Oscars
Ala Kachuu
Maria Brendle
Pays Switzerland
Genre Fiction
2020 - 38' - Couleur
Sezim is about to fulfil her dream of studying when a group of young men force her back into village life by abducting and marrying her off to a stranger - a tradition known as "bride kidnapping", still practiced in Kyrgyzstan. Torn between her desire for self-realization and the constraints of Kyrgyz culture, Sezim desperately searches for a way out.
Sukienka (The Dress)
Tadeusz Łysiak
Pays Poland
Genre Fiction
2020 - 30' - Couleur
Julia lives in the Polish countryside. Her music is death metal. Her favorite pastime: playing on slot machines. She works at a wayside motel for drivers. She’s lonely, she never had a man, never experienced physicality. Julia is short stature and her entire life is dictated by her height - the local community can’t seem to accept her different appearance. Everything changes, when she crosses paths with a handsome truck driver. Their eyes meet. Julia’s heart beats faster. The man soon becomes the object of her loving, almost erotic obsession.
The Long Goodbye
Aneil Karia
Pays United Kingdom
Genre Fiction
2020 - 12' - Couleur
Riz and his family are in the middle of a typical day in their house, whilst a far right march plays out on the telly in the background, which eventually arrives at their front door, leading to a devastating outcome.
On my mind
Martin Strange-Hansen
Pays Denmark
Genre Fiction
2021 - 18' - Couleur
Henrik wants to sing a song for his wife. It has to be today, it has to be now. It's a question of life, death and karaoke.
Please hold
K.D. Dávila
Pays United States
Genre Fiction
2020 - 19' - Couleur
In the near future, a young working-class Latino is wrongfully arrested. Realizing he has no means of recourse in the fully automated and privatized justice system, he attempts to reach a human who can set things right.