Downside Up

A mysterious box changes a girl's life forever.

A burning flame, black-and-white, opens Nasos Karabelas’ “Osmosis”, a philosophical piece on life, death, loneliness and nothingness. Nothingness, this absence, this lack of something, is a major force in Karabelas’ film. It’s disorienting, just like the sound which the director uses carefully, subtly even, in order to reinforce the voice over, written by his friend Christos Makridimitris. The almost nihilist voice-over accompanies the lonely journey of a young man through fields, through ruinous structures, along rivers. One wonders whether the voice over is actually the voice in the young, unnamed protagonist’s mind.

Dos Jonze is an Ex Navy Seal and winner of the prestigious Medal Of Honor who is pushed to the brink when the man who murdered his mother is released early from prison and his niece is beaten within an inch of her life. Avenging the blood of the innocent, Dos decides to take the law into his own hands and clean up the streets one scumbag at a time.

Arthur, junior employee in an authoritarian company, has forever been in conflict with his shadow. Up until the day their opposition would lead them towards an unknown world.

Brenda, Laura, Ruben and Willem meet each other at an uneasy therapy session. The unconventional therapist (Pamela Tevis) tells them they only have 48 minutes left to live. Looking back at their lives, they start making choices they never dared before. ** This movie was made as part of the 48 Days Film Project: all writing, shooting and editing happened within 48days.

Perspectiva (Versão da Diretora)

Inside a block of flats, a young woman decides to act about something concerning her for a long time.

Perspective can be deceiving in this second surreal short made “for fun” by French animator Jonathan Djob Nkondo

A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved.

A space occupies it, awaiting to be unlocked by a freeing action or notion. What lies ahead is its determination.

Satire on everyday life. A reflection on the value and personal relationships between individuals. How to act in front of current reality?

When her estranged mother falls into a coma, a self-made single mom grapples with regret and resentment while reflecting on their strained relationship.

An archival fiction feature about the eternal battle of the sexes, in which two star-crossed lovers trapped in a kingdom of shadows fight to keep their love alive as they gradually fall in hate. Their names are Forever Man and Forever Woman. They are embodied by actors and actresses from long-gone eras, but also by cartoon characters and puppet animations. Together they narrate the story of the euphoric ups and tragic downs of human existence. When Forever Dies, a virtuoso collage of film fragments from the Eye Filmmuseum archive, is an epic ode to largely unseen cinema anchored in the polarizing world of today.

Laura's expecting. Her husband, Steven's a loving guy but has little time for her. Her mom lives thousands of miles away. Forced to give up on her dreams, she's always been a bit edgy. A C-section drives her over the edge, making her see things in a different light. A creepy babysitter doesn't make things any better. She begins seeing things, trusts no one, as she goes into self-destruct mode.

Nesrin and Erdem talk about their relationship, which they don’t remember in exactly the same way. Çevik’s visually stunning essay uses their conversations to forge a pensive treatise on what it means to forget, where word and image play an equal role.

A young man and an older one meet by happenstance in a local cafe and decide to sit and talk about their points of view on life.

Alice comes face-to-face with her reflection.

Woo Yeong-min retired from the police force after trying to save his partner and causing his death. After a series of mysterious deaths in the shopping mall in which his uncle has allowed him to work as a security guard prior to its reopening, he must face both his own fear of mirrors and the mystery surrounding the fire that closed down the mall.

For her entire professional life, renowned ecologist Nalini Nadkarni pioneered climbing techniques to study "what grows back” after an ecological disturbance in the rainforest canopy. Now, after surviving a life-threatening fall from a tree, she must turn her research question onto herself in order to understand the effects of disturbance and recovery throughout her life.

A seven minute rhythmic meditation on nature, spirituality, and perspective.