Madden tells a story about relating to your herd. About duty versus longing. About high-heeled shoes stepping in dung and heavy animal bodies thundering across a Scandinavian landscape. A forest of tall tree trunks between our protagonist and the outside world.
● Malin Ingrid Johansson
● 13΄
● Sweden
A musical drama about two young soldiers across enemy lines who fall in love and find escape from their oppressive environments through music.
● Savvas Stavrou
● 22΄
● Cyprus, UK
Ruben and Asïr, two great friends, meet every afternoon to play soccer in a car scrapyard. One day like any other, Ruben waits for his friend, with the surprise that he has been beaten up because of racism. The unconditional support that Rubén offers to Asïr reflects the purest friendship, although the worst is yet to come.
● Miguel Angel Ferrer
● 8΄
● Spain
Edgar’s ordinary life is disrupted by a newborn calf he sees on a tourist trip to a slaughterhouse. He takes it home after finding out that the calf would become a schnitzel
● Filip Diviak
● 8΄
● Czech Republic
On a school day, a seven year-old hustles strangers for money on the streets of New York City.
● Lloyd Lee Choi
● 17΄
● USA
The boy’s family is hypnotized by the screens of their phones. They do not talk, laugh or have any interest in anything other than the lights of their screens/what the light on their screens brings. The boy tries to get his family back by building a machine that will take away their hypnotic phones: A big magnet
● Ilir Hasanaj
● 6΄
● Republic of Kosovo
A mosaic of small stories from all over the world, in which cows experience positive and negative moments, depicts the life of an animal in a global world and its relationship with humans. The visually colorful images portray the cow as a sensitive creature worthy of admiration. With its stylized poetry, playfulness and humor, the film gives hope for a better world.
● Pavla Baštanová
● 12΄
● Czech Republic
A king and a queen have almost everything: Love, Castles, Horses, Gardens, Pets but something is missing. Where is the princess?
● Dina Velikovskaya
● 8’
● Germany
Children are tired of the heat so the bear takes them to the sea. Where they learn to respect nature and experience empathy.
● Maja Garmulewicz
● 3’
● Poland