Barberousse Films

After breaking up with Boris, Lara returns to her hometown Barcelona. There, her friends, lovers and the Catalan traditions of the ’castells’ will change her dreams and desires.

Liverpool, 1995, the dockers are on strike. Nine-year-old Siobhan has only one thing on her mind: to see if Oasis will win the pop duel against Blur. But an argument breaks out with her older brother Rory, leading the little girl to run away at nightfall. As she wanders, the decaying city takes on an unreal allure.

Joel, hardened into stone, hiding his feelings for so long. With the return of an old love, cracks start to bloom in his armor.

Clara gives birth to her first child. In the chaos of postpartum, she tries to get her life back on track.

One summer in Ostatenham, a synchronized swimming competition is broadcasted on television. On a street, a child, a teenager and an adult meet through their dreams and nightmares.

Territorial dispute have always been in the center of most human conflicts. The territorial notion thrives for possession and power, resulting in invasive actions and occupation. UIP is the abbreviation for "United Israel Palestine". It is a title referring to a possible future scenario for Israel and Palestine set in the year 2027. In this scenario the international society, governed by the United Nations, is the new occupational power and therefore an international court administers the conflicts. Through this court the film unfolds and it is from a juridical perspective that all territories, bodies, ownerships and legacies are viewed. In contrast psychological relations, both private and public, appears painfully clear.

Hugues and Anaé live in two neighboring buildings, each on the eighth floor without an elevator. They have set themselves a challenge: not to speak for twenty-four hours. But a major event jeopardizes their commitment.

The late dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, who died in 1989, resurrects in 2021 as a hologram to address the contemporary inhabitants of a small Romanian village. What happens next is captured in a hybrid documentary, observing the effects this unusual encounter has on the people involved, many of whom are first-hand witnesses of Ceaușescu’s rule.

The father of seventeen-year-old Elias suddenly dies. At school as well as at home, his friends and relatives await his reaction, which doesn't occur. Elias continues his life as if nothing had happened.

The Alps in winter. Men and machines perform a strange ballet to shape the mountain. The terrain resists and blurs the boundaries between real and imaginary.

Eighteen-year-old Victor loses his parents in a car accident three months before his baccalauréat. He is taken in by his godfather Michel, an enigmatic man who lives in the outbuilding of a chateau with his daughter Caroline, a young woman in her twenties.

One sleepless night, Mathieu sets off into the mountains. He hikes as far and as high as he can, until he is utterly exhausted. The next day, Félix, a farmer, reports him missing to the police. Viviane, Mathieu's mother, arrives in the valley to expedite the search, but to no avail. Rumors begin to circulate, amplified by the local press. Distraught, Viviane tries to reach out to Félix, hoping to break the silence and isolation that have engulfed them both.

On the small stage of a theater, a woman begins a strange dance...

Estelle and Juliette are a couple who share an unhealthily close bond. And yet, their relationship seems phony. In a violent moment, Estelle decides to go to the village of Vourkoti.

Who remembers Pierre Céran? Nobody except Louis, his old friend, who is worried about not having any news. Especially since the last time he saw him, Pierre Céran was not well. Louis goes to look for him.

Two film directors and a writer are in Portugal for an expedition through various images, moments from the history of Western allegorical representation. The writer is Jean-Louis Schefer, and this tale encapsulates his life’s mission.

In pursuit of ghosts and evil spirits, director Maria Pinto reinvents the paternity suit brought by Joao, her father, against the Dentist in Salazar's Portugal. A cross between fact and fiction, a celebration of family memory.

Gladys, a woman in her fifties, lives on the fringes of society, without a home, without a health insurance card, without a bank. Nothing matters to her, not even sex, alcohol, or dancing, which she practices with a joyful frenzy. One morning, she meets Eugénie, a friend from high school, by chance. Eugénie tries to help her against her will.

Despite Lise's advice, Claire decides to celebrate Christmas with Leon, a young outcast who claims to live outside the system. They agree to organize an anticapitalist Christmas Eve, prohibiting all expenses. Meanwhile, Mathias delivers presents as Santa for a well-paid temporary assignment.