Days Before the Death of Nicky (2024)

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The Day I Realized I’m in Love

Nagisa (Minami Sara), a sophomore in college, doesn't have a lover.

Up on the Roof

On a late night date, Zane works to open Otis up to intimacy but Otis can’t help but feel something’s not quite right.

The Sin By Which They Fell

After committing a gruesome act of violence, the fallen angel September reflects on their relationship with Rowan, the human who came to their aid.

Fish Out of Water

Lexi, a struggling young mom, has an opportunity to reconnect with her estranged family after she's approached by her now-sober father with news of her mother's failing health.

Disconnection Notice

Away from his home in the province, Paul shuffles between the responsibilities of being the eldest sibling in their apartment and reconnecting with his youngest brother Carl who now lives with him.

Krakatau

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

Holiday Camp

At a meeting of the game "Truth or Dare?" two young boys, Matthew and Maximus, are challenging to embrace. The kiss will cause them some excitement. From that time, teens who witnessed this scene are allusions more or less directly to the possible homosexuality of Maxim. A revelation will then destabilize the group.

Snail

A man heading for an appointment bumps into his old friend on the street. Coincidental encounter, trivial conversation, and subtle air. They walk together on Jongno Street for a while. They then head their own directions during a rain shower; however, another encountering awaits when the rain stops.

Georgia

When the police refuse to investigate their daughter’s alleged suicide, two computer-illiterate parents decide to design a protest banner. Based on the infamous Miryang case in South Korea which shocked the nation in 2004 and continues to fuel public outrage even today.

Janek/Bastard

Krzysztof, an introverted 10 year old, faces his father's decision to hide a Jewish boy from a nearby village in the family's house. As the new boy prompts the father's attention, Krzysztof develops a flammable jealousy towards the other boy which reaches a dangerous peak and leads him to an irreversible act.

Home

On her first day of school, Sofia – a Brazilian teenager who has recently arrived in London – is bullied by a group of British students. Homesick and alienated from the world around her, she meets Lauren, a British-Nigerian teenager who shows her Sun Rah, a world entirely of her own making in a nearby park, where they make their home together.

Boy Next Door

Who's the hunky new neighbor across the street? Teenage Charlotte and her brother, Chris, both want to know. Cruel sibling rivalry abounds as each woos the new guy while trying to undercut the other's advances. Three is definitely company!

Berik

Berik, a short drama about friendship and understanding, takes place in Semey, Kazakhstan. Berik, 33, blind and deformed due to radiation poisoning, spends his days at home alone, while his brother is at work. That is until Adil, 11, the smallest and least popular of the kids in the apartment block, turns up on Berik's doorstep looking for the local bully's football, which he has lost.

Kids on Fire

A prepubescent boy slowly learns of his special role in the impending apocalypse during a religious camp. As he participates in the camp activities, he gets confused between constantly emerging fantasies and his divine calling.

Cake and Sand

Tim and Julian are deeply in love, but the gay couple can't have sex with each other. When you can't sexually satisfy the person you love is this enough reason to quit a long relationship? On a weekend trip to the sea, the boys want to spend some time together away from the pulsating city of Berlin where they live. The trip ends with two cakes in the sand. What if two people love each other but can't live with each other?

The Cage

Parents squabbling over a sick bird that was brought in by their son Alex.

Barking Island

Constantinople, Ottoman Empire, 1910. There are too many stray dogs on the streets, so the government decides to deport thousands of them on a desert island, off the coast of the city.

Hazel

An obsessive mother, on the verge of a nervous breakdown. A father, carefully blotted out from all the family photos and a dreadful child-psychiatrist with unconventional methods - This is the summary of young Hazel's life, secretly attracted to boys...

Bo Hai

They think as Czechs, they speak as Czechs, but they look as Vietnamese. How is the second generation of Vietnamese people in Europe?

Memórias

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Crazyhouse

After the suicide of his best friend, a teenage boy is forced to deal with his guilt and sexuality.

Green

In Alonso Ruizpalacios’ bracing and stylish film, security guards in an armoured van try to manage the stress that comes from being close to a pile of cash in Mexico City. The team’s stability is imperilled when one member nears his boiling point.

Dar-Dar

In the mountains of the Basque Country, a mother and her daughter take shelter in a ruined hut that seems uninhabited.

The Saucing

A short film following a cult that worships spaghetti sauce.

The One

What appears to be a typical mother-son day in the park proves to be anything but typical.

Step Into the River

Lu and Wei live in a village in rural China. The young girls often go to the nearby river to play or fish with their fathers. The river has a special meaning for them because China’s one-child policy has led to some parents drowning their newborn daughters there.

Kiss Me

Kid Vargas is forced to face up to some devastating truths after he kills his opponent in the boxing ring.

Visions of Europe

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

Right of Access

A 17 year old boy goes on a trip with his father and his father's girlfriend.

Eden

A restless young man roves in the gay hotspots of a metropolis. Anonymous places dressed in mirrors, intense colors and kitschy decors are the landscape for this stranger in search of comfort, connection and himself.