Another way
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English
An old man wants to be buried with his wife. But the world does not agree.
USA 6 MIN
DIRECTOR: Juliette Beneich
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The Cabinet Decision
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English
Israel and Palestine, two entities competing over their one beating heart. Will they both survive?
ISRAEL 4 MIN
DIRECTOR: Mayan Engelman
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Daydream
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French with English subtitles
Daydreaming is a short-term detachment from one's immediate surroundings. It seems that Annabelle's idea of romance only exists in fairytales, but this is the day when something life-changing could happen.
UK 3 MIN
DIRECTOR: Jojo Erholtz
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Djado Ivan
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Bulgarian with English subtitles
The 70 year old Djado Ivan lives in Grivitsa, a small Bulgarian town close to the Romanian border. In close communion with nature and his many animals, he spends his life on his small farm and thereby maintains his very own rhythm of life.
GERMANY 20 MIN
DIRECTOR: Silke Meya
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Donde caen las hojas (Where leaves fall)
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Spanish with English subtitles
Eva, a devastated woman who is going through her daughter's premature death, receives a call she didn't expect: her mum, Ana, who has not seen her in years, is at death's door. When life comes to its end, the real fight begins.
SPAIN 18 MIN
DIRECTOR: Alicia Albares Martínez
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Gleichgewicht (Keeping balance)
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German with English subtitles
Denise, a 20-year-old girl, visits nearly every day the Viennese "Prater" amusement park to take some rides with the electronic "Tagada" carousel because it helps her to get over her difficult past.
AUSTRIA 5 MIN
DIRECTOR: Bernhard Wenger
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God knows
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Cantonese with English subtitles
Abo forms a band "ABO" with her friends Benny and Olivia. They perform at Central Pier and fight for their musical dreams. Photographer Don returns from overseas and encounters Abo. They two soon become close friends. A love that can only remain unspoken; perhaps only God knows how it ends.
HONG KONG 13 MIN
DIRECTOR: Fung Ho
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Jewish blind date
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French with English subtitles
Mary Lou has had several disappointing love affairs with goys (non-Jews) and decides to revert to her religious roots in order to marry a practicing Jew. She has to go to a Shidduch, a matchmaking event that's meant to lead to marriage... but nothing goes to plan.
SWITZERLAND 16 MIN
DIRECTOR: Anaelle Morf
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Musimy Porozmawiac (We need to talk)
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Polish with English subtitles
People in grief - who try to face the trauma with a special therapy - speak to their dead loved ones. Most of them filmed themselves.
POLAND 19 MIN
DIRECTOR: Jedrzej Michalak
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Natural attraction
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No dialog
A natural spectacle turning a sparse, dry landscape into a fruitful place bearing new life. The interplay between sky and earth reminds of a sensual love act to express the dependency and perfect correlation of both elements.
GERMANY 5 MIN
DIRECTOR: Marc Zimmermann
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Penitencia (Penance)
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Spanish with English subtitles
A Catholic raised 6 year old boy, Jaasiel, is taught to fear the consequences of sin. When he accidentaly breaks a porcelain figurine of baby Jesus, he knows he is now condemned to hell for having killed God. Trying to escape from his fate, he keeps it a secret.
MEXICO 6 MIN
DIRECTOR: Yeka García
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Shengming Yong Tandiao (Aria of life)
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Chinese with English subtitles
Zhiming goes back to his hometown, when he heard about grandpa's passing-away. When the relatives tell Zhiming about his grandpa's last days, the emotions between grandpa and grandson are peeled off layer after layer.
CHINA 10 MIN
DIRECTOR: Ma Mingzhu
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Sry Bsy
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No dialog
Sry bsy - no time for nothing. Not even for spelling in full the words "sorry" and "busy" ... It's about obsessions, compulsions and the pressure of keeping up with the challenges of modern working life.
GERMANY 3 MIN
DIRECTOR: Verena Westphal
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YoYo (first prize winner)
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Taiwanese with English subtitles
When he was 12 years old, in his Sixth Grade, Chen Zeng-You was diagnosed with Congenital Neurovascular Anomalies, leaving his left side completely paralyzed. Even though he worked hard in his physio therapies until he could stand up again, he also realized he will never be the same healthy and energetic Chen Zeng-You from before ever again.
TAIWAN 20 MIN
DIRECTOR: Shu-Wei Chang
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Spotlight - Another empty space
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English
In the winter of Berlin two ex-lovers meet for the first time since parting ways.
BRAZIL 8 MIN
DIRECTOR: Davi de Oliveira Pinheiro
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Durst nach Leben (Thirst for life)
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English
Yaya, a pregnant white woman, has been attacked by two men. Her black friend Emeka had to witness everything without being able to help. She falls into a pit of self-destruction and doubt. Will Emeka be able to catch her and lead her to a loving life? Or will he lose her, too?
GERMANY 16 MIN
DIRECTOR: Michael Siebert
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Letter to God
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Russian with English subtitles
A lonely widower discovers that he is dying. After a series of mysterious encounters he decides to do the only thing he can think of: write a letter to God.
AZERBAIJAN / USA 17 MIN
DIRECTOR: Maria Ibrahimova
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