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Onto Us(en)

A young woman struggles with her relationship to another couple's relationship

Samurai Swordfish(ja)

Edo, 1863. Aisuke Kajiki, a young blind swordsman, is entrusted the son of his best friend Toramaru Sakakibara, who is about to join the Shogun's Samurai Unit and promises to train him well. However, after Toramaru's death in battle, Eisuke drowns in a river and is transported in time to present-day Tokyo. Eisuke and his descendant, Ryusei, a college student, go to meet Toramaru's descendant, Taiga, a swimmer. The blind samurai's promise to his best friend in Edo is fulfilled 160 years later in present-day Tokyo through para-swimming.

Bogo the Clown(en)

Bogo, a self-deprecating stand-up comedian, struggles to find happiness in a life where his only value seems to be making other people laugh.

Clothes & Blow(en)

An American voice-over artist in London finds himself questioning his life of hookups and emotional avoidance when he receives an unexpected visit from his mother.

Lemon(en)

A man with his family in tow attempt to return a defective used car to the dealer. Tempers flare, the unexpected happens, and preconceptions are shattered.

Requited(en)

Nicolas, a young man in his mid 20s, struggles to decide whether or not to go to the wedding of his best friend from high school, Aaron, who he's always been quietly in love with. The two had a falling out years earlier after Nicolas inexplicably kissed Aaron's girlfriend. Nicolas clings to an idealized image of his former friend, unconsciously sabotaging his own happiness in the process. The film is a realistic slice-of-life that poses the question "How do you get over something you never had?"

Revolution(en)

A coming-of-age story about Jack, a 16-year old Iranian boy growing up in 1989 Los Angeles. With the 1979 Iranian Revolution a distant memory, the AIDS movement as a backdrop, and a haunting score by Vampire Weekend's Rostam Batmanglij, Jack learns how to stage his own much smaller revolution within the confines of his traditional family.

Frozen Roads(en)

Balthazar and siblings Christian and Lyla have been friends since childhood. As the trio struggles with coming of age in a rural, conservative Canadian town, they must confront escalating desires for one another that threaten to destroy their delicate bond.

The House of Loss(ko)

The elderly at the nursing home have their heads shaved. The protagonist who works there sees them but can't read their expressions. However, from one instance, he finds himself looking closely at their faces.

The Woman in the Room(en)

A lonely and exhausted young woman caring for her ill father must make a difficult decision as his health rapidly declines.

The Woman in the Room(en)

Johnny is burdened with the desire to euthanize his terminally ill mother in order to relieve her.

Votum(en)

Mary is slowly succumbing to dementia in a Sanatorium. She knows that her condition is irreversible and time is not on her side.

The Doldrums or How to Cure Sadness(es)

The tiricia is an illness of the soul when the heart is saddened. A story of three generations afflicted with being tiricientas: Ita, Justa and Alicia – grandmother, mother and daughter – who have at different times suffered, tolerated and allowed abuse, dragging on the disease. Alicia decides to break the cycle, eradicating it for future generations.

Loving You is in the Bones(es)

Two lovers meet in a place between life and death. Experimental student short film based on the poem: "Amar está en los Huesos" (Loving is in the Bones) that recounts the romance and tragedy of two strangers.

Nightswimming(it)

A young man prefers to play chess rather than taking a swim. Only by moonlight does he go for a swim alone. Or so he thinks.

Friday Night Shirt(en)

Stacey is a young mother trapped in a violent marriage who wants to see her daughter as Cinderella in the school play but must first escape the nightmare of her own Prince Charming.

Closed Vagina(ja)

Adachi's follow-up to Bowl using the figure of a woman suffering from an unusual sexual aliment has often been taken as a controversial allegory for the political stalemate of the Leftist student movement after their impressive wave of massive fiery protests failed to defeat the neo-imperialist Japan-US Security Treaty. The ritualistic solemnity of the charged sexual scenes contribute to the oneiric qualities of Closed Vagina which Adachi would later insist was an open work, not meant to deliver any kind of deliberate political message. - Harvard Film Archive

Decimation(en)

Set in 1942, DECIMATION tells the story of ten Russian soldiers accused of cowardice and their subsequent punishment.

