A Father's Job

Germany / Drama / 20 minutes 

Director/Writer/Producer: Frank Christian Wagner

Cast: Christian Harting, Dorothee Frauenlob

Step by step connections become apparent and result in an overall view that doesn't just comes up with an unexpected counterpart but also turns temporal orientation upside down.

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A Wish Upon A Satellite

Estonia / Drama /17 minutes 

Director: Leeni Linna

Writer: Leeni Linna, Leana Jalukse

Producer: Karin Reinberg, Merja Ritola

Cast: Otto Samuel Kahar, Anne Reemann

On the eve of his tenth birthday, a lonely boy wishes upon a falling star… right before it crash lands in the forest next door! With pulpy tales of aliens in his head and his trusty toy ray gun at his side, he excitedly wanders into the night to investigate.

Al-Sit

Sudan /  Drama / 20 minutes

Director/Writer: Suzannah Mirghani

Producer: Suzannah Mirghani, Eiman Mirghani

Cast: Mihad Murtada, Rabiha Mohammed Mahmoud

In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, 15-year-old Nafisa has a crush on Babiker, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman living abroad. Nafisa’s grandmother Al-Sit, the powerful village matriarch, has her own plans for Nafisa's future. But can Nafisa choose for herself?

Anja

Hungary / Drama / 19 minutes

Director/Writer: Benő Baranyi

​Producer: Csaba Pék2

 Cast: Erik Major, Frigyes Kovács

A young medic, Levente, spends his internship at a rural hospital in Hungary. He starts to question his trust in his teacher, professor Kovacs, after a case with a Gypsy woman who had just given birth.
Based on a true story.

Antar-19

India / Drama / 20 minutes 

Director/Writer: Santosh Davakhar

Producer: Diksha Davakhar

Cast: Dipti Lele, Kishor Choughule

A diligent nurse struggling between official & family life in pandemic.

Attached

Spain / Drama / 15 minutes

Director: Yolanda Centeno

Writer: Yolanda Centeno, Jesús Luque

Producer: Tay Sánchez

Cast: Alexandra Jiménez, Fele Martínez

When Paula´s painful breakup with Raúl causes her to stop seeing his son Dani, Paula will have no choice but to challenge a hypocritical legal system that ignores the custody rights of a loving, non-biological parent.

Back To Zotteken Waes

Netherlands / Drama / 20 minutes 

Director: Lobke de Boer

Writer: Tom Bronsema

Producer: Marrit Greidanus, Pien Maat

Mathis returns to his native village to collect an early inheritance from his dying father, the infamous criminal Nicolas. His father is willing to give him the money, on one condition.

Barrio Frontera

Argentina / Drama / 18 minutes

Director/Writer: Reed Purvis

Producer: Marcelo Vitali

Cast: Florencia Salas, Mónica Córdoba

A teenage girl from a poor rural village in northern Argentina moves to Buenos Aires to pursue a life with more opportunities and the hopes of helping her family back home. Sharing a small room in a large informal settlement with her older cousin's family, she must quickly adapt to this radically different urban environment.

Borders

Switzerland / Drama / 15 minutes 

Director/Writer: Christian Wehrlin

Producer: Magdalena Welter, David Fonjallaz

Cast: Robert Mika, Peter Jecklin

Four European truckers meet at a rest area in Switzerland when news interrupt the cosy atmosphere: Italy has closed the borders for Eastern European workers. Suddenly, two of the friends are unable to continue their journey. The search for a solution puts the group’s strength to the test and the rest area becomes the centre of European politics. "Borders" reflects the challenges of coexisting in Europe using this micro-community of truck drivers as a metaphor.

Brother And Sister

France / Drama / 19 minutes 

Director/Writer: Coralie Lavergne

Producer: Robin Accard, Philippe Savine

Cast: Sandor Funtek, Coralie Lavergne

When Edmée returns home after a 10 years absence, her brother doesn’t want her back home.

Charon

France / Drama / 16 minutes 

Director/Writer: Yannick Karcher

Producer: Marie Sonne-Jensen

Cast: Tchéky Karyo

Freshly retired, a man doesn't know how to occupy his days. For fear of being killed by boredom, he gets involved in the crazy project of building a boat in the cellar of his suburban house.

Crossing

Russia / Drama / 20 minutes 

Director/Writer: Ruslan Bosenko

Producer: Ruslan Bosenko, Konstantin Loshatetskiy, Irina Persikova, Evgeniy Bosenko

Cast: Yuri Loparev, Vitay Khodin

A desperate father who is struggling to find his daughter’s killer meeting a stranger asking for help at the river's bank. This encounter turns to be a fatal one for both men.

Eliza

Romania / Drama / 16 minutes

Director: Florin Babei

Writer/Producer: Constantin Cosma

Cast: Anisia Drumea, Lulia Lumanare

A 9-year old orphan girl with the Down syndrome, named Eliza, who is taken from the orphanage by Magda over the winter holidays. Magda is a woman with severe health problems and she will have to abandon Eliza for this reason. However, in her heart, Eliza never stops seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.