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I miei occhi (My Eyes)
by Tommaso Acquarone

On a rainy day, driving a burgundy car, a woman decides to face her destiny.
Italy, 2021, 20’

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Trou Noir (Black Hole)
by Tristan Aymon

When young skateboarder Vincent meets a vulnerable animal at the bottom of a hole, the encounter will get him to confront his own fears of the unknown.
Switzerland, 2020, 29’

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What We Don't Know About Mariam
by Morad Mostafa

Mariam goes to a public hospital with her husband and her daughter, bleeding and suffering from a severe pain in her abdomen.
Egypt, 2021, 25'

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The Criminals (Les Criminels)
by Serhat Karaaslan

Late at night in a small Turkish town, a young couple tries to find a hotel room to spend the night together.
France/Romania/Turkey,  2021, 24'

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The Handyman
by Nicholas Clifford

Alone at her country estate, Evelyn attempts to end her life but is interrupted by the arrival of an awkward but endearing handyman.
Australia, 2020, 15'

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Long Distance
by Or Sinai

Rachel is losing her sight to the point she can't even manage doing the smallest daily functions, like dialing the phone. She opens her door to passing by strangers, on a tiny but significant journey, to reach out to her daughter, on the other side of the world. 
Israel, 2020, 20'

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Zheng
by Giacomo Sebastiani
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Zheng is trapped and has lost his soul since a long time. Suddenly everything changes with the arrival of his cousin, forcing him to confront his demons.
Italy, 2020, 24'

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Li Paradisi (The Heavens)
by Manuel Marini
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Lucia embarks on a journey between present and past to decide the future of her family olive grove.
Italy,  2020, 12'

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Bình 
by Ostin Fam
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As the idea of home is shaken, different individuals seek out for security in various forms: construction, religion and money. However, only illusion holds true, suggesting a magical escape.
Vietnam/South Korea/Singapore/Thailand, 2020, 22'

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A Trip to Heaven (Thiên đường gọi tên) 
by Linh Duong

During a peculiar tour bus to Mekong Delta, 50-year-old Mdm.Tam bumps into her high school sweetheart. She's hopeful for a chance of reconciliation, but maybe he's not.
Vietnam, 2020, 15’


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Pain
by Anna Rose Duckworth

A young girl has an earth-shattering realisation that her father is not invincible, after a cricket accident exposes his vulnerability.
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New Zealand, 2020, 9'

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Mare Nostrum
by Dimitris Anagnostou

In a vast and desolate coast, around the mid-19th century, a group of Grand Tour voyagers are seeking Arcadia and the ancient ruins, the symbols of an emerging Greek and European identity. 
Greece, 2020, 25'

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El Remanso
by Sebastián Valencia Muñoz

Hoping for a new job, a family of wandering peasants settles in El Remanso, a country house in ruins full of brushwood where the tracks of an atrocious past are visible.
Colombia, 2020, 19'


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Lúa Vermella (Red Moon Tide)
by Lois Patiño

In a village where the sea and the moon are near, there was a monster, three witches, many ghosts and a shipwrecked man.
Spain, 2020, 84'



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El silencio del rio (The Silence of the River)
by Francesca Canepa

Juan, a 9 year-old Peruvian boy, lives with his silent dad in a floating house on the breathtaking Amazon River. Through an oniric journey into the rainforest jungle, he will discover the truth about his dad.
​Perù, 2020, 14'



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The Visit
by Azadeh Moussavi

After six months, Elaheh is allowed to visit her husband, who is a political prisoner.
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Iran, 2019, 14'

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Golden Minutes (Auksinės Minutės)
by Saulius Baradinskas

Driven to the edge by a huge debt and his impending divorce, a poetic accountant decides to kill himself but is rescued by a heart attack.
Lithuania,  2019, 10'

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Interstate 8
by Anne Thieme

In the southern United States, two young women meet by chance in the back of a police car and, without saying a word, experience the injustice hovering above them.
Germany/USA,  2019, 15'

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Mary, Mary, So Contrary
by Nelson Yeo
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Repurposing and manipulating footage from two classic films and the filmmaker’s own personal footage, "Mary, Mary So Contrary" weaves together a phantasmagoric narrative about a Chinese woman named Ma Li who dreams that she is a Caucasian woman named Mary.
Singapore, 2019, 15'

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Maradona's Legs (Ijrain Maradona)
by Firas Khoury
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During the 1990 World Cup, two young Palestinian boys are looking for “Maradona’s legs”; the last missing sticker that they need in order to complete their world cup album and win a free Atari.
Germany/Palestine, 2019, 23’

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Bottleneck
by Måns Berthas

Three women are gathered for an act of vengeance. They spin a bottle to determine who should perform the deed. Their plan goes wrong and an unexpected threat appears.
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Sweden, 2019, 8'

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Adam
by Shoki Lin

Tired of his turbulent family life, Adam seeks out an alternative arrangement in hopes of finding his place.
Singapore, 2019, 19'

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Kolektyviniai sodai (Community Gardens)
by Vytautas Katkus
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Patriarchal masculinity seems to catch its last breath in the sun. A story about a cold relationship between a father and his son.
​Their bond, plagued by indifference, disintegrates completely.

Lithuania, 2019, 15'

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Hãy tỉnh thức và sẵn sàng (Stay Awake, be Ready)
by Pham Thien An

On a street corner a mysterious conversation among three young men at a street stalls.
Vietnam/South Korea/USA, 2019, 14’

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Fakh (The Trap)
by Nada Riyadh
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In the peculiar set up of a deserted and run-down Egyptian seaside resort in wintertime, a young unmarried couple arrives to make love.
Egypt/Germany, 2019, 20’

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Isle of Capri 
Isle of Capri
by Måns Berthas

Lina’s grandmother is in a severe state of Alzheimer’s disease. In order to make her remember again, Lina abducts her from the hospital and takes her to her abandoned childhood home.
Sweden, 2018, 5'

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Câm Lặng (The Mute)
by Pham Thien An

A girl tries to find the answer about love before her big day, in a rainy night.
Vietnam/USA, 2018, 15'



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A Swedish Classic 
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by Måns Berthas

A woman in a tattered wedding gown wakes in the forest to the sound of a deafening car horn. She finds her husband in the crashed car nearby. He’s in bad shape but alive. In the wrecked interior, they start to talk about their relationship, which soon seems to be as demolished as their Saab.
 ​Sweden, 2017, 8'

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BIRTHDAY
Birthday by Alberto Viavattene

​Night. An abusive nurse wanders through the halls of a nursing home. She integrates her salary by secretly selling prescription drugs to junkies and stealing from the most vulnerable patients. ​
Italy, 2017, 15'



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BITCHBOY
Bitchboy by Måns Berthas
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Bitchboy is the story of Lukas, a young dedicated metal head, who is visiting his recently departed grandfather at the hospital. Despite the bloodline, he doesn’t want the old man to be buried in the family grave. 
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Sweden, 15', 2016

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REST IN PEACE
Vila i frid by Måns Berthas
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Five kids gather to honor a recently departed friend. Each one of them have memories to share, but only of them dare to tell the truth.
Sweden, 5', 2016

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CHAMPION
Champion by Måns Berthas
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Harsh midwinter. A frozen marriage in a remote cabin. An man from the past returns to seek revenge, and long lost feelings come alive. A wordless battle begins and the eternal triangle finally comes to an end.

Sweden, 19', 2015
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