Sun Dog
Fedor is a young locksmith in Murmansk, a frozen city in the obscurity of the Russian Arctic. Client after client, he roams through the alleys of concrete animated by a fantasy that isolates him from the city and its population.
Past Perfect
Many cities or countries have a distinct malaise. This feeling, common to many latitudes, is often presented as a diagnosis, a denial of a painful present as opposed to the desire to return to a glorious past.
Genius Loci
One night, Reine, a young loner, sees within the urban chaos a mystical oneness that seems alive, like some sort of guide.
12 Marx Street
The Woman pours herself a cup of coffee and sits in the same place, at the same time, every day, calling the same number on her phone. One day, her call is unexpectedly answered.
Invisible Hero
Duarte, a blind man in his 50s, starts looking for his friend Leandro, a Cape Verdean immigrant who has disappeared.
Nina
13-year-old Nina is feeling trapped in her relationship with the bossy Vassil, who is preparing her to be a skilled pickpocket in Spain. There are days when she is almost ready to run away from him.
Flesh
Rare, medium rare, medium, medium well and well done. Through intimate and personal stories, five women share their experiences in relation to the body, from childhood to old age.
Community Gardens
This is a story about a cold relationship between a father and his son. Their bond, plagued by indifference, disintegrates completely.
All Cats Are Grey in the Dark
Christian and his two cats Marmelade and Katjuscha are inseparable. As he is yearning to become a father, he decides to fertilise his beloved cat Marmelade by an exquisite tomcat from abroad.
The Kids
A young boy is left alone with the responsibility for his two younger siblings.
We Are Not Here
Two ghosts. Free, but still trapped.
The Wonders Beneath the Sea
A woman invites her mother to an underwater restaurant to celebrate her 70th birthday.