The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent (2024) – WINNER of the Short Film Palme d’Or
Dir. Nebojša Slijepčević
February 1993, Strpci, Bosnia-Herzegovina. A passenger train is stopped by paramilitary forces. As they detain innocent civilians, only one man among the 500 passengers stands against it. This is the true story of a man who could not stay silent.
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Across the Waters (在水一方) (2024)
Dir. Viv Li
Sandstorm blows, waters scarce. In a remote mining town without any radio signals, a quirky teenage girl gets curious about a passing truck driver.
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Bad for a Moment (Mau Por Um Momento) (2024)
Dir. Daniel Soares
A team-building event goes wrong and brings the owner of an architect studio face-to-face with the lower-class neighborhood that his company is gentrifying.
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Les Belles Cicatrices (2024)
Dir. Raphaël Jouzeau
Gaspard is still very much in love with Leïla. They meet in a crowded bar a month after she left him. The conversation turns awry and Gaspard seeks refuge under the tablecloth, away from prying eyes and closer to his memories.
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Ootid (Ootidé) (2024)
Dir. Razumaitė Eglė
Due to a mysterious reason, Viltė leaves the summer camp, and the remaining girls start to come up with different versions of events, speculating what happened to their friend.
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On The Way (Rruges)
Dir. Samir Karahoda
During a 15-minute car ride, a child and his father engage in a complex discussion, providing a clearer understanding of the reality that Kosovar society faces today.
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Perfectly a Strangeness (2024)
Dir. Alison McAlpine
In the dazzling incandescence of an unknown desert, three donkeys discover an abandoned astronomical observatory and the universe. A sensorial, cinematic exploration of what a story can be.
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Sanki Yoxsan (2024)
Dir. Azer Guliev
When Samir and Leyla decide to flee their families’ discord, Samir disappears the next morning. Leyla’s quest ensnares her, entwining her fate with his mysterious disappearance, becoming part of the mystery herself.
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Tea (2024)
Dir. Blake Rice
While rehearsing asking out the girl of his dreams, a lonely and highly allergic Circuit-Shack employee gets stung in the throat by a hornet.
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Volcelest (2024)
Dir. Éric Briche
Winter is here. To survive, Fuseline, forced by the lack of food, flees her wild environment and settles near an isolated farm and its chickens. Her arrival threatens the precarious existence of the man who lives here.
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Yellow (Amarela) (2024)
Dir. André Hayato Saito
On the day of the World Cup final between Brazil and France, Erika Oguihara, a Japanese-Brazilian teenager who rejects her family traditions, experiences a violence that seems invisible and plunges into a painful sea of emotions.