Festival Opening, Short Film Screenings & Live Shows: Berlin Thistle (Pipes & Drums) & Chris Davis (Stand-Up Comedy)

Drama / Animation / Comedy / Coming of Age / Documentary / Experimental

Festival of Slaps (Comedy), D.: Abdou Cissé, 12:00 Min.
On one fateful night, a Nigerian mother serves her son a set of slaps so powerful his life flashes before his eyes.

Trinidad Remains (Drama), D.: Karen Martinez, 14:58 Min.
British-born Nikki reluctantly travels to the island of Trinidad to scatter the ashes of her estranged grandmother. Accompanied by her polar-opposite, freewheeling cousin, Jade, and her unreliable old car.

A Wind and the Shadow (Animation, Drama), D.: Krs Kelly, 08:56 Min.
Trips to the beach and hospital visits - For a mother, the line between reality and memories becomes blurred.

Chickenshit (Drama, Coming of Age), D.: Ellie Rogers, 08:15 Min.
At the height of the summer, two rowdy boys come across an electric fence and a competitive game sparks something unexpected between them.

We Beg To Differ (Documentary), D.: Ruairi Bradley, 12:40 Min.
In the underground world of diffing, a community finds solace in their passion as they navigate personal struggles and challenges both on and off the road.

The Tornado Outside (Animation), D.: Maria Tomazou, 08:15 Min.
Anna lives in a perfect house at the edge of a tornado. When she needs to go outside, she is forced to face the chaos of life that she usually hides away from.

Dammi (Drama, Experimental), D.: Yann Mounir Demange, 16:00 Min.
Returning to Paris, his birthplace, a man moves through memories of his past and surreal fragments of the present, searching for connections with his estranged father. (Starