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Driven by You (China) by Fangji Leo Yin
After being unnoticed and doubted for years, a 16-year-old Chinese ice hockey player faces the question every student-athlete in China must confront: should he follow the path designed by his parents and give up the sport he loves? As expectations and uncertainty pulls him into a spiral of self-d...
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Pain is Mine (Australia) by Farshid Akhlaghi
One day, One room, One take.
After her spinal surgery, she was always in pain, intense pain, unendurable pain. Painkillers have been her refuge for a long time, but one day, she decided to stop. -
Ku Handza (Portugal) by André Guiomar
Mozambique. Benjamin tries to save money to organise his son’s birthday party. Filimone visits his family between war missions. Eulália has just given birth to her sixth child, but has to return to work at a landfill site. ‘Ku Handza’ is an expression in the Tsonga language that describes a chick...
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A Horse in the Bed (Belgium) by Kris De Meester
The Horse in the Bed is a darkly comic animated fable about Arthur, a quiet, conflict-averse man who wakes one morning to discover a full-sized horse sleeping beside him.
Rather than confront the impossible situation, Arthur chooses politeness. He asks the horse to move. It does not. He makes ano... -
The Castle Keep (United Kingdom) by Vaughan Douglas Capstick
A group of strangers sat together. Each person reveals something of their past. A traumatic event or set of circumstances which determined the view and shape of the world they lived in. Unable to integrate with their communities as they used to, they become castaways, shipwrecked in a world that’...
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Stand Up and Walk! (Brazil) by Rodrigo Van Der Put
The year is 50 AD, and Galilee has its favorite comedian: Jafé Julião. In his first stand-up special recorded in a public square, Jafé decides to talk about something called the Bible. Are you familiar with it? Do you really know it, or have you only heard of parts of it? That's what our provocat...
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Horizon (Italy) by Alessio Panarese
Setting off on a journey, Raffaele is robbed of his duffel bag. Alone and struggling without anything with him, he faces this new challenge through an unexpected encounter.
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Something Has to Give (United States) by Allison Fan, Fred Midgley
Redemption, rebirth, and the desire for salvation in times of profound loss. Set in the haunting, atmospheric confines of a stark, empty warehouse, the space becomes a canvas where bodies move between tension and release, seeking the answer to whether this earth is a sanctuary or a sterile, white...
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The Witchdoctor and the Windmill (Australia, France) by Robert Hamilton
“The Witchdoctor and the Windmill” explores the life of the Pintupi artist, Linda Syddick Napaltjarri. After her father’s death in a revenge spearing, Linda came in from the remote Pintupi homelands and was taught to paint by her adoptive father, the famous artist Shorty Tjungurrayi. Her insisten...
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Waiting for the End of the World (United States) by Jeffrey Hoyt
A quiet mosaic of small-town America, tracing the subtle fractures in everyday life.
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Tides of Tradition (Netherlands) by Nina van Belzen
In Arnemuiden, a village on the Walcheren peninsula in the Dutch province of Zeeland, residents traditionally wore the village’s costume. Today, there is only one woman who still wears this clothing in her daily life. In an effort to preserve their cultural heritage, a dedicated group of women wo...
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Deux rives (Distant Shores) (France) by Thibault Verneret
"The director engages in a dialogue with his older brother, once convicted of drug trafficking in French Guiana. Oscillating between the present and past recorded in his diary, the film opens the door to a rapprochement between the two men. But the older brother remains mysterious and elusive, an...
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Experiments @ Amsterdam Independent Film Festival
At the Amsterdam Independent Film Festival, we focus on film. This year's edition will bring independent artistic visions to an audience that demands a more fulfilling experience than the latest Hollywood fare.
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Docs @ Amsterdam Independent Film Festival
At the Amsterdam Independent Film Festival, we focus on film. This year's edition will bring independent artistic visions to an audience that demands a more fulfilling experience than the latest Hollywood fare.
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S (Japan) by Masahiro Ota
Shinichi Someda, a promising young independent film director, has been arrested.
His former college theatre friends reunite after years apart to write a petition on his behalf.
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Liberation (United States) by Jeff Corpening
A mysterious young girl races to free a doomed calf from a factory farm before it's too late.
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French Film (France) by Claude Chamis
In Paris, Sam, in his twenties, shares his life with Léna, a young actress. Despite their attachment, the initial spark has begun to fade: Sam is becoming increasingly possessive, while Léna questions the sincerity of his feelings. In a society undergoing change, their path crosses that of Arthur...
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Love, Sarah (Canada) by Bruna Perussello
After a succession of rejections, a woman grappling with Depression and Social Anxiety retreats into the quiet comfort of her only support system—her two beloved cats. A touching story on fighting silent battles and struggling with mental health.
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Ball Lightning (United States) by Catriona Trina Baker
Ball Lightning is the true story of a refugee who fled the personal and social effects of Soviet run East Germany after the end of WWII and immigrated to the United States in the 1960s. The story is told through the eyes of the surrogate daughter that she raised after she was forced to give away ...
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Luteal (Canada) by Robert Morrison
Caught between intimacy and isolation, Abbie wants to move in with her partner when she’s at her best but retreats each month during the luteal phase of her menstrual cycle. Her partner, Kar, struggles to navigate these tumultuous waters, striving to understand Abbie’s moods whilst questioning wh...