Official selection

A man suffering from burnout encounters a horse in the middle of the road

A young filmmaker, Eva, juggles life and her first film in development - narrated by her own fictional lead - in this witty and affecting portrait.

A female iso-polyphonic group in Albania transforms rehearsals into a shared space of womanhood, collectivity, and resistance.

Anxiety started consuming the muscles of my trapezius. I gradually stopped being able to swallow without thinking, because swallowing became forced. Amidst some exams to rule out bigger issues, or issues of a different, more tangible nature, one of the first hypotheses gained strength: finally, anxiety began to eat away at my body. Pássaro Azul is both a letter to my ancestors and a quest to understand what torments me and causes such acute anxiety – and how all these seemingly unrelated pieces can intertwine.

An old Beirut resident, checks the obituaries page and attends funerals daily. His “mourning” routine reveals a journey of grieving and accepting the loss of a loved one, a home, a city.

Everyone runs after happiness and relies on their luck, but is the one who symbolizes people's luck happy?