NARRATIVE SELECTION   |  NOVEMBER 2021

Filipp, I’m your son. (2021)

Director: Сергей Штепс

Country: Russian Federation

Duration: 15:23

Synopsis: Young modest designer Alexey, came to a dinner party with his girlfriend’s parents and then the real interrogation began. during the conversation, Alexey, in order not to finally fall into the mud face, lies that he is supposedly the secret son of Kirkorov. and everything would be fine, but the father of the family asks to prove it. And now, in order to be with his beloved, and not to go to the army, Alexey must find Kirkorov.

Metro Aeropuerto (2019)  

Director: Humberto Aguirre García

Country: Mexico

Duration: 10:42

Synopsis: A humble old lady from a low social status, who has traveled on an airplane before, embarks on a fantastic journey when her usual subway commute transforms itself into a flight with check-in, duty free shopping and onboard services included.

Pleasure (2021)

Director: Fermin de la Serna

Country: Argentina

Duration: 10:30

Synopsis: Death and the solitary pleasure of masturbation. Luis takes on an inner search looking for something that releases him from his anguish.    

The Visitor (2021)

Director: Jan Inberg

Country: Finland

Duration: 15:00

Synopsis: A catastrophic world where the source of all life – water – has become toxic. An enigmatic visitor in the form of a peculiar official knocks on the door of a famous writer with a sick wife, far out in the countryside. The visitor is a sci-fi / drama that deals with big issues within a small framework.

Carry Me Home – A Ferry Tale (2021)

Director: Seth Hardwick

Country: United Kingdom

Duration: 09:47

Synopsis: Having found what she was looking for, Mairi takes the last ferry home and a community folds its arms around her. Hopeful and uplifting, Carry Me Home – A Ferry Tale ebbs and flows through a journey of loss, understanding and acceptance.

An ordinary wedding (2021)

Director: Irina Khodyush

Country: Russian Federation

Duration: 18:20

Synopsis: Young poet Ivan and his fiancee Dasha has been planning their wedding for a long time. Now their plans are at risk of failure since Ivan has a brush with the law because of his poems. The escalation comes when the couple finds out that Ivan’s grandfather is gravely ill. To save the celebration Ivan needs to make the boldest move.

The Warziniek’s File (2021)  

Director: Pierre J. Secondi

Country: France

Duration: 18:40

Synopsis: Paul Warziniek – citizen 4.815.162.342 – is living a happy life. One day, he receives a parking ticket. The only problem is : he doesn’t own a car. Paul then decides to go to the Prefecture to settle what seems to be a simple administrative formality.        

Hunger (2021)

Director: Carlos Meléndez

Country: Mexico

Duration: 15:00

Synopsis: A child is being tormented by a voracious well demanding food from him. But as he proves unable to satisfy its hunger, he drags himself to find another way of feeding it.

’91 (2021)

Director: Luka Štigl

Country: Slovenia

Duration: 26:43

Synopsis: In the middle of the 10 day war for Slovenian independence (1991), two soldiers day-dream about the future of their newborn country.  Ratko and Tugo are volunteers in the middle of a war, keeping post on a barricade… but not much is happening. They decide to throw a small party for Ratko’s 30th birthday. This causes them to speculate and dream about where their new country will be 30 years in the future.  As they literally let their guard down, they are up for a surprise. A tale about friendship, brotherhood, an end of an era and the beginning of a new one, full of possibilities.

The Struggle is Real 365 (2021)

Director: Flook Nielsen

Country: Denmark

Duration: 15:00

Synopsis: Daniel tries to impress his new boss in an attempt to get his life back on track.

Barrio Frontera (2021)

Director: Reed Purvis

Country: United States

Duration: 18:00

Synopsis: A teenage girl from a poor rural village in northern Argentina moves to Buenos Aires to pursue a life with more opportunities and the hopes of helping her family back home. Sharing a small room in a large informal settlement with her older cousin’s family, she must quickly adapt to this radically different urban environment.

Bella and Unicorn (2021)

Director: Anasatasiya Sovashchenko

Country: Russian Federation

Duration: 06:16

Synopsis: This is a touching story about a girl who loves to dream very much.

El Conquistador (2021)

Director: Mathilde Bayle

Country: France

Duration: 19:30

Synopsis: Fanny has become infatuated with the handsome, womanizing Diego, for whom her heart aches. One evening, at a party, she tries to make him jealous by letting a random man hit on her… It works. But this “random man”, Victorino, a Peruvian photographer, has no intention of giving up that easily.

