Dreamed to sea (2023)

Standout: The Ben Kjar Story

Standout tells the powerful story of Ben Kjar, born with Crouzon Syndrome, a rare craniofacial disorder. From birth, doctors warn that his life will be overshadowed by limitations. Ben yearns for an ordinary life free from the harsh scrutiny he faces daily. However, each experience of adversity, including relentless bullying and a series of painful surgeries, ignites a fire within him. Wrestling becomes his proving ground, a place where he learns to transform his facial difference into a source of power. Determined to succeed, he pushes himself relentlessly, breaking through physical, social, and even romantic barriers that once seemed insurmountable. But as unexpected challenges arise and ridicule resurfaces, Ben finds himself at a defining crossroads: fade into the background of a “normal” life, or fully embrace his unique path and boldly stand out.

Quatro Linhas

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New Year

Alex spends his first new year's eve after his father's death, evoking many feelings he thought he had left behind. With the support of his family he tries to move on.

THANK YOU

A young college student Olivia is forced to face a tragic event that has happened in her life. Her close friend Noah works to help her overcome these feelings so she can once again come out of her shell.

Exotica

In the upscale Toronto strip club Exotica, dancer Christina is visited nightly by the obsessive Francis, a depressed tax auditor. Her ex-boyfriend, the club's MC, Eric, still jealously pines for her even as he introduces her onstage, but Eric is having his own relationship problems with the club's female owner. Thomas, a mysterious pet-shop owner, is about to become unexpectedly involved in their lives.

I Have Sinned

Pablo confesses a crime to Anders, who has a hidden agenda.

Always Said

Set in a quiet house filled with echoes of a past relationship, the story follows a boy and girl reconnecting one last time. Through shared routines, voicemails, and fragments of their history

FurtaCor

Between the depths of grief and the bliss of friendship, Gabriel teams up with his friends to create a film written by his late grandfather, who passed away during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Copy/Paste

A man contemplates whether or not it is possible to do something unique.

Gourmet Detective: Eat, Drink and Be Buried

Henry and Maggie attend the birthday party of a local publisher, where his son and stepson reenact a historical 18th century dual. Someone, however, has loaded the antique pistol with a real musket ball, so when son pulls the trigger, he kills his stepbrother in front of a roomful of witnesses. Henry and Maggie have to figure out who wanted the stepson dead and why.

Tango Gaúcho

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The Beauty Of Summer Like Weather

When a curious boy is admiring the weather, he begins to explore nature in order to find out why it amazes him.

INKED

Two estranged friends, Chloe and Brooklyn, break down after fleeing the home of Micheal Davis, renowned Children’s Author, where he’s presumably been murdered. Brook attempts to take care of both the broken down car, Sabrina, and the wounded Chloe suffering from a bullet wound. The two argue as they wrestle with the frustration of going nowhere. Brooklyn eventually helps Chloe by removing the bullet from her shoulder and then sewing it up all the while Chloe reveals why she decided to visit her childhood home in Bombay Beach instead of remaining separate with her fiancee in New York.

Secondhand Bracelet

A young boy randomly finds a bracelet, happy about this find he starts wearing it, but he notices that it changes how his drawings look, eager to find answer he goes on a mission to find the owner of the bracelet and find out why this happens when wearing the bracelet.

Trials and Initiation

Here is an actor, one who has been asked to dwell in the perilous gap between text and image. In the voids where traces of the past have been erased by an unknown error, she begins to assemble her own script.

I’d like that corner seat over there

An omnibus film based on Kim Oki's album Hip Hop Retreat. Twenty characters share the same table at different times, in different emotional states, each with their own story. Shot in one day, edited in one day.

FRATERNITY

Two brothers clear the air and have a bonding conversation on the past.

Blood Ties

A young woman is forced to confront her past when her family is attacked. She quickly learns she can’t run from her roots.

Rosewater

A solitary man struggles to cultivate beauty in a desolate urban world. Lonely and dislocated, he drifts in and out of a dream state envisioning the promise of regeneration. ROSEWATER tells a story of hope sustained through perseverance, ritual and, ultimately, revelation.

Resonances

"Resonances" is an abstract journey that invites diverse interpretations. For some, it’s the tale of an ant that delved too deep, for others, a puppet seeking freedom. The narrative evolves with the viewer, offering no single path but rather a multitude of meanings. Free and autonomous, "Resonances" challenges you to explore with your mind and question with your soul. Only through personal reflection will the answers reveal themselves, making the experience uniquely yours.

Me + Her

Creating a universe between two small pieces of Cardboard. When Jack and Jill of Cardboard City are separated by Jill's torrid illness, Jack must think outside the box to assure they will be together again.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Jane wakes up a year after a traumatic incident which coincidentally happened on her birthday. As she goes through her day preparing for her 19th birthday celebration, she gets constant flashbacks of the incident. The day ends with her confronting her past with the hopes of finding justice and relief.

Astro TV

TV astrologer Sigrid guides people through sleepless nights, but one caller seems worrying. Can Sigrid help them before Jupiter and Pluto align?

Tinā

A woman grieving her daughter's death in the Christchurch earthquakes, becomes a substitute teacher at an elite private school. Unexpectedly, she discovers students lacking guidance and care, prompting her to provide inspiration and support.

Broken

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Till Mia

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1,2,3... Barcelona!

Tourists eating and taking photos. Tourists strolling and taking photos. Tourists bathing on the beach and taking more photos. Barcelona has become an overexploited photocall to the point of paroxysm, and this is what this film shows by turning the camera and pointing towards the visitors. A small gesture that, added to a powerful sound contrast and a caustic sense of humour, exposes without subterfuge a grotesque normality.

Syzygy

Eva, an indecisive dancer, is going to an audition for a famous dance school in a week. What Eva wants to dance is not the same as what her teacher, Dania, thinks is right. What does Eva do?

Young People Ask - How Can I Make Real Friends?

Making friends is not always easy when you are young. Notice how Tara found true friends that really care about her, and consider how you can do the same. Additionally, young people from around the world share their personal expressions on how they have found lasting friendships.

Becoming Air

Breathe deeply: in 3 years, your molecules will circle Earth, as today’s oxygen came from nature.

Mannequin Mother

Whilst visiting her late mother's gravestone, Emma meets Jon - her half-blood brother, whose existence she's never known of till now...

Revealed

Dika, who had left his hometown for seven years, had returned home to commemorate the fourty days of his father's death. But suddenly he is asked to be a lecturer and imam for Friday prayers as his father often did in the past by his father's acquaintance who is a member of the mosque's prosperity council. Dika, who had forgotten his father and felt unloved by him, tried to get his mother to leave his hometown and the house where his mother and father had lived. However, at the last moment, Dika can again remember the expression of love from his father.

Donut Boy

A Cambodian American wants to advance into the next tier of amateur boxing but his loyalty to his cousin threatens to keep him out of the ring.

Matador

A gritty drama focusing on Street Fighter's sociopathic and self-adoring Spanish ninja, Vega. Matador, details Claw's traumatic upbringing and the pivotal sequence of events that made him into the assassin he is today.

O Cego

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