Fantasy

Love Fail Repeat

Love Fail Repeat

February 20, 2025

On sunny Curaçao, the sarcastic Emy (Carré Albers) works at a five-star hotel for the rich and famous. Her life takes an unexpected turn when the charming movie star Nathan Levi (Twan Kuyper) visits the hotel.

Capitão Astúcia

Capitão Astúcia

February 20, 2025

Scarlett's Colorful Friends

Scarlett's Colorful Friends

February 19, 2025

A mysterious government project known as Project: Mystic has been leaked by a whistleblower. It was an experiment about the effects of magic on the human body and was conducted on children. This of course begs the question: What happened to the children?

Clementine

Clementine

February 19, 2025

A late-blooming Trans woman reluctantly confronts an assigned-male-at-birth Trans specific and life-altering dilemma. With the help of her besties, she attempts to process this debacle in order to determine which path to take on her journey to decolonize her womanhood.

THE DEAD DONT DREAM

THE DEAD DONT DREAM

February 18, 2025

A man seeking shelter in a dreamlike world, running from his past, searches for his missing mother while encountering the dead, and dying numerous times where the shadows lurk.

Beyond Ghatanothoa

Beyond Ghatanothoa

February 18, 2025

Leaving their sick village on a mission of aid, two Xelphins: the brave Kia and her anxious brother Tiyog must navigate the forest without disturbing their mountain god Ghatanothoa and the vicious creatures of darkness. But what are Kia's true intentions once they cross Beyond Ghatanothoa?

A Story About Fire

A Story About Fire

February 18, 2025

The legend of Ran Bi Wa talks about a monkey who was raised by humans. When he sets off to the Holy Mountain to steal fire for humankind, a journey begins from which he will return transformed into a man.

Khalasa

Khalasa

February 17, 2025

KHALASA talks about the redemption of a man who is captured in his past and despises his current life. Events take a turn when he is taken into a multiversal travel.

Seagull dog child

Seagull dog child

February 17, 2025

A seagull, a dog, a child, a call to prayer; Looking through a window, the corridor of a train, the wall of a medina; Everyday life is momentarily paused through the eyes of a stranger in an unknown land.

thank you, everest

February 16, 2025

In an increasingly hostile world, this experimental 16mm film explores our relationship to the seascape.

Pee

Pee

February 16, 2025

A man hitting a tree at night gets yelled at by one of the residents of the area, but he doesn't leave it at that.

The Blue Trail

The Blue Trail

August 28, 2025

In the name of economic recovery, the Brazilian Government created a perennial system of compulsory vertical isolation for seniors over 80 to be confined in a colony. Teca is 77 and lives in the village of Muriti, in the Amazon, when she is surprised by the announcement of the age reduction, including her age group. Cornered, Teca makes an intriguing journey hidden from the officers amidst rivers, boats and the underworld to clandestinely try to fulfill her last dream, to take a plane ride.

The Ice Tower

The Ice Tower

September 17, 2025

1970s. From her high mountain village, 15-year-old Jeanne dreams of leaving her childhood orphanage and discovering the world. Fleeing to the city of lights, she finds refuge in a shed. In the morning, the Snow Queen appears to her, dazzling. The shed turns out to be a studio where a film adapted from the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, The Snow Queen, is being shot. Cristina, the star, who embodies the Queen, reigns supreme on the set. Fascinated by this cruel woman with a disturbing charm, both powerful and vulnerable, Jeanne becomes her protege and her confidante as the trap closes in on her.

Tales from the Mag­ic Garden

Tales from the Mag­ic Garden

February 16, 2025

Tom (4 years old), Suzanne (8) and Derek (10) spend the weekend with their grandparents. But nothing is as usual: Grandpa seems to be elsewhere; Tom wonders where Grandma has gone, she who always tells him incredible stories; Derek is hard at work renovating the old apple tree hut. So following in the footsteps of her ancestor, Suzanne improvises herself as a storyteller to illuminate the house with imaginary and wonderful stories and try to fill the absence of Grandmother. The movie is an adaptation of three tales written by Arnost Goldflam.

Der Krahnstöver

February 15, 2025

The mythical character "Krahnstöver" is the secret sovereign over the tides in Hamburg, using his oversensitive ear and other measuring devices to control the city's fate

Demon

Demon

February 15, 2025

A short essay on our inner demons. Baiestorf recreates the nightmare narrated by teenagers from various parts of the world, who have this dream on a recurring basis.

Frost

Frost

February 15, 2025

In their final night together, a boy and a girl create a tender universe under their blanket fort, blissfully indifferent to the world outside that is slowly coming to an end.

What's next?

What's next?

February 15, 2025

Super ancient creatures, tempting devils, greedy human, women's fixed fate. A fairy tale or a prophecy? Wake up. It's your time.

Anba Dlo

Anba Dlo

February 15, 2025

Nadia is a Haitian biologist living in Cuba, researching local wildlife. Until she receives a visit from deep waters, and the Cuban forest begins to speak in other languages. On that day, Haiti never seemed so far from Nadia.

The Botanist

The Botanist

February 15, 2025

In a remote village in Xinjiang, a young Kazakh boy named Arsin, who finds solace in the company of plants. He soon meets Meiyu, a spirited Han girl whose unpredictable nature reminds him of a rare, otherworldly plant. As their friendship blossoms, it deepens into a delicate, dreamlike allegory that blurs the lines between reality and the enchanting world of botany.