A short film from Barbara Bialowąs.
Social & External
Unseen explores racial fetishisation and micro-aggressions through the eyes of Lien, a young woman who hopes for more than society is willing to offer her.
Pool Blue is an attempt which tells, without dialogue nor rationality, a connection fantasized between two men. It is the fantastical projection which reveals certain eroticism. Pointless and discreet, the desire is present, two men are careful, gauge to the point to create a link of seduction. This link is intelligently staged, it is invisible with the eyes of the other swimmers, mysterious for both men and very explicit for the spectator.
Repurposing and manipulating classic film footage and the filmmaker’s personal footage, the film weaves a phantasmagoric narrative of a Chinese lady named Ma Li who dreams she is a Caucasian named Mary.
In the thick of the 1998 political tension in East Java, Indonesia, a guard leaves his post despite rumours of ninjas terrorising the town at night, to meet with his lover.
Two young brothers are separated at camp and forced to compete in rival tribes.
Two women of different backgrounds encounter one another at an oceanfront resort. They then discover a hidden bond that allows them to escape from their realities.
While Tamaki’s partner Sui was away for the summer, she consumed a watermelon seed and began growing a watermelon in her body. They make a promise to eat the ripe watermelon together.
A gentle physician saved an injured rabbit in the forest, not knowing that it was actually a Rabbit Spirit. The Rabbit Spirit decided to visit the physician in a human form, and they started to become closer. But when the Rabbit Spirit hears the story of the White Snake, and how human and demons are not destined to be together, she begins to doubt if she should stay at the physician's side. (Short film sequel to the 医女和兔子精的故事 music video)
An interlude of love during the Italian Resistance, when it was a duty to choose which side to take between good and evil.
At the peak of his career, billionaire Krishnakant Jhunjhunwala realizes the futility of his success at the cost of his health. Leaving his empire behind, he seeks solace in Varanasi, embarking on a spiritual journey that transcends life and death, searching for true meaning beyond material existence.
A thirty-year-old bank consultant goes to see his fiancée. The wedding is in a few days. He picks up a hitchhiker on the highway. During a stop at a roadside bar, someone steals his car. How will this unusual bachelor party end? Will the fiancé be faithful to his Landryneczka?
Piotr and Alina are 30-year-olds in a big city, trying to make their dreams come true. Alina earns money in a casino so she can work as a director. Piotr works in an alternative radio station, co-organizing aid for the Belarusian opposition. The day of their engagement is supposed to be a joyful meeting of two families and two generations. However, a series of coincidences causes the family celebration to turn into a confrontation of attitudes and views. Do their families have more in common or more in common? Alina and Piotr must decide what is most important to them in life and what their "new way of life" should really look like.
What does he have that I don't?
Hoora, a 15-year-old Iranian in the UK, excels in rhythmic gymnastics and is picked for team England with a promising chance of making it to the Olympics. However, her dreams are jeopardized when her mom objects to her participation.
A working-class gambler makes his way into a high-stakes poker game intent on taking his opponents for a ride.
Lady Lin is quite fond of her private tutor.
In 1999 A.D., a legend of a zombie dug out of an ancient tomb spreads through a small town in Sichuan. A boy who accidentally becomes incontinent during swimming lessons is labeled a “little zombie” and subjected to collective humiliation. Instead of doing him justice, his teachers attributed it to his “unlikability”. Years later, he entered the entertainment industry as an actor, and his teacher died of blood cancer. In a dream, he meets his teacher, who wants to reconcile with him, but he is obsessed with how to become as “likeable” as his teacher asked him to be. With this in mind, he approaches some entertainment stars. It turns out that all of them live with their own scars, and not all of their hatred can be found in themselves. One of the stars teaches the man a spell that allows him to travel through time and space, to fight against the past, to be brave when courage is needed.
Sun-ah, who returned to college after a year, visits a club for the professor's uncomfortable request.