One Hundred & Sixty Acres(en)

A father and son forge a lonely existence on a remote homestead at the turn of the 20th century. As they wait for the western rail road to bring hope to their fragile existence the father's troubled history finally catches up with him.

The Ghost(en)

12-year-old Clarice Cheung feels like she’s invisible — especially next to her older sister Naomi. But when a fight breaks out at the dinner table, it awakens a ghost that begins taking the family, one by one. Now Clarice and Naomi must work together to stop this powerful spirit, before their family is torn apart forever.

Offering(es)

Short film that shows daisies throughout the day with music as an accompaniment.

The Day of the Purple Sun: Part II(de)

"The Day Of The Purple Sun": The cosmos of the incurable Margarethe. Her journey through the mysteries of the Egypt underworld. Will she be coming forth by day?

Niepewność. Zakochany Mickiewicz(pl)

Warriors of the Discotheque(en)

The place is the notorious Starck Club (so called because it was the first major project designed by Philippe Starck in the US.) The Starck Club opened in Dallas in 1984 and not long after hosted the 1984 national Republican Convention. Ironically, it was actually legal to buy MDMA aka ecstasy there, people would put it on their credit cards. The DEA stepped in and made it a category 1 drug on July 1, 1985... In a time when ecstasy was legal & guyliner was cool.

Helplessness(pl)

Bianka spends her days alone in a large house, lives in the rhythm of repetitive activities and tries to get at least a little warmth from her mother.

Darkest Edge(en)

An alcoholic, suicidal TV reporter investigating the staff at a notorious mental hospital discovers he may have once been a patient. When he finally uncovers the truth, it changes his life forever.

Bitchin': The Sound and Fury of Rick James(en)

This profile of legendary funk/R&B icon Rick James captures the peaks and valleys of his storied career to reveal a complicated and rebellious soul, driven to share his talent with the world.

Rent(en)

Grieving widower tries to drown his sorrow by hiring a male escort despite being haunted by old memories.

Supernova: The Music Festival Massacre(he)

This film provides a retrospective of 24 hours at the Nova festival in Re'im through the lens of young individuals who endured the horror.

Painting with History in a Room Filled with People with Funny Names 3(en)

Drones replace divine spirits in Thai artist Korakrit Arunanondchai's explosive film that contemplates the place for spirituality today through body painting, performative expression and catchy hip hop.

WWE: World's Strongest Man: The Mark Henry Story(en)

An exclusive look at the hard but rewarding life of The World's Strongest Man & WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry.

A Quiet Death(da)

Tom lives alone and works for the council, reporting empty apartments. One day, he ignores the rules and enters a supposedly empty apartment. His life takes a drastic turn when Sally, a stripper, suddenly turns up. Tom takes her home with him. But Sally has a dark past and is on the run from the police.

Papoose on the Loose(en)

A little papoose, bent on hunting bear, is stopped by his father, the chief, and told to forget the idea. The papoose responds by shooting a rubber-tipped arrow onto the father's nose, and the chief decides to teach his progeny a good lesson.

Miradas Múltiples (La máquina loca)(en)

They build myths, light passions, and practically never speak. In this documentary they'll complete with their words, the iconographic world of one of the most legendary cinematographers of all times, Gabriel Figueroa. This film is an immersion into some of the most symbolic and iconic images from Mexican cinematography, along with the commentaries of the greatest directors of photography today.

The Jungle(en)

A big cat conservationist and his filmmaker brother travel into the Indonesian jungle to find and document the rare and endangered Javan leopard. As they travel deeper and deeper into the jungle they come to the realisation that they are being stalked by a deadly predator.

As Contas de uma Memória(pt)

Arabani(ar)

After being estranged from his Druze village and family for 17 years, Yoseph returns with his two Israeli, teenage children. His marriage to a Jewish Israeli woman has just ended and he plans to settle down there. His arrival causes friction inside the closed, conservative Druze community and also with his mother Afifa, who accepts him and his children as part of her family again.

Die Hölle von Verdun(de)

In 1916, the name of the French fortress town of Verdun came to symbolize the greatest battle of attrition of all time - a portent of mass death on the battlefields of the 20th century. Based on selected individual fates, the film "The Hell of Verdun" tells the story of a military inferno in which people were regarded as material, not as individuals. More than 700,000 soldiers, German and French, died, were wounded or remained missing, without the course of the front changing significantly.