ONE THOUSAND AND ONE ATTEMPTS TO BE AN OCEAN
If you don’t want to drown, be an ocean.
France 2021 / 11:30 / Director: Yuyan Wang / Producer: Natalia Trebik
LEMONGRASS GIRL
According to Thai superstition, a virgin can ward off rain by planting lemongrass upside-down underneath an open sky. As clouds begin to gather, a young production manager on a film set is left with no choice but to take on the burden of becoming the lemongrass girl.
Thailand 2021 / 17:38 / Director: Pom Bunsermvicha /Producer: Pom Bunsermvicha
COMRADE POLICEMAN
A journalist of the Kazakhstan state television channel has to make a report about the police image campaign.
Kazakhstan 2020 / 12:19 / Director: Assel Aushakimova/ Producer: Assel Aushakimova, Zhanna Utarbayeva
SKINNED
A terrible virus finally brings down the internet, and humans look out from the wreckage in the aftermath. Five weigh in with personal recollections: pensive, disbelieving, grieving, philosophical. We used to have movie stars and famous musicians. Now we have each other.
Canada 2021 / 8:35 / Director: Mike Hoolboom / Producer: Mike Hoolboom
DAVID
David needs help. So does David. A severely depressed man reaches out for an emergency therapy session. He’s not the only one who needs help.
United States 2020 / 11:40 / Director: Zachary Woods / Producer: Kevin Chinoy
BITING THE DUST
This is a found footage film about the Christian idea of life after death. In face of the growing strength of the religious right movement, their idea of life after death is particularly relevant in times of a climate emergency situation.
Germany 2021 / 13:25 / Director: Neozoon / Producer: Neozoon
NUMBER 26
Ski school instructor Nika tries to hide a fatal accident that happened on the slopes. But when night comes, it turns out that girl number 26 is missing. Nika confesses the accident to his girlfriend Nata, and together they will share the responsibility of this dreadful secret.
Georgia 2021 / 20:21 / Director: Gvantsa Meparishvili / Producer: Suliko Tsulukidze