30 DAYS OF SUMMER (Ukraine)
Anastasia Solonevych
In summer 2022, two Ukrainian step-sisters, Anna, a translator, and Valeriia, a soldier, meet again at a military camp, hoping to reconnect and possibly become the family they’ve never been.
A SUNSET (Egypt)
Hisham Saqr and Mohamed El Raie
Amidst the celebratory backdrop of an engagement party on a Nile cruise, a family confronts their hidden struggles and societal judgments when a stranger's drastic act unveils the delicate facade of their joyous occasion.
APOTEOS (Sweden)
Christopher Nilsson and Annegret Kunath
When the small town hairdresser Carina goes bankrupt, she reinvents herself as a psychic medium - but this newfound power soon corrupts.
BLAIR IS DOING OK (Iceland)
Tinna Hrafnsdóttir
Breeze, a lonesome parking enforcement officer, finds her purpose shaken when her abusive, bedridden mother passes away after a lifetime of silent servitude. But a mysterious phone call from a stranger abroad, claiming to be her half-sister, changes everything and thrusts her into an unforeseen odyssey offering a chance to redefine her identity through the unexpected twists of life.
BULLDOZERS (Belgium)
Aline Boyen and Fenna Van Der Goot
When Sofia's (21) grandmother unexpectedly passes away, and her dad comes back to Belgium after years of absence, Sofia does everything she can to keep her rolling stone father close.
CHUCK (USA)
Urzulka Barker
In Texas, two women in their early 20s forge a platonic, loving friendship through a shared love for motorcycling, as their lives as artists intertwine. Together they attempt to make a larger body of work and meet a deadline for a record label, fighting the elements and overcoming adversities along the way.
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE BULGARIAN KIND (Bulgaria)
Nadya Todorova
When their life is uprooted by a UFO crashing into their house, two women rebuild it in the face of bureaucracy, opportunism and being seen as collateral damage.
DARWIN IN TAIF (Saudi Arabia)
Maha Al-Saati
A biology professor on the brink of career ruin infiltrates Saudi Arabia's underground animal rescue scene, led by an egomaniacal social media influencer, in a desperate bid to restore her tarnished reputation.
INDIGO (Mexico)
Daniela Rodríguez García and Aída Herrerías García
A shy girl, dreaming of space to escape reality, encounters an astronaut who unveils the excitement of life on Earth with family and friends.
KISMET (Cyprus)
Dogus Özokutan and Vasvi Çiftcioglu
A terminally ill man goes against accepted norms, by forcing his family and community to question their own values. Is how you die, your choice or theirs?
LIFE, REVISITED (USA)
Neal Dhand
Akil’s job is to alter his appearances to take the place of clients who need an escape. His life changes when he replaces a mother whose kids he feels a deep love for.
MY FAVOURITE UNCLE (France)
Yaelle Amar
As her firm faces a fraud audit, Molly, an ambitious yet insecure young woman, must set morals aside and play a ruthless game to clear herself of a crime.
RICE FIELDS (Russia)
Diana Mashanova
In the depths of a developed country, people in a shipping container harvest rice, their tongues cut off in youth. Guarded to prevent knowledge of language, culture, or progress, they unwittingly witness the emergence of these elements.
SHIDO (Spain)
Anita Pico and Rocío López
One. Two. Three. Carla counts every second of her life as if she never left the judo mat. In the key year to become a professional judoka, the teenager embarks on a terrifying and toxic breakup with her passion.
SUFFOCATED (Brazil/Canada)
Fabio Montanari and Diana Golts
When a wave of suicides takes root in a small Brazilian farming town, an ambitious executive is dispatched to her hometown to solve the crisis where she encounters obstacles far beyond agriculture and her teenage daughter’s angst. As she tries to save the community, she risks losing herself.
THE CUBAN DREAM (Spain and Bulgaria)
Marieta Petchanska and Clara Núñez
Helena travels to Cuba to overcome the loss of her father and reconnect with her sister, Sunny, but instead, she falls in love with Michel, and embarks on a personal journey living in the poorest neighbourhood of Havana, drinking a bittersweet cocktail of hunger and passion.
THE MARRIAGE (Brazil)
Maìra Bühler and Andrè Sobral
Freely inspired by a true story, the film tells the story of the marriage between a white man and an indigenous woman, which becomes the biggest media event of the decade.
THE SECOND ADOLESCENCE (Italy)
Tommaso Frangini and Sofia Petraroia
Four best friends face the difficulties of carrying their friendship from adolescence to adulthood, as one of them returns to Milan after years living abroad.
THREE AGES (Spain)
Jiajie Yu Yan and César Esteban
Xiaowei, a 7-year-old Chinese boy, arrives at Barcelona in 1992 to be reunited with his parents.Throughout his childhood, adolescence and youth, his mother struggles to create a bond with him, but Xiaowei is unable to correspond.
YAMAGUCHI (Spain)
Gemma Capdevila Barbé and David Ciurana
A cattle rancher fights to save his cows from an outbreak of a plague, while trying to regain love for his brother, and the mother who abandoned them with the help of an ancient magical being.