3½ Stars

‘Life’ short film tells the life story of a painter, from the moment he is born to his death, in just over 5 minutes. Sprinkled with most of what a life story takes: childhood, adolescence, love, adulthood, life troubles […]

Director A. J. Gomez is a regular guest of our festival. We know him from the well framed and lighted experimental short film entitled ‘}Oo(‘, one of the few experimental works in our festival that really stands out from […]

A young writer who just moved in the building jumps in Giulia’s defence, a mysterious girl stalked by her ex-lover. The writer is suspected by the old lady landlords to be Giulia’s secret lover.   Mauro Villani’s main characters […]

A woman is writing a story that she is due to deliver. By the time she will find the right ending her fiction will seem to escape into reality and apply to her.   Arnon Z. Shorr catches one’s […]

A teenager with problems to adapt socially attempts to commit suicide. When his father decides to put him in a mental ward his younger brother runs to save him.   Kristín Ísabella Karlsdóttir follows not only the strong brother-ship […]

In today’s time, all the big nations of the world invest a great part of their money in ammunition and war intelligence preparing for the unfortunate case of a war. The retired soldiers benefit from this fund having many […]

Howell is attending group meetings that are supposed to help people. Though stubborn, he decides to eventually speak about his issues. He is not an alcoholic, a junky or a sex addict… then what is he?   The answer […]

After watching ‘Crossing That Bridge‘ we can surely agree with John Lennon that ‘life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans’. For John, a young Londoner, life starts after finding out that he has cancer. […]

A girl is driving on her way to her sister to spend the weekend. When her car breaks down she coincidentally meets a stranger who is an acquaintance of her sister and who offers to give her a lift. […]

When the night comes, a young woman taking care of two children in a big house will have to cope with a strange presence.   Bhargav Saikia’s ‘Awakenings’ has the rare ability to make you shiver with fright in […]