Un filo più breve (Lining up) – dir. Marco Cucurnia

Original Film Title: Un filo più breve

Director’s Name: Marco Cucurnia

Writer’s Name: Marco Cucurnia

Producer: Marco Cucurnia

Country of Origin: Italy

Runtime: 1 hour 15 minutes

Film Description:

To a director who wants to make a love film he offers to make a pornographic film, he accepts and … manages to transform the pornographic film into a love film.

Hudson, America – dir. Zuzka Kurtz, Geoffrey Hug

Original Film Title: Hudson, America

Director’s Name: Zuzka Kurtz, Geoffrey Hug

Writer’s Name: Zuzka Kurtz, Geoffrey Hug

Producer: Zuzka Kurtz, Geoffrey Hug

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: Bangladesh, France, Morocco, United Kingdom, United States

Language: English

Runtime: 1 hour 41 minutes 10 seconds

Film Description:

A portrait of America through the eyes of six Bangladeshi Gen-Z students and their conservative Muslim community, 2016-2022.

SMILE and WAVE – dir. Eva Charlotte Nilsen

Original Film Title: SMILE og VINKE

Director’s Name: Eva Charlotte Nilsen

Writer’s Name: Eva Charlotte Nilsen

Producer: Eva Charlotte Nilsen

Country of Origin: Norway

Country of Filming: Norway

Language: Norwegian

Runtime: 57 hours

Film Description:

Do you want to join me for a walk along the shore?
SMILE AND WAVE is an essay film set in a tidal landscape in Northern Norway. Might one say something about life by portraying a place? Might one understand more of oneself by contemplating one’s passions? The flow of the tide and memories of the past are intertwined in this story about the vulnerability of life and what remains when something is gone. Fascination with nature led to a French marine biologist, to heart urchins, and to a father.

Ice Mermaid – dir. Dan McComb

Original Film Title: Ice Mermaid

Director’s Name: Dan McComb

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Runtime: 41 minutes 47 seconds

Film Description:

Ice swimmer Melissa Kegler faces swift currents, hypothermia and her own doctor’s disapproval in her quest to swim colder and longer than any American.

Pinheiro | Ep02 – Refresh – dir Thomas Dunzendorfer

Original Film Title: Pinheiro | Ep02 – Refresh

Director’s Name: Thomas Dunzendorfer

Writer’s Name: Thomas Dunzendorfer

Producer: James Fairbank, Raphaela Ossberger

Country of Origin: Austria

Country of Filming: Austria, Sweden

Language: English

Runtime: 6 minutes 37 seconds

Film Description:

Presenting Pinheiro, a portrait of the modern skier and part of Atomic’s vision for the future of ski racing.

In episode 2, follow Lucas Pinheiro Braathen as he prepares for an intense alpine skiing World Cup season.

The strive to improve and to perfection provides the main plot for this series, showcasing what it takes to become a complete skier – besides training and racing. This project is about opening the world of skiing to new people. A whole new generation of fans and people.

Lacanianos – dir. Damián Comas

Original Film Title: Lacanianos

Director’s Name: Damián Comas

Writer’s Name: Damián Comas

Producer: Pablo Apiolazza

Country of Origin: Spain

Country of Filming: Italy, Spain

Language: Spanish

Runtime: 47 minutes 7 seconds

Film Description:

“Lacanianos” is a documentary that presents several of the brightest minds in Lacanian psychoanalysis in Spain and Latin America. Among them: Jorge Alemán, Gustavo Dessal, Celeste Stecco, Julia Gutiérrez, Alejandro Tolosa, Mercedes De Francisco, among others. Lacanian psychoanalysts who make a reading of the contemporary world and its complexity, to question the movements of hate, the death drive, the place of the real, the unconscious, and above all, how much of our existence is just repetition.”

Inside the Chest – dir. Ferenc Vincze

Original Film Title: Inside the Chest

Director’s Name: Ferenc Vincze

Writer’s Name: Ferenc Vincze

Country of Origin: Austria

Runtime: 1 hour 13 minutes

Film Description:

A dream-like experimental animation film, a trip through the mind of a horror film writer (me).

DO SPERM GET KILLED BY COFFEE? – dir. Mojiao Zhou

Original Film Title: DO SPERM GET KILLED BY COFFEE?

Director’s Name: Mojiao Zhou

Writer’s Name: Mojiao Zhou

Producer: Mojiao Zhou

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Language: English

Runtime: 2 minutes 31 seconds

Film Description:

The theme of this project is about misinformation and rumours.
In the context of the Covid pandemic, a large number of rumours have been created, and they are all widely circulated. Some of them are harmless or even ridiculous, while others are so serious that they can lead to death or injury. But all in all, rumours, big or small, are affecting people’s lives. So I decided to create a story about rumours. I wanted to use black humour to tell an educational story that was not necessarily dogmatic, but something that people could spontaneously reflect on and be wary of after watching.
The world is full of rumours, but it is also full of ways to check them out.

Stripper Heist – dir. Jake La Jeunesse

Original Film Title: Stripper Heist

Director’s Name: Jake La Jeunesse

Writer’s Name: Jake La Jeunesse

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: New Zealand

Language: English

Runtime: 1 hour 53 minutes 52 seconds

Film Description:

Four exotic dancers plan to break into a bank vault beside their club, but when a group of hackers discover their security bypass, they must hold their strip club hostage and finish the plan in one night.