The Ship of Fools

Wei Baba

A woman introduces her Chinese dad to her American Jewish boyfriend and manipulates their language barrier to keep everyone happy.

Without Specifying

Rami in his last acedemic year occurs problems that make him think about suicide, then appears nour and some situations redirect his thoughts

Aerolin

Sandy is a drama school graduate and has asthma. Tonight she will be performing at the theatre. Before that, she has to teach a yoga class, work as a clown and go to an audition. In this equation, she somehow has to try and fit in Spiros, her boyfriend.

Sam and Doug

In a near-future where a virus has turned the population into rabid monsters, a desperate mother forms an unlikely friendship in order to return home and save her family.

The Euthanizer

A black comedy about a man struggling to make a living by helping people kill themselves.

Runaway American Dream

Two childhood best friends reconnect as teenagers, finding themselves at a crossroads in their lives.

Eaux vives

Anna, a young mother, lives alone with her son in the suburbs. But when her son is placed in a home, her life falls apart and her feelings become confused.

The Passenger

Driving through the desert en route to San Francisco, Sebastian has a chance encounter with Helena, a mysterious and attractive hitchhiker. Together they embark on a journey to the unknown, testing the boundaries of reality along the way.

Super Star Lee Hyori

Three siblings come to Super Star Lee Hyo-ri.

After-School Special

A man and a woman have an awkward encounter at an indoor playground.

The Seagull

After agonizing for weeks, Valéria finally comes to terms with being in love with another woman and confesses her love for her best friend, Laurence. Short film from the series "L'@mour est à réinventer: dix histoires d'amour au temps du SIDA" ("Love Reinvented: Ten Love Stories in the Age of AIDS").

Die Pantherin

The night in a big city. A young woman walks alone on a bridge, her gaze unfathomable. She stops, hesitates briefly, then jumps to her death. Under mysterious circumstances, Mara survives the jump and wakes up dazed in hospital. The doctors are strangely reserved when she calls her boyfriend Janis. Mara flees home from the hospital, but finds a completely changed apartment where another woman has taken her place and throws Mara out of the apartment. It slowly becomes clear that no one recognizes Mara, she seems to have completely "fallen out of the world".

Barely There

A baby polar bear searches for his missing mother, while a force much colder than the frozen tundra searches for him.

Hotel Chevalier

In a Paris hotel room, Jack Whitman lies on a bed. His phone rings; it's a woman on her way to see him, a surprise. She arrives and the complications of their relationship emerge in bits and pieces. Will they make love? Is their relationship over? (A prequel to The Darjeeling Limited, 2007.)

Hiraeth

Hiraeth is a short film about youth long gone, about growing up, about looking at old photos and not recognizing the person within. It’s about the sacrifices we make, the past selves we kill, to move forward, to survive.

Level 34

Sometimes the story preceding the making of a film is just as important as the work itself. Zach Breder, a young man living with a serious heart defect, had always wanted to shoot a movie and, with the aid of the Georgia Chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, he managed to do just that. This adventure story about a boy named Chris who, with the help of his friends, solves the mystery of his eccentric uncle, began as a “mere” dream and ultimately became a professional film which now celebrates its international premiere at the Karlovy Vary IFF.

Vanity Fair

still there

Why won't the light turn off?

Soldier's Tale

When Peter went to the war with the Nazis to the front, his son gave him a rhinoceros beetle he captured near his home, which the soldier took with him. Now they have to plunge into battle and fighting to see how the sky becomes black because of the gunpowder and the enemy siege, and hundreds of bullets are circling around them. But they will go back to where someone waits for them.

Missed

Will is shocked when he's told that his colleague Emma has died while on holiday. He's even more surprised when he sees her walking past the window of the café in which he's sitting the next day.