We Came Frome The Sea

Alyona, a Russian teenager from a poor family is dreaming about becoming a cosmonaut despite her mother's ignorance.

From Simon Schwartz, this debut short chronicles a beauty pageant with a twist.

Bullied by his father to grow up, a teen fights between the love of his step-mother over his father's life.

After returning to a desert road tied to his past, Ryan is forced to confront the memories of a relationship that slowly fell apart. As moments from one night resurface, the film explores distance, silence, and the emotional weight people carry long after something is gone.

No one is welcomed in the world of a little girl and a man until a stranger rings the doorbell. As astonishing things happen right in the face, the girl freaks out.

A young man’s journey home after heartbreak takes an unexpected turn, forcing him to face his problems instead of running from them

Rio Acima

Melpómena

Clara and Paul are an ordinary couple. However, Clara's overprotection towards Paul could well shatter all their tranquility, even lead them to death ...

It portrays love between a child and a dog. Just when the dog was caught by a dog catcher, the boy asks the man to let it go and thus he saves the animal’s life.

The story of a man, a boy, and finding one's place in the world.

A man's life is turned around when he receives troubling news.

A teenage girl is entrusted to return a very special item to her family for her grandmother’s funeral.

Young Alisa is fed up with her life in Moscow, and moves to St. Petersburg. Her roommates in the collective flat are two junkies, Vel and her boyfriend Valera the Dead Man. First they fight, but soon the two women form a friendship. Together they even go after the Petersburg underworld when Dead Man is abducted because he can't pay his debts.

Night in an old mill is dramatically depicted in this Oscar-winning short in which the frightened occupants, including birds, timid mice, owls, and other creatures try to stay safe and dry as a storm approaches. As the thunderstorm worsens, the mill wheel begins to turn and the whole mill threatens to blow apart until at last the storm subsides.

In this urban drama, two homeless teenagers meet while seeking refuge in the basement of an abandoned building. What begins as a friendship sadly evolves into a mutual suicide pact.

In a post revolution Cairo, after numerous failed trials to escape the status quo of her generation’s depression, Nour, a 29 young woman, secretly arranges fleeing her homeland. Hours before her departure, She embarks on a journey of struggle with a patriarchal society and a fight within to keep her hidden secret.

The enormous amount of modern stars surrounding us is not a fantastic sparkle of light, but a litter of false information. The "I" in this film collects messages from an imaginary research company. A unique personal film that confronts the fictionalised reality on an equal level. (IFF, 1996).

While reflecting on the present, a young Palestinian recalls childhood memories of the military invasion and siege of Bethlehem. By trying to understand how his parents led him though those difficult times, he hopes to find the strength and support he needs to cope with the present.

SHELLY is the story of a Halloween party gone very, very wrong... (Screamfest)