Abdullah

Abdullah, a 11-year-old Pakistani youth, relocates to Yiwu, China to live with his father Hussein. Hussein is too busy with his business to spend much time with his adolescent son, who misses his mother still in Pakistan and hopes to…

Once Again (Enno Ein Gong)

Picture yourself closing in on 100 years, and that you are truly happy and content. That you still are curious on all the little things in life. That you find happiness in the small things. That you are driven by…

Going Alone (Alleingang)

A cemetery in the centre of Berlin. An undertaker who actually wanted to become an entertainer. And who is now the last companion of all those who are buried by the state authorities. A chapel in which a black urn…

Saoirse

Dublin is a city in the midst of a property development boom and with the gentrification of the inner city, working-class horse culture is being marginalised. It’s something quite unique to the city and likely won’t exist in fifteen years.…

(سطر جديد) Second Wind

Few stories ever emerge out of Lebanon’s notorious prison system, let alone stories about the difficulties of starting a new life after prison. Four ex-prisoners living in a rehabilitation center in the Bekaa Valley of Lebanon share their personal stories…

The Birdwatchers

The good friends Kim and Luigi are two mid-aged birdwatchers that go everyday to the same bench. Their routine turns upside down when unexpected encounters meet their way: a tale of bravado, battles and friendship!

Imposible Decirte Adiós

When Paula’s painful breakup with Raúl causes her to stop seeing his son Dani, Paula will have no choice but to challenge a hypocritical legal system that ignores the custody rights of a loving, non-biological parent.

Hilum

Set in a rural coastal village in the Philippines, Mona trains under her mother to start work as a professional mourner-for-hire. After a botched performance, Mona retreats from her mother’s fury, and seeks out a shaman to cure her inability…

Emil

Emil is a 12 year old boy in total admiration of his mother’s partner Dino. He is a small time dealer and the young boy follows him in all his dirty deeds and tries to mimic him. That is until…

8

Ed is the eldest son of the Leale crime family in Sicily, in the 1920s. Rather than embrace his mafia ties, he runs away to America to fulfil his dream of building steampunk airships. Once he gets there, circumstance leads…

Bend

Maggie’s encounter with the father of the boy who assaulted her teenage daughter tests her instinctive ‘rise above’ response to its limit.