Head Over Heels

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

Charmed Zaporozhets

A Cossack once stood on the shore and looked at the water, trying to catch a mermaid. But she took his reflection and went away with the man’s the soul. The mermaid fell in love with the reflection and did not want to let him go back to the land. What should the Cossack do? And how will mermaid fight the evil and harmful monster that inhabits the sea bottom and tries to lure her?

STUPID & CONTAGIOUS

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

Die Beichte

An era comes to an end. It seems to be time to render accounts. Preparations for the afterlife need to be made. In the form of a confession. Erich Honecker appears before the Holy Father. With a request for absolution. But the Pope has something to confess, too.

The Cock

The cock wakes the sun every morning. His hens are loyal to him in return. When he oversleeps the sun's wake-up call, it rises anyway. The hens realize the deception and a fierce battle for power begins.

Die Trösterkrise

While trying to comfort people in need, a young man causes quite a bit of trouble for a farming family...

Yo lo vi

A journey through time, through the magical worlds of the paintings, engravings and frescoes of the painter Francisco de Goya. Variations on sketches and paintings that, animated, narrate passages of the painter's life and work.

458nm

It's midnight. A smattering of moonlight falls upon the forest floor. Two mechanical snails move slowly through the darkness. They confront one another and briefly take the measure each other’s powers before uniting in love play. With mounting ecstasy, their transparent bodies begin to glow, but just before climax a dark shadow looms over them...

Sub Rosa

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

Auntie Edna

Taking place during the events of Incredibles 2, Edna Mode babysits Jack-Jack.

Demi-Goddesses

The second essay about still dominant dark aspects of our modern society. It is conceived as a surreal anti-patriarchal thought experiment and raises important questions about gender, power, and social change, prompting us to reflect on how historical patterns of discrimination and oppression might be either repeated or overcome in a reversed gendered world. It challenges the viewer to confront their own assumptions and biases, and to consider the possibilities of a more equitable society.

SONYEO

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.

Instinct

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

The Attachment

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

Moonbird

Two boys go outside at night to capture a bird. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2003.

A Sun Behind Bars

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.

Strings

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

A Conversation

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

Suburbicon

In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect family turns to blackmail, revenge and murder.

Werewolf: The Beast Among Us

Set in a 19th century village, a young man studying under a local doctor joins a team of hunters on the trail of a wolf-like creature.

Stopmotion

Ella Blake, a stop-motion animator struggling to control her demons after the loss of her overbearing mother, embarks upon the creation of a film that becomes the battleground for her sanity. As Ella’s mind starts to fracture, the characters in her project take on a life of their own.

Beast

A recently widowed man and his two teenage daughters travel to a game reserve in South Africa. However, their journey of healing soon turns into a fight for survival when a bloodthirsty lion starts to stalk them.

Cranston Academy: Monster Zone

An intelligent 15-year-old high school student is unexpectedly transferred to a boarding school where he opens a portal of monsters from another dimension.

The Vanishing

The boyfriend of an abducted woman never gives up the search as the abductor looks on.

180

When an unexpected road rage incident puts his son in critical condition, an enraged father spirals down a dark path of emotional turmoil and vengeance.

The Locksmith

A thief fresh out of prison, tries to work his way back into the life of his daughter and ex-fiancé. Determined, he is forced to use the skills he has as a gifted locksmith. Things take a tumultuous turn after an unexpected disappearance.

Matriculated

The human resistance works to convert a sentinel to their side. Part of the Animatrix collection of animated shorts set in the Matrix universe.

Savaged

After thugs brutalize a deaf-mute woman, the spirit of an Apache warrior takes over her lifeless body and sets out on a bloodthirsty quest for revenge.

Rogue Agent

Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.

Hypnotic

A young woman seeking self-improvement enlists the help of a renowned hypnotist but, after a handful of intense sessions, discovers unexpected and deadly consequences.

Vicious

When Polly receives a mysterious box, it comes with one rule: place inside something she needs, something she hates, and something she loves. If she doesn’t obey, it will consume everything—and everyone—she’s ever known.

Intruders

Anna suffers from agoraphobia so crippling that when a trio of criminals break into her house, she cannot bring herself to flee. But what the intruders don't realize is that agoraphobia is not her only psychosis.

Blackwater Lane

An American school teacher in England drives past an abandoned car late one night, unaware that the driver was the victim of a murder. As she comes to terms with the realization, seemingly supernatural events start to affect the gothic manor she lives in with her husband.

The Grandmother

To escape neglect and abuse from his parents, a young boy plants some strange seeds and they grow into a grandmother.

The Other

Unable to conceive, a couple seeks to build a family with a young orphan, survivor of tragic childhood. But their act of love turns to horror when they realize the violence in their foster's past has returned to destroy the new family.

The Good Neighbor

A nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of guilt, Robert shows no remorse and becomes overbearing and possessive.

Black Site

A group of officers based in a labyrinthine top-secret prison must fight for their lives against Hatchet, a brilliant and infamous high-value detainee. When he escapes, his mysterious and deadly agenda has far reaching and dire consequences.

A Crooked Somebody

An attention-seeking psychic is kidnapped and tries to use the situation to boost his popularity.