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On her way home, Zohreh senses that someone 's chasing her. As she attempts to escape, she gets hit by a car and dies. Parviz, Zohre 's husband , releases from jail on bail (provided by the warden) for the first time in six years. He's given 3 days to bury Zohreh and attends her funeral, but has another concern about Zohreh.

A man contemplates whether or not it is possible to do something unique.

Trapped and lost in a crowded metropolis, the Grief navigates its way to find its missing owner. It has no timeline, it has no directions, and it is a cycle. The Grief evolves as it moves through different urban spaces & public transportation. As the Grief finds its missing owner, it has come to a realization that all this time, they’ve been together but both are lost.

"Beyond the Autumn" «Persian: پس از خزان» is a poetic meditation on the collapse that humanity calls "the end." Here, autumn is not a season of falling leaves, but a threshold where existence sheds its veil within the shadows. Beyond this descent, perhaps only a light of serenity remains. It whispers that following the world's silence, a subtler form of consciousness may emerge. "At the farthest edge of the soil, eyes open that no longer belong to the ground."

After a breakup, a sleepless young man begins closing the countless tabs open on his computer until only one memory remains.

A monster that lives in the darkest part of the sea, a dreamlike representation of the journey towards the depths of something that one wants to avoid and that is finally faced.

In April 2022, a student at Milbrook High filmed himself committing a horrific act of violence. His phone was seized by police as evidence. Its contents have remained unseen... until now.

A socially awkward, neurodivergent youth struggles to adapt at a social gathering that quickly takes a turn into the uncanny and surreal.

A filmmaker sets out to discover the life of Joyce Vincent, who died in her bedsit in North London in 2003. Her body wasn't discovered for three years, and newspaper reports offered few details of her life - not even a photograph.

Ser, a person, fights against depression, anxiety and fear, a dark creature within. Failing to escape from it, he surrenders to this feelings within him, embarking on an internal journey to reconnect with his essence and transform into light.

"Resonances" is an abstract journey that invites diverse interpretations. For some, it’s the tale of an ant that delved too deep, for others, a puppet seeking freedom. The narrative evolves with the viewer, offering no single path but rather a multitude of meanings. Free and autonomous, "Resonances" challenges you to explore with your mind and question with your soul. Only through personal reflection will the answers reveal themselves, making the experience uniquely yours.

Each knot on a red string marks a man’s journey through life and the sacrifices he makes. Far from home, he struggles to balance duty, dreams, and family.

A human-like Creature, emerging from the ancient depths of the Norwegian forest, ventures towards suburbia. The local inhabitants react in different ways to its unannounced presence.

Two girls explore their relationship and what it means to be in the world and be vulnerable in this hand drawn graphite animation.

A wandering young woman explores the crevices of her apartment, of her corporeal creases, as well as the shadows made up of those things. Through her journey, she comes into contact with fellow vagrancies: a nondescript man of around similar age; a young girl with similar, even familiar, eyes; streets that can only exist during those brief moments of glazing stares. The rain comes and goes, but the A/C never turns off.

As she keeps watching old home movies isolated in her hotel room, the screen becomes a mirror from which she tries to see herself. Levels of subjectivity, narrative, and reality entwine into a surrealist fever dream of scopophilic cinéma pur. The final layer of meaning is all of us watching the film on the screen-mirror in the theatre.

Gameleira Agulha

Ulrik's Monster is the story of a young boy who feels overlooked and ignored by his parents. This really becomes a problem when a gruesome monster turns out to be living in their backyard lake.

The complex relationship between parent and child from childhood to adulthood has affected Florence's life in unthinkable ways. She must now navigate whether to sever ties for good...or whether to give her father another chance.