Director Joanna
Poland
Runtime 15:00
Completion Date: February 28, 2019
Andrzej Szopa - one of the youngest residents of the House for retired Polish Artists in Skolimów (colloquially called the Actor's House) shows us around this institution revealing the realities of its inhabitants.
Stopover
Director Yair Ariel
Israel
Runtime 16:54
Completion Date: May 1, 2019
Itai is a rookie soldier in a combat squad. Asher, the old timer of the squad, believes that worthy combat soldiers are made only through hard, sometimes humiliating tasks.
Itai is unwilling to get in line with the policies set by Asher.
The tension between the two rises to the boiling point.
BROTHERHOOD
Director Ruchama Ehrenhalt
Israel
Runtime 14:14
Completion Date: May 1, 2019
Olivia is a 12 year old immigrant from New York. She is trying to find her place in the new world she just landed in, Israeli society. Instantly she connects with Alem, an Ethiopian boy who sits next to her in class. It doesn't take long for her to realize that their friendship is social suicide.
This is a story about alienation, friendship and home.
GIVE IT BACK
Director Benny Snyder
Israel
Runtime 16:15
Completion Date: June 1, 2019
Aaron Cooperman, son of legendary police chief Itzik Cooperman and the most honest officer on the force, is instructed by his superiors to “disappear” a parking ticket. But even he cannot imagine how serious the consequences will be.
TO BE A COOPERMAN
Director Xinge Lee
China
Runtime 39:40
Completion Date: September 20, 2019
"A Glimpse from The Mountain" recorded some regrets that must occur in the urban process of Hongshanyao Town, Yongchang County, Gansu Province: the inheritance of the old craft red mountain kiln, the decreasing herdsmen at the foot of the Great Wall, and the impending primary school. The film is divided into three chapters, with no explanation, quietly observing the filming, and the viewers feel the blood and hope of the villagers pf Hongshan Kiln.
A Glimpse from The Mountain
Director Sophie SHUI
Taiwan
Runtime 25:00
Completion Date: March 3, 2019
In order to take care of his old mother (played by Liou, Yiin-Shang), who has lost her intelligence and is disabled, Xia Changming (played by Yi-Wen CHEN) remains unemployed at home.
A family of four, who have been relying on the wife Xiaoling (played by CHIN, TZU-YEN), who is an insurance salesperson, for many years.
A Trip with Mom
Director Jiawei Cheng
United States
Runtime 14:59
Completion Date: October 4, 2019
A driven and conscientious girl at China's premier dance school gets the lead position in a prestigious performance but struggles to accept it after she learns that her mother has bribed the teacher to buy her the part.
Under the Flag
Director Udo Flohr
United States
Runtime 01:24:42
Completion Date: July 4, 2019
1828 in the German port city of Bremen: Two very different women collide in an age that has no place for either of them. One strives for a career in law, at a time when women aren't even admitted to universities. The other has lived life outside the law and may now have to pay the tab. One of them needs to get her head together – while the other would do anything not to lose hers. --- Based on a true story.
Effigy – Poison and the City
Director Albin Wildner
Austria
Runtime 32:50
Completion Date: March 21, 2019
Raphael, 54, is long time unemployed, but is now forced by the unemployment agency to take a job as a night guard. Something far from his prior experience.
He recently moved back in his mother's house, which is cared for by the Ukrainian nurse Vera. Together with his faithful dog Rio, Raphael starts to gradualy cope with the new life situation until a tragic incident breaks his world apart again.
DOGWATCH
Director Vlasov Sergey
Japan
Runtime 4:57
Completion Date: September 30, 2019
It was supposed to be a usual morning of a Tokyo married couple...
Soba-chan's morning
Director Till Vill, Emanuel E. Hoover
Germany
Runtime 52:34
Completion Date: August 22, 2019
A young actress meets up with an old friend. The screenplay he has written about their past reveals not only their history, but also how differently people remember things.
MEMORIES
Director Kate Ledina
Germany
Runtime 26:12
Completion Date: June 9, 2019
A film about the development of a utopian society and current situation of two Kibbutzim in different stages of privatization, with a new view on the Bauhaus movement in Israel.
