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THE BURDEN
Director: Vahid Fazel
Runtime: 3:56
Country of Origin: Canada
A stranded astronaut, struggling for survival on a mysterious desert planet, trying to find the home he longs for.
DON’T FORGET TO SMILE
Director: David Dulev
Runtime: 8:17
Country of Origin: North Macedonia
Teacher that’s teaching kids to smile in a post a dystopic school.
SEEING CLEARLY
Director: Erbil Shaban
Runtime: 12:20
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
A young man on the brink of despair finds hope when he meets a blind stranger on a train
platform, discovering the transformative power of shared perspectives.
RISE
Director: Jessica J. Rowlands
Runtime: 21:34
Country of Origin: Zimbabwe
A charismatic young boy who lives on a rubbish dump in Zimbabwe must convince a reclusive boxing coach to teach him to fight to find safety and strength in a world that has left him behind.
LATE ON THE PLANET
Director: Julia Tonon
Runtime: 5:00
Country of Origin: Brazil
A boy feels the shadow of an irreversible environmental catastrophe drawing near. In the quiet of his backyard, he chooses to spend the last day before the world transforms beyond recognition alongside his mother. There, he witnesses the signs – the unrest of animals, the uprising of plants – while confronting the imminence of loss: not only the loss of a future he once imagined, but also the fragile bond that ties him to this woman and to this place. Guided by poetry, Late on the Planet is a meditation on the weight we give to the idea of finitude and on our precarious relationship with the more-than-human world. Inspired by the novel of the same name by Leonardo Piana.
THE BLACK SPIDER
Director: Markus Fischer
Runtime: 01:54:00
Country of Origin: Switzerland
The courageous young midwife Christine makes a pact with the devil to save her village from the brutal terror of the Teutonic Knights. Punished by a spider plague, Christine goes from saviour to hunted, and the violence escalates. Christine faces the decisive battle against the diabolical power that wants to take away the highest good she is willing to die for: humanity.
MACHINE OF QUIET KILLING
Director: Raphael Allason
Runtime: 9:58
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Two brothers continuously subject themselves to ‘The Machine’, a
mechanism they believe will let them see their deceased father again.
