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An unusual friendship between a white Israeli woman and a black German, who for 22 years believed that they could rise above historical, political, and geographical obstacles, until it explodes right in their sarcastic faces. Israeli Short Film Competition - Program 1

While we sit all alone in front of our screens, we are connected to this endless stream of collective minds. A video exploring the new ways that the Internet can allow us to be alone - together. The Experimental Cinema and Video Art Awards 2021

When nurses are confident that hygiene is above all, they separate infants from their mothers in the immigrant camps. Based on testimonies from the inquiry committees of the Yemenite, Mizrahi, and Balkan Children’s Affair. Israeli Short Film Competition - Program 3

Young Ibrahim lives in a housing project on the outskirts of Paris with his father, Ahmed, with whom he has a difficult relationship. After he becomes involved in an ill-fated shoplifting scam with his best friend Achille, he is busted by security and lands his father with an unexpected and sizeable debt, putting Ahmed’s career at risk.

Like lost girls on a winter's day, Alona and Hagar ramble through the streets of Haifa. One is escaping her life, the other her future. Israeli Short Film Competition - Program 3

This new film by Hong Sangsoo is constructed in three episodes. 1) The father asked him to come, but he was occupied when he arrived. 2) She wanted to study in Germany and her mother had to find cheap lodgings. 3) He went to see his mother at a beach restaurant and found her in the company of an aging actor.

Filmmaker and musician Charlotte Gainsbourg turns the camera lens on her mother, Jane Birkin, and presents an intimate and unique portrayal, with intensity and shared sense of reserve. Through the camera lens, mother and daughter reveal themselves to one another, begin to step back, leaving space for the relationship to unfold. 

International superstar Charles Bronson is a vice squad veteran forced to battle his own racial prejudices when he's assigned to track down a young Japanese girl enslaved by a vicious child prostitution ring. Presented with The Naked Cage Introduction by Quentin Tarantino

In a small Belarusian village where time seems to stand still, Jasja, a 9-year-old girl, must confront with her mother’s death. Her father decides to send her to an orphanage. But one day, she decides to run away, home. The European Film Academy 2020: A Selection of Short Films - Program II

During the war, Sonia, a young Yugoslav partisan, was one of the leaders of the resistance movement in Auschwitz. This film is a journey through her memories. Rather than delving into archival materials, film director Marta Popivoda employs the narrative voice of the protagonist to present contemporary landscapes emphasizing the relevance of the film to developments in present-day politics. 

In Vienna at the onset of the twentieth century, a young woman falls in love with a gifted pianist. She rebels against her parents’ plans to marry her off to a military officer, gives birth to her lover’s son, ultimately marries the officer, but her feelings continue to torment her. Based on the novel by Stephen Zweig, Max Ophüls created an unforgettable Hollywood melodrama, now featured in a newly restored copy. In memory of the Festival's founder, Lia van Leer