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 son picks his father up from a psychiatric hospital and takes him home to his grandparents. The father tries to revive their relationship, but the son, like the grandparents, is indifferent to him. They spend the day together.
Cyriel and Marie, a childless married couple, live on an isolated farm. Their laborious, monotonous lives are turned upside down when a highly virile bull is brought onto their farm. While Cyriel is determined to impregnate their cows, Marie develops an unlikely attraction to the bull.
A man deliberately soaks his clothes just to cross paths with his crush, a Muslim woman, in the shared laundry room of their apartment complex. When she discovers he’s Christian, a quiet tension settles between them. Yet, drawn by a deeper connection, they continue to inch closer, exchanging glances and silence between rows of drying laundry. Their moment is interrupted when her father’s voice calls her home for lunch.
A man suffering from burnout encounters a horse in the middle of the road
Małgorzata wanders through a city without rivers, seeking currents that no longer flow. She moves as if her own vitality has run dry, mirroring the city’s quiet exhaustion. A quirky tribute to a generation caught between youth and adulthood, haunted by the fear of missing the tide – and to the city of Łódź (Polish for ‘boat’), once abundant with water, now consumed by industry. logline: Łódź lies dry and riverless, and Małgorzata drifts into a journey to seek the waters that once flowed there. Movie had it's international premiere at International Film Festival in Rotterdam.
Logline: When Max loses his latest ping pong tournament, he must choose between abandoning his lifelong dream and working for his family or fighting to win the next tournament and prove himself as a champion. Topspin is a sports action coming-of-age drama about Max, an 18-year-old Chinese American ping pong player who dreams of going pro while working in his family's baozi food truck. After losing a key match, Max learns he has a shot at redemption through a consolation tournament that could raise his ranking and open doors to the major leagues. But his Mom thinks he's waisting his time playing a sport that has no future, insisting he skip the tournament to help at the truck Max refuses, and his mom kicks him out of the truck. When he comes back to ask for a second chance, he admits how much pressure he feels to succeed—not just for himself, but for her. She reluctantly agrees to let him play. Max begins to train in secret, using stolen money from the register to buy a new paddle. When his mother finds out, she breaks the paddle and tells him he's thrown away her trust. The next day, Max tries to make things right by running the food truck alone. Overwhelmed, he breaks down until his grandfather reminds him that family doesn’t mean giving up on your dreams—it means showing up for each other when it matters the most. At the same time, Mom is at the tournament trying to support Max, but he's not there so she goes home. Just as he’s leaving, Mom appears at the truck with food in hand. She tells him he has five minutes to get to the match. Max races to the arena on his bike. He arrives, uses his old paddle, and sees his mom and grandpa in the stands. The story ends with him serving the ball, finally supported by his family. Topspin, is not just a story about ping pong; its really weaving a narrative deeply rooted in the Asian American immigrant experience, where dreams, family, and identity collide on a relentless battleground.
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.
Blending raw documentary realism with surreal, stylised dreamscapes, visual activist film MADE IN X follows a young immigrant navigating life on the margins of a society that sees her as a label before a person. From workplace microaggressions to housing discrimination, her daily struggles are interwoven with poetic sequences where traditional garments, textures, and memories become tools of resistance and an escape. As fashion transforms into a language of identity and protest, the film explores how origin defines worth - not only for fashion items, but for people as well.
Bara collects lifelike baby-dolls to fill the void left by her absentee son. When her prized doll vanishes, she is pushed into a surreal search that blurs reality and fantasy.
Héron wants nothing more than to be seen for her hard work and her perfectionism. However, just before a big performance, her long-time dance partner is suddenly replaced: Héron now finds herself with a new dancer – Celeste – by her side. Celeste is the exact opposite of Héron: inexperienced, free-spirited, and completely undisciplined. In her attempt to defend her position in the ensemble, Héron is increasingly confronted with her own limits – and with the question of how much of herself she is willing to sacrifice for the choreography.
The 1990s: In the chaos following the collapse of the Eastern Bloc, two friends set out to rebuild their lives—by smuggling German cars into the wreckage of post-Soviet Russia.
A woman made from wood, Embla, is willed into existence by her maker and lover, Baldur. Their relationship takes a turn when Embla mars her perfection by burning her finger. Carved from wood by the artist Baldur, Embla awakens into a world of passion and wonder, his muse and his lover. But when her curiosity mars her perfection, burning her finger, his adoration cools, replaced by distance and moody withdrawal. Desperate to recapture their once-ferocious bond, Embla seduces him, only to discover his secret: a new prototype, a better version of herself, taking shape in his forbidden woodshed. In a final, fiery confrontation, Embla must face the terror of being discarded, the mythic clash between creator and creation erupting into a fable of desire, control, and resilience.
