The Real American

Tells the story of a grandmother after the death of her husband. And how this fact confronts her with her own life.

Marie relaxes at the beach under a parasol. The only problem is that it is night time.

After a dreadful incident coupled with an ungovernable paroxysm of violence, a butcher will fall into a downward spiral that will burn to the ground whatever dignity still remained in him.

Max and Dave Fliescher are eating hot dogs in their animation studio and begin drawing. The hot dog becomes a "real" dog, and it and Ko-Ko the Clown alarmingly end up inside a Gas Chamber.

One Sunday after the mass, in an overly Christian village, Petar, a priest devoted to his profession, wants just one thing: enjoy an ice cream.

A teenage girl struggles to fit into a crew of Soca backup dancers. Her first chance on stage becomes a night of difficult choices, but also possibilities for an exciting new future.

Adam returns after several years leaving his hometown of Toraja. All the feelings that he had before he departed years ago resurges as he meets his mother. Trying to be honest about he felt all these years, his mother surprises him instead.

A verlan discussion in a cafe between two young people about a motorbike and girls.

In this animated short, a terrible curse deprives Balthasar's kingdom of its stories. Taking the unicorn's horn back into The Belly of the Earth is the solution. Poppety will lead an expedition, by chance uncovering a hitherto closely guarded family secret.

Zeinab, a 13-year-old girl, is forced by her family to marry a 44-year-old man and become pregnant.

A woman is meeting her online crush for the first time in person. Will her date be everything she is expecting?

Marie wakes up one morning in Beirut in a panic, convinced that she has lost her daughter’s wedding photograph. A photograph, however, that never existed… Ten years ago, her daughter’s marriage ceremony had to be cut short on account of a bombing raid. There was no time for a wedding photograph. Now, with the aid of a photographer and a chicken, Hoda and her husband decide to reconstruct the wedding ceremony once more, so that Hoda’s mother will at last have the photograph she deserves…

In this short film, two starstruck movie fans hire a tour guide and see a plethora of Hollywood stars.

Books vanish from a library. A daughter says goodbye to her mother. A writer struggles with Alzheimer's disease.

O Homem Que Foi Inédito Duas Vezes

A wall-painting on Earth is too terrifying to exist, so unknown forces remove it.

Accused of killing his wife, a good man fights for his very existence.

夜游

One holiday morning, a cleaning woman arrives at work alone. She discovers an unconscious man among the garbage. Another man, looking for a garbage bag, approaches them. The three strangers decide to go in search of the missing bag.

On the surface, this collection of shorts by up-and-coming African American filmmakers arrived at a perfect time. The cutting-edge products of the New Black Cinema of the early '90s had disappeared, giving way to embarrassingly stereotypical, scatological fare such as Booty Call and Next Friday. This feature-packed compilation (which includes production notes, interviews with all of the filmmakers, and audio commentary by four) attempts to prove that African American cinema is intent on moving past the lowbrow humor, as six of the seven shorts steer clear of any comedy.