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A Coming-of-age Dramedy about a young, biracial boy who moves to Ireland in the '90s. He shaves off his Afro in order to fit in and it works...but then his Afro grows back, bigger and bigger, until it traps him in his room and he has to find a way out.
TAYAL FOREST CLUB
Directed by Laha Mebow
"Ancestors! We’ve gotten stuck here. Can you help us find the way home?” pleads Yukan, an Atayal teenager lost in the forests of his forefathers.
Taiwan’s first Indigenous female film director, Laha Mebow shares a coming-of-age tale that interweaves Tayal characters, settings, and symbols with the complexities arising from her community’s interactions with contemporary society.
The Trap Directed by Vitalii Havura
Ukraine, 2022. Kherson under Russian occupation. Son, who is involved with the armed underground, visits his mother to find out if she has given the Russians his whereabouts. The woman is certain that the occupation is actually salvation and that everyone should cooperate with the Russians. The mother and son quarrel. The already tense situation results in an unexpected twist as the son decides to leave.
End of Summer Directed by Weiqi Cai
Weiqi works are strong in style and cover a wide range of subjects and genres. He specializes in highly cinematic visual narratives. Creativity and breakthroughs are the most important characteristics of his works.
Still Here
Directed by Álvaro Hernández Blanco
In the deserts of Baja California (México), Daria and Teresa are the last two speakers of the Ku'ahl indigenous language. In their world of oblivion and decrepitude, they lament the imminent extinction of the ku'ahl language and culture as the modern world moves on with indifference. But as long as Daria and Teresa converse together, ku'ahl lives.
To the top Directed by Julie Holliger
Somewhere in the mountains, far from the city and its people, on a summer afternoon.
Adam and Noah have known each other for a long time. At Noah's request, they decide to go to the top of a mountain (it doesn't matter which one).
Seeding, Blossoming, Fruiting
Directed by Junsong Ling
If healthy organs, like seeds, can be replanted and heal any failing body, will human life be longer or shorter? An ailing mother slaughtered a vagrant she had been feeding for years for her sick son. To save his mother, the cured son killed for the criminals. They were victims of exploitation as well as violent offenders
PURGA Directed by Gintarė Valevičiūtė Brazauskienė, Antanas Skučas
Winter, 1942. Beyond the Arctic Circle, on the uninhabited island of Trofimovsk in the Laptev Sea, deported peoples struggle to survive. This is the place chosen by Soviet authorities to deport vast numbers of inhabitants from the occupied Baltic countries, Finland, Ukraine and elsewhere.
In this harsh, alien landscape, man is a mere speck. Against the backdrop of such majestic isolation, many thousands face the savage indifference and cruelty of nature. Always living on the edge, they must find a way to stay alive.