In a secluded seaside house, a couple who have just met test the limits of intimacy and trust, as their relationship turns into an underground game of power and survival. Isolation, nature, and instinct shape an atmosphere of menace, where roles are reversed
Two saddles, one handlebar. Jan is the one riding, always getting his blind best friend safely to their destination. But how can they move forward together when each is following their own path?
As her island home is abandoned to the sea, Rebecca refuses to evacuate, certain her missing son Fergus is still alive. Haunted by grief and convinced an ancient power stole him in revenge for her husband Callum’s sins, Rebecca descends into obsession. When Callum abandons the island to save himself, Rebecca turns to a forgotten shrine and offers him as a sacrifice in exchange for Fergus’s return. By dawn, Callum lies dead upon the shore, while the mysterious Mither emerges from the mist beside a strangely older Fergus. Reunited at last, mother and son escape the cursed island together.
Leading a reclusive life in his humble industrial abode where he works as a night guard, Kudret’s quiet life is shaken when a vagrant from the same hood assaults him and his puppy. Buckling under the oppression, Kudret is given an unexpected piece of power during a night stroll with his law enforcement friends. This power will be the beginning of his transformation.
After a haunting vision of a distant land, Siljan sets out in search of his origins. A mysterious journey leads him from the quiet parks of the Netherlands to the rugged landscapes of Macedonia, where memories, dreams, and reality begin to blur. Guided by a cryptic Soothsayer, Siljan unravels a truth that reshapes his identity and his place in the world. As realities converge and a fear of losing everything, he must face the question: can we ever truly return home?
As summer begins in a small town, aimless teenager David devises a plan to sell his friend’s ADHD pills. Their failed venture leads him to a Christian music festival, where he meets Nikola, a girl seeking escape from her family. Intrigued by her contradictions, David begins exploring her world of faith and self-discovery.
Ginevra and Giulio are siblings, but that’s all they have in common: even the piano no longer unites them. When Ginevra is forced to sacrifice everything to keep Giulio from destroying himself and ending up behind bars, she uncovers within herself the same violent fire that burns in her brother.
Ivan, a railroader in a train without passengers, crosses a sleepy land. His solitary life changes when he meets Lyudmila: a sleepwalker who waits tirelessly for her son’s return.
3AM in Skopje, North Macedonia. In the dead of night, a teenager sneaks out to meet a 40-year-old man he’s been messaging online. When their car gets stuck in the remote woods, isolation strips away fantasy, forcing him to reckon with power, desire, and the possibility of real danger.
A young boy, living in rural Greece with his father, has to confront the violent familial tradition on his birthday, the slaughter of a goat. The ritual is unavoidable for the boy in order to become a man, even if his ideals diverge from those of his father’s. Following constant pressure, he runs away and after meeting a mysterious presence he must take a difficult decision.
A man searches for his war-traumatised and paranoid brother in the depths of an underground factory.
After a breakup, Lola casts a spell for the perfect boyfriend. When a man appears at her door, her mother, Kaisa, quickly falls for him. Tensions rise as both women compete for his attention, only for a surprising new rival to join the mix
"Electricity connects us, especially when it's stolen." An electrician takes a job to replace sockets, desperate for cash after months of unpaid invoices. In a young mother’s flat, he discovers an illegal electricity bypass left behind by her parents. For her, it means a debt of hundreds of thousands; for him, the impossibility of finishing his work. Should he walk away and look for money elsewhere, or help her through unofficial means? A drama about survival in a system that leaves both characters with no choice but to bend its rules.
Candela has a monotonous life in an inland town. During the town festival, she accidentally runs over her nephew's dog, but decides not to confess. Instead, she invents a legend about a dog pilgrimage to a sacred tree and invites him to join her in the search. Slowly, the lies begin to consume her.
In a weathered house among dense rows of trees, an elderly couple spends their days in peace. The approaching storm signals the presence of a young man whose arrival they have been expecting.
Exhausted, Yasmin (28) struggles through her shift as a paramedic. She fights her way through the day, juggling critical emergency calls and the pressure of supporting her family alone. When she's forced to secretly take her little sister along in the ambulance, she's on the verge of losing control on the way to a cardiac arrest.
Lost in a cycle of collective apathy, a young man remains trapped in a soul-crushing job he’s too paralyzed to quit.
In desperate search of acceptance, a troubled man is taking part in brutal slap fighting competitions. Disregarding the consequences he crosses more dangerous boundaries.
