When the Light Breaks
Preceded by the short film O (dir. Rúnar Rúnarsson, Islanda)
When the light breaks on a long summer’s day in Iceland, from one sunset to another, Una, a young art student encounters love, friendship, sorrow and beauty.
Preceded by the short film O (dir. Rúnar Rúnarsson, Islanda)
When the light breaks on a long summer’s day in Iceland, from one sunset to another, Una, a young art student encounters love, friendship, sorrow and beauty.
On a remote volcanic island – a place everyone wants to leave – Nana has learned to stay. Her mother Nia, who suffers from a mysterious illness, left soon after her birth. When Nana comes down with a high fever, she is sent to the foot of a volcano for treatment.
A lost intimacy between two brothers begins to resurface when Antonio returns to his town, to a collapsing family home to help his twin brother Javier, who suffers from a congenital disease.
A young woman named Maja heads to a remote island to solve a family inheritance issue. In a whirlwind of new emotions, and through a series of unpredictable situations, she will finally face questions from her past. The search for inheritance becomes a search for her own identity.
In a village in the Greek countryside, Takis prepares the opening of his new butcher shop. One day before the inauguration, his son Pavlos kills the neighbor who claims part of their land. The only witness is Christos, a young man from Albania whom Takis has had with him since childhood.
The story of an 85-year-old man who has recently lost his wife. By mixing his wife's ashes in a cup of hot water and drinking it, she appears to him, and they share memories of their life together.
To celebrate Lukas’ victory at the martial arts tournament and Tomas’ birthday party, two sisters organize a weekend at the country house. With their kids, they go swimming in a nearby lake, relax and discuss family finances.
Ada, a pregnant American journalist of Polish descent, receives a mysterious package – an autobiographical book about childhood trauma, authored by her friend, Roksana. Ada, on her last journalistic adventure before maternity leave, joins Roksana in Poland to recount the gripping story.
Palestinian teenager Nasser and his older brother Yassin have been living in a Greek refugee camp, awaiting a decision on their asylum application. They pass the time recording comedy sketches, fantasizing of making zombie films and moving to Sweden.
Cristina, a 35-year-old secretary living in an alienating and hostile Bucharest, is trying to understand what it means being a bills-paying, ready-to-settle, social-ladder-climbing adult while still desperately wanting to be a good child for the single mom that raised her.
Corsica, 1995. It’s Lesia’s first summer as a teenager. One day a man bursts into her life and takes her to an isolated villa where she finds her father, in hiding, surrounded by his clan. An underworld war erupts. The noose is tightening around them. Death strikes.
Screening also accessible for people with visual impairments through the programme Cinema without barriers, with the support of the Institut francais in Romania.
Screening in the presence of director Andrei Ujică
Rami, a Palestinian from Haifa, is dealing with his Jewish girlfriend’s sudden change of heart about her planned abortion. His mother, Hanan, is facing a financial crisis and becomes entangled in complications while seeking compensation for her daughter’s Fifi accident.