КОГАТО НОЩТА СРЕЩНЕ ЗОРАТА, Fiction, Romania , 19'24'', 2021
In the suffocating summer air, a teenage boy goes looking for his new friend on the hot streets of an eerie city. The world feels unsettled, anchorless. Bodies and ...
WIDE OPEN, Fiction, Bulgaria , 10'02'', 2021
A rendezvous between a client and a harlot in her hotel room. The emotional unavailability of both leads initially to tension between them. Subsequently when the man opens himself ...
YALLAH! / О, БОЖЕ!, Animation, France , 7'04'', 2021
Beirut, 1982. As Nicolas prepares to flee his hometown, torn apart by an endless civil war, he crosses the path of Naji, a reckless teenager determined to go to the Swimming Pool. ...
YOU CAN’T AUTOMATE ME / ТОВА НЕ МОЖЕ ДА СЕ АВТОМАТИЗИРА, Documentary, Netherlands , 21', 2021
Before container-ships leave port, lashers secure the containers using heavy metal bars. They are the last port workers to do such dangerous jobs surrounded by self-driven ...
YUGO / ЮГО, Animation, Colombia / France , 10'01'', 2021
Testimonies from relatives trace the itinerary of a woman and a man forced to leave their native countryside to settle in the outskirts of Bogotá and work on the industrial ...
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