Above Us Only Sky

An investigation into a plane crash becomes the entry point to a web of seemingly unrelated events that appear to be deeply entangled.

An investigation into a plane crash becomes the entry point to a web of seemingly unrelated events that appear to be deeply entangled.

ALTIPLANO

Ancestral salt flats, volcanic deserts and coloured lakes transform into a vibrating Ektachrome landscape full of evocative visual rhythms in color and form.

Ancestral salt flats, volcanic deserts and coloured lakes transform into a vibrating Ektachrome landscape full of evocative visual rhythms in color and form.

Alva

After his children are taken away by social services, a troubled loner seeks revenge and flees into the inhospitable forest.

Driven by uncontrollable fury, a taciturn Portuguese farmer commits a crime then flees into the inhospitable hills. With its intense, sober, elliptical narrative style, this feature debut by award-winning short filmmaker Ico Costa is mysterious and relentless, but at the same time empathetic and human.

Animal indireto

Moments of modest happiness amongst the tension of today's Brazil. A subtle, personal report on dealing with fear and depression.

To escape fear and depression, the filmmaker picks up his camera and allows it to lead him. In the tension of contemporary Brazil, he focuses on the everyday and creates moments of happiness. He also makes room for stories of fellow-sufferers from Cuba and Haiti.

Anteu

Aesthetically pleasing, playful narrative about a boy left as the last survivor in his village. Who will bury him when he dies? 

Aesthetically pleasing, playful narrative about a boy left as the last survivor in his village. Who will bury him when he dies?

Aren't You Happy?

Fourteen absurd encounters of a melancholy girl with the surrounding world in this post-modern comedy filled with pastel and neon lights.

 

The melancholy girl roams like a tourist through her own life; 14 chapters show her attempts to bond with the people around her. The result: an equally fairy-tale and absurd world – from aerobics with babies to rides on a unicorn, nothing is too crazy in this post-modern comedy.

Augustijn

We follow Stijn, a Belgian convert to Islam, through short scenes and repetitions that sway between fact and fiction.

A shifting relationship between a lapsed Muslim filmmaker and a charismatic young Belgian man, who has converted to Islam in the post-industrial city of Aalst. The practice and theoretics of conversion and of travelling amongst liminal states of identity, are critical to a narrative that sways between the real and the unreal. (Omar A. Chowdhury)

Aykan

Impressions of a city divided: no use trying to keep afloat in the tangle of images stitched together into a stereoscopic whole.

Impressions of a city divided: no use trying to keep afloat in the tangle of images stitched together into a stereoscopic whole.

La bala de Sandoval

In a rainforest in Ecuador, Isidro Varga and his brother recollect the times when a bullet and a broken bottle nearly ended his life.

In a rainforest in Ecuador, Isidro Varga and his brother recollect the times when a bullet and a broken bottle nearly ended his life.

Birds in the Earth

Examination of the deeper questions concerning ownership of Sámi land through dance performances by two young ballet students.

Examination of the deeper questions concerning ownership of Sámi land through dance performances by two young ballet students.

Birth of the Alseides

A flock of nymphs herald the arrival of spring and explore their hazy surroundings through dance.

Black Bus Stop

Paying tribute to an iconic university gathering spot, black students chant and dance to the memories of the past.

Paying tribute to an iconic university gathering spot, black students chant and dance to the memories of the past.

Black Mother

Life’s key elements come together in this visual film symphony and ode to today's colourful Jamaica.

Life’s key elements come together in the colourful Jamaica portrayed by Khalik Allah. In this polyphonic film symphony, every inhabitant views their island paradise differently, be they prostitutes, graybeards, rappers, Rastafarians or pregnant women.

The Blood of Stars

A woman and a girl discuss the omnipresence of iron that connects our bodies to the earth and the cosmos.

A woman and a girl discuss the omnipresence of iron that connects our bodies to the earth and the cosmos.

Braquer Poitiers

A humorous hostage drama where everyone exploits everyone else during a hot summer in the French countryside. Seemingly pathetic tedium, perfectly presented.

One hot summer in France, petty criminals Thomas and Francis take a car wash owner hostage. It doesn’t make them rich; they lose themselves in the inertia of village life, hanging around with their girlfriends. The seemingly pathetic tedium of everyday life is perfectly presented, with a strong cast, script and soundtrack.

Bring Me the Head of Carmen M.

In turbulent contemporary Brazil, an actress dives into the myth of Carmen Miranda, the woman who gave the country a new identity.

Ana, a Portuguese actress, dives into Brazil's current atmosphere of identity and political crisis while trying to portray in a feature film the colourful life of famous singer and actress Carmen Miranda, who helped define Brazil’s identity. An urgent, bittersweet tropical nightmare.

The Burglary

Vacationing with her family in Spain, a woman returns to her rented summer house, only to find it burgled.

Vacationing with her family in Spain, a woman returns to her rented summer house, only to find it burgled.

Cavalcade

Cavalcade deals with basic elements of the motion picture: movement and standstill, as a turning wheel interacts with strobe light synchronized with two 35mm cameras.

Cavalcade deals with basic elements of the motion picture: movement and standstill, as a turning wheel interacts with strobe light synchronized with two 35mm cameras.

Ceniza verde

A film painted with the light of a sun-drenched spot in Sierras de Córdoba where history manifests itself as an apparition.

A film painted with the light of a sun-drenched spot in Sierras de Córdoba where history manifests itself as an apparition.

Chèche lavi

An honest portrait of two young Haitian immigrants on the brink of a dream future in the USA.

An honest, subtle portrait of two Haitian refugees who tell their stories on the US border. One toils to earn money, the other just to get admitted. Disappointment and resignation overcome them in turns. Where they are really better off is left unsaid.

Chopin

Staged objects, ephemera, slide projections and spoken word: the debris of a decade long research project on sound poet Henri Chopin.

Staged objects, ephemera, slide projections and spoken word: the debris of a decade long research project on sound poet Henri Chopin.

Chromaticité I

People flee in terror before the force, or remain riveted to their seat, in the clutches of fear.

People flee in terror before the force, or remain riveted to their seat, in the clutches of fear.

Le cinéma en deux

At Claude Chabrol’s request, Patrice Énard arrived on the set of Dr Popal to observe and deconstruct this 'different' form of cinema.

At Claude Chabrol’s request, Patrice Énard arrived on the set of Dr Popal to observe and deconstruct this 'different' form of cinema.

Core of the World

Compassion and rage are not far apart in the life of a troubled vet in the remote Russian countryside.

Young veterinarian Egor finds escape from his troubled past on the remote Russian farm where he cares for animals. One day, animal-rights activists turn up and Egor's micro-world is in danger of crumbling. A tender, naturalistic portrait of a man torn between compassion and rage – and between humans and animals.