Pepijn (2023)

Prora

In this deserted former Nazi holiday camp and communist military complex, teenagers Jan and Matthieu embark on an adventure that could change everything. Whilst exploring their surroundings they confront their identities and ultimately put their friendship at risk.

Crack of Dawn

The farmhouse of a rural family is declared unfit for habitation. While part of the family fights to save the space their ancestors built, the younger ones imagine where they could go.

Holden

A rainy-night clash in a boarding-school dorm forces a swaggering teen to confront his insecurities and the price of rebellion.

706

A man waits in his balcony for the clothes to dry, and for the other reason.

Trunks

Steve knows he's straight but under the water at his local swimming pool, he feels gay. Will he tell his ex-girlfriend the entire truth and what does he dream of?

Whiplash

A ferocious, bullying music teacher teaches a dedicated student.

Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights

In pre-revolution Cuba, Katey Miller is about to defy everyone's expectations. Instead of a parent-approved suitor, Katey is drawn to the sexy waiter, Javier, who spends his nights dancing in Havana's nightclubs. As she secretly learns to dance with Javier, she learns the meanings of love, sensuality and independence.

Staging Anna

A Theatre Company prepares for season previews under a manipulative Director, whose fanatical tactics blur the line between illusion and reality.

A Tale of the Laundry Game

A night ride, a few beers with an old friend, memories of better times. One seemingly ordinary drive reveals the dark truths of men’s past and a sinister web of strange events.

The Beast in the Jungle

The club as a place of endless (im)possibilities. A man and a woman wait here together for 25 years for a mysterious, all-changing event to occur. From 1979 to 2004: from disco to techno. A love story and an obsession.

The Boy with a Camera for a Face

The Boy with a Camera for a Face is satirical fairy tale about a boy born with a camera instead of a head, whose every moment is transformed by the fact he is recording it. Accompanied by a voice over narration read by Steven Berkoff, the film tells an epic story in fifteen minutes about the way we live today.

Strictly Ballroom

Brave new steps put Scott's career in jeopardy. With a new partner and determination, can he still succeed?

Oyaji

Surrounded by violence for as long as he can remember, Ryoudo Numata has steeled himself into a tremendously tough man, growing to become the very essence of "manliness" himself in order to live his life in peace. When members of a yakuza clan set on fire to his house to facilitate a real estate transaction, Kumada murders them and gets jailed for it. 15 years later, finally free, he will now have to reconnect with his family who clearly are in disarray due his long absence and face the distrust of his children who know nothing of their father except that he had abandoned them.

Sard

«Sard», an adaptation of the «Thanda Gosht» by Saadat Hassan Manto, is a story of a couple living in an imagined lawless society on the brink of collapse. The main character SANNAN (Ashar Azmat) and his sensual and affectionate ROMANA (Sandeep Garcha) love each other deeply and they have a dream of leaving the dystopic society in which they live. However, a disturbing incident threatens their relationship. SANNAN discovers the darkest corner of his mind, resulting in a terribly gruesome act. On his deathbed he realizes that he has reached the bottom of immorality. The entire story takes place during one night only.

Perpetual

Sebastian explores his sexuality and seeks for sex/love online. He meets Jacob, older and more experienced, who takes him to a sex club. In the new and frightening surroundings Sebastian has his first sexual experience and in their subsequent meetings love sprouts, at least for Sebastian. Outside the darkness of intense togetherness, the reality penetrates.

Flor de Luto

Fausto is a trap singer on the rise on the Barcelona music scene. As a tragic life event hits him hard, Fausto questions his sanity while spiraling down into a hallucinatory self-destructive depression.

NOISE

Set in 2022, NOISE follows a young man as he quickly becomes engulfed by notifications from work, life, and anything else that is downloaded on his phone. Whenever he finds some quiet, the noise follows. It isn't until he finally realizes what brings him peace that the noise is quieted.

37

'37' is a sensual intense journey into the life of a young man. Marc is surfer and lives his life into the day. But everything changes. After many strokes of fate he dreams of turning back time... And he is searching for a new beginning. Set in a global context of the changing environment and climate '37' will be an open journey from loss to loving life.

Miss Fortunate

If luck is a lady, grief is a bitch. A young woman loses her mother and finds herself.

Carne

After a dreadful incident coupled with an ungovernable paroxysm of violence, a butcher will fall into a downward spiral that will burn to the ground whatever dignity still remained in him.

