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Set in a desolate world, Maria (70s) clings to the edges of her life, cocooned in denial and desperation. When an enigmatic, younger woman named Kat arrives, Maria is forced to confront her isolated existence. Maria’s sheep mysteriously dies, and her cryptic exchanges with Kat become increasingly unnerving, creating tangible friction between the two. The boundaries between reality and illusion begin to blur as Kat challenges Maria's deeply held beliefs, forcing her to confront the harsh reality she's been avoiding. Their dystopian environment becomes the stage for a psychological battle, where Maria must navigate this treacherous terrain of secrets, lies, and distorted bonds.

Left alone while his parents attend a funeral, Pavel and his friends roam the village filming dares. What begins as play leads them to a bird’s nest and a challenge that goes too far. As the others run, Pavel stays behind, facing what’s left of their game.

The film was shot around the place of O Fieiro, a small village of no more than twelve houses and nine inhabitants, among them Rosa. A ninety-year-old woman who dedicates her last years to watching the rain through the window. Her father was a canteiro, a house builder, before the reservoir changed everything. Rosa remembers how her father lifted the stones and the people transported them from one place to another. It is shown as an abstract visual poem where the rain and the stones are the protagonists of the story Rosa tells us.

A crowd of people under the influence of the alluring rhythm feels a sudden urge to come to a mysterious tower that’s standing in a middle of nowhere. Inside they are not able to stop moving, jumping or dancing. Unaware, they are performing a ritual arranged by a creature spinning on the top of the tower. Through the chaos that ensues walks a disoriented, indifferent, untouched by the mania person, who was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.

In a Polish village in the early 2000s, young motocross riders spend the summer immersed in their passion. The idyll is violently disrupted when the infamous Henryk returns to the village. His arrival sets off a chain of events that leads to an inevitable confrontation.

Charcoal animation reveals the fear of home through the eyes of a little boy who has to be constantly on alert and ready to escape.