Side By Side By Susan Blackwell Falsettos

After 30 years of cold war, Taiwan and China finally opened cross-strait trade and tourism in 1980. However, through decades of political and educational vilification of their counterparts by the KMT and CCP, and despite close economic and cultural ties, what lies beneath the diplomatic relations is a disconnect and mistrust that cannot be denied. KE is a failed business in Taiwan who hopes to start over as a 'Taiwanese Expat' in Shenzheng, China with a Taiwanese company. Lili, a laborer from China, meets her Taiwanese husband online and moves to Taiwan in hopes of a better life. Both KE and Lili cross the straits in hope of achieving what they cannot find in their homeland. But how much do they really know about that country across the straits?

Feng-Lou lives with her brother Kun-Jie in a tiny home. Facing the danger of being separated from her, Feng-Lou hides her daughter Ah Xi. One day, Ah Xi saves a black butterfly that flew into the house and Kun-Jie suddenly dies in the attic.

In Mexico, the war against drug traffic has collected more than 90,000 lives. As a result, thousands of orphans are left alone. By far, this casualties are larger than the ones from the Vietnam War. Nevertheless, the mexican youth still wants to follow this path thanks to a false promise: the narcos always succeed. Jose, the son of one of the main initiators of drug trafficking in Mexico and mentor of two of the biggest drug Kingpins in the world, tells his side of the story.

"Men and women, face pressed against the wall, go sideways, step by step. They can not possibly cross the street." - kortfilmfestival

20 years ago, Vesna moved her family to Zagreb, away from the events that almost destroyed their lives. However, an unexpected call will bring back the memory of a secret that she has been trying to hide all these years.

One night in a kebap, Elias, Jonathan and Bob cross paths. A deal, an assault, an arrest. The day dawns, their lives have changed.

Jorge and Diego, two rival brothers who haven't seen each other in a long time, are reunited when their father dies and they decide to make a trip to the house of their infancy. The contact with the past and the secrets that come to light worsens the rivalry between the brothers and confronts them in a situation that will change their lives.

An old mirror that the hero finds in the attic. Deciding to restore it, the artist and his family find themselves at the mercy of SOMETHING. All the action takes place within the four walls of a two-story house, in which a whole life passes for several days - the heroes are stuck between life and death...

Main character Esther feels like she doesn't fit into the 'elite' and takes the big showdown with those who always have.

A story about the life of an ordinary Ukrainian village, with its sorrows and joys. The story is about the simple life of rural people who think little about the past and the future, but live in the present-here and now, doing specific everyday things, slowly adapting to the changes coming from the outside world.

Our film presents the life of a 25-year-old, mute, autistic boy and his parents. The father, long ago, sees the struggle and hatred of his son. The mother is trying to get her family back and she still hopes her baby will talk again. The boy completely excludes the outside world from his life and dedicates his time to reading. A helper coming from outside, unexpectedly opens the door to the boy's inner voice.

Clinging by any means to the opportunity to live and work in a big city, a young tabloid press representative destroys the “object” of her first reportage with a stream of lies and dirt.

After 30 years of Cold War confrontation between Taiwan and the mainland, people-to-people exchanges began in the 1980s, and the increasingly close economic, trade, and tourism exchanges over the past 30 years have roughly changed the external appearance of the two sides, but the internal alienation and mistrust have never diminished... Lao Ke, a businessman who failed to do business in Taiwan, put down his body and went to the mainland to serve as a Taiwanese officer, wanting to make a comeback. Lili, a working girl from the Mainland to Shenzhen, met her husband in Taiwan through the Internet and wanted to pursue a better life. They landed on the other side full of hope. Unexpectedly, the treacherous and changeable external situation and internal conflicts that appeared from time to time made the road to dream building extremely difficult.

An island off the pacific coast of Mexico. There is no one in sight, but we find traces of a bustling past. Interwoven into the soundscape and amorphous space of what remains, the past and future cross paths and we as spectators are invited to join on a journey beyond time.

Rallies in Moscow. At Ivan’s door the bell is rung by a scared stranger who asks “to sit it out for a while”, explaining that she went by a rally and “accidentally” got her share. Vanya lets her in. But at the door an OMON officer turns up, who is looking for the most active protesters. Vanya opens: he has nothing to hide, especially since he hates these “morons shouting outside his window”. To get away, the beauty plays a whole performance before the OMON, involving Vanya; it becomes clear that she is not what she pretended to be.

A silent short. Water, footsteps, darkness and light. Shot and edited entirely on a phone in a single day.

What can a filmmaker do when they are locked in during a pandemic? They make a film using a computer. With the participation of game scholars and academics from the Technoculture, Art and Games Research Centre, a town was built in Minecraft following the principles of Bauhaus.