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- DirectorJean-Paul FrenaySomewhere in the future, a major corporation develops a unique software, based on organic virtual reality, which holds all the lost memories of humankind. A user connects to this database of the forgotten... what is he seeking?
- DirectorCaskey EbelingStarsAlicia GoransonMerit LeightonTimm SharpEvery morning, Ben is visited by a motley crew of imaginary playmates, products of his psychiatric disorder. Embodiments of the best and worst in Ben, these hallucinations both bring him comfort and create chaos. This forces Ben to make a difficult choice: continue to live in his fantasy world, or confront reality, by taking a pill that will destroy his imaginary world.
- DirectorMarian CrisanStarsMaxim Adrian StrinuGabriela CrisuDamian Victor OanceaIt's Maxim's birthday. He's 8 years old. He lives together only with his mother in a village not so close to the big city. For his birthday, his mother will take him to Bucharest, to McDonald's. There, Maxim hopes to meet his father.
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsJason SchwartzmanNatalie PortmanWaris AhluwaliaA prologue of one heart-breaking history of love and the prologue of the travel told in The Darjeeling Limited (2007).
- DirectorGaspar NoéStarsPhilippe NahonBlandine LenoirFrankie PainAfter a dreadful incident coupled with an ungovernable paroxysm of violence, a butcher will fall into a downward spiral that will burn to the ground whatever dignity still remained in him.
- DirectorSantiago Bou GrassoPatricio PlazaA man prepares and goes to work in a bizarre world, where the meaning of human workforce is taken to another level.
- DirectorNorman McLarenStarsGrant MunroJean Paul LadouceurA surreal story of two neighbours' destructive feud over a flower.
- DirectorSean EllisStarsSean BiggerstaffEmilia FoxStuart GoodwinBen is an art college student in London, whose imagination runs wild as he works the late-night shift at the local supermarket. What do he and his colleagues do to pass the long, endless hours of the night?
- DirectorGeefwee BoedoeStarsJim ThorntonIn the spirit of 50's & 60's educational films, 'Let's Pollute' is a modern satire on how pollution is our heritage and keeps our economy growing strong, while instructing us how to be better polluters for a better blighted tomorrow.
- DirectorDon HertzfeldtA balloon wraps itself around a young child's hand, bringing him higher and higher, much to the child's delight... but...
- DirectorJeffrey St. JulesStarsTom BarnettSteven McCarthyKate CampbellA man named August is from Capillia, a sprawling city located on an island of the same name. To alleviate the city's problems of unemployment and garbage, city planners built a walled compound in the middle of the city called Nling, into which the oppressed outcasts, garbage and alcohol were thrown. The alcohol was to keep the outcasts pacified. One day, the garbage and alcohol stopped arriving, which led to the deaths of many of the outcasts. August is one of those still surviving outcasts, he who is alone in Nling with his sole friend, Donkey who was once a great Capillian professor. August fears he too will die without more alcohol. August and Donkey try to escape the walls of Nling. They don't find quite what they expect and have to decide how best to survive in their new environment. August in particular has to figure out if his quest for alcohol is worth his immortal soul.
- DirectorVirgil WidrichStarsJohannes SilberschneiderElisabeth Ebner-HaidUnknowingly, a copy shop employee sets off a bizarre series of events with utterly unforeseen consequences.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsDorothy McGinnisRichard WhiteVirginia MaitlandA young boy plants some strange seeds and they grow into a grandmother.
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsÉtienne BeckerJean NégroniHélène ChatelainThe story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.
- DirectorFrédéric BackThe industrialization of Montreal (Canada), as seen from the point of view of a rocking-chair.
- DirectorSpike JonzeStarsAndrew GarfieldLyle KanouseNancy MunozA young man faces the abrupt loss of his friend.
- DirectorRoger AllersA poor young girl has a burning desire to find comfort and happiness in her life. Desperate to keep warm, the girl lights the matches she sells, and envisions a very different life for herself in the fiery flames.
- DirectorJonas GeirnaertThe lives and interactions of four neighbours in an apartment building are seen simultaneously in four different rooms.
