Graveyard of Horses
Xiaoxuan Jiang
China, USA. 2022. 17 min
A frigid winter on the Mongolian steppe, an untimely snowstorm aggravated the lives of a pregnant herder and her 8-year-old daughter: the missing flock of sheep, the unborn child, the absent husband, traces of wolves…… everything led the mother and daughter to places they’ve never been.
Continue reading Graveyard of Horses (Xiaoxuan Jiang) ChinaTogether, Alone
Kasim Ordek
Turkey. 2022. 20 min
Young couple, Sevgi and Doğan, who make a living by stealing cars in the ghettos of Istanbul, steal a car with foreign license plates during the most tense period of their relationship. However, “this”stolen car will take The events revolving around lies and fear force them to face some truths about their love, their values, or lack of, and their choices.
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Onur Yagiz
France. 2023. 15 min
This Saturday is a Turkish wedding day at Espace Venise. Huddled in a car in the parling lot, Fatih, 21, wants to get married. He has set his sights on Ipek, Recep’s sister. But neither Murat, his best friend, nor Recep, nor even Ipek are aware of this yet.
Continue reading Fatih the Conqueror (Onur Yagiz) FranceBaby Ant
Derya Uygurlar
Turkey. 2023. 15 min
Tomorrow is an important day, Ayser will pay a visit to her husband in prison. But before then, she has to finish suing clothes to pay the lawyer, settle a dispute with her sister Emine and convince her daughter Deniz that children are not allowed in prison.
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Natalia Gugueva
Russia. 2023. 88 min
Camera operator Nastya goes to inaccessible weather station with meteorologist Andrei in order to investigate the disappearance of a couple of meteorologists. Subsequently she understands that Andrei was involved in the disappearance of this couple. But Andrei also suddenly discovers Nastya’s connection with the missing people.
Continue reading Fog (Natalia Gugueva) Russia. Official SectionMascarada
Ana María Ferri
Spain. 2023. 15 min
1885: A brutal murder in the vineyards of Bodegas Vega puts an end to the history of love between two young people. 1915: Thirty years later, the mysterious aristocrat Ferran appears in the village on Carnival night. There he meets Don Carlo, a powerful landowner whom he invites to taste his new batch of Grand Cru, vintage 1885.
Continue reading Mascarada (Ana María Ferri) SpainThousand Rupees Biriani
Nasrina Khan
India. 2023. 15 min
Thousand Rupees Biriani is about the pain of a mother which she is going through after the rape of her kid. The film revolves around a Muslim farmer family based in an Indian Village. The family includes Yasmin-the mother, her husband Habib and their 3 children Matin, Amina and Sakina.
The film begins with Yasmin, who is making arrangements for cooking Biriani after waking up in the morning. The cooking costs her a thousand rupees.
After finishing the cooking, Yasmin sends the first serving of the biriani to their neighbour, Abbas.
The narrative of the film slowly unwraps the reason for Yasmin’s strange behavioural pattern post-rape of Sakina, the youngest kid of the family.
Stone Turtle
Woo Ming Jin
Malaysia, Indonesia. 2022. 91 min
Zahara, a stateless refugee, lives on a small remote island in Malaysia, where she makes a living selling turtle eggs. One day, Samad, claiming to be a university researcher, visits the island, wanting to employ Zahara to show him around. As the day goes on, Zahara and Samad become entangled in a dangerous dance of duplicity and deception.
Mixing social drama with genre tropes of action, horror, and animation,
Stone Turtle takes us on an emotional journey to the unexpected.
Palestine 87
Bilal Al Khatib
Palestine. 2022. 14 min
During the First Intifada, Atef is chased by the Israeli army and finds himself trapped in an entrance of a house. The owner, an old lady, hides him in her bath. Atef is surprised that there is another person inside, who helps him not to be arrested.
Continue reading Palestine 87 (Bilal Al Khatib) PalestineZAINAB ENTEZAR
I am Zainab Entezar, a graduate of journalism، I’m master in public managment . My main activities have been in the field of writing and cinema, which has resulted in a story book and writing several screenplays and directing in cinema.
I wrote and directed short film , “The Mosque for rent”, “The House”, “Lack” and “Bicycle” and also acted in this film.
I write two novels(A man ware gentle like dad.), (Yusra.)
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