Chhaya (2023)

The Dive

Thirteen years old and on the edge of adulthood, a boy on a diving board faces the unknown.

Kissing Drew

Inside a drab middle school in 1992, a sexually-confused eighth-grader attempts to regain his dignity after being bullied by a sex-obsessed 'cool kid' whom he privately fantasizes about.

Champion

He had a dream: a kite. He presents his childhood toy-airplane to a boy and flies its kite which didn’t want to take wing, and… flies himself.

Monkeylove

In the evocative landscape of wintry Hokkaido, Monkeyboy (a young man in a monkey suit) searches for his stolen heart – but even the serene beauty of a mountain cannot redeem the failed connection.

Father Neptune

An impoverished young couple attempts to steal a boat to prove their love and worthiness to their son.

An Ode to Solitude

Exploring the duality between friendship and loneliness, this intimate narrative short tells the story of David, a bright young boy struggling with a broken home life, as he tries to reconnect with his childhood best friends as they search for something to do in their small suburban town.

A Piacere

A violin student wrestles with her motivations for studying what she loves.

Andy

After being accused of sexually assaulting a girl at a party, Andy uses a public twitter confessional to rewrite his story.

Senko

A Japanese family is confronted with the mother's disease. The profoundly symbolistic images of this short film show us how Yù and his father perceive the possibility of the death and how it affectsa young boy and his vision of life.

El balancín de Iván

Ana is a woman of thirty-something, goes back to the house where she spent of her childhood during the Argentine dictatorship.

Sipping

Santiago and Jared , two teenagers of opposite personality spend an afternoon together looking for ways to overcome their differences. After an act that begins as a game their senses will find the space to coincide.

Missy’s Tale

Film highlighting the impact flooding can have on homes and families, from the perspective of Missy the cat

ViewFinder

A student film in which an emotionally troubled teenager meets a spiritual being named Corinthians, and is shown the existence of love. The trouble is, he won't hear Corinthians' words.

Bathed in Light

Two teenage couples are spending a weekend together in a house by the sea. When new feelings develop, the dynamic quickly changes.

Krakatau

An portrait of madness and inner turmoil, conveyed through mesmeric images of dreamlike intensity.

La Jetée

A man confronts his past during an experiment that attempts to find a solution to the problems of a post-apocalyptic world caused by a world war.

Plus. Minus.

Told in reverse chronological order, an aspiring drag queen creates a world out of desolated motel rooms with the guy he met online.

100 Apples

A Taiwanese art student seeks to understand his sexuality while coping with the imminent departure of a man who is his both his teacher and close friend.

Jo

A young woman in the Old West sets off on a journey of revenge after her sister is murdered.

7th & Union

Ex-fighter Raymundo forms an unlikely bond with a disgruntled man whose life and relationship with his daughter are unraveling. The men join forces to win a fight that could very well save Raymundo, his wife and their child.

Sitara: Let Girls Dream

Pari, a 14-year-old girl, dreams of becoming a pilot while growing up in a society that doesn’t allow her to dream.

Two Funerals

"Two Funerals" is a film that focuses on portraits one individual, how does one's mind and values changes? How does social pressure affect him? Compared with the film about social issues, such a story reflects the intrinsic value of human beings.

The North-Ming Fish

Short film from Taiwan.

Nha Sunhu

Issa, a footballer from Guinea-Bissau who plays in Portugal, is contacted by two filmmakers who want to know more about his life and make a documentary. Exposing the voices behind the camera, Nha Sunhu is a reflection on the gaze, bias, and representation of the other.

Purple Dictatorship

Yeda, the green-faced woman, sells homemade bread to support the house where she lives with her sick husband. Through the context of green-faced people, we know the reality of those who live on the fringes of a purple-faced society.

Underwater

A susceptible teenager, in trying to escape the tumult of his home, drowns himself in alcohol, drugs, and parties. Based on a true story.

Blues for Herold

A struggling young man secretly plays a magical trumpet that transports him from his desolate world into a colorful "bliss." When his younger brother discovers his secret, their relationship is put in jeopardy.

The Progression of Time

A young man questions his own existence following the death of his lover.

The Universe

In a last-ditch effort to save earth, a man sacrifices himself and is forced to relive a series of suppressed memories that become smeared by the detonation of a stellar bomb. This paranormal explosion of thoughts begin to blur the lines between reality and fiction; the only way out is forward.

Hidden

A homeless couple looks for a way to get ahead, working and making an effort, while trying to overcome their past.

Broke

A teenager's millionaire father goes bankrupt, and rumors about the girl's family finances make the school day a painful struggle.

Get the Life

A transgender teenager faces an unwanted pregnancy and risks losing everything he loves in order to live courageously.

Our Father

When their father dies, two young men discover a stack of love letters although they knew of no one in his life. Tensions rise when they begin to suspect that the writer of the letters was another man.

Amphora

Roberto, an older widower, and Félix, a young photographer, explore a complex attraction between them. In seduction, they face the anxiety, the fear of abandonment and the emotional paralysis (philophobia) that drowns them.