Cold Beds (2021)

Director: Laëtitia Martinucci

Country: France

Duration: 20:00

Synopsis: It’s a winter night in a ski resort in the French Alps. After getting locked out, Mona, a young seasonal worker of Italian origin, tries to fight off the cold while looking for shelter. Her nighttime journey brings her close to an unknown presence.

A Máquina Infernal (2021)

Director: Francis Vogner dos Reis

Country: Brazil

Duration: 30:00

Synopsis: A tale about the apocalypse of the working class.   

Songlines (2021)

Director: Elise McLeod

Country: France

Duration: 18:40

Synopsis: After a car accident, JFC, rock singer of Algerian origin, wakes up, lost in the French countryside with no one around to help him; he has lost his memory and doesn’t know who he is anymore. Yet in the village everyone seems to know him …

Babil (2020)

Director: Grégory ROBIN

Country: France

Duration: 04:40

Synopsis: Stop everything.  (where is the world going.)

Love hurts (2020)

Director: Elsa Rysto

Country: France

Duration: 30:00

Synopsis: Sam is a mysterious and shy teenager girl. She meets Troy, an ultra-violent boy who does not feel pain and fear. She’ll enter into his world… a world filles of love, punches and Grunge music.

A comme Azur (2021)

Director: Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach

Country: France

Duration: 23:12

Synopsis: School is over. Benjamin is 5 years old and is going on holiday to the sea with his mother and Charlotte, his 12-year-old older sister. A COMME AZUR is the chronicle of this summer through the letters of the alphabet. During a holiday and 26 letters, Benjamin experiences his first sentimental pain and grows up. And that is how he gives himself to the vast world that hides behind words.

No More God in Doctor (2020)

Director: Marion Le Corroller

Country: France

Duration: 28:23

Synopsis: A young ER intern, Margaux is running on empty. On yet another night on call, the young woman accidentally forgets a patient on a gurney. Still in shock, Margaux is quickly asked to continue on with her work. Her body suddenly begins to sweat blood uncontrollably. Then begins a bitter struggle to stay alive.

STUDENT SELECTION   |   NOVEMBER 2021

THEFT (2021)

Director: Roman Sotnikov

Country: Russian Federation

Duration: 08:57

Synopsis: In order to get money for an operation and return to big sports, a girl boxer incites her young man to steal a valuable artifact from a warehouse that she temporarily guards. But life makes its own adjustments to a clear plan. Girl boxer receives money, but in a completely different way – now her life will no longer be the same.

Once (2021)

Director: Ainur Turgambayeva

Country: Kazakhstan

Duration: 14:53

Synopsis: A small sketch of the life of passengers, which takes place in a carriage, among which a woman tired of an oppressive husband decides to give up everything and leave with a fellow traveler of her compartment …    

Nest (2020)

Director: Van Holderbeke Matthee

Country: Belgium

Duration: 13:49

Synopsis: In the aftermath of a divorce, a youngster in his 20s is looking for a step forward.

The Immortal (2021)

Director: Nikolay Dimitrov Urumov

Country: Bulgaria

Duration: 25:00

Synopsis: Apprentice psychiatrist Dr. Pavel Hristov (33) has recurrent dreams of his patient  Lazar (50). The latter tries to convince him he is his father, that Pavel is an Immortal and has to embrace his fate: kill Lazar and take his place. Pavel is mired in dreams and tries to break free – by killing himself. Yet, the Immortal Lazar gets Pavel to do his bidding. Pavel is locked up in a mental asylum; he has killed his father and his pregnant wife.

The Station Caretaker (2021)

Director: Vladislav Emelin

Country: Russian Federation

Duration: 13:33

Synopsis: Ell is a lone station caretaker on a volcanic planet those who are forced from day to day to perform work incomprehensible to him until his contract expires. Once, due to the caretaker’s negligence, the building with the neighboring explodes with power units, severely damaging the working compartment. The only living friend for whom Ell is engaged this work – is a fish named “Blabber”. When it explodes, it will dies and Ell is left completely alone, alone with his problems. Now nothing feeds his capsule, but oxygen is about to be consumed. Ell calls for help and hopes to hold out until their arrival. He tries to do something to survive but, unfortunately, he has no skills. Soon the lack of food, air and heat has a strong effect on his sanity and Ell undergoes severe hallucinations. He has already resigned himself to his fate and does not resist death. When on the third day, help still comes. In the end, Ell realizes that he was not too attentive here. After all, help is provided by another hallucination.

