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(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, ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. / ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. / ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...
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