Palindrome

Gu Bo is a beloved father and husband, but also a writer who struggles to be true to his sexual identity.

Sining brings his American boyfriend, Patrick, back to China when he goes to visit his family. Everyone's attitude towards Patrick changes once Sining inadvertently comes out, except for his 7-year-old nephew’s, Naonao.

Hawaii

A study of light and shadows, framing and composition with no clear narrative. A visual essay on silence and the passing of time.

A man reacts with violence when a pair of eyes spy on him from inside a cardboard box.

All that is missing is one last signature and everyone wants to get this meeting over as quickly as possible - the mother, the new parents, the woman from the adoption office. But there is one unknown factor, and that's Mirko, the father of the baby who has never seen his child.

An elegant, abstracted expression of provincial life in which ordinary everyday details become frozen and magnified as its young protagonists find themselves implicated in a moment of sheer madness.

When Mia and Sara move into their new apartment their love gets cracks and communication through post-its becomes a serious problem.

In this deserted former Nazi holiday camp and communist military complex, teenagers Jan and Matthieu embark on an adventure that could change everything. Whilst exploring their surroundings they confront their identities and ultimately put their friendship at risk.

Esther watches TV and comes across a reality show where she recognizes her ex-husband disguised as a woman. Stunned, she decides to no longer entrust Charles, their son, to him for the Christmas holidays. The perfect world is more complex...

This story is about the 10-year-old girl, Liv, who starts dating her classmate, Mike. Mike gives Liv a little, white mouse as a present. This mouse is very important to Mike, and he tamed it all by himself. Back at school, Mike starts talking to Liv's friend, who is the popular girl in class, and Liv finds herself getting jealous. In her powerlessness towards this strange emotion, Liv takes out her frustration on the mouse. She leaves the mouse with her cat and closes the door behind her. The mouse gets badly injured. When Liv discovers that Mike is still only interested in her, it's too late to save the mouse. A film about love, cowardice and jealousy.

Eddie's fascination with his older neighbor, Chad, heightens after he spies on him in the bathroom measuring his manhood.

A young man in prison is interviewed and talks about his life, how he got into prison, and what it's like doing time.

A 30-year-old American woman enters a teenage party in the South of France. Some of the guests wonder who she is and what she is doing there.

A door-to-door salesman tries to use the gift of the gab to sell an elderly couple things they don't really need.

On the first anniversary of a traumatic life changing event, 16 year old Daisy attempts to get through to her increasingly withdrawn mother. Is her only solace beneath water?

Olivia (12), just moved with her family from New York and arrives for her first day of school. She struggles to find her place within the hierarchy of her new school. Finding herself caught between the popular students and her shy classmate, Alem, Olivia must ultimately make a choice about who she is and how she will navigate her newfound circumstances.

The Place is short film about Palestine that calls out the Palestinian suffering and what the people of Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood are going through right now.

Fumar a Vida

The latest in Peccadillo’s critically acclaimed series – now established as a leading showcase for new and emerging queefilm-makingng talent from around the world – features a fresh and exciting selection of the very best contemporary gay short films. Each self-contained drama in this diverse and thoughtfully curated collection offers fascinating and insightful new perspectives on the gay experience – sensual, affecting, sometimes provocative and always entertaining. The 8 short films are: Have We Met Before? (2019); The Act (2020); First Position. (2019); Winter [Invierno] (2021); The Suit Weareth the Man (2020); Infinite While It Lasts [Infinito Enquanto Dure] (2019); Melon Grab (2017); Thrive (2019).