Amissa Anima (2021)

Mommie Dearest

Renowned actress Joan Crawford, at the height of her career, adopts two orphans — Christina and Christopher — to fill the lonely gap in her personal life. However, as her professional and romantic relationships sour, Joan's already callous and abusive behavior towards Christina intensifies.

By the Pool

During the heat wave, swimmers flock to a municipal pool. Rain or shine, as the days pass the place takes on a life of its own, and the lifeguards, while immature at times, shoulder considerable responsibilities.

10 Seconds of Carla

During a party, Gaby begins to suspect that spreading rumours of a football team gang-bang may well involve her best friend, Carla.

Apocalypse Runner

The world every movie has gone, the man who translates everything into movies shows up.

A Gold Star Kid

One day, 9-years-old Matt is on the way to a restaurant and finds a 20 euro bill on the pavement. At the restaurant, Matt sees a soldier which reminds him of his late father who was a soldier. Matt decides to pay it forward in memory of his father.

Sauna

An anxious and ungainly teenage boy struggles against bullies, puberty, and his fears of mortality when his parents send him to a summer water polo camp.

Sleepwalking

When her boyfriend is arrested for marijuana possession, Joleen Reedy and her 11-year-old daughter, Tara, take refuge with Joleen's aimless brother, James. Joleen soon runs off with a truck driver, and James is unable to meet his responsibilities. After Child Protective Services takes possession of Tara, James abducts her from a foster home, and the two travel from California to Utah, where his abusive father lives.

Friend Box

A girl needs a friend. A special box could materialize it for her.

Red

Jesse is a chat-addict teen. One day, an unknown gay friend proposes him a blind date on a public spot, but Jesse, unaware of how his friend physically looks, demands the use of a ‘red’ t-shirt in order to recognize him. What Jesse never thought was that, that day, one of his biggest fears would come true.

Indoors

During summertime, Nahuel moves to his friends to spend vacation time together. Between drinks, weed and foolish games, sexual tension starts to raise, but none of them dares to take the first step.

Excursion

Following a TV News which announce the landing of aliens in Romania, Eugen (9) steals a camera from the shop where his father works as a guard and starts filming his everyday life and then disappears. When he is found, the little boy's footage is misinterpreted by the media.

The Box

An old man ends up taming the mouse he wanted to get rid of.

The Nightingale

Franti, an organ grinder of the poor districts of New York, has a daughter, Isola, who sings to his street piano's accompaniment.

Hambre

A child is tormented by a hungry well that demands food but, unable to quell its hunger, is forced to find another way to satisfy it.

The Nest

Elías (12) is the youngest son of Luisa (45) and José (46). One afternoon, after witnessing a homophobic attack at school, Elías tells his parent that he is also gay. But his cry for help gets unanswered, which will make him wonder: How can I feel safe? Where’s my nest?

Open House

While robbing a house, Julio asks Ricardo to pretend to be the house's owners. Both of them take advantage of the solitude of their surroundings to express what they truly feel for each other.

Manchester Acatitla

Miranda, the Manchester Acatitla forward, returns home after a victorious match. On her way back, she faces dangers off the court.

Arañas

The limit of tension in a family reaches its peak when the father discovers a spiders nest.

Anxiety & Desire

Two friends explore the meaning of anxiety.

One, Two

One Two is a short drama film which centres around the protagonist Maddy, a shy and introverted first generation migrant who wants to pursue her passion for AFL.

Do You Like the Taste of Beer?

A young businessman unexpectedly spends the evening with his one night stand, as they open up about their personal fears, loneliness, and the strain of LA, with good performances from the leads.

Lili

Lili refuses to let go of her childhood fights a sandstorm who threatens to take it away.

Turtle Soup

Aileen’s ex-husband refuses to elaborate on their eight-year-old son’s fight in school, so she secretly takes her son out for a day of activities to learn the truth. As she reconnects with him, his presence inevitably forces her to confront her own losses as a mother, which reveals her struggles to accept his new family situation.

Lost Luggage

Neil Bishop has spent his whole life living on the fringes of society. His only interaction with people is through his job as a lost luggage courier. One day, Neil delivers luggage to a woman in suffering, and he discovers someone like him. In this dreamlike psychological thriller, Neil Bishop sets out to make today, unlike any other day.

The Staggering Girl

Francesca, an Italian-American writer who lives in New York, must return to Rome to retrieve her aging mother. There, the ghosts of her childhood will come to her through her mother's art.

Elefante

Manuel is stuck in a monotonous job, has only one friend that he cannot stand, and his family despises him. Everything will change when the doctor diagnoses him with a rare disease - Manuel is going to turn into an elephant.

A Little Burden

An intrepid intern confronts a painful reality on her first day at a prestigious new job.

Hominid

Two ambitious primatologists and their small team of researchers are funded for an 8 week research trip into the depths of the Northern Cascades to find what they believe is the truth behind the legend of Sasquatch.

La espera

Yazmín and Zenaida, daughter-in-law and mother-in-law, live awaiting the arrival of their husbands. Time that will reveal infinite possibilities.

Where the Birds Cry

Fourteen-year-old Szymon lives in a seaside village. He's going through one of the most turbulent stages in his life - puberty. However his monotonous life is interrupted by an unexpected visit from his childhood friend. An ordinary meeting on a cliff turns into his first summer romance.

Qu'est-ce que c'est?

An experimental docu-fiction short from hours of collected material shot by the director. Different scenes, from drunk parties with friends to shots of the Dutch landscape during a train ride, are cut together to see if a narrative story can be constructed from nothing but randomly shot footage.

Circle

Damu(10year old boy) , leaves his home to buy Jagarry .On the way he meets his friend Manya . They stop at a Bioscopewallah. Damu realizes that he is not having enough money and he decides to earn some quick money . This greed takes him to play a game . After the game Damu goes to the shop . But he walk back with tearful eyes.........

Kingdom of Happy Fallacies

Shy high schooler Clementine struggles to play it cool when the boy of her dreams befriends her.

Reflect

Everyday, Alexander’s reflection goes the extra mile to imitate his owner without being spotted. But, one day, an event in Alexander’s life is about to change everything...

Bathtub by the Sea

Gunnar is living a routine life by himself at a lighthouse. One day a mermaid comes in with the tides, and his lonely routine filled lifestyle is getting challenged.

Pipo and Blind Love

In a dehumanized world, where emotions are rationed and measures, Pipo, a factory worker, falls in love with a woman sitting on a bench. He’ll try anything to get her attention and seduce her.

Echo

In 1977, the Voyager probe leaves for the galaxy with a message in Spanish recorded in the RNE (Spanish National Radio Studio). Almost 50 years later and sick with Alzheimer's, Carmen is facing being transferred from her home in her town to a residence in the city.

Belmiro, Belmiro, Belmiro

Tormented by a mysterious figure named Belmiro, a young woman goes up on a stage to deliver a monologue about her past and fight against herself.