The God of Wood

Yao and Moroccan Rachid arrive illegally in Valencia, Spain, and separate. Yao sells pirated DVDs in the street and wanders disconsolately around the barrio until he glimpses divorcee Maria Luisa working in her boutique. High-strung and irritable, Maria lives with her gay son, Rober, who, like many other things in life, is a disappointment to her. Rachid, meanwhile, is doing just fine working as a hairstylist in a beauty salon; Rober is hopelessly in love with him. When Yao starts sleeping in Rober's flat, a confrontation between him and Maria suddenly becomes inevitable, and when it comes, what could have been an embarrassment is actually handled with grace.

The Illegal

Deceived over and over again by the whole world, a woman does not want to give up in the face of life's adversities.

The Woman from Rose Hill

Julie is a young woman from Rose Hill who arrives in rural Switzerland to marry her older pen-friend Marcel. She feels unhappy until she meets Jean, a younger man. However, his father disagrees.

Burt

Burt, a 69-year-old musician with Parkinson’s, has his life turned upside down when a man from New York shows up claiming to be his son. Having always dreamed of being a father, Burt embraces Sammy and invites him to stay for the weekend, where he lives with his grumpy landlord.

Mesmerized

A young woman returns to the mountain where her family spent their childhood summers in search of the sister that only she can remember.

Rupert of Hentzau

When the king is killed by his rival, his English double takes his place and is shot.

Davy Wallace

As he graduates from college in North Carolina, a troubled, young artist must confront his traumatic childhood, with support from an older, grieving high school teacher.

i and i

A short film by Samona Olanipekun. A portrayal of contemporary male identity, which peels back the layers of self. A young man spends a day preparing for his 30th birthday while confronted by a very familar person. Featuring Jonathan Ajayi & Samuel Adewunmi

One Left

Feeling responsible for the death of his friend at the hands of an unseen creature, a man begins to question his own existence. Haunted by his memories, he goes on a soul-shaking journey to find the one thing that could prevent the end of the world.

Bodies

On her first day on the job, a young maid must survive the collapse of a household in post-Civil War Spain.

Rob1n

When a robotics expert channels the grief of losing his 11 year-old son into building 'Robin', a fully functioning robotic doll, a series of horrific events makes it clear Robin will do whatever it takes to have his creator all to himself.

Wilderness

When a successful, but emotionally exhausted woman seeks to find herself on a solo hike, she must face a primal darkness or lose herself entirely.

Topper

Once a top rising comedian, Topper quickly falls from grace and finds himself struggling to get by in the cutthroat comedy scene of LA. His inability to face and accept his childhood has kept him from progressing. After an unexpected visit from a ghost of his past, Topper must return to Detroit to face his past and come to terms with his demons, before his dream and possibly himself dies off.

Retratos

The Queen's Husband

The hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to elope with her boyfriend, a peasant revolt and a scheming son who wants to be king himself and is plotting to take advantage of the situation.