Daria’s Night Flowers
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Daria has written her first manuscript about falling in love with a mysterious girl called ‘abi’ [blue].
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Daria has written her first manuscript about falling in love with a mysterious girl called ‘abi’ [blue].
A true story where a shortsighted neighbor, deaf cops and a mute family set off a chain ending in a man's death.
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Death brings his apprentice on a routine job to teach her the trade. Her scattered focus and soft heart turn it into a t…
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Two seasoned volunteers at an international art festival start participating in a highly controversial art installation.
Ellen lends a friend some money and when the friend then disappears, she is forced to make a heartbreaking decision.
A dystopian future where borders between countries are indefinitely closed.
Mrs Thomas, a widowed lady who adores the tranquility of her garden, is disrupted by the noisy boy next door.
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Abducted into a jungle tribe’s brutal initiation, three adolescent girls enter a divine dimension.
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Eva no longer trusts the tap water. She seals her windows, arms herself, does whatever it takes to keep herself and her…
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Li Yi returns home for her mother’s pyramid scheme award ceremony, where staged joy gives way to buried truths.
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A Norwegian customs officer, a Finnish poacher and a mysterious Swedish woman meet at the border. A conflict on laws and…
A devoted sister races to save her brother, a bread-turned zombie. A mob of hungry living pursues, mouths agape.
Overwhelmed by crippling anxiety, a young sculptor finds himself trapped in his studio.
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On the last evening before her departure, Vera tells a bedtime fairy tale to her small sister to hide the real reason of…
Frankie believes he is about to die with no one to say goodbye to. He turns into a planet and an explosion of life occur…
Shepherd boy Matei, raised by an abusive alcoholic father, starts mimicking that violence toward his sheep and must ask:…
In search of a sunrise, nothing can stop the ascent of two brothers, not even the weight of death.
A dog was abandoned in its own home at the time when my grandfather began to experience his widowhood and I was returnin…
A group of neighbours must coexist—whether they like it or not (they don’t).
An aspiring musician gigging as a rideshare driver struggles to navigate the bizarre request of a mourning passenger.
Two movers. One grand piano. One very uncooperative staircase and a passion they never saw coming.
An abstract 3-ink risograph animation exploring endometriosis tissue acting as a parasite taking root in the body of its…
Kara, an actress, steps into the role of an enslaved housemaid at a historic site until she reaches a breaking point and…
Maya is a young woman who moves to a new city and leaves her home and childhood behind.
A dinner party for the rich and elite spirals into bloody chaos when their greed can no longer be satiated.
Rejected by everyone, a woman follows a mysterious finger into a surreal realm.
When Foil Guy comes face to face with an unstoppable, unmovable, impenetrable force ... who will prevail?
Haunted by the memory of a violent father, Paul drifts through the Berlin night, drawn to fleeting encounters that deepe…
In 1988, Afghanistan sent its only astronaut into space, a journey that proved home can be farther than the stars.
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The squirrel's nest is warmly padded for the cold winter but then a flood breaks out and forest animals flee to Lena's f…
A human civilization lives within the body of a living planet and is forced to fertilize its egg cell before its resourc…
During her chaotic family’s Qingming visit, dead Grandma Nai sneaks away from her peaceful afterlife
Under a growing dictatorship, a hidden writer must choose between silence and action when his neighbor is endangered.
In a world where being yourself makes you monstrous, what is the cost of repressing your authentic self?
A short animated film exploring RSPB Ham Wall, a nature reserve in England.
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A man commits a terrible crime and the consequences are not what you’d expect.
Insight into the filmmaker's hospital stay, where she experiences absurd moments between pain, homesickness and disgust…
When Ana's mom starts transforming into a bug, their codependent relationship reaches its boiling point.
The Intimate Scenes Coordinator and the Actor are experiencing a crisis in relationship during participation in the same…
A technophobe suspects his best mate is getting scammed by his virtual "fiancee", so he begrudgingly enters the Betavers…
At the heart of an animation studio, three young orangutans join forces to recreate a jungle born of imagination.
