“Die Geschwister” follows Thies, a solitary Berlin property manager who secretly gives Bruno and Sonja, two undocumented “siblings”, an illegal flat and slowly falls for Bruno. As pressure from landlords and the system mounts, their fragile chosen family cracks, forcing all three to choose between love, loyalty and the simple need to survive.
Fleeting connections and hidden desires abound in this poignant collection of stories about the drama and passion that erupts behind closed doors.
Filip is devastated when his long-term boyfriend Eryk abruptly leaves him, disappearing without a trace. Despite the support from friends and family, Filip remains engulfed in despair. As he grapples with the end of his relationship, new opportunities and reflections on life begin to surface, leading him towards a path of healing and self-discovery.
A young Polish worker in Norway falls for a local coworker while factory pressure, money, and fear squeeze the life out of everything. Norwegian Dream is a raw queer drama about survival, tenderness, and finally speaking up.
Directed by Leiv Igor Devold
Andrzej and Michal are two young teenagers who return every summer to the small tourist village of Siemiany in the Polish countryside. But Michal and Andrzej aren’t the only visitors and tensions come to a head.
Director: Philip James McGoldrick
A young French Canadian, one of five boys in a conservative family in the 1960s and 1970s, struggles to reconcile his emerging identity with his father’s values.
Director: Jean-Marc Vallée
The story of a young man discovering his homosexuality, while his girlfriend tries to cling onto him.
Director: Tomasz Wasilewski
A very short film about a man leaving a night club, a street in dark, a guy offering his sexual services and his tears. The only demand. Intense, almost cruel, a precise portrait of refuges, loneliness, compromises and fall.
Director: Tomasz Śliwiński
Three immature guys drive around a remote region of Germany, fooling around and taking photographs.
Director: Nils Bökamp
The emotional inertia and chaos affecting a narcoleptic woman, a fatally ill writer and a doctor, and their attempts to escape from their dead-end situations.
Director: Magdalena Piekorz