Avako (2021)

Director: Ksenia Pchelintseva

Country: Russian Federation

Duration: 28:49

Synopsis: Anya, 13-year-old girl, is in love with her neighbor punk Arseny. She stays home alone under his care and spends a day with his gang with an odd name “Avako” trying to catch Arseny’s attention not knowing yet probably she will not see him again.

Fortune (2021)

Director: Anatoly Tarabrin

Country: Russian Federation

Duration: 18:59

Synopsis: Scriptwriter Sergey hasn’t gotten paid for his work for a long time. His wife gets furious and makes a scene, but Sergey unexpectedly gets a million rubles on the card. The wife is happy, Sergey feels like a hero. But while his wife is planning how to spend the money, Sergey bets on the result of the football match.

Post-disco (2021)

Director: Pavel Zelenkov

Country: Russian Federation

Duration: 25:50

Synopsis: A freshman found out that his father is still alive, and tries to leave his abusive mother, but finds himself in the world of parties, drugs and free love.

Bespridanitsa (2021)

Director: Sergey Moskvin

Country: Russian Federation

Duration: 03:17

DOCUMENTARY SELECTION   |   NOVEMBER 2021

Overcooked At Home (2021)

Director: Victoire Bonin

Country: France

Duration: 28:50

Synopsis: March 2020, Palermo.  In the streets, the camera gazes, we call out to each other, we stop, we talk. From portrait to portrait, children, priests, undertakers, baristas, fishermen… as the days go by, each one shares their thoughts, and little by little a unique subject matter revealed itself and swept the reason for my being here in the first place. Close at first, then far, the film that I wanted to make takes a different turn.      

The Last Remaining (2021)

Director: Ali Said AlBaimani

Country: Oman

Duration: 20:26

Synopsis: (Subtitles added :English, Russian & Arabic) The Last Remaining” is a documentary that features some of the interesting stories of the oldest merchants of Bahla market, where the merchants recount their experiences with trade in the past and now. The movie uncovers the secret of their business survival for many decades- up to 70 years in some cases. . Historically, this is a significant documentary as it highlights the status of Bahla’s traditional market in its booming era as compared to that of now. Some archival clips of the market show the vitality of life in the market previously. However, this has changed and the market has lost its spirit. It has become a destination for meeting and sitting only. This change reflects the transformations of social life in Omani society. While life was simple and one central market was sufficient for the whole city, the requirements of modern life have become completely different. Markets have expanded and the city’s life prospered and became more complicated. The traditional, inner market that was yesterday central became traditional now. Only a small group of people, mostly old, continued to visit this place to meet acquaintances. The documentary casts light on the issue of familiarity which a person may develop in their old age. Almost all of the merchants interviewed were over the age of seventy, but they still go to the market everyday- an activity which they have continued to do for many decades. Despite the fact that their businesses may not be profitable, these old merchants rejoice over daily meetings and conversations with their fellow merchants- an act that connects the present with the past

Kolya as a butterfly (2021)

Director: Sergey Zanchevskiy

Country: Russian Federation

Duration: 12:32

Synopsis: Kolya, a retired electrician, lives in the center of Rostov (a small Russian city with great history), among the ruins of revenue houses.

Cachés Cachés (2021)

Director: Winifred Brook Young

Country: United Kingdom

Duration: 21:28

Synopsis: A portrait of the solitude and isolation of two characters. In their old age, these two people often feel forgotten by the outside world and find solace in one another, whether side by side or simply in the knowledge that they have company through the wall.

MUSIC VIDEO SELECTION  |   NOVEMBER 2021

CARAVAN (2021)

Director: Yulia ZAY

Country: Russian Federation

Duration: 10:21

Synopsis: The passion has different faces, but there is something that unites them all: Love. Madness. Pleasure.

Ulagan (2021)

Director: Daniil Katsnelson

Country: Russian Federation

Duration: 05:26

Synopsis: Throat singing or “kai” is a unique musical tradition of the indigenous peoples of Siberia. This song reflects the soul of the Altai Territory, the southern edge of Siberia, its beauty and mysticism.

Miss Lune (2021)

Director: Geoffroy Virgery

Country: France

Duration: 03:15

Synopsis: Célestin is a man who lives on the moon … alone. One day he sees with a telescope a strange woman on earth and decides to travel to her planet to meet her.

RRAVINGRIOT х JAZZBE – Teen (2021)

Director: TWINBRTHRS

Country: Russian Federation

Duration: 02:35

Synopsis: “RRAVINGRIOT” or Semyon Snegirev, is a young Russian rap artist from Moscow, Russia.  “RRAVINGRIOT” released his a first music video for a song called “Teen” from his new album with a Russian artist “Jazzbe” .  This is a phantasmagoria about youth.