The Social Division of Labor According to Adam Smith (2011)

Spare Change

Three disillusioned outcasts meet in a laundromat. A punk who's lost his pills, a freshly-kicked-out-of-home youth, and a girl obsessed with vampires. What could go wrong?

Tide

On the shores of a desolate beach in Cuba, the tide cycle begins, a shark hunter, from the ritual of fishing, experiences the strongest symptoms of his condition and nature.

Rockaway

A teenager's questionable and erratic behavior to free herself from an abusive past causes her to relive the pain of it in Rockaway, Queens, NY.

The Definition of Lonely

A lonely, socially awkward man meets an outgoing dog owner at a park bench. They make a connection.

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...

Sub Rosa

Bullied by his father to grow up, a teen fights between the love of his step-mother over his father's life.

Little Waves

After witnessing her cousin enveloped in a steamy new romance, distraught teenage Amélie allows herself to dive into her own fantasies, sparking something much more powerful.

The Testosterone Club

After rejecting unwanted advances from her husband’s mates, Monica is forced to defend herself against "The Testosterone Club". Fortunately, she's found the perfect recipe for a little revenge.

Herrmann

Herrmann is a leftist Thirty Something, who is still politically active, despite beginning to live the usual life of having a girlfriend and a child. On the way to his weekly political meeting he is kidnapped.

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.

Milo

A grieving old man attempts to recreate his past in the hope of reliving cherished memories.

Escape

A short film about a deaf girl who runs away from home. The story is told entirely without dialogue and features an experimental soundtrack used to provide an impression as to the sounds the girl would feel by way of vibrations.

BLUE

A short film on man's best friend set during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dear Parents,

A young man sends a film to his parents after twelve years of silence. He wants to show them the man he has become.

Kindil

During a beach excursion, Nfissa, a young mother, is violently sexually harassed and drowned by a group of young men after she absent-mindedly swims into their midst. Nobody seems to witness her disappearance. Anxiety and fear grow among her family, especially as, on the same beach, bathers suddenly start dying en masse.

I'm the Most Racist Person I Know

When a romantic gesture towards a bartender backfires, Lali unexpectedly finds herself offered a pity date by another bartender, Ana. What starts as an awkward encounter turns into a genuine connection as they bond over shared experiences as women of color. As they grow closer, Lali finds herself falling for Ana. But when the conversation takes an unexpected turn, Lali must confront her prejudices towards Ana and... herself.

Homesick

A young boy, left alone as an unnatural threat ravages the world, clings to his daily routine as he waits for his mother to come back for him.

Finding My Gundam

Hyun-dong is a hikikomori. He lives off of the joy of assembling and displaying Gundams in his only space, his home. Then one day, he makes a big decision to go out to buy a Gundam plastic model that a delivery man left next to his door. At that moment, the front door slams shut. He is trapped in an unfamiliar world, he can't remember the password and he decides to go on a long journey to find the key house.

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.

Por No Morir Nada Mas Vernos

A couple going through a rough patch must sit out a power outage.

La chaqueta del botones

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Glimpse

A highly emotive, visual feast set in the imaginative mind of a heartbroken panda called Herbie, who has recently broken up with his deer girlfriend Rice.

Stanbrook

Spain, March 1939. The war is dying down. At the Port of Alicante thousands of people are piling, waiting for the arrival of ships that will carry them to exile. Moored, the freighter Stanbrook is witnessing the desperation.

Sunday Morning

A high school student's journey to discover his sexuality in a conservative area is made harder as he struggles with sexual abuse, manipulation, and fear.

Lost Years

Based on the repercussions that sexual abuse can have on teenagers and long-term effects.

About a Father

Sixty-year old Jindřich is waiting for a heart transplant. His wife, in an effort to protect him from a heart attack, has moved with him and their teenage daughter to their cottage in the countryside, so that he would have an absolutely peaceful life. But their son David comes for a holiday and he is not alone. He would like to discuss his life situation with his father but his mother intervenes as she is afraid that it would upset his father. Is, however, the worry about his health the real reason why she is making her children lie to their father?

Young Man on the Bar Masturbating with Rage and Nerve

Dance and prostitution play the same role for Cristhian’s body. Virtuosity, desire, technique, and sex intertwine, granting coherence to a way of life that offers many answers to few questions. A leitmotiv that reconciles opposites and contradictions. Answers that are sometimes painful, like all truths.

My Biker 2

Over break, Gentle and Motor grow close—but once school resumes, Motor pulls away, leaving Gentle hurt and their fragile new relationship at risk.

The Morning After

In post-pandemic Taipei, Tian and Jay meet for their annual fling—until a heart attack forces them to confront what they really mean to each other.

WHAT DID JACK DO?

In a locked down train station, a homicide detective conducts an interview with a tormented monkey who is suspected of murder.

Nocturne

After ending a very close relationship, Manuel falls into melancholy and begins to rethink his way of loving. Within his thoughts are the social problems that surround him. He realizes that with these comes a rethinking of what love is. An idea that we have been carrying for a long time: the idea that to love is to possess.

Recycling

As the gravedigger prepares for the next funeral, each time he digs a hole he wonders about his own death.

The Gift

To celebrate his eleventh birthday, a young boy selects his gift - little knowing that his choice will change the world.

La grande sortie

Prima ballerina takes the stage at the Ópera Bastille, consumed by her own anxiety and stage fright

Boomerang

Black public figure Jim Taylor is pursued by the police. He dies from a bullet in the head. In a private clinic, he is transplanted with the brain of Sheriff Maclain, who died in a car accident. While remaining black, he begins to think like a racist Maclain.

Sleep, Eternally

When naive Ryan took on the role of a caretaker for his exhausted mother over the weekend. He doesn't realise the severity of his situation until he confides in his concerned teacher, Mrs. Watson. Together, they check on Ryan's mother only to be confronted with a harrowing discovery that challenges Ryan's innocence and changes his outlook on life forever.

PARANdrOID

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The Drunkard

A couple shelters an alcoholic haunted by his Republican past in their suburban home.

Here Ends the World We've Known

1645. Guadeloupe. Ibátali, a Kalinago native and wife of a French colonist, leads Olaudah, an escaped African captive, on a journey where he may lose his freedom and his life. She is ready to sacrifice him to save her own skin. But their wounds bring them together. Will this be enough to make them something other than what colonisation has decided they should be: a savage to be exterminated, an African to be enslaved?

Jaadayum Mudiyum

A social satire that revolves around the life of a young unemployed graduate named Subhash. The short film focuses on the influence of social media,fashion and modern day friendships on the lives of youth.

Into the Night

Artemio is a photojournalist who portrays the murder of a sex worker he knows and begins a search to find the murderer.

Penny and Paul

Penny may have found her soulmate in Paul in Las Vegas. But on their drive back to her home in Houston, Texas, they begin to realize maybe they don't know as much about each other as they thought.