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Mimi has a pimple for the first time. She is afraid of being different from other girls and is uncomfortable around those who are different from herself. Because of this, she begins to mimic other girls around her.
I was heading to junior high school one day when my maternal instincts suddenly kicked in. After being held hostage to those urges for a decade, I started to wonder if this feeling was really about motherliness. Virgin birth, genes, pregnancy… I journey through 10 years in search of the maternal.
On a slow morning near the outskirts of a Danish city, two brothers learn to take care of themselves. Due to their neglectful mother the older brother feels the need to protect his younger sibling from the struggles of a dysfunctional family. In this broken home a rash decision leads to an unpleasant confrontation.
Flora Anna Buda, the director of 27, the multi-award-winning film, gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film. 27 won many awards including the Palme d’Or for a short film at the Festival de Cannes and the Cristal for best animated short at the Annecy Film Festival.
Louise, ballerina at the Garnier Opera in 1895, rushes home after a show but is stopped by a friend asking for money.
A Short Handdrawn Erotic Animationfilm by Sara Koppel.
In the mid 1980’s, although the later multiple time olympic champion Hungarian swimmer Krisztina Egerszegi is only 12 years old, her trainers already recognise her undeniable talent and potentials. Her first ever professional competition is about to start and all the others are stronger and bigger than her. She is going to compete with them.
In a kitchen, a mother and a child struggle to establish dialogue.
While he is fascinated by every resonating thing, a boy must face his greatest fear: a storm. He’s then going to use his gift for rhythms and sounds to beat his phobia.
In denial of his Grandma’s death, a young boy goes on a bittersweet journey into the underworld in search of her.
Everyone is an alien at first.
A short story about a long road. Two siblings try to find their grandfather’s house. During their hitchhike, they meet various people, but their real companion is a plant in a pot. What will happen when they reach their destination?
A little boy speaks about hedgehogs all the time to everybody.
Adrienne goes back to Poland, where she was born, to see her grandmother and ask her family about communism. In her aunt and uncle’s cosy kitchen she will learn that communist spirits aren’t the only ones to haunt the Polish imagination, and that there are many unexpected and old means to face them.
A 10 year old boy, Imad, lives in a war zone. When he finds a bird with a broken wing, he brings it home and carefully nurses it back to health. This new friendship brings Imad joy, dreams, and strength. Imad learns to listen to his heart and finds the courage to choose a (new) future.
R is a strange girl, who finally starts to do the thing she has always wanted…
Once upon a time, there was a crawling tortoise. The tortoise was told that as long as it keeps going, it will reach the goal. But, why reaching the goal? The story is a reflection of the education system in Asia. High school students aimlessly pursue the one and only goal – getting into the perfect university. But what is next?
Why do our mixed cities so often feel divided? Drifting is a personal take on how best friends from different backgrounds grew apart, and what it says about our too-often disconnected communities.
We’ve all had thoughts of what might happen should we jump from a high place, drop the baby, or stab someone with a fork. Usually we can dismiss them without a care – but what if we couldn’t?
The only thing young Lucy likes is gaming on her ipad. But when she loses it in the woods, she’s determined to get it back. Her search leads her on a journey deep into the earth…