1. The Rediscovered Paradise (Das wiedergefundene Paradies)
Adam and Eve are cast out of Eden. They discover that flowers can bring both joy and solace.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
2. FILM
A boy walks through an abandoned building and films the interior. Suddenly his camera disappears.
It has an average vote of 7.15 on TMDB.
3. Film
"This piece, with the generic title Film, is a series of short videos built around one protocol: a snippet of news from a newspaper of the day, is rolled up and then placed on a black-inked surface. On making contact with the liquid, the roll opens and of Its own accord frees itself of the gesture that fashioned it. As it comes alive in this way, the sliver of paper reveals Its hitherto unexposed content; this unpredictable kinematics is evidence of the constant impermanence of news. As well as exploring a certain archaeology of cinema, the mechanism references the passage of time: the ink, whether it is poured or printed, is the ink of ongoing human history." –Ismaïl Bahri
It has an average vote of 7.313 on TMDB.
4. Box (Box)
Box is a story of two people who meet at a crossroad. Two different destinies, two different lives, face to face in a game of sweat, blood and tears. Rafael is a young boxer who dreams to conquer the world; Cristina is a single mother who lost her balance. Two lives; one running very close to the earth, the other trying to fly high up, too high.
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
5. Meine Freundin Volker (Meine Freundin Volker)
Vivian Bernaise is the star of the Hamburg drag scene. After a glamorous performance in the Hamburg drag club "Die Donauwelle", she witnesses a mafia attack and has to flee. Vivian becomes Volker – and disguised as a straight man, she hides with the family of the elementary school teacher Katja in the rural areas of Schleswig-Holstein.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
6. 40 Days of Silence (Chilla)
This is a passage between two faces, each the same, yet different. Bibicha’s face first appears in the dark, her eyes open and expression impassive, only her heavy breathing betraying the strain she feels. She will withstand the strain and take the vow of silence, retreating to her grandmother’s house for the 40 days to pass. The house and the landscape outside at least offer Bibicha certain sensory distractions: the taste of honey, the texture of a wall, an eye-catching bedspread, the view out over a sea of cloud, water fizzling on the stove. But it is not just her under strain, as her aunt’s frantic text messaging, her grandmother’s rueful acknowledgement of the stories of marital strife on the radio and her little cousin’s illegitimate status bear witness to. Four generations of women in the complete absence of men, yet all marked by their presence, the similarity of their fates blurring together different times and customs.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
7. Rheme Maining Sources (Rema nascentes)
A place-specific film-excavation of Bixiga neiborhood – São Paulo. Choreography of forces that cross present time. Filmancy, clairvoyance is the vision of what is taking shape.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
8. The Song of the Tree (ДАРАК ЫРЫ)
Esen, a young man who has been expelled from his village, escapes with the daughter of one of the most powerful men in the village. Whilst being pursued, he is forced to fight for her hand in a battle that results in the destruction of a sacred totem tree. This puts the whole village in jeopardy, and it is up to Esen to redeem himself and save them all.
It has an average vote of 5.3 on TMDB.
9. Box (Box)
(Box)
It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.
10. 56
A day at the factory. Bekel is called to the boss. Through a chain of events the two men are forced to examine their place in this world.
It has an average vote of 6.667 on TMDB.
11. Casting Everything (Casting minden)
The story is based around an American Idol kind of TV talent show and the eventual winner of the contest: a young orphan woman, who works at an orphanage herself. As I learned from the werkfilm on the DVD, the story was specifically written for Oláh, who in real life was the runner-up of the very first such TV show in Hungary “Megasztár” in 2004. She didn’t win there despite being many viewers’ favorite and having a terrific voice. It is kind of a consolation that she won in the movie, although reading the legal troubles about getting her fee must have made the victory sour.
It has an average vote of 7.5 on TMDB.
12. Box
A group of friends try to defeat an evil king, and meet some quirky characters along the way.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
13. Heart Attack
An orphaned and accomplished cardiologist, Dr. Khanyaqhawe Mabuyakhulu is challenged when she has found out she has to operate on Bheki, a man that killed her mother.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
14. Wonder World of Ice (Keinolumikylä)
A group of Chinese sculptors arrive to build an exotic experience park in the middle of Finnish Lapland. Among them Huang Sheng a young Chinese student, who brings with him his dreams. Every day he dresses up as panda to attract tourists and as he wanders around in his panda outfit, Huang is led to reflect on the differences between the Finnish and the Chinese society - and the status of the Chinese in this modern world.
15. La patria de todos los tarros de colores (La patria de todos los tarros de colores)
Short by Maia Navas
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
16. PSEUDO (PSEUDO)
(PSEUDO)
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
17. Secrets of Palace coup d'etat. Russia, 18th century. Film №5. Second Bride Emperor (Тайны дворцовых переворотов. Россия, век XVIII-ый. Фильм 5-й. Вторая невеста императора)
As a result of a successful conspiracy against Menshikov, Peter II is prematurely recognized as an adult and is in a hurry to be crowned in Moscow. The Dolgoruky brothers gather for this celebration. There were eight of them - all-powerful and influential representatives of the ancient Rurikovich family - and among them the beautiful Ekaterina, the daughter of the huntsman Alexei.
It has an average vote of 6.019 on TMDB.
