Luz de Sombra

A married woman is living an unexcited life, until she meets a man who is able to put a smile on her face again, at least for a couple of days.

When Catarina finds out that she is pregnant, she questions the responsibility of bringing a child into this world.

Reality starts to break down when Cora suffers a mental breakdown at university. Locking herself away from the real world, she invites in another – one that is darker, dream-like and claustrophobic.

After his daughter persuades him to move into a new apartment, aged widower Fred strikes up a friendship with his eccentric 74-year-old neighbour Elsa, who convinces him it's never too late to keep enjoying life. Although he seemed resigned to a miserable bedridden existence, Fred embraces Elsa's youthful enthusiasm as she introduces him to the path of life and entertains him with outlandish stories about her past life. But when he discovers Elsa's terminally ill, Fred decides to accompany her on the trip of her dreams to the eternal city of Rome to help her fulfil a lifelong ambition.

Absence

Percy Nilegaard collects Swedish single men and embarks on a bus trip to Tallinn with a so-called "highly-experienced driver".

A dirty bomb goes off in Los Angeles, jamming freeways and spreading a toxic cloud.

A Place of Our Own

A single middle-aged man trapped in frustration and loneliness in Toronto communicates with a divorced woman, and they help from thousands of miles apart. Dhruv lives a lonely life in Toronto, Canada. He is a forty-year-old student who has discontinued his education and gets by working odd jobs. Sheema is the sister of Dhruv's brother-in-law, looking for someone to take care of her apartment while she and her son return home to visit Bangladesh for a few months. Dhruv, never having met Sheema, agrees to house-sit. Communicating over the phone, they develop a friendship and help each other to solve problems related to the cultural challenges of being Bangladeshi immigrants to Canada.

Black drops fall from the water faucets, peek through the drains, and flood the city. Sisters Paula and Teresa, cornered in their apartment, can do nothing but observe as that strange substance takes hold of their lives. Hypnotized, with nowhere to go, they come into contact with the liquid. Gradually, reality begins to distort and they get lost in it.

Pelageya

In the aftermath of a devastating loss, Jose grapples with overwhelming loneliness and grief. A Place to Fall Down is a poignant short film that delves into the life of Jose, an elite mechanic struggling to cope with the overwhelming grief he feels after losing his beloved wife. The film unfolds in the span of a single day, capturing Jose’s emotional journey as he grapples with balancing his daunting real-life workload with the profound sense of loss. Through an extraordinary performance from Clifton Collins Jr. and a gripping sound design that acts as a character in the film, "A Place to Fall Down" explores themes of grief, empathy, healing and the power of love. It’s in the darkest moments that the resilience of the human spirit and the profound impact of unconditional shine the brightest.

Two parallel tales about two modern women. One is Štefica Cvek, average and lonely girl who desperately tries to find the man of her dreams. The other story is about a woman director who is making the movie about Štefica and has the same problem.

A woman's inability to make a lasting commitment results in her having a string of affairs with married men.

A soldier abandoned by the government exists trapped inside of a dilapidated apartment. The only thing keeping him company is a radio, and a dead body.

After the Second Impact, Tokyo-3 is being attacked by giant monsters called Angels that seek to eradicate humankind. The child Shinji’s objective is to fight the Angels by piloting one of the mysterious Evangelion mecha units. A remake of the first six episodes of GAINAX’s famous 1996 anime series. The film was retitled “Evangelion: 1.01” for its DVD release and “Evangelion: 1.11” for a release with additional scenes.

An unemployed dry alcoholic and former smoker longs to escape his shadows in a small abandoned village. Triggered by a mysterious meeting with his neighbour, he must face temptation, hallucinations and nightmares as he searches for his own fulfillment (in form of a cake).

After a top-secret experiment misfires, a scientist may be the only man left alive in the world.

After the death of her husband, silence and loneliness reign in this old lady's house. She made routine her best friend and faith her shelter. Only in her dreams she runs away from those four walls to a timeless magic land where the sea speaks without using words. Her days go by like this; between the real life and dreams… until a street dog comes to her door.

The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.