Two sisters, aged 8 and 5 hang out alone at home, in the middle of the country side. Elsa, the youngest swallows three grains of coarse salt. Judith announces to her that she’s doomed to a death by desiccation. She only has a few hours to live, when the return of their mother with her ardent and feverish behaviour, turns the family destiny upside down.
North American Premiere
Playground
SYNOPSIS
2006, Northern Italy. In a provincial playground, a young mother and her children are waiting for their friends. Their arrival is imminent, the chessboard is ready.
Beat
After a heart transplant a young woman finds herself connecting with a homeless man through her new found talent of classical piano.
Through-out a series of dramatic events and emotional performances the two worlds begin to merge as one.
ALLiN
ALLiN – to historia trójki zaprzyjaźnionych pracowników Banku Narodowego. Gdy w 2020 roku na Świat spada pandemia, w głowach bohaterów filmu pojawia się niecny plan. Wykorzystując swoje kompetencje i brak bezpośredniego nadzoru w pracy, postanawiają ogołocić skarb państwa ze 100 kg złota. Panująca zaraza tylko ułatwia im sprawę. Dzięki powszechnie stosowanym i wymaganym maseczką nie są do 100% zidentyfikowania. Bez żadnych przeszkód wynoszą ze skarbca Narodowego Banku kilogramy złota.
The City that Lives in Me
The resumption of occupation of the city in the midst of the pandemic chaos is the guiding thread of the dance-documentary The City that Lives in Me, a celebration of the return of the on-site activities of the Castro Alves Theater Ballet. The documentary follows the artistic process of the dance company, revealing the backstage of one of the biggest theaters in Brazil.
The Stage of Golden Beach
In a local slaughterhouse in southern China, Bin, a female worker who stopped dancing after a sexual abuse in her childhood, was known to all in the small town. Before the Spring Festival this year, now as young single mother, Bin was forced to dance in a show that was intended for local government's funding. During the rehearsal, she fell into the clutches of her male dance teacher's assault. She had no option but to decide on a self-destructive counterattack against toxic patriarchism.