Stuck with the task of mowing an overgrown lawn, a teenage boy has a surprising magical encounter...
A girl is pulled into her phone’s whirlwind of doomscrolling, vanity, and viral chaos, struggling to escape its addictiv…
Between doubts and awkwardness, three roommates go through a night marked by the abortion of one of them.
A loner capybara is questioned by passer-by animals: aren't you lonely?
Life on the Line follows the odyssey of a sablefish from the depths of Alaskan waters to the dinner plate, told through…
Accused by the authorities of not working hard enough, Vladimir's punishment is to live with an idiot.
When a mysterious presence appears on a damaged spaceship, Amelia is torn between the past and the future.
A Cornishwoman living with a degenerative speech condition struggles to ask her family for one simple thing: to take her…
A Kafkaesque courtroom drama set in 19th-century Liverpool, recounting the trial of a corpse with neither name nor past.
A short animation exploring matrescence, the often unseen and deeply personal metamorphosis of becoming a mother.
To cope with their gruesome job, two content moderators start having sex at work.
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A one-night stand takes a terrifying turn for Tom when his date starts talking in their sleep.
Graham hires an escort to help him recreate an argument with his ex — so he can finally prove he was right.
While dealing with a strange being that lives inside her, a woman seeks to reconcile with her sister.
A feuding mother and son clash as they rail against the paths that have already been laid for them.
What happens when blind faith and the comforts we never question demand more of us than we have to give?
After school on a long summer's afternoon, neighbours Becky and Jake offer each other a safe haven from life at home — a…
A young Chinese woman enters the U.S. under a deceased girl's assumed identity, facing immigration authorities and her o…
When a defiant young girl stages a silent protest, her mother must decide whether to follow her or let her go.
All Eddie has ever known is Granny’s world. But when Granny joins their ancestors, Eddie has to decide if she’ll continu…
PLEASE is a dark comedy about humankind’s desire to love and to be loved.
A desperate 16-year-old dancer betrays his best friend and bandmates in a misguided attempt to secure his spot in the li…
A praying mantis mutant seduces and preys on men out of desperation to save her child.
Ash must escape a mysterious time loop. But to survive, he must confront the trauma he's spent years avoiding.
After failed creative pursuits, Zehra returns to her father's Turkish supermarket. But a customer's arrival may finally…
A group of friends travels to a cabin to celebrate Citlali’s birthday, but she never arrives. Instead, someone else arri…
Tim Key narrates a bizarre date-night poem brought to life by animator Rob Ling, with music and sound by Paul Steel.
An ICE arrest on a quiet neighborhood street turns volatile.
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A lonely Qian meets her online acquaintance Chen Li to end their lives together.
When Camille, a teenager with Down syndrome, auditions for a dance troupe, her sister Agathe discovers the quiet cruelty…
After a visit to a man claiming to have the old Irish folklore “cure” goes wrong, a woman is haunted by a demonic form o…
A girl tries to prevent her mother from drowning in depression, after the death of a fish.
Late 18th-century England. A nightmarish teenager and a rookie Reverend lock horns over Sunday school attendance.
When a knock on the door interrupts Flora’s decades of solitude, she must confront her grief and the darkness that poiso…
A haunting fable about a girl overwhelmed by sorrow, the boy who loves her, and how greed leads good hearts to wicked de…
On a summer trip with friends, Momo becomes consumed by the belief he has witnessed something impossible.
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An 8-minute animated epic following the adventures of Gorillaz’ band members Noodle, Murdoc, 2D and Russel as they journ…
Impoverished residents of a tight-knit working class community are forced to meet a brutal quota to survive.
In a faded rococo resort, a thousand frightened souls rebel against aging and death.
Herve Rossini is a renowned artist who expresses himself through his surrealist garden.
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The past, present and future collide when a mysterious man confronts his younger self over a game of trading cards.
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A vanished prodigy painter—once destined for greatness—hides a secret behind his sudden silence.
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In the face of her body fading into stardust, Shari realizes what truly matters to her.
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A young man’s mind is taken over by the whispers in his head, while his friend tries to rescue him from a darkness only…
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