The Payphone(2023)

17(en)

A 17-year-old struggling to find intimacy at home or at school seeks it through a gay hookup app.

Goodbye, Don Glees!(ja)

Teen misfits Roma, Toto, and Drop call themselves the “Don Glees,” an informal name for their backyard adventures. One day, when the trio gets blamed for a nearby forest fire, they set off into the woods to prove their innocence. As disaster strikes their expedition, tensions flare between the friends as they realize that growing up has taken them on wildly different paths in life.

Blue Sky(en)

Michael is a young teenager passionate about writing, a passion he carries on almost secretly because of his father. Agnes is deaf, but the words she cannot speak are compensated by her drawings which she hopes will get her to an art school. One day they find each other on top of a brick wall which becomes their sanctuary away from the world.

BIGFEET(en)

We're all searching for something! Explorer Reed Randle goes deep into the woods on an adventure looking for the "Bigfoot" creature. Lost within himself, can he find meaning again?

Antoine and Colette(fr)

Now aged 17, Antoine Doinel works in a factory which makes records. At a music concert, he meets a girl his own age, Colette, and falls in love with her. Later, Antoine goes to extraordinary lengths to please his new girlfriend and her parents, but Colette still only regards him as a casual friend. First segment of “Love at Twenty” (1962).

Cómplices(es)

August(fr)

Two children in the countryside. Time lazily goes by on a hot month of August as they long for adventure.

The Contract(en)

Sleazy director "auditioning" actresses for a movie and trying to get them to commit to more to get the part.

Dogs(en)

A young Polish partisan flees from the Warsaw Uprising. Whilst hiding in the yard of a countryside manor, he is chased up a tree by a large wolfhound. With his rifle out of reach, there seems to be no way to escape his predicament.

Veranico(pt)

It is a hot summer in August 2016. In this ephemeral sea of unforeseen events, passions, changes, voids, escapes and deceits, Rodrigo – between his personal discoveries and uncertainties about the future – is surprised by the outbreak of a set of fires in Madeira Island. What will happen to him if the wind shifts?

The Rooftop(zh)

High schooler You Cheng fumbles a hookup with Wen Ting, making him panic. To solve this issue, he spies on others, but Jing Hao’s nude shocks him.

I, Divided(en)

A young man struggles with identity and mortality after he discovers human remains in an open field.

The North-Ming Fish(zh)

Short film from Taiwan.

Angst & Flesh(es)

Elena loves Abel, she is drowning on the anguish of being, her subconscious manifests her urges; during the funeral misfortune sets in. Laceration and calm, devotion and fear, angst and flesh.

The Dog(sv)

When Albin lands a much-wanted acting job, he doesn't hesitate to make it his top priority in life. But he's still not clear about what the job entails.

Dross(sv)

A seemingly never-ending project that through strong determination and small breakthroughs along the way is finally completed. In an environment of chaos and junk, norms and structures are challenged, not least in one’s own family.

Success(no)

Nils works with a comedy talk-show but doesn’t get the respect that he thinks he deserves. At a pitch meeting one of his ideas gets stolen by his colleague, Fabian. Everyone loves the idea, but no one except Nils realizes the fact that Fabian stole it.

Happy-Go-Lucky Days(ja)

Love is love. Someday, the pain of being in love will be an endearing memory. No matter who the feelings are towards, no matter what form it takes, all love and lifestyles have the same value. An omnibus anime tells the stories of “The wedding of an ex”, “a student and a teacher at an all-boys’ school” and “childhood friends whose bodies and hearts change with adolescence.”

Silent Anger(fr)

Young Julian is shopping with his father when his father suddenly disappears. Julian waits for his father to come back, while coping with his fear and anxiety. The film explores the themes of childhood, abandonment, and resilience.