Lessons in Self-Defense

The father is a complete stranger and the mother an alcoholic unable to raise a child. For this reason, Christian is forced to fill the role of parent for his younger brother Giulio. He wants to make sure Giulio goes to school every morning. Unfortunately, he also has to go to work at the same time. Thus the ordinary becomes extraordinary for the two brothers.

A confrontation between Ignacio and Xutaj, who are father and son, at the beginning of the COVID19 pandemic confinement in Mexico. Together they must learn that seeing life in different ways does not reduce their love for each other.

In Ireland they say it takes just three alcoholics to keep a small bar running in a country town. But what if you’ve only got two?

Ernesto, a 12-year-old boy, flees from a town violated by drug traffickers and heads to the city in search of a new life. Two merchants that he will meet along the way will accompany him but the ambition of both will endanger Ernesto's destiny.

Ocean, a boy who was born and raised on a small island, has a taboo relationship with Tide, a sailor whose ship regularly docks at the harbor.

An emotional journey of a 45 year old lady who is desperate to get a baby which is not possible biologically and about her husband who is a silent viewer of his wife's pain.

Nicolás's irreverent night plans change when he meets up with Luka again; an attractive and carefree ghost of his past.

Ubi Sunt. Porto. Cartography of an imaginary place attracted by the margins (social and geographical) Hybrid and eclectic project, it is the outcome of a audiovisual research residency of humam and urban exploration of an expanding city. Ubi sunt qui ante nos fuerunt?, meaning "Where are those who were before us?". Reflective essay on mortality and life's transience, it emerges from that dialectic, of a and episodic and fragmented structure with a choreographed cinematography; where the memory intersects the contemporary.

In northern France, where cockfighting is still allowed, Anaïs, 18, finds herself facing a mountain of debt following the death of her father, a former cockfighting breeder.

Hannah returns home to face her dysfunctional and emotionally-repressed family after her attempted suicide. Her journey towards healing intertwines with the humorous clashes and unique bonds within the family.

Azerbaijan. Yagub has nothing left but beats his disabled son Musa until a shattering message brings about a sudden turn.

In a desperate bid for attention, 11-year-old Keira compulsively steals from pregnant women at her local aquatic centre. But her actions put her at risk of losing the only family she has.

In a Paris hotel room, Jack Whitman lies on a bed. His phone rings; it's a woman on her way to see him, a surprise. She arrives and the complications of their relationship emerge in bits and pieces. Will they make love? Is their relationship over? (A prequel to The Darjeeling Limited, 2007.)

I didn't worry about it, until the symptoms got worse. The doctors said I had no cure, I'd be sick for the rest of my life. I wish they had been right.

'Bears Discover Fire' is the strange tale of a lonely man, his aging mother, his curious nephew, and a family of bears that have discovered how to use fire.