- DirectorJan SvankmajerStarsPetr CepekIn this animated version of Edgar Allan Poe's story, a traveller arrives at the Usher mansion to find that the sibling inhabitants are living under a mysterious family curse: The brother's senses have become painfully acute, while his sister has become nearly catatonic. As the visitor's stay at the mansion continues, the effects of the curse reach their terrifying climax, and he must choose between his concern for his hosts' safety, and his own.
- DirectorBastien DuboisA journey diary that redraws the trip of a European traveler confronted with Famadihana customs.
- DirectorLaurent WitzAlexandre EspigaresMr Hublot is a withdrawn, idiosyncratic character with OCD, scared of change and the outside world. Robot Pet's arrival turns his life upside down: he has to share his home with this very invasive companion.
- DirectorDaniel SousaStarsElsie McKendryBrett TobaskyA wild boy is found in the woods by a solitary hunter and brought back to civilization. Alienated by a strange new environment, the boy tries to adapt by using the same strategies that kept him safe in the forest.
- DirectorShûhei MoritaStarsKôichi YamaderaAoi YûkiTakeshi KusaoOne night of the eighteenth century, in the depths of the mountain, a human being is lost and finds a small temple. In the moment when he enters the room space is transformed into a completely different world.
- DirectorAnders WalterStarsCasper CrumpPelle Falk KrusbækMarijana JankovicA young boy, Alfred, is dying, but through the stories about HELIUM - a magical fantasy world - told by the hospital's eccentric janitor Enzo, Alfred regains the joy and happiness of his life, and finds a safe haven away from daily life.
- DirectorXavier LegrandStarsLéa DruckerAnne BenoîtMiljan ChâtelainMiriam, with her two children, escapes her husband, whom she fears.
- DirectorEsteban CrespoStarsAlejandra LorenteGustavo SalmerónBabou ChamA harrowing tale of courage and forgiveness as told from the perspective of the killers. Being a soldier is not difficult: either you get used to it or they kill you. The hardest thing is getting used to living with your memories and being yourself again after doing what you have done.
- DirectorSelma VilhunenStarsJoanna HaarttiSanttu KarvonenRanja OmaheimoA chaotic morning in a family with kids, and a mother who is determined that it's best to take care of everything herself.
- DirectorMark GillStarsMartin FreemanSimon GriffithsTom HollanderDoctor Williams is the latest psychiatrist to deal with a smug patient called Voorman who claims to be God himself. Although skeptical, Williams soon gets an eerie feeling that openly malicious Voorman is not simply insane.
- DirectorTom Van AvermaetStarsMaarten ClaeyssensJo DecaluweBart DhondtIn a work-driven world where time is the ultimate dictator, a mysterious sandman spreads chaos and confusion.
- DirectorRobert KoubaStarsRobert Kouba SeniorA schizophrenic researcher tries to create a perfect clone of himself in an experiment where he subjects his clone to reality altering mazes.
- DirectorChelsey BurdonMark VesseyStarsFiona DourifPhillip JamesA bold, uncompromising horror short that will shock genre audiences.
- DirectorRobert KoubaStarsRobert Kouba SeniorAfter a cynical writer secludes himself in a desolate cabin to overcome his writer's block he resorts to drinking, until one day something visits him.
- DirectorJulie GautierGuillaume NéryStarsJulie GautierGuillaume NéryDeep water free diving exposes its practitioners to a form of narcosis, which induces several symptoms, among which a feeling of euphoria and levity that earned this phenomenon its nickname of raptures of the deep
- DirectorRobert KoubaStarsGeorge BenedictQuinn ButterfieldJulian SchaffnerAfter a group of teenagers discover several pages of bizarre drawings scattered throughout their campsite they become the target of a masked man - a slender man that only moves when no one is looking.
- DirectorAlejandro HernándezStarsEdmary FuentesGustavo FinolRafael IseaThe perfect life of a woman spirals out of control after everything around her starts to mysteriously vanish.
- StarsHarold CannonGilbert GarciaMarc HorowitzTwo old timers have a lot of strange stories to tell a young newcomer at their neighborhood dive bar. However, are the stories really fiction?
- DirectorEdward MavskeggStarsPhil BakerRichard DynasThe story line, set with in the year 2050, revolves around an intriguing chase from one city to another. With lead character, a young woman cyclist employed as a courier, in inadvertently found a strange navigation device in the desert. Upon closer inspection, it was discovered the device contained a suitcase with money. The plot thickens, however, unknowingly to her the courier realizes two bandits following the money too.
