Il Varco

Outskirts of Moscow. A girl comes to an unfamiliar apartment to look after a dog. After a while, she realizes that the owner of the apartment has disappeared. She finds herself into a series of people that have been taking care of the dog for years in that same apartment, creating a weird community around this strange absence of the owner.

A naked woman awakes on a deserted beach. After wandering around, she ends up in the ruins of an abandoned town. The living left long ago. In a tumbledown house she finds artefacts of existence: clothing, furniture, a record player and a telephone. The latter contains a young couple’s photos and videos. Arianna and Leonardo loved taking selfies and meticulously recorded their holidays and excursions, but also their intimate moments at home.

An inconceivable and devastating epidemic spread without apparent remedy, causing two lovers to painfully divide, while the social and political life crumbles all over the world.

An apocalyptic film is suddenly interrupted by a strange ad. A man in suit and tie appears to deliver a message to the spectators and the director.

It's New Year's Eve. Jim and Morten are playing videogames all night long, like every day. But Morten tonight is uncomfortable.

1728. Heir to the throne, unruly princess Elizaveta has never wished for queendom. No doctor could explain a strange tinnitus in her ear, manifesting through sounds and music from our age. Even after doing everything she could to ruin her debut in high society, the king manages to arrange a marriage for her against her will.

A sentimental odyssey about the illusions and prejudices of a European man who goes to live in Zanzibar, told through his letters to his beloved woman, at a time when globalization and mass tourism are shaking up and transforming the tropical island, its people and culture.

The film explores the idea of self-healing. Within the video game The Sims 4, a Sim hovers lightly over its empty body, guided by an audio track of a guided meditation. Meanwhile, random videos interfere with the search for that moment of tranquility.

In an unnamed village, the heat reaches unbearable levels, forcing its inhabitants to devise crazy remedies to try to survive.