Denmark 2009, 29 min
director: Birgitte Stærmose | screenplay: Peter Asmussen | production: Jesper Morthorst | cinematography: Marek Septimus Wieser
Fusing documentary and fiction, OUT OF LOVE depicts the lives of children trying to survive the aftermath of war in Kosovo by selling cigarettes on the street. Through monologues performed by the children against the eerie backdrops of Pristina, the film tells their gripping and sad story of memory, loss and fear.

Germany 2010, 15 min
director: David OReilly | screenplay: David OReilly, Vernon Chatman | production: Henning Kamm, David OReilly | animation: Tobias Von Burkersroda, Jim Levasseur, Max Stöhr | music: Bram Meindersma
A boy learns to play the piano.

Austria/Argentina 2010, 40 min
director/screenplay: Catalina Molina | production: David Bohun | cinematography: Klemens Hufnagl | cast: Juan José Choque, Juana Salgueiro, David Bracamonte, Sandra Rocha
A job as a seamstress tempts Juana, a young Bolivian woman, to neighbouring Argentina. Her husband and child remain behind in their homeland. It doesn’t take long for the illusion of financial gain to burst – Juana is being exploited and must produce textiles for a luxury brand. Her employer’s demands become ever more absurd, working conditions become unbearable. When her son falls ill, Juana starts making plans to return, but as far as her employer is concerned, leaving is not an option.

Poland 2009, 30 min
director/screenplay: Katarzyna Klimkiewicz | production: Bogusław Kisielewski, Kino Polska | cinematography: Andrzej Wojciechowski | editing: Andrzej Dąbrowski | music: Marzena Majcher | cast: Thu Ha Mai, Le Thanh Hunh, Michał Podsiadło, Klaudia Barcik, Przemek Modliszewski, Viet Dung, Łukasz Pruchniewicz, Tran Thi Thanh Minh, Irwin Wojciechowski
Smuggled across borders, cheated by immoral intermediaries, trailed by police, at the mercy of foreigners – such is the fate of illegal immigrants from Vietnam who try to settle in Poland. Among them is young Mai Anh, whose boyfriend now works at a bazaar in Warsaw. Their meeting in a foreign country will not transpire as they had imagined. This film debut leaves no doubts as to the fate of refugees: in their new lives in the ‘promised land’ they are constantly hounded and frequently need to deny their identity. In the struggle for survival under these new circumstances, such values as solidarity, friendship and love will not prevail. The film’s creators present this phenomenon from a very intimate perspective, without resorting to predictable narrative methods or simple generalisations in their evaluation of the protagonists.

Italy 2010, 20 min
director/screenplay: Ferdinando Cito Filomarino | production: Marco Morabito, Luca Guadagnino, Riccardo Scamarcio | cinematography: Daria D’Antonio | editing: Walter Fasano | cast: Riccardo Scamarcio, Louis Garrel, Alba Rohrwacher
Giano and Luc hardly know each other. They are driving through the woods, about to take shelter from the rain in Luc’s immense villa. After having broken the tension talking, disagreeing, they start wrestling playfully, but suddenly an accident happens. Panic-stricken, Giano doesn’t know whether Luc is dead or unconscious. Luc’s sister arrives home unexpectedly. Giano hides, struck by guilt. Then he works up the courage to talk to the girl, but she virtually ignores him. Taking advantage of her wandering around in the villa, Giano recovers Luc’s body and silently carries it out to the car. He sets off again for the woods they came from and he finds the courage to look at the lifeless body.

Norway 2009, 14 min
director/screenplay: Thomas Wangsmo | production: Daniel Henriksbø | cinematography: Benjamin Loeb | editing: Thomas Wangsmo, Benjamin Loeb | music: Clemet Rotevatn | cast: Pål Sverre Valheim Hagen, Mattis Herman Nyquist, Ida Elise Broch, Jenny Skavlan, Anders Rummelhoff
Five minutes. €1000. Everybody's happy. In a city where young, rich people will spend whatever it takes to get what they want, Thomas provides them with a service no one else will.

France 2009, 12 min
director/screenplay: Sophie Roze | cinematography: Sara Sponga | editing: Colombe Nicolas | animation: Pierre-Luc Granjon, Gilles Coirier, Elmer Kaan, Cédric Mercier | music: Nicolas Bernard
Joseph is a shy, introverted little boy who collects snails. One day he gets swallowed up by his own tummy-button and discovers the disturbing world of the “navel-gazers”, people who, by only communicating with their navel, curl in on themselves and turn into snails...