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14-year-old Zain, a Palestinian swimming champion, faces war and man-made famine. He becomes the sole caregiver to his little brother. When aid drops into the sea, desperate for food, Zain is forced to swim - not for passion, but for survival.
Sep 2025
Stella, a space mechanician, has broken down and ended on a desert planet. While she is in despair, a little girl appears out of nowhere. Following the child into a tunnel, in the depths of the planet, she discovers a big cave full of objects that belonged to her, reminding her the dreams she has left behind.
Jul 2017
Ostriches carry on their daily activities burying their heads, believing it’s an instinctive behavior. However, one day research by phylogeneticist Dr. Kays proves otherwise.
Nov 2018
It is cold and dark. In between surreal waves and the morning haze, we catch a glimpse of the emerging glows. The sea breeze wiggles and writhes, twisting and turning, embracing the shore under its steady growl. And on the sand, a young man stares into the far end of the ocean.
Jun 2024
A little boy speaks about hedgehogs all the time to everybody.
Nov 2019
In a restaurant kitchen, a chicken dreams of escape and freedom while trying to survive a poultry race organised by the team of cooks.
May 2006
An old postman goes through his last tour of deliveries in the archipelago that he worked in his whole life, gliding on water with his old bike. He finds himself confronted with the reality of his coming retirement.
Apr 2026
After witnessing an old dark stormy cloud painfully rain and die in sorrow; Noma, a puffy white cloud realizes that Mixtli, her daughter, a dark stormy cloud, is in danger of raining prematurely.
Feb 2024
A child fishing in a puddle using bananas as bait catches a bigger fish than he can handle and flees with the giant fish in pursuit.
Jun 2008
Lisbon, 1980, the city, the intensity, the chaos, the noise, the crowd. Overwhelmed by the commotion, a young woman sets off in search of peace in the palace gardens of Sintra. Her red umbrella glides across the pearly whiteness of the rising mist.
Two Octopi fight for their lives with a stubborn restaurant cook in a comical escape through the streets of a small Greek village.
May 2008
In a castle full of hedgehogs, an engineer is trying to satisfy her king, who wants her to create an unusual machine. After being thrown away for her failure, she finds an hedgehog on her head which gives a brilliant idea. She presents her new invention to the king, astonished : she reveals a pinscreen made out of hedgehogs and their spines.
Jun 2015
Alex, an art student, dreams of joining Eve, the "Elite’s Visual School". Together with her best friend Kimmy, they train hard to pass the notoriously impossible entrance exam. Alex's training turns into an obsession, compromising her friendship with Kimmy.
Oct 2023
A porn actress stars in the Devil’s cannibal snuff films in exchange for flawless skin. While luring a runaway bride to the studio to devour her on camera, she begins to develop feelings that will disrupt the Devil’s script.
Nov 2025
After her mother's death, Kim finds solace in wearing her mother's old sweater. However, the sweater begins to itch and even hurt her, but she still can't bring herself to take it off.
Nov 2020
A young mexican smuggler and a little girl travel illegally on top of a cargo train, called La Bestia, to get to the USA. An injury transforms his perception of the journey.
Nov 2021
Herve Rossini is a renowned artist who expresses himself through his surrealist garden. Tonight is the opening of his last exhibition. As he unveils his final artwork to the public, his daughter Rosalie announces that she is leaving the garden forever.
Coming back to his hometown in hopes of reconnecting with his past, a young man encounters the place completely stopped in time. Moving through the familiar streets, memories disorient him as he faces what he once left behind.
Oct 2020
Under the last summer days' sun, a young man gets ready to leave his family home.
Apr 2022
Small alien robots land on Earth for a photo safari. Their encounter with a wild ape man will prove communication between the two species to be... difficult.