In the aftermath of a mysterious disaster, the few humans left find themselves unable to reproduce the species. All hope lies in the hands of five women who have developed the technology to create human life outside the body. But the researchers cannot reach an agreement on how and if to release it. In the absence of consensus, they immerse themselves in the study of pleasure.
Join us on the luggage rack of my bike for a sensory roller-coaster through a land full of cuddles.
“La Durmiente” explores the story of the medieval Infanta Beatriz of Portugal through fabulation and children’s imagination. Entirely shot at the Monastery of Sancti Spiritus in Toro, a space once inhabited by Beatriz and where her tomb lies, these children stage and interpret fragments of the life of this character erased by history, yet preponderant in the Portuguese dynastic crisis of 1383.
Emilia and Caterina write letters to each other revisiting their adolescent memories and earliest experiences at a boarding school in the 1950s.
Did they choose the lives they truly wanted, or only those that they dared to imagine?
After a computer crash, a girl struggles with the loss of her long-time virtual pet, Bubba.
A rock of cobalt channels a chorus of voices as it undertakes a trans-continental journey beginning in a mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This hybrid documentary uses generative artificial intelligence to visualize territories of extraction in spaces that are usually understood as ‘resource-peripheries’.
Mia has spent her whole life freediving, fishing and gliding through seaweed and rocks. Time has passed, tracing its lines on her body, and shaping the landscapes around her. Loved ones have vanished. Tonight, Mia remembers.
A deteriorated film, shot in 1982 in a Latin American country, presents a succession of everyday images, among which a few stand out that testify to the violent events that took place on May 9 of that year. Interspersed between the images, a man's voice presents the official version of the events. Beneath its apparent banality, the film raises suspicion that what really happened was covered up.
Rin finds a roll of film left inside a used camera. Curious, she has it developed. As she moves through the quiet changes of her life, the people and things connected to the film start to cross her path in unexpected ways.
In a world that demands community participation, individual desires inevitably collide. A group of neighbours, each focused on their own goals, must learn to communicate and consider one another. But when small, everyday actions trigger unexpected consequences, they are forced into interactions that challenge their independence.
The image of a neighbourhood beside the motorway, with the city in the background, is followed by a theatrical canvas. On the outskirts of Córdoba, Spain, the final year pupils at Federico García Lorca primary school are looking for a film to make. What would you do or what would you like to see if we were to make a film about Roma culture or the Roma people?
Following the death of his mother in 2011, the director embarks on an intimate journey through the personal belongings and memories she left behind. This short documentary delves into grief and illness, exploring their ties to dignity, caregiving, and legacy. It reclaims cinema as a powerful tool to unearth the past.
A woman travels from Paris to Galicia in search of the person who took care of her when she was a child.
A middle-aged man reflects back on his tumultuous adolescent phase while sitting in his childhood bedroom. Through intricate and deeply personal musings somehow all tied to his hair - hair growing or hair receding - we, over time accumulate meaning into the larger journey of his life.
While dealing with a strange being that lives inside her, a woman seeks to reconcile with her sister over an incident from their adolescence. By exploring the experiences they share through their bodies, she manages to confront the nature of what inhabits her.
For a decade, Dr. Steve Boyes has been in search of a mysterious elusive herd of Ghost Elephants in the highlands of Angola, a wooded plateau — virtually uninhabited, but in size as large as England. He sets out with master trackers from Namibia, the best remaining in the world, but there is a deep underlying question: would it not be better to keep these gigantic elephants rather as a dream, as ghosts, as the White Whale, than finding them in reality?
In the wake of Palestinian memory, National Pride: From Jericho to Gaza follows Hassan Al Balawi, a diplomat based in Brussels, returning to his homeland on the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the death of Yasser Arafat—a tutelary figure of the liberation struggle and leader of the PLO. Filmed in 2019, the film traces his journey from Jericho to the Gaza border, through an occupied West Bank where every checkpoint, every landscape, bears the imprint of broken promises.
The quest for “La flor de Irupé”, a long-lost film by Guillermo Fernández-Zúñiga, pioneer of Spain’s early 20th century scientific cinema, unfolds as a journey through memory, family, and the nation’s archives. As we watch the slow growth of the yrupẽ water lily, different layers of images and silences begin to surface.
Animated documentary based on authentic recordings presents the struggle with addiction through visual symbols and shortcuts. Alongside the characters we take a journey out of the vicious cycle of addiction, from one end of the spiral to the other. There lies the memento and uncertainty, but also hope.
Mr. Gnome is sunbathing in his garden when suddenly a little cloud hides the sun. Mr. Gnome is pretty annoyed but, fortunately, he knows precisely what to do with such clouds.
Electra rethinks her 10th birthday, mixing memories with imagination and hidden dreams. Isolated in her fantasy world full of made-up busty dolls, plastic men’s body parts, juicy strawberries and dentist tools, she builds up her own relationships with her body and sexuality. Diving deeper and deeper into her childhood memories, she again experiences rebellion against her mother and mixed feelings for her father. Electra has to go through the most painful memories to let her suppressed feelings come out. In the end, she is ready to reveal what has really happened during her 10th birthday.
Furry lives in a clearing surrounded by dark woods with a pack of animal friends. Their only food is rare orange seeds that transform into large glowing fruit as soon as they touch the ground. Furry’s friends are afraid to venture into the scary woods, but he’s bored doing nothing but waiting.
