Praiano (2022)

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.

Antoine and Colette

Now aged 17, Antoine Doinel works in a factory which makes records. At a music concert, he meets a girl his own age, Colette, and falls in love with her. Later, Antoine goes to extraordinary lengths to please his new girlfriend and her parents, but Colette still only regards him as a casual friend. First segment of “Love at Twenty” (1962).

Drink

A Twilight Zone-inspired cautionary tale about a young mother forced to come face-to-face with her deepest desire.

Dream Kitchen

A tale about isolation and lack of communication, the gap between the reality a teenage boy lives, and how he would like it be. He has a secret that he would like to tell his family, something that he has come to terms with and is about to affect the rest of his life. But how will they react?

Afterparty

Three friends wake up from the best night of their lives, only to find that their friend is dead.

Son

August has to put up with quite a lot. Ever since his parents separated, his father no longer seems to have any time for him. To console him, his Dad gives him a sweet little dog. But his mother refuses to have the animal in her house and before long there are shouting matches on the phone again. August can hear them arguing through his bedroom door – it's something he seems to have become used to. When his mother remains adamant about not having the dog, August packs his bags to move in with his father. But there’s no place for him in his father’s new family either. And so the boy makes up his mind to create a drastic wake-up call. Told from the boy’s perspective, this coming-of-age drama describes the situation for children who are caught in the middle when their parents decide to separate.

The Dam Keeper

In a desolate future, one small town has survived because of a large windmill dam that acts as a fan to keep out pollution. The dam's operator, Pig, works tirelessly to keep the sails spinning and protect the town, despite abuse from classmates and an indifferent public. When a new student joins Pig's class, nothing will be the same again.

Art·ist

Miles Night, an actor based out in Los Angeles, reflects upon moments that have shaped his life. He explores what continues to define himself as an artist.

Nowhere

In a vast, open desert landscape, two strangers with troubled pasts collide.

Garden of Remembrance

An untidy room. Empty beer tins, empty wine bottles, a half-empty glass of whisky... A girl is getting up absent-mindedly and starts preparing herself. YOUR morning starts. Lazy and hard-to-wake-up YOU. The emoticon is ME watching over YOU. I play tricks on YOU, while YOU are playing the guitar and drinking. One day, in town, YOU walk past THE CHILDHOOD FRIEND who is buying an Anemone I liked, and remembering that I liked them, YOU rush out to buy them. THE CHILDHOOD FRIEND displays the Anemone with care. One day, years after I died, YOU hear noise from the closet. Opened, YOU see MY garden right in front of YOU. Overflowing emotions of ME and YOU. When exiting from the room with memories, a picture of the Anemone that YOU painted is displayed in YOUR new room.

Silence After Storm

To understand the way they are feeling and why, Eva and Den converse about their ended relationship by going through the most important memories that were shared in the past. Through this remembrance, the memories’ capacity to be complete begins to be questioned as well as the love that was shared in the past.

The Forgotten Battle

In WWII's final years, a soldier in the German army, a British glider pilot, and a Dutch resistance fighter's paths intertwine. Their choices shape destinies, impacting not only their freedom but also that of others.

Deep Blue

After witnessing a horrific event, one man risks everything in an effort to help a stranger.

easy on the turns

Jay and Matt move everything out of "Stu's" garage. A road trip of memory ensues.

Ocaso

Jonas, a 14-year-old teenager, takes a walk by the river that runs by his house. His friend Marina shadows him. They meet, spend the afternoon together, and as the daylight fades, so does their innocence.

Saudade

Mike, a young adult, waiting to go out on a date with his boyfriend is thwarted by a life-changing event. It is told from the perspective of his mirror.

To Kill the Mother

In Madrid, Spain, during a rainy day, Dorita, an elegant and magnetic mature woman, meets Noa, an attractive young man.

Not Tomorrow Yet

Janaína is an 18-year-old girl who lives with her mother and grandmother in a housing complex on the outskirts of Recife. She is the first person in her family to obtain a university degree, but an unwanted pregnancy threatens the plans she had made for her life.

Chipper

After receiving a mysterious letter, a wayward son returns to his childhood home to wrestle with a dark family secret.

Awena’s Dressing Room

Awena was left alone when war took him away from home.

Before the Eruption

On a trip to reconnect with friends, one of them starts to make her true self known.

That's Harassment

This film is a series of six short films that depicts six different cases of sexual harassment in the workplace, all based on real events.

Karma

After being kicked out her home for revealing a horrific family secret karma has no other choice but turning to the streets for survival!

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.

Teach Me to Dance

In this drama, Lesia convinces her English-Canadian friend Sarah to perform a Ukrainian dance with her as part of their school's Christmas pageant. Sarah's father, angry at the growing number of Ukrainian settlers, won't allow his daughter to participate. Despite the prejudices of their parents, the girls' friendship remains strong, and they meet in Sarah's barn to celebrate Christmas Day together. Part of the Adventures in History series.

Cat Skin

A few weeks before Carnival, slum boys organize huntings for stray cats, whose leather can be used in Samba percussion instruments, like the Tamborim, a small drum.

Crossed Wires

A misunderstanding leads to sombre consequences as two flatmates recall very different turns of event from the previous night.

My Brother

Two brothers, Umberto and Stefano, have just moved into a new apartment, where they share the bedroom. Since their mother is away, Stefano is forced to look after his younger brother, who is craving for affection and contact.

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.

Mi Madre, My Father

Reared by an abusive, pill-popping mother and an absentee playboy father, six-year-old Valentina must fend for herself. She does what she can to craft the illusion of normalcy: makes herself lunches that look just like the ones her classmates tote, dresses and grooms herself expertly, and lies to cover up for her mother Anita's erratic behavior.

Blindfold

Blindfold is a 1928 American synchronized sound drama film directed by Charles Klein and written by Ewart Adamson, Robert Horwood and William Kernell. While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects using the sound-on-film movietone process.

The Beach House on Morro Lane

On a lazy Saturday morning, a young couple discusses their future, as one inexplicably tells the other that this is the moment that leads to their breakup.

Precipice

A grieving woman discovers an app that offers an unconventional method for alleviating her pain.

Blossom

As the only flower Yağmur has on her balcony, a peace lily starts to fade away, her friend tells Yağmur an old myth: Peace lilies cannot blossom when they are alone. Yağmur and the flower start to share the same path when they both blossom out of their loneliness.

The Lie Game

A desperate computer scientist struggling to fund her anti-depression AI application faces her toughest challenge yet.

Kisses to Kevin

Kevin and Sam meet for a hookup but what if they stay together a little bit longer?

Dear Mr Shakespeare: Shakespeare Lives

An evocative and imaginative exploration of the racial tensions in Othello and how the themes in Shakespeare's play still resonate today.

Visions of Europe

Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.

Debut

A short film about Philip who dreams of becoming a model. At a casting he gets the chance to be photographed with the well-known model Sebastiaan; they fall in love. During the photo shoot, Philip pushes his limits more and more in order to keep the photographer's interest. Philip and Sebastiaan lose control of the situation when Philip is doing everything he can just to be able to stay in front of the camera.

Rubber Band Pistol

Jūzō Itami's debut short film, concerning a group of unique young people in the high economic growth period who are into games with rubber band pistols.