The promised daughter

The Insect & the Alien

A man follows a self-proclaimed "alien" on a mountain expedition, desperate to immortalise his dead wife through the discovery of a new insect species

2016

Like Us

A lonely woman who takes care of her paralyzed husband saves an alien who cannot experience emotions.

2021

The Nightingale

Franti, an organ grinder of the poor districts of New York, has a daughter, Isola, who sings to his street piano's accompaniment.

1914

Hambre

A child is tormented by a hungry well that demands food but, unable to quell its hunger, is forced to find another way to satisfy it.

2021

Never an Absolution

Dijo is an eleven-year-old orphaned refugee from the country of Congo. One day a police officer arrives at his school. He is investigating a murder. D

2005

Chalk Dust

Through a series of elaborate chalk drawings, a girl who is deaf is able to hear again.

2015

Sonata of the Brick Village

RIri Riza’s short film when he was still in film school tells a story about a boy who wants to ride a merry go round.

1994

LIGHT

Bruno is a depressive and lonely guy who cannot sleep, in the meantime, he became a PVV volunteer, to help people with some kind of problem, in one of

2018

Black Friday

Amélie is haunted by the memories of the last Black Friday as she returns to the scene.

2018

The Assistant

Isabelle is a physiotherapist. After work, she is involved in a completely different activity.

2013

Excursion

Following a TV News which announce the landing of aliens in Romania, Eugen (9) steals a camera from the shop where his father works as a guard and sta

2014

Break any spell

In this powerful story, a teenage girl escapes reality through live action role-playing when her mother is suffering an illness, which will soon reach

2021

Happy Ending

A taciturn Zamboni driver finds comfort in his work, preferring the company of his icy rink to other people. When his shift is suddenly called off one

2020

The Stepdad

This year's story follows Nicole, the granddaughter from last year's ad, who is now all grown up with a family to make Christmas traditions with. We f

2021

Sleepless Nights

Joshua, a 20-something years old unemployed artist who's getting evicted, meets up with Gabriele, a boy who's new to the city and is apartment hunting

2021

Gary and Milo

Two brains in jars exist exclusively in a game of PONG, oblivious to the world falling apart outside of their computer.

2024

Michael Strogoff

A graphic reproduction of Jules Verne's famous story under the above title. It deals with a secret mission in Russia

1910

Gabriels Horn

2012

Pangaea

Dementia draws a woman into a world of memory loops, losing her love her spirit, her present her past.

2015

The Storymaker

A dark fable about a woman who kills herself with her imagination.

2009