Ruhama and Geva are two Kibbutzim in Israel located in very different parts of the country, with values and lifestyles that were once based on the same ideas of a classless society, collective education and shared property. But they also share an architectural characteristic: Both of their dining halls were designed by architects, who were former students of the Bauhaus in Germany. Not only did the Bauhaus alumni bring a new way of building, they also shared a lot of the values that were lived in the settlements. So they focused a lot of their work on designing those, specifically the most important part of it, the dining hall: The social and cultural center and the heart of a Kibbutz and its values. But the dining rooms of
Cold Buffet
Director Sam Shaahin Razmdoost
Sweden
Runtime 10:59
Completion Date: May 22, 2019
The film is about a man who thinks back and reflects on his or her life choices, his life as a whole, crises, creepy and horrible moments, but also everything that he has experienced.
the movie is about life in Iran.
Unwanted destiny
Director Matan Yaniv
Israel
Runtime 15:00
Completion Date: March 3, 2018
How would you behave if you had to face danger? What would you do if a life-or-death situation was hanging over your head?
It is a time of war. A stranger turns up at a foreign bomb shelter- a wounded Israeli soldier who has escaped from the battle. While dread and fears from the war return to haunt him, two residents enter the shelter. Have they come to offer aid? Or do they constitute a mortal danger?
Miklat
Director Dora Jung
Serbia
Runtime 19:46
Completion Date: August 4, 2019
More Than Classic is a documentary featuring three members of the Belgrade Philharmonic who share the same dream of turning the philharmonic into a leading classical music institution in Europe. The documentary follows the daily tasks and intense rehearsals of the entire orchestra as well as other events, which altogether represent the crucial components responsible for the success of a premiere at the Philharmonic.
More Than Classic
Director Claudia Hernandez Barragan
Canada
Runtime 8:42
Completion Date: June 11, 2019
An old retired guitar maker is forced to come back by a special request from his favorite musician to create his last Magnum Opus.
Filum
Director Milla Spivey
United States
Runtime 6:29
Completion Date: May 24, 2019
Family that struggles with all sorts of frustrations
Positively Venting
Director Morgan Modesto
United States
Runtime 8:00
Completion Date:June 15, 2019
A college student and a burglar form an unlikely friendship when both try to look for valuables in the student’s apartment.
Five Line Summary: Alex is a young college student who returns home from a long day at school. Jack is a sneaky burglar who decides to rob Alex’s apartment but accidentally makes a noise that awakens Alex. Alex panics until he states that his goal is to steal her money. She laughs and encourages him to look around because all her money has gone to college expenses. Jack looks around while the two compare their lives and realize that they’re in similar situations concerning their money and well-being.
Alex & Jack
Director Lala Aliyeva-Klychkova
Azerbaijan
Runtime 14:46
Completion Date: August 8, 2018
The daily routine of a woman chocolatier starts from the early dawn and finishes late after dusk. She observes the shop visitors buying the chocolate she makes but can’t eat because of diabetes. Everything changes when she tastes a bit.
Such a Sweet Life
Director Sharon Hoter Ishay
Israel
Runtime 50:58
Completion Date: April 1, 2017
Five years documention of Adi Khavous's life, an aritst who chose a vagabond lifestyle. Adi left home in Israel and now lives in Canada as a solitary immigrant, pursuing his dream to breakthrough as a rock 'n' roll singer.
State-Less
Director YuBin Zheng
Canada
Runtime 8:47
Completion Date: June 20, 2019
The younger sister Vanessa is sheltered by her older sister Zoe during her childhood. They have a strong and loving relationship. Although they live together, after Zoe found a job, their relationship starts to sour.
The Difference
Director Ahmet Toğaç
Turkey
Runtime 22:32
Completion Date: May 24, 2019
Selamet, who is working at the old central of a company which is on the eve of moving to a big centre, waits for the time when his transfer will take place and he spends his days listening to the phone calls of people he doesn't even know. Apart from his roll sudoku, Selamet, who has no excitement in his life, tries to make his life similar to a stranger on the phone by discovering his closeness to that person.