- DirectorTena MontoyaStarsGeorge KattCaroline MaceySusan Pari
- DirectorThierry LorenziStarsCarole BranaArben BajraktarajPatrick NoerieObsessed by a mysterious voice message, astronaut Meredith will face its paradoxical condition in order to stay connected to his humanity.
- DirectorAlan HollyStarsJoseph DermodyOrla FitzgeraldBrian GleesonA lost soul stumbles drunken through the city. In a park, Death finds him and shows him many things.
- DirectorChristopher KayStarsDave CallanGreg FleetChris GibsonThree dull criminals are all about breaking the law when they plan to rob a bank, but when a parking space becomes a problem they realize that sometimes it pays to follow the rules.
- DirectorRoni EzraStarsHenok BereketJørgen BrorsenSøren ChristiansenThe rookie cop Jacob is put to a test when his ideals are confronted with the grey zones of the job.
- DirectorRobert KoubaStarsCharlotte HeinimannRobert Kouba SeniorJulian SchaffnerA haunted survivor of a catastrophic alien invasion doesn't see an obvious truth when he finds a mute boy in an abandoned warehouse.
- DirectorRobert KoubaStarsRobert Kouba SeniorAfter a global disaster has ravaged the Earth, a lonely salvager becomes the hunted after finding the most valuable thing in this new world: A mysterious glass statue.
- DirectorTimothy NguyenStarsChristian ArmstrongTim CarilletJoe MooreIn the madness of war a young soldier finds himself alone in the dark jungles of Vietnam. After an encounter with an enemy soldier, circumstance leads him to face a horrific enemy within.
- DirectorBrandon CronenbergStarsRyan KellyRobert DoddsDonna GoodhandEdward Porris attends an appointment at a spa that caters to his specific tastes.
- DirectorIsamu HirabayashiStarsKeisuke HoribeA man carries out his "last rites" as he becomes one with nature
- DirectorFranck DionJacqueline has lost her mind a bit, but whatever, for her trip to the seaside, she has decided to take the train by herself, like a big girl!
- DirectorAdam FreiseNathan FreiseStarsMascha MooreErik VanderWalTwo people live in a dark technological utopia/dystopia - "the Machine". Kuno and Vashti, have differing opinions about the world which they live in and their interaction and conflict as their society comes to a sudden collapse. The story raises themes of man's role in the midst of a technology-dependent built environment that are seemingly more relevant today than when the original short story was published in 1909.
- DirectorZak HilditchStarsAngourie RiceWayne DaviesBen SuttonSet across post-apocalyptic Western Australian desert highways, Transmission takes the audiences on a compelling journey of survival as they follow 10 year old Tilly and her father Jim who try to make their way to the 'virus free' safe zone based in the small town of Leonora following an airborne pandemic that has wiped out 90% of the population of their hometown, Perth. Along the way Tilly must face up to some harsh lessons, most importantly, how to drive. She must endure the ultimate driving lesson in a post apocalyptic world.
- DirectorShawn ChristensenStarsShawn ChristensenFatima PtacekKim AllenHaving reached the lowest point in his life, a self-destructive man on the brink of demise receives an unexpected call from his estranged sister to look after her young daughter for the night. Could this be the beginning of a new reality?
- DirectorBertrand MandicoStarsElina LöwensohnJean-Marc MontmontFièvre, an enigmatic woman, collects dead animals. She brings them to life through animated films. One day, a man comes to see Fièvre: his wife is dead.
- DirectorDon HertzfeldtStarsDon HertzfeldtA series of dark and troubling events forces Bill to reckon with the meaning of his life - or lack thereof.
- DirectorEmiliano Granada OrtegaStarsLaura CaleroAldán PinoA man looks across the courtyard of his tenement building. He glimpses the figure of a woman, staring back at him from her window. He is falling in love with her image. Night comes. As he sleeps, the sound of a creeping spider, resonates through the building. Trapped in his solitude, the man's sense of reality steadily dissolves.
- DirectorNart ZeqirajStarsNol BerishaJoe ChenGjin KastratiThree friends, hanging around in a cafe, make plans on where to go. Empty coffee cups on the table show that they have been there some time. Affected by the monotony, they begin to tease each other and passersby.
