ALL SOUL’S DAY (BRAZIL)
Amanda Costa de Sousa
Orphaned soon after she left home for university, offbeat Laura faces the chores and traumas of adulthood as she unexpectedly befriends a senile old lady.
BRING A STAR (JAPAN)
Mariko Bobrik
A young misogynist wrestles with his female family members and learns to fall in love with a girl who is totally not his type.
HI MY NAME IS RICHARD (SOUTH AFRICA)
Yaara Sumeruk
One by one, the people in JD’s life begin to forget who she is, until no one remembers her at all. Hi My Name is Richard is a magical realist comedy that follows JD’s journey to unlock the mystery of her own disappearance, and in the process truly finding herself for the first time.
IN THE NAME OF KAROLAYNE (BRAZIL)
Milena Ribeiro, Daniel Calil Cancado
In this satire, the miracles of a lesbian black woman go viral, attracting queer pilgrims and the ire of evangelicals to her conservative city in the Brazilian Midwest.
MATHER (BULGARIA)
Mina Mileva, Anguelina Rangelova
Andrea 30, is an overweight gender fluid woman who wishes to have a child but is not at ease with her femininity. Being a mother does not come naturally as Andrea doesn’t want to be a woman or a man. She wants to be referred to as “it”. Mather stands for a combination between the words Mother and Father.
NOW, I AM A BEAR (CANADA)
Jason Filiatrault
In a place where unhappy people abandon society to live as cosplay animals, one man becomes a bear to escape his past – and inevitably dies. This is a comedy.
PLEASE DON’T CANCEL ME (UK)
Annie Maguire
In a dystopian world where “cancelled” celebrities can appear on a reality show, governed by a public vote, for the chance to redeem their sins and be granted a second chance in life. Two unlikely contestants disrupt the show by falling in love.
RIGHTS OF PASSAGE (CANADA)
Ryan Reaney
One man will do anything for true love even if it is to fake his own religion.
RISE OF WATERFOX (ESTONIA)
Carlos E. Lesmes, Elisabeth Kužovnik
A coming-of-age comedy about family, friendship, and the quest for inner balance.
SPECIAL TREAT (UKRAINE)
Antonio Lukich, Volodymyr Yatsenko
On the way to her dream, Sasha cannot be stopped by her mother, war and poverty. Will Sasha be stopped by the spear that accidentally stabbed her on a stupid shoo:ngs?
THE STORY OF THE WHALE (US)
Adrian Cardenas
After an unlucky Cuban fisherman nets a whale and becomes a local celebrity, an approaching hurricane threatens the preservation of his catch and his newfound glory.
TRAGEDY (UKRAINE)
Anna Yatsenko, Pavlo Ostrikov
After the ancient Greek gods unexpectedly return to Earth, professor of Ancient Greek history Yuriy and his student Kolia try to find the kingdom of the dead in order to bring back their loved ones.