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Pana is a popular world from Venezuelan slang that means many things: as a noun it refers to a friend, a good person; as an adjective, it’s a positive quality, someone nice, someone friendly and enjoyable. A coming-of-age story, the short My Pana is also a tale of immigration and exile, a portrait of a teenager adapting to a new society with the few tools he knows to survive: his youth, his body and, ultimately, his own resilience. Through the point of view of a teenager we’ll understand the hardships of million of Venezuelans abroad and the consequences of corruption, exile and the fractured soul of a person who was pushed to leave his true life to adapt to a hostile new place.

Jess comes into "Gay's The Word" (the first Gay and Lesbian bookshop that opened in London) where she meets Leah for the first time. They coincidentally meet by the same bookcase over three days. What sparks is a romantic awkward chemistry between the two, transpired by Jess' curiosity in Leah and the chance for an artistic and sexual liberation possibly waiting for her at the end.

Vebjørn (soon to be 30) has never had a girlfriend. He works as a mascot and ski instructor at a skiing resort. One day he crashes into the ski tourist, Polina, ruining her holiday. While he tries to make up for the accident, unexpected chemistry between the two arises. But Vebjørn's anxiety around girls soon catches up with him, as he struggles to get over the idea that no one can like him in a romantic way.

Bill is a lonely soul and feels sorry for himself and his life. He shuts people out and is quite unfriendly to everybody. Then one day he receives a phone call from a social worker informing him that his sister died and is asked to look after his sister's daughter Tia. Tia's father is overseas and had separated from her mother so Bill is the next of kin. He reluctantly accepts to look after Tia for a few days. Tia's charm and vitality wins Bill over and he starts to enjoy spending time with her. He starts seeing live in a different light and when the social worker informs him that Tia could now go to her dad overseas. When Tia tells him that she wants to stay with him he dismisses the offer. The last scene shows how they appreciate each other.

Poetic images of nature in the opening credits lead us on the wrong track. The motorcyclist has been lying under his machine for a long time. At the moment of death, memories emerge. Flashbacks to family history, speechlessness in the face of death in harsh cuts.

A look into the life of an extremely poor argentinian family.

A suicidal accountant drunkenly puts a hit on himself online. Regretting his decision in the morning he must take every precaution necessary to survive.

A young man pretends to sleep while he watches his lover go through her morning routine.

A cryptic young creature takes the train from Dublin to Sandycove, confronting ideas of a splintered self-image, loneliness, and being seen in a fundamentally blind world.

A student misplaces his phone and must race across campus to find it.

Set in the vibrant world of mid-century Bombay 1940s is one of the few non-fiction stories from Manto's life in a Bombay chawl that revolves around Brij Mohan - Manto's roommate and Peerun - a Parsi girl. Brij comes up with a strange theory that he loses his job every time he meets Peerun and blames her for his unsuccessful career. Then why does he want to be with her despite facing extreme poverty? Why does Peerun want to be with him despite being in a relationship with someone else? Manto tries to find this out revealing his own direct and indirect relationships with the characters.

Daisy and Lila are best friends. At a suburban house party, shifting desires and tough choices force them to reconsider their place in the world and what they mean to each other.

When Death knocks on old carpenter’s door, he tries to convince her to let him live a little longer.

Anna is twenty-five. Her boyfriend, Louis, is a math teacher. Together, they give birth to a child, Leo. A few months later, the discovery of Leo's deafness is an upheaval.

A glimpse into the day of a son visiting his sick father. The film follows the son as he helps his father with his daily routines, while trying to create a connection with the distant figure.

A short story about how constantly looking to make that next great photograph can cause you to lose touch with whats around you.

During the last moments of a romantic involvement with an older man, Martina finds herself deeply overwhelmed by disappointment and confusion, left alone to question who she really is.

A boy buys earplugs to block out the shouting of his constantly quarreling parents, but his innocent act has tragic results.

Brotherhood An Egotistic Journey of a Blind Mind is about "Two friends drawn apart by the most common human emotion...Love" Two best friends, Marcus and Vincent are your ideal hoodlums. On a daily routine they drink alcohol, play basketball and idolize women. Stuck in a rut the two are introduced to a young go-getter named Ariana. Through getting to know her a wedge is thrown into Marcus and Vincent's relationship and it might never be repaired. Ego gets in the way and it blinds them.

In an isolated and unknown place during a war, a child is forced to flee. Along the way, he sees horse corpses everywhere. Only dead horses. Why? Why have the horses decided to kill themselves?