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- DirectorTomer ShushanStarsDaniel GadDawit TekelaebReut AkkermanA man finds his stolen bicycle, which now belongs to a stranger. While attempting to retrieve it, he struggles to remain human.
- DirectorFarah NabulsiStarsSaleh BakriMaryam KanjMariam BashaOn his wedding anniversary, Yusef and his young daughter set out in the West Bank to buy his wife a gift. Between soldiers, segregated roads and checkpoints, how easy would it be to go shopping?
- DirectorPeter GreenawayStarsPeter GreenawayA sort of documentary on the people known to have fallen out of windows in a certain time frame in a certain geographical location. One of Greenaway's early short films.
- DirectorPeter GreenawayDocumentary film by Peter Greenaway made for Thames Television, in which people who have survived being struck by lightning relate their experiences against a typically Greenaway backdrop of lists, black humour, 'collated statistics', bizarre camera angles and Michael Nyman music.
- DirectorElvira LindStarsOscar IsaacAlia ShawkatBrian PetsosWhen a corrections officer is transferred to the letter room, he soon finds himself enmeshed in a prisoner's deeply private life.
- DirectorAlan BarillaroA hungry sandpiper hatchling ventures from her nest for the first time to dig for food by the shoreline. The problem is, the food is buried in the sand where scary waves roll up.
- DirectorRalph EgglestonStarsRalph EgglestonA group of snooty birds roosting on a telephone wire get their just deserts when a goofy bird drops in.
- DirectorDomee ShiStarsSindy LauKai LiSharmaine YeohA Chinese-Canadian woman suffering from empty nest syndrome gets a second shot at motherhood when one of her handmade dumplings comes alive.
- DirectorAlison MacleanStarsTheresa HealeyPeter TaitAnnagretta ChristianA woman finds something quaint in her kitchen sink and feels strangely captivated towards it.
- DirectorStéphane AubierVincent PatarStarsBruce EllisonStéphane AubierVincent PatarChief and Cowboy eagerly look forward to Christmas, but after their fight destroys the Yule log, Horse decides to cancel all celebrations.
- DirectorHarry LightonStarsLalor RoddyDiarmuid NoyesFionn Ó LoingsighOn the day after Christmas, a Catholic priest from Cork drives his nephew to prison.
- DirectorAnders Thomas JensenTomas Villum JensenStarsJens Jørn SpottagSøren ØstergaardJesper BæhrenzThe businessman Ernst has just landed in the airport and is on his way home to his wife. Its raining heavy outside and therefore he takes a hitchhiker with him. They start a conversation about the value of life and soon it becomes evident to the spectators that the hitchhiker is Jesus Christ, but Ernst is in too much of a rush to go back to his wife to notice.
- DirectorAnders Thomas JensenStarsStig HoffmeyerFrits HelmuthVera GebuhrA composer with a straining birth name is caught between his mother fixation and his need to father his own ambitions.
- DirectorAnders Thomas JensenStarsUlrich ThomsenJens Jørn SpottagJohn MartinusOn his way to the polls, an idealist yet absent-minded voter must endure continuous waves of racist cab drivers and their offensive remarks.
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsRoberto BenigniSteven WrightIn a vignette called "Strange to meet you," Roberto sits at a small table in a coffee bar. Five cups of coffee and two ashtrays are in front of him; he drinks and smokes. Steven joins him. They start a conversation about cigarettes and coffee. Steven likes to drink coffee before he sleeps, so he can dream faster. The conversation jumps around. "You know my mother?" asks Roberto. Steven describes coffee Popsicles. They switch seats; then switch back. Steven has to leave for a dental appointment he's not looking forward to. Roberto makes a startling offer, inspired no doubt by the coffee and cigarettes.
- DirectorNick ParkStarsPeter SallisPeter HawkinsTo replenish their depleted supply of cheese, inventor Wallace and his dog Gromit travel to the moon in a homemade rocket-ship.
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsBill MurrayTom WaitsRoberto BenigniA series of vignettes that all have coffee and cigarettes in common.
- DirectorSaul AbrahamStarsHimesh PatelTom SweetMaddy HillAs home tutor Michael (Himesh Patel) seeks ways out of his spiraling depression, a moment of hope arrives via an unexpected source.
- DirectorBrian LarsenStarsKenny PickettAfter years of toiling away inside the engine room of a towering locomotive, two antiquated robots will risk everything for freedom and for each other.
- DirectorAnthony NtiStarsPrince AgorteyMatilda EnchilGoua Robert GrovoguiYoung Matilda and Prince are taken on a life-changing trip by a stranger. Kids, gangsters and Ghana's vibrant coast as you've never seen them.
- DirectorLewis RoseStarsRichard AlbrechtDebbie ChazenTallulah ConabeareHow would you react if your father's last wish was a little bit out there? For siblings Roz and Elli, it becomes a battleground for who will determine their pop's final journey.
- DirectorTeddy NewtonStarsMuneer LyatiWayne DyerDay encounters Night, a stranger of distinctly darker moods. But their suspicions soon turn to curiosity, and they are delighted to find the joys of their budding friendship.
- DirectorEthosheia HyltonStarsDoyin AjiboyeLuke GasperJoan IyiolaReady to leave her UK boarding school and enter the working world, a young Black woman faces pressure to change her name and natural hairstyle.
- DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsThom YorkeDajana RoncioneFrida Dam SeidelIn a short musical film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, Thom Yorke of Radiohead scores and stars in a mind-bending visual piece. Best played loud.
- DirectorMoxie PengStarsKalo MossChing Yin Ryan HuEvan LaiWhen Gabriel, a 7-year-old Chinese kid who loves ballet, becomes friends with Rob, another Chinese kid from school, Rob's dad gets suspicious about Gabriel's feminine behavior and decides to intervene.
- DirectorAphton CorbinStarsKaylin PriceAriana BrownAliyah TaylorAdulting can be hard. Some days you're nailing it, while other days, you're just a stack of kids hiding in a trench coat hoping no one notices.
- DirectorDaniel VogelmannStarsOliver TompsettHannah BritlandCharlie AnsonIn the world's first Action Musical, Jake and his SWAT team raid an abandoned factory in order to bring down the country's most dangerous terrorist. Naturally singing and dancing.
- DirectorDominique MonferyStarsDora LuzJennifer EspositoSalvador Dalí and Walt Disney's Destino features the tragic love story of Chronos, the personification of time, and a mortal woman as they seek each other out across surreal landscapes.
- DirectorMatilde SköldMarcus SvanbergStarsCarla SehnHedda StiernstedtTwo young women move into a new apartment. When they spot their doppelgangers in the house across the street, the situation quickly turns from weird to something much more terrifying.
- DirectorPeter BayntonCharlie MackesyStarsJude Coward NicollTom HollanderIdris ElbaFollows a boy, a mole, a fox and a horse, as they create an unexpected friendship and travel together in the boy's search for home.