Within Roma communities, it is common for children to drop out of school at the age of 13 to get married. But this is not the case for the children of the first Roma Robotics team of the “Lighthouse of the World”, who managed to travel to the USA, finish school and change their lives forever.
● Aggelos Tsaousis
● 115’
● Greece
12-year-old Sophia would like more than anything in the world to spend her summer holidays at the camp with her best girlfriend and her brother, with whom she has a crush, but ends up on an island off the Dalmatian coast with her strict grandmother.
● Radivoje Andrić
● 85΄
● Serbia/Croatia/Bulgaria/Slovakia
13-year-old Sasha has decided to become a stand-up comedian. Most of all, she wants to make people laugh and especially her dad, who sometimes cries and there is no one to comfort him. In their house, everything reminds her of her mom who has now passed away. Sasha, however, will not give up.
● Sanna Lenken
● 93’
● Sweden
Ο Μικρός Μαλαμπάρ και το Παγοδρόμιο
Little Malabar - The Floating Ice Rinks
Ακολουθήστε το μικρό Μαλαμπάρ στις συναρπαστικές του περιπέτειες, καθώς μιλάει στα αστέρια για να μάθει από πού προέρχονται.
● Πατρίκ Βολβ
● 4'
● Γαλλία
In a skate park teenage Charis tries desperately to convince his best friend to go talk to his crush, the hottest skater of the park. But Charis crosses the line an puts their friendship at risk.
● Ariadni Aggeliki Thifronitou Litou
● 8’
● Greece
It is a warm morning in September. A storm is on its way. Anna, 15, skips school to go to the hospital. There, she will confront an experience that will bring about a sudden maturity. Αt the end of the school day, her mother is waiting outside the school gates.
● Sofia Georgovassili
● 14’
● Greece
Three different characters, caught in a frenetic everyday loop in pursuit of time. Never finding the right moment to eat, cross the street, or go to the toilet. Until time suddenly freezes. A short introspection inspired by pandemic lockdowns.
● Efi Pappa
● 6΄
● Greece