Secchi

Italia / Italy 2013, HD, Dolby SR, col., 12′
This is the story of Gianenzo. He has just turned 11 and is 18 cm tall. He’s nationwide junior champion in chess, drawing, singing, solfeggio, arithmetic, playing piano and chemistry. A joint winner with his bitter enemies, of course. He who in preschool was the absolute best in his class, has had to struggle for the following five years with two giants: the magnetic Luigifausta and the unflappable Pancraziomaria. The final exam at their school is getting closer and neither of the three seems likely to surrender. Who’s going to be first on the podium of the class geeks? Read more

Seref Dayi ve Gölgesi

Turchia / Turkey 2013, HD, Dolby SRD, col., 14′
Seref is a Cyprus war veteran, whose shadow, which caused him to get shot during wartime, abandons him. His grandson suggests to chase after it.[:] Read more

SNAP

Belgio, Regno Unito / Belgium, United Kingdom 2012, HD, col., 7′
An inspiring adventure: Bullies don’t win. Friends come in all shapes & sizes. Underwater life is a challenge for little Snap until he meets an unlikely new friend. Together they discover a novel solution to his problem.[:] Read more

Swieto zmarlych

Polonia / Poland 2012, HD, Optical, col., 18′
On her eighteenth birthday, Lena is trying to bond with her family. All Souls’ Day, a time for contacting the dead and getting together to return to one’s roots, puts our protagonist in a special mood and changes her outlook on her own problems. Everything that happens throughout the day will revolutionise Lena’s view of her family. It is a story of the search for one’s identity and roots, of life and death, of the co-existence of parallel worlds that come together through the power of love.[:] Read more

Tarazoo

Iran 2012, HD, Optical, col., 2′
The story of the human being from the beginning to the beginning.[:] Read more

The Big Leap

Polonia / Poland 2013, HD, col., 13′
Three poeple meet atop a skyscraper. They have the same intention – to commit suicide due to a major financial crisis. The conflict quickly escalates when they discover that they all represent a different conviction about the afterlife. The only way to find out who’s right is to take The Big Leap.[:] Read more

The Interviewer

Australia 2012, DigiBeta, Dolby SR, col., 13′
Thomas Howell gets more than he’s bargained for in a job interview at a prestigious law firm; an insult about his tie, a rendition of Harry Potter and the chance to change the lives of a father and son.[:] Read more

The Long Way Down

Emirati Arabi Uniti / United Arab Emirates 2012
HD, Dolby SR, col., 13′
The Arab Ali and the occidental Ed are violently fighting after they have bumped accidentally into each other on the 59th floor of a skyscraper in Abu Dhabi. After been thrown into the elevator by a security guard, they’re blaming each other. However, through the colourful characters that they meet during the descent, their hostility disappears and they realize they have much more in common than they thought. Meanwhile, owing to a misunderstanding, the security team mistakes Ed and Aly for two dangerous terrorists who threaten the building’s calmness. So begins the pursuit.[:] Read more

Tuns ras si frezat

Romania 2012, HD, Dolby SR, col., 11′
At the beginning of 1991, after the Romanian Revolution, an old barber meets by chance his former torturer who came in for a shave. Quickly, the parts are inverted though the client refuses to acknowledge that he has been recognized. He says it is a mistake but to no avail; the barber is convinced he is right and he is wishing for revenge. Will he spare his former torturer?[:] Read more

Vaca Finlandeza

Romania 2012, HD, Dolby SR, col., 20′
Fane, a farmer who loves animals, sells a farm-raised cow to a contemporary art museum, unaware that the animal exposure in the museum will cause his life to change radically. The film was inspired by Guillemo Vargas an artist who, during the Bienal Centroamericana Honduras 2008, exhibited a very original artwork, “Habakkuk“- a dog that was left to die of hunger.[:] Read more