Animal Behaviour
| 14 minutes
In Animal Behavior five animals meet regularly to discuss their inner angst in a group therapy session led by Dr. Clement, a canine psychotherapist.
International Shorts
Aquaparque
| 17 minutes
In an abandoned waterpark, a girl and boy are hidden from the outside world. Between the graffitied ruins of the old swimming pools and blunted slides, they find a shelter where they grieve the loss of hopes and dreams.
European Film Academy 2018: Short Matters! Program I
Bao
| 8 minutes
An aging Chinese mom suffering from empty nest syndrome gets another chance at motherhood when one of her dumplings springs to life as a lively, giggly dumpling boy. But Dumpling starts growing up fast.
Burkina Brandenburg Komplex
| 19 minutes
This film describes a geographical construction that makes use of “our” medial and collective image of Africa and puts it to the test through inaccuracies in a complex human story of cultural conflict.
Container
| 30 minutes
Maryna and Tava work shifts on a milk farm in Eastern Germany. They are strangers, until one night, when Maryna wakes up to find Tava asleep, clinging firmly to her body. When Tava disappears, Maryna follows her meandering tracks.
Detainment
| 30 minutes
Two 10-year-old boys are detained by the police under suspicion of abducting and murdering a toddler. A true story based on interview transcripts from the 1993 James Bulger case which continues to incite public outrage across the UK today.
The Escape
| 10 minutes
Alice is very ill and completely bald. But her life in the hospital is also sweet and happy – she is in love with her surgeon, her savior, and when he comes to see her in the evening, she escapes into her own dreamworld.
Fauve
| 17 minutes
Set in a surface mine, two boys sink into a seemingly innocent power game with Mother Nature as the sole observer. Complicity evolves into a power struggle. This game will not prove as harmless as they thought.
Graduation '97
| 19 minutes
Roman lives a lonely life in a provincial city and works as a technician. For the first time since graduation, Liuda, his ex-classmate, comes back to town. Nobody has heard anything from her in twenty years, but Roman is set on not losing her again.
In Your Hands
| 10 minutes
After begging her to come back, Azra picks her daughter Lejla up from the airport. In the car, she tells gives her some surprising news and takes her to an unknown place where mother and daughter will revisit their roles.
Kapitalistis
| 15 minutes
Santa is a capitalist. He brings toys to the rich kids and sweatshirts to the poor. A touching, humorous depiction of a father trying to fight the odds to deliver some real, capitalist joy to his son.
Late Afternoon
| 10 minutes
Emily is an elderly woman who lives between the past and the present. She journeys into an inner world, reliving moments from her life. She searches for a connection within her vivid, but fragmented memories.
Marguerite
| 19 minutes
An aging woman and her nurse develop a friendship that inspires her to unearth unacknowledged longing and thus help her make peace with her past.
Meryem
| 16 minutes
Filmed during the battle of Kobani, this film reveals the women at the heart of the fight against IS. With stoical perseverance and the aid of American airstrikes, these women are leading the fight for freedom.
Mother
| 19 minutes
A single mother receives a call from her seven-year-old son who is on vacation with his father. At first it causes her joy, but soon, becomes a nightmare when the child says he is alone and cannot find his father.
One Small Step
| 8 minutes
Luna is a vibrant young Chinese American girl who dreams of becoming an astronaut. She lives with her loving father who supports her, but As Luna grows up, she faces adversity of all kinds in pursuit of her dreams.
The Package
| 13 minutes
After several years in Paris, Damir, a professional saxophonist, returns to Sarajevo for a unique concert. One of his friends asks him to bring a gift for her best friend, Elma, who is waiting for Damir with some surprises of her own....
Prisoner of Society
| 15 minutes
This film is an intimate journey into the world and mind of a young transgender woman, trapped between her personal desire for freedom and the traditional expectations of her parents that threatens their unity.
Release the Dogs
| 21 minutes
Anouck is a resigned girl, torn between two violent loves: her man - an attractive watchdog - and her little brother - a young mad pup. On the night of the boy’s 18th birthday, this delicate triangle explodes.
The Right One
| 14 minutes
A possessive mother, a loving son, the fiancée's first visit, a mute witness.... Four pieces of a pie.
Shame
| 24 minutes
Macho is a poor boy whose only light in life is Donna. But Donna is ashamed that Macho’s mother is a janitor at her school. Macho has to choose between the two, but finds a way to deal with his emotions.
The Sign
| 12 minutes
Sara firmly disagrees about her granddaughter’s wedding plans. To convince her not to marry, she takes Andrea to her husband’s grave and beg him for a sign.
Skin
| 20 minutes
A small supermarket in a blue collar town; a black man smiles at a 10-year-old white boy across the checkout aisle. This innocuous moment sends two gangs into a ruthless war that ends with a shocking backlash.
Spit
| 10 minutes
Anka 12, and Yelena 45, know each other from the neighborhood grocery store where they spend their days, one inside, the other outside. One evening, an unexpected visit provokes an incident that will affect both women.
Those Who Desire
| 24 minutes
In southern Spain, the reward in a colorfully painted pigeon race doesn’t go to the one who flies fastest, but to the one who can seduce a female pigeon and fly beside it for the longest time.