The Great Escapades of Restriction

5 Scenes displaying the varying effects of restriction. One talks senselessly under the pretense of being understood. One discovers the monsters under the bed. One finds his voice. One can't escape an ever-shrinking room. One hears voices of his own creation.

Arresting Gena

A directionless teenager (Aesha Waks) becomes involved with a headstrong runaway (Summer Phoenix) and her drug-dealing brother (Sam Rockwell).

Alex in the Firlds

Adrian, a young ex-alcoholic trying to start a new life, is living on an addiction treatment farm. When Alex shows up out of nowhere and the two outsiders get closer, he risks to lose everything.

My Annoying Mother

It tells the story of Ga-young, a film student at university who is not on good terms with her mother. Her mother doesn't expect much from Ga-young, who has been in school for seven years. She often tells Ga-young that she has no talent and her future is unclear. In turn, Ga-young harbours hatred for her mother for belittling and disparaging her. (London Korean Film Festival)

Close

When 30-somethings Sam and Jamie lock themselves out in the communal stairwell they're forced to consider that maybe they aren't as close as they thought.

Click

A rock singer, escaping from her abusive boyfriend, forms an unlikely friendship with a struggling photographer with scars of his own.

Runaway Baby

Theresa is a young and talented writer who is struggling to finish her novel. As an attempt to find inspiration and understand her protagonist - a wild and free runaway named Chloé - better, she leaves busy and noisy Paris and heads on a journey to wherever the road will take her.

Il contrappasso

The Melodic Blue: Baby Keem

Keem's internal battle leads us through fragments of memory and temptation as he navigates the depths of The Melodic Blue.

PK

The local pastor’s daughter escapes youth group to go to her first high school party.

Beyond Skin Deep

A visit to Gina's intolerant mother in law triggers an argument between her and her husband Todd regarding her involvement with their biracial child.

Blue Fire

Deep in the snowy Green Mountains, two damaged lives come crashing back together when they discover something in the forest not of this world.

Leave the Road Behind You

A bilingual coming-of-age drama about a boy from the Gaeltacht struggling with changes as he prepares to leave home.

Charlie's Freedom

Charlie is a sensitive teenager who doesn't fit in. She cares for her disabled mom but gets bullied at school. When she turns down her place at university, her mom takes radical steps to ensure her daughter is free to complete her education.

So Nice to Love You

So Nice To Love You is a short film of six stories from six individuals with interlocking lives, capturing one significant moment remembered from each of their relationships.

The Better Man

At a parole board hearing, James Carter asks for a freedom he is not certain that he deserves.

Luthière

Elara, a young violinist, is madly in love with Lucio, a Sicilian student. Their love blossoms, but suddenly Lucio must return to Italy to care for his sick niece. Elara struggles with loneliness and sadness, until she finds new inspiration in a dream.

Un(H)armed

A case of mistaken identity leads to a heated confrontation between a young Black man and two law enforcement officers.

Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus

Early Rosa von Praunheim short film. Originally intended to be the ending of "Die Bettwurst".