- DirectorPedro RiveroAlberto VázquezStarsAna LemosTacho GonzálezAntón RubalA terrible industrial accident changes little Dinki's life forever. Now Dinki's fate may ride on the wings of her eccentric friend Birdboy, a misfit who hides in the forest lost in his fantasies.
- DirectorShannon MurphyStarsTilda Cobham-HerveyRyan CorrWayne BlairIn a remote forest , an aspiring actress immerses herself in the mythical world of the 'Yowie' to scare others and herself into living.
- DirectorSheng QiuA group of children is playing hide and seek. Lei goes the furthest. He sits by the river, and nobody finds him. 20 years passes in an eyeblink.
- DirectorGiorgos EfthimiouStarsDimitra AggelouBoroGiorgos EfthimiouTwo astronauts-beekeepers hire a professional pointer dog to help them to find some objects that they have lost in the middle of nowhere.
- DirectorLizz MarshallStarsSélynne SilverGeorge GriffithLia BarnettIn a dystopian future where violent criminals are reprogrammed into docile servants, a woman must survive her punishment of silent, mindless servitude in a home that hides the darkest of secrets.
- DirectorEnock CarvalhoMatheus FariasStarsTavinho TeixeiraClebia SousaArilson LopesEduardo (Tavinho Teixeira) has a mysterious disease in his body. The appearance of crabs everywhere in the tropical city of Recife may have something to do with it.
- DirectorSarah GrossStarsLarsen ThompsonFarrah MackenzieJonathan MedinaIn a future where telepaths are used by the government to monitor the public and root out insurgents, a mute, sixteen-year-old girl seeks to avenge her father by hunting down and killing the man responsible for his death.
- DirectorRaphaël CrombezStarsJune DuneAlbane FrancisNicolas GrosrichardElias and Nora discover that their daughter Léa is the fountain of life in human form. Through mutual contact with water, she can cure anyone of anything. But it's not without consequence.
- DirectorAri AsterStarsRachel BrosnahanAmy LyndonGrant RosenmeyerA bright but acid-tongued young actress walks the viewer through the drudgeries of her privileged life in a series of clinical tableaus.
- DirectorChris LavisMaciek SzczerbowskiStarsLaurie MaherExhausted and profoundly melancholic, anachronistic Madame Tutli-Putli wants to board a train. And, surrounded by a lifetime's worth of personal belongings, she waits patiently. Is she running away from her past?
- DirectorDavid F. SandbergStarsLotta LostenWhen you are all alone in a small dark room, what do you fear the most? Is it the temporary blindness or is it the uneasy deep feeling that someone, or rather something, is observing your every move?
- DirectorPatrik EklundStarsJacob NordensonAnki LarssonDaniel RudstedtMiddle-aged couple Rolf and Eva live in a passionless relationship. They wear and tear at each other and Eva begins to feel sexually frustrated. One night she tries to seduce Rolf. He dismisses her but then something happens that will change their relationship forever. (Plot Summary from Swedish Film Database)
- DirectorFrancisco Javier RodriguezStarsGuy DessentLot LemmDavid DelaloyJaime, a 33 years old man, has been in a mental institution for almost half of his life. Through a series of conversations, Jaime shares his world view, his fears, his feats and a secret.
- DirectorHlynur PálmasonStarsÍda Mekkín HlynsdóttirGrímur HlynssonÞorgils HlynssonSiblings building a tree house together over the course of a year. We experience the beauty and brutality of the seasons, as we follow them through their struggles and moments of joy.
- DirectorRyan NouferStarsAmy ArgyleMichael BlaiklockPaige CatoOlive, a terminally ill teen, wants her ashes spread with her late mother's. However, Olive's father wants her to be buried in a Selfie Casket - a product that allows the dead to keep posting to their social medias from beyond the grave.
- DirectorJacqueline LentzouStarsNikos ZeginoglouNota TserniafskiKaterina ZisoudiStephanos is a boy working out. He does not know though, that he soon will be carrying the burden's of a man.
- DirectorGuy MaddinStarsMathieu AmalricDeena AzizVasco Bailly-GentaudPieces of film are randomly composited together via computer to create unique short films that can be seen once and never again.
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsRupert FriendRalph FiennesAsa JenningsA small brilliant boy is tormented by two large idiotic bullies.