Albert Serra THE DEATH OF LOUIS XIV France, Portugal, Spain, 2016, 115' Death and suffering don’t spare the mighty, not even absolute monarchs: In August 1715, King Louis XIV., the Sun King, suddenly feels a pain in his leg. He spends the next days in his chambers, running the government as best he ... Read More

Matias Meyer YO Mexico,Canada, Switzerland, Dominican Republic, 2015, 80' YO    Yo is a strong young man, but with limited mental skills. He says he is fifteen years old, although he seems to be older. He lives and works in his mother's restaurant by a busy freeway. Yo loves his mother but hates her ... Read More

Sergei Loznitsa SOBYTIE Netherlands, Belgium, 2015, 74'   THE EVENT In August 1991 a failed coup d’état attempt (known as Putsch) led by a group of hardcore communists in Moscow, ended the 70-year-long rule of the Soviets. The USSR collapsed soon after, and the tricolour of the sovereign Russian Federation flew over Kremlin. As president ... Read More

Babak Jalali RADIO DREAMS USA, Iran, 2016, 91'   Hamid immigrates to the U.S. to pursue his writing career and the American Dream. Instead, he winds up working at a small Iranian radio station, seeking artistic satisfaction through the esoteric programming he puts together for his radio audience. Meanwhile, the owners of the station ... Read More

Felipe Guerrero OSCURO ANIMAL Colombia, Argentina, Netherlands, 2016, 107'   OSCURO ANIMAL    The film tells the story of three women forced to flee their homes in a war-torn region of Colombia. Each woman’s journey, marked by terror, takes her on a trek from the depths of the jungle to the outskirts of Bogotá, where ... Read More

Elias Demetriou SMAC Greece, 2015, 110'   Second Mitochondrial Activator of Caspases is a protein that promotes cell death. Without this protein our cells become immortalised but unfortunately we die from the uncontrolled cell multiplication. Eleni is diagnosed with cancer. After the initial shock she takes the chance to have another look at her ... Read More

Fabianny Dechamps ISOLA France, 2016, 93'   A story made of dreams without fairies, at the heart of a contemporary world where individuals must reinvent themselves to survive. On an island lost between two worlds, Dai, a young Chinese woman, survives alone in a cave, waiting for the baby that swells her womb day ... Read More