Short Films
Staying with her aunt at a Norwegian campground, Romanian Ada wishes for a carefree teenager summer, but she’s trapped by expectations and the family business.
Zaid loves flying kites, but his obsession is taking over his life as he starts skipping school and sneaking into places he shouldn't be. Adults around him worry, but is he all that different from them?
A bus-stop brawl is brewing, and chocolate croissants may be the key to a peace treaty.
Leonard Bernstein’s performance of Rhapsody in Blue at a Displaced Person’s Camp after the war helped Schaja, a Polish Jewish baker, transition from despair to hope. Many years later, at the news that Mr. Bernstein is coming to New Zealand, Schaja’s daughter tracks down the conductor, with unexpected consequences.
A signature on a school note is just an excuse to visit her absent father at work, but things don’t go quite as little Semele plans in this naturalistic, moving, family drama.
Parkour, an urban, kinetic art form, blends with slam poetry for a uniquely graceful, breathtaking glimpse into the experience of youth in Vienna.