Mahmoud has a very difficult life. However, he pursues his dreams on the border between reality and fantasy. Mahmoud has a domineering attitude towards the women in his family but in fact he is haunted by past memories and wanders on the border between reality and fantasy.
North American Premiere
Sunbeam
A hypnotic encounter leads a woman to face her alter ego in a surreal music video. Desperate to escape, she plunges into a haunting struggle between who she is and who she wants to become.
SUGAR
In “SUGAR,” we delve into the ‘Hook-Up Culture’ of the generation-z and the rise of the ‘Sugar Daddy’ concept. Our film is based on real experiences of young women in Berlin. We tell our story in one night as FIADH (19) spends it in the Berlin nightlife, torn between her Sugar Daddy MARCEL (54) and her boyfriend MICHA (20).
Memories of Vincennes (Memoires du Bois)
The Bois de Vincennes. The ruins of a colonial exposition building where strange voices and old images slumber that no one wants to revive. Yet Moussa has only one obsession: to keep close to him his friend whose lifeless body has returned to Senegal.
Family
'Family' is an intimate and emotional film depicting the family dynamics of Regina's Canada geese population, revealing the human-like attributes of commitment, fear, courage, pride and happiness.
Reclaim My Summer
Everyone and everything deserves a second chance.
Seventeen-year-old Xuan grew up in a recycling yard. In this confined world, the only opportunity she gets to hang out with her friends is when she’s out collecting recyclables from neighbors.
The film takes a realistic approach to portray the protagonist’s yearning for freedom from the environment she grew up in.