Balkan, Baby / Kafana na Balkanu
Boris Gavrilović, Nemčija, 2023, 19'
Martina is a good immigrant. At least she has always done her best to be regarded as such in Germany. But then she meets young Dunja during a short vacation at Lake Starnberg. Suddenly, Martina is forced to confront a part of her identity that she has repressed all her life.
To Live In a Wild Sea / Vivir en un mar bravo
Guillermo F. Flórez, Španija, 2023, 24'
Carmen was born in 1935. As a child, she watched how they took members of her family away. After 14 years as a cloistered nun, she managed to get expelled from it. She promised herself to own her life. Today, she is 86 years old, and she is going to make a decision: to commit suicide.
Thank You For Your Patience! / Merci pour votre patience!
Simon van der Zande, Belgija/Nizozemska, 2022, 17'
From a fixed point of view, we witness a tense bus ride in Brussels, when Samuel – a Congolese immigrant – gets on to voice his discontent with Europe.
Motherless Child / Motherless Child
Sophie Maréchal, Belgija/Francija, 2023, 14'
Barbara, a 30-year-old single female, is the typical example of a modern woman, a ‘working girl’, living in a fast lane, completely hooked on her smartphone. However, her routine is about to change as a mysterious balloon, seemingly sent from the sky, floats into her life.