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A study of human relationships. A man lands on a bare, wooden floor, a red-brick wall behind him. From time to time, things fall to the floor from above. Eventually, he has a chair, a table, music, and cigarettes. Then, a woman lands in the space. They ease up to each other. They laugh, they sleep together. He's spirited away a key; she's hidden a pistol. A door appears in their space. Can they negotiate? There are intimations that we are peering into a human aquarium. AWARDS:

Adriana’s life is turned upside down by an event that makes her aware of a new world. A world that she had never explored before. His mother, Lydia, is in fact in an advanced stage of Alzheimer and she is not even able to move independently. The only solution is to shelter her in an RSA. And so Adriana gets in touch with a silent world, where it seems there’s no possibility to communicate. How to stay close and give affection to those who don’t even recognize us anymore? Every second for Lydia seems to be similar to the previous one, each face seems similar to another one, the passing of days - so important for us - for her does not matter anymore. And yet, Adriana continues to visit her, to look for a contact, to stay close to her, trying to make her remember her name or the names of her grandchildren. She tries to make her smile, which would be so important for her. AWARDS:

Based on the extensive career of Montreal therapist and professor Bonnie Harnden, YOU ARRIVE is an educational docu-drama that explores how to break free from the cycles of trauma that impact our lives, our children’s lives, and our relationships. This innovative, experimental genre exposes advanced trauma theory. Bonnie's real life experiences working with hundreds of families in the emergency room are embodied in the character of a therapist struggling with vicarious trauma. The film represents a cathartic therapy session. As the therapist guides her client, she comes to terms with her own traumatic past, and ultimately realizes she possesses the gift of therapy. The film shares the important message that cycles of inter-generational trauma can be stopped, acknowledged, repaired, and ultimately healed. AWARDS:

"Perfect frame" is a surreal essay-short movie exploring the fundamental roles in the cinema industry. The plot features a hidden reflection on cinema as a media and on everything involving the creation of a short movie. Enrico is a fictional character willing to abduct his own audience through hostile means; soon he will realize that, to make his acting dreams come true, he will have to learn to love his spectators and set them free. Original/Alternative Title: Perfect frame AWARDS:

A violated girl is trapped in an underworld of shame. As a child, she was exploited by her father and his friends, and then thrown to the streets as a vulnerable teenager. Despite life going against Mel at every turn, she is determined to see the good in people and find hope before her past catches up with her. AWARDS:

A young lady is captured by some brigands in the woods. A brave archer comes and tries to save the princess. AWARDS:

Who was Jigen before meeting his brotherly friend Lupin? AWARDS:

Aurora accompanies her parents to the Castello Ursino in Catania, Sicily, but right from the start, her parents are at each other’s throats, arguing and making a spectacle of themselves. Traumatized, Aurora finds comfort from her troubles by admiring great works of art with her new friend, NIKE, the kind tour guide, who helps to distract the young girl from her problems. Through Nike’s kindness, Aurora comes to cope with her family situation. AWARDS:

A little street rose seller attempts to change her own destiny by erasing the lines of her palms. BETWEEN THE LINES is the tale of Bella, a little girl who lives in a folkloristic town at the brink of a presidential election with a nationalist party that seems to be the favorite. Isolated and neglected in a context that is repetitive, uniform, emotionally disconnected and narrow-minded, Bella's sixth sense and youthful imagination make the magic happen. In spite of the monotony of her life, the little girl still grasps an original solution to her problems through her own interpretation of a publicity poster hung on the pharmacy's door that she crosses daily. With a little help from 'supernatural' characters, who unknowingly assist her perform her own poetic act of empowerment, Bella figures out her destiny is quite literally in her hands and can have a decisive turnaround. Original/Alternative Title: Tra le righe AWARDS:

On her way home at night a young woman meets her ex and a burst of mixed emotions take over and the devil comes to visit. AWARDS:

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'Landing' follows a woman consumed by her digital world, and how a trip to visit a friend leads to unexpected freedom in the most unlikely of places. AWARDS:

Two lonely Souls meet at a hotel bar. Hotshot TV-Host Nick and blind musician Klara get into each other’s hair immediately. They prey on their counterpart’s weaknesses with precision and persistence, but seemingly just can’t get off each other’s backs. https://vimeo.com/276019220 AWARDS:

Night. A young illustrator is working on new horror based-concept creatures for a graphic novel. Meanwhile, his girlfriend returns home and wants to take him away from his work to spend the night together. Things seem to get hotter at first… but weirder and disturbing after a while. What was supposed to be an erotic fantasy, at first sight, turns out to be a gruesome torture… and a living nightmare. The man - Nicola - eventually finds the gun used by his girlfriend - Elena - to kill herself and decides to do the same, but the demon of Elena harasses him in order to prevent his death. TALES OF A FALLING MAN (2019) from Carlo Bicciolo on Vimeo. AWARDS:

Wheels turn within wheels. An infinity of parallel worlds. In Elwood, animal genetics have evolved, so that cats and dogs walk tall amongst humans. After the death of Delaney Fargas, the ...

On the notes of George Gershwin’s immortal “Rhapsody in Blue,” New York City wakes up and begins the daily cycle of life, dreams, and their inevitable intersections. We follow three creatives as they hustle and fight against and within the rhythm of the city to chase their artistic visions. Most say about New York: “You love it or you hate it!” It’s a city of contrast — of black and white — but many often miss its countless shades of gray. AWARDS:

A disgusting dinner party is violently interrupted by unwanted guests. AWARDS:

It was the fear for the safety of Matteo the son a push Claudia to take that difficult step: denounce Enzo her husband the man she had loved so much and still loved despite repeated mistreatment. She was sure that he deep down still loved her and that she was able to change him. That evening however upon returning from the emergency room full of plasters on her face where he had accompanied her after having beaten her savagely she could not take it anymore. They hadn’t even had time to get back into the house when he had started yelling and threatening her again. Claudia had locked herself in her room with her son in her arms crying and while her husband was trying to break down the door she had called 113. Enzo was taken to the police station and held in custody until the next morning when following Claudia’s formal complaint he was arrested. In Claudia’s life the serene had returned but when he was is set free the nightmare resumes. The measures imposed on him by the Magistrate with which it is done explicit prohibition to approach his wife or child unless considerable distances under penalty of being arrested because he does not leave treatment. Stalking insults threats. After that episode Enzo seemed to have disappeared and Claudia began to hope that he had put his soul in peace giving up persecuting her but he is not. The epilogue takes place some time later on the road leading to the sea. Claudia had noticed that he was following her. She was on her way to pick up

It is 1769. Captain James Cook is exploring Aotearoa/New Zealand in the ship HM Bark Endeavour. A landing party led by the naturalist Joseph Banks enters the bush to collect specimens for study. A Marine, Samuel Blakely and Midshipman Daniel Whitby are ordered by Banks to kill and collect specimens of the Parson Bird (Tui). As the two men go further into the native forest, they are being watched by the Patupairehe, a red-haired Māori girl who plays warning sounds on her putorino (flute). These sounds reach the mountain liar of the Pouakai, a giant eagle of mythically large size. The men’s attempts to shoot a Tui are thwarted by unknown, mysterious forces, but the two are compelled to continue their fruitless quest for the bird despite the eerie sounds that echo through the hills. When they finally reach a clearing with a clear shot to a defiant Tui on a high branch, Whitby takes aim. But a dark shape emerges from the mist! AWARDS:

Shot in a continuous single take, Anna's ordeal in her captor's dingy basement is slowly revealed. Bruised, dirty, and distressed, she is a mother whose only solace is a battered and torn photograph of her son Dillon. Years after her abduction, Dillon has one of his feelings about the guy who owns the café upstairs, and his friends help him break into the room to find her. AWARDS:

Mara, an introverted girl who lost her father several years ago, doesn't practice water dance anymore. Haunted by her anxieties, she is in constant conflict with her little sister and her mother, who is trying to rebuild her life. AWARDS:

FINGERED is an art film that's constructed like a regular movie. Lydia Lunch plays a phone sex operator/prostitute that gets together with a guy she's been on the phone with. After a semi-hardcore sex scene, the violence begins. The man cuts someone's throat for looking at Lydia's character, then they go for a drive. The two abduct a hitch hiker and rape her in a junkyard.

Ettore and Silvia met through a dating app. The two are on their first date: between questionable food and awkward silences they will try to enliven the evening, each in their own way. AWARDS:

An unexpected guest at a meeting turns into a new Alliance. AWARDS: