Films Archive
Kees wants to roam far away from home, but her mother doesn’t seem ready to let her go yet. In light of the complexity and ambivalence of their close relationship, a joint road trip develops into an emotional tour de force.
● Emma Branderhorst
● 19΄
● the Netherlands
Kayla Day, an eighth grader, is introverted but also posts videos about self-confidence on the Internet. Later, she realises she is not the person she is pretending to be and overcomes her fears.
● Bo Burnham
● 93'
● USA
Madden tells a story about relating to your herd. About duty versus longing. About high-heeled shoes stepping in dung and heavy animal bodies thundering across a Scandinavian landscape. A forest of tall tree trunks between our protagonist and the outside world.
● Malin Ingrid Johansson
● 13΄
● Sweden
A musical drama about two young soldiers across enemy lines who fall in love and find escape from their oppressive environments through music.
● Savvas Stavrou
● 22΄
● Cyprus, UK
Ruben and Asïr, two great friends, meet every afternoon to play soccer in a car scrapyard. One day like any other, Ruben waits for his friend, with the surprise that he has been beaten up because of racism. The unconditional support that Rubén offers to Asïr reflects the purest friendship, although the worst is yet to come.
● Miguel Angel Ferrer
● 8΄
● Spain
On his first day as a fourth-grader, Sune is welcomed by an unwanted surprise. A new boy is in his seat, and he's everything Sune wants to be. Not only that, but his name is also Sune - it's the worst possible start to the fourth grade.
● Jon Holmberg
● 89'
● Sweden/Denmark
Edgar’s ordinary life is disrupted by a newborn calf he sees on a tourist trip to a slaughterhouse. He takes it home after finding out that the calf would become a schnitzel
● Filip Diviak
● 8΄
● Czech Republic
On a school day, a seven year-old hustles strangers for money on the streets of New York City.
● Lloyd Lee Choi
● 17΄
● USA
Α 12-year-old girl prepares for her final test trying out for the traditionally all-boys Chinese youth Olympic weightlifting team.
● Johnson Cheng
● 11'
● USA
The boy’s family is hypnotized by the screens of their phones. They do not talk, laugh or have any interest in anything other than the lights of their screens/what the light on their screens brings. The boy tries to get his family back by building a machine that will take away their hypnotic phones: A big magnet
● Ilir Hasanaj
● 6΄
● Republic of Kosovo
Patterson was born on the same day as his best friend Raf, a giraffe. Because his grandfather is a zookeeper Patterson gets to spend a lot of time with Raf. They’re inseparable and share everything. That is, until Patterson goes to school for the first time and finds out that giraffes aren’t allowed at school.
● Barbara Bredero
● 75'
● Netherlands