The Other Side
In an invisible territory at the margins of society, at the border between anarchy and illegality, lives a wounded community that is trying to respond to a threat: of being forgotten by political institutions and having their rights as citizens trampled. Disarmed veterans, taciturn adolescents, drug addicts trying to escape addiction through love, ex-special forces soldiers still at war with the world, floundering young women and future mothers, and old people who have not lost their desire to live. Through this hidden pocket of humanity, the door opens to the abyss of today's America.
Hikikomori
A movie made by ELAM (East London Arts and Music) Trainees, Hikikomori is a short film focusing on a man secluded in his room.
Selfhood
Selfhood follows 5 individuals and the difference between their sense of self compared to how they present theirselves to the outside world.
SOS jeunesse en détresse
Today in France, one in five young people suffers from severe depressive symptoms, and the number of minors visiting psychiatric emergency rooms has tripled in the last five years. Despite the political will that has been demonstrated, child psychiatry is nevertheless faced with a severe lack of resources. The interminable waiting times for treatment are causing a surge in prescriptions for psychotropic drugs.
Isolation
An anthology of nine horror shorts filmed under the social distancing and self-isolation requirements of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Symbol
A man who is fascinated with patterns and symbols discovers his one true path to enlightenment.
The Man Who Kept Silent
A web-designer receives a letter that says that he must keep silent, beginning with the next Saturday. By the time Saturday comes, the poor designer totally forgets about the weird letter.
Egemen Oyunda
The Librarian
About how the social environment affects Mazhar's consciousness/inner world and his effort to get rid of the stuckness he is in.
En nous
Ten years ago, the paths of Abou, Laura, Cadiatou and Jacques have crossed Emmanuelle’s. She was their French teacher at a high school in Marseille. Together they took part in a film, Children of the Princess of Cleves, in which, while analyzing the classic text, they expressed their hopes, dreams, and fears. In En Nous, the director re-connects with the protagonists : memories blend with stories of their lives and the daily obstacles they must overcome whilst trying not to lose hope. Now, the sentence of the Princess of Cleves rings poignantly true: “I know nothing can be more difficult than what I undertake”.
The Monkey Paw
A tired mother begins to tell her daughter a horror story but as she recalls the events the worlds collide, amalgamating the line between reality and fiction
All the Lonely People
Spanning seven short stories - each taking place in a different city around the globe, “All the Lonely People” showcases a slice of life from various strangers while they try to face their regular, everyday problems. From New Zealand to New York city, the assortment of strangers deal with modern day anxieties that slowly spiral out of control.
Das Plattbodenschiff
Numbers Of All
A mathematical researcher tries to solve an unproven theorem, when it ends up more difficult than anticipated he risks being eroded by obsession.
Prison of Denial
After a young person gets fed up with her repetitive life, she attempts to avoid all responsiblity as she does whatever she wants, but financial problems and other realities of life cause her to doubt her own philosophies
Through the Window
Alvaro, a man obsessed with security, discovers that his nightmares may be premonitions of imminent danger or signs that his obsession has gone too far. However, when a stranger knocks on his door, there won't be time to find answers.
Happy clown
Go on, laugh
A mentally unstable teen transforms himself into a clown to deal with and mask his own disturbing, nihilistic worldview and deteriorating mental health. the further the film continues, the more prominent his descent into madness becomes.
Overnight Water
Unable to travel home across closed borders after her mother's sudden and isolated death in China, a middle-aged immigrant named Mei grasps for consolation and connection while living alone in COVID-era New York until one afternoon, she encounters a familiar stranger on the streets nearby.