A short animated film from a world much akin to ours. It begins with a family that leaves their small suburban home, something the house cannot abide. Thus begins its journey to find the family. The one clue left to the house is a shiny red business card that leads it to a strange part of the city, occupied by robotic, automated houses. Will this be where the owners can be found?
The Kite deals with the topic of death in a metaphorical and symbolic way. Through the relationship between a little boy and his grandpa, the film shows that none of us is here forever and all living creatures must die, but at the same time it reminds us that death doesn’t mean the end of our journey.
This short film about life after the loss of a loved one uses techniques of both live-action and animated film to deal with a difficult topic. The real experiences of the narrators are combined with animated sequences reconstructing painful situations, looking into the thoughts of three young people prematurely exposed to death.
Once upon a time in a small faraway village, carps were preparing for a peaceful and happy Christmas Eve, as tradition demands. But Christmas, which has become the peak of year-round consumption, no longer fulfills these values. Some may even lose their lives in the honor of these sacred days.
Hurikán rushes to save his favourite beer stand from closure by fetching a new keg to impress the bartender he crushes on. In a wild Prague district, he faces robbers, cops, and his own thirst. Despite getting the keg, he succumbs to temptation.
A dog carcass, a dump, and beautiful moths high in the sky. This is the life of Steve, a parasite desperately looking for a soul mate. Unfortunately, all his attempts to be close to someone end in disappointment The bird he saves from another dog dies; the rat that touches him dies; the cockroaches, pretending to be his friends, take everything from him but the last bone. Absolutely helpless in the skeleton of a former wearer, he almost loses his life under the wheels of an evil combine harvester, but at the last minute, the bird from the beginning of the story re-appears to save him. But it´s not really the same one Another parasite is now living inside the bowels of the dead bird. Steve has finally found his soul mate.
Sylvie’s life beats in a rhythm of responsibilities. And she is efficient, flawless, wonderful and - tired. A small accident happens and everything changes... or maybe not.
The passion for high speed can nowadays almost be seen in the new-born. The film shows that such passion, if not controlled, is self-destructing and even suicidal. At least this is the way Trnka presents it in this satiric story.
A girl finds new toys under the Christmas tree and loses all interest in her previously favourite rag puppet. She goes to bed in the evening. The boy puppet comes to life in her dream and tries to regain the heart of his friend.
Toy maker Josef Hoblík makes a puppet of Adolf Hitler one evening. However, an SS man who is walking down the street, sees something suspicious and sneaks into Hoblík’s workshop. The master throws the wooden dictator into the fireplace and escapes through the window.
A stagecoach is driving across the prairie, carrying a beautiful girl and her father. A singing rider, a skilled gunslinger, appears next to the carriage, confesses his love to the beauty, and then disappears into the wilderness again. In a gorge, a sly stranger boards the stagecoach and begins to seduce the girl.
An anti-war film with a strong pacifist appeal, it warns that human history has been intertwined with violence and warfare since the dawn of time, from the caveman with a club to the atomic bomb, which can completely destroy all civilisational efforts.
Ernesto, a 90-year-old man living in a care home, decides to reveal the secret he has kept hidden all his life: that he is gay. By doing so, he faces the unwanted loneliness he has endured for keeping it secret. Meanwhile, Aitor receives the shocking news that he will die soon, which makes him rethink his life and start living experiences he had previously rejected. Marta, a widow for many years, struggles against the monotony of her daily life, trapped in a routine of memories, until an old love unexpectedly reappears in her life.
"Esa Maravillosa Niebla" is a trilogy that seeks to help normalise the various developmental disorders. As its author explains, it is a literary/musical project reflecting the social evolution of these disorders over the last century, promoting education in diversity and equality. Taken as a whole, the work stands as a tribute to inclusion and fairness.
The first instalment, published in November 2018, focused on raising awareness of autism. The second broadens its scope to include both autism and Down syndrome. Finally, the third and final part aims to address the topic of mental health without censorship.
“Two Iberias” is a historical documentary exploring the connections between Georgians and Basques. Through history, linguistics, and folklore, it compares two cultures that, despite their distance, share structural traits and parallel paths. Based on the hypothesis of a common pre-Indo-European origin, the film doesn’t aim to prove it but to analyze similarities in language, traditions, and cultural resilience. Filmed in Georgia and the Basque Country, it includes interviews and scenes showing how both societies have preserved their identity against empires and globalization.
Joseba Lekuona, a stone artist, sculpts exclusive pieces of art only within the reach of a few. Simeón Hidalgo, a retired teacher with a passion for rural Romanesque art, barely maintains the Petrus museum, a tiny and exciting cultural project in the middle of nowhere. Elsa Plano, mayoress of the area, has made the survival of the Izagaondoa valley, in Navarre, her crusade, regardless of political parties. The paths of Joseba, Simeón and Elsa come together, paths in which, each in their own way, they make everyday life a form of resistance.
Sea, sun, beaches and family holidays. Just pick your dream destination from the catalogue, pack your bags and hit the road. But what if the hotel isn't as stellar as promised, your room has a bit of a naughty view, the dinner is surprisingly exotic and your luggage travels independently. Family above all!