Footloose

When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock after discovering he's living in a place where music and dancing are illegal.

Once and Forever

A biographical short about French fashion designer Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel.

Madres de luna

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Knight of Fortune

The loss of a loved one, the grief, the risk of yellow skin, and a coffin, that is too much for Karl to face. Then it's much easier to fix a broken lamp. Karl meets Torben, a destined brother. An absurd, humorous, and melodic meeting between two old men captured by grief.

Women in Film: BBC Introducing Arts

Cultural historian Janina Ramirez presents a collection of intriguing and exciting short films by emerging women directors and artists. Each film gives a female perspective on modern-day topics from body image and new love to grief and belonging. Expect honest and refreshing storytelling that will make you laugh, make you cry and make you think. In a Room Full of Sisters; Blood Stains; Bridging the Gap; Cake; Ding-Ding, Next; Fruity; In Perpetuum; Owulide; White Dwarf; Cosmic Domestic; The Dead Are Jewels to Me; The Presence of Absence

Sangam

Two men from South Asia meet on a New York subway train. One is seeking the American dream and in the process has abandoned his family and culture. The other, now disillusioned by material dreams of success, yearns for meaning and memories from his childhood. Prashant Bhargava’s award-winning short film was described as “an elegant and poetic evocation of immigrant angst, memory and haunted spirituality” by the Village Voice.

Sevilla

Three youngsters take a road trip to Seville that will change their lives forever.

The Last Ride

Desperate to secure a dowry for his sister's wedding and escape his exploitative boss, Aman – a migrant ride-share driver in Mumbai – decides to steal his boss's taxi. But his plan spirals into a nightmare when his last minute passenger turns out to be a Chudail (a demonic witch).

Step Up

Tyler Gage receives the opportunity of a lifetime after vandalizing a performing arts school, gaining him the chance to earn a scholarship and dance with an up and coming dancer, Nora.

Nature

Water, earth, air, fire – and two children at the height of summer.

Likeness

For Mia, beauty is everything. A trophy, a promise, a ball and chain, a wish upon a star. A life sentence.

X. La mise en croix

Part 10 of Alexandre Promio's Passion Play, in which Jesus is nailed to the Cross.

The Strange

Amadeu, nine years old, goes to a summer camp for the first time. The first few days are tough, but Nil, the most expert monitor, gains his trust and helps him integrate into the group. Just when Amadeu starts to feel comfortable a violent experience forces him to rebel against everything he had learned.

Pink

Elody is realizing that finding love is a gift not to be ignored. Being happy and living without fear is what matters and will make you the person you are destined to be.

One More Night

A seasoned bouncer is forced to deal with severe consequences after letting two minors slip into the nightclub, he's employed to guard.

Under the Skin

The blue depths of the swimming pool is her home. Keesje is a passionate synchronised swimmer, and the big competition is just around the corner. However, when a fight erupts between the girls during the final rehearsal, everything changes.

Broken Bird

Birdie, growing up as the daughter of a Black American and a white woman, is Jewish, has unruly hair and must deal with the different identity offers that surround her. Highlighting the challenges of lived intersectionality, empowering and original.

Triumph of the Actor

Ercan is fed up with clichés of migrant roles. Instead of playing a terrorist on television, the Turkish actor is trying to get a role as Hitler in a new movie.

The White Odyssey

During World War 2, four soldiers are trapped between a harsh winter and the enemy. They need food and shelter, but this comes at the expense of their position. With no where else to turn, they begin an Odyssey through the mountains.

The Captain

A hungover plane captain wakes up to discover he's done a very bad thing.

The Last Time I Saw Richard

Jonah is proud to be the loner at the teenage mental health clinic, taking pleasure in making the other patients uncomfortable. But when he is forced to share a room with the newly admitted Richard, the boys become locked in a battle of wills.

Lobster Dinner

Left home alone one evening, a 12-year-old boy steals some live lobsters from his parents fridge. He brings these, as a gift, to the single mother of his best friend, only to claim in his house a place that goes beyond that of a dinner seat.

Dummy

Using a faceless doll criminal reenacts a brutal crime. But surprisingly he is not the one being judged. There seems to be an odd one out in the investigative group. The film premiered in the Berlinale Short competition programme.

Filipiñana

A film about a girl drawn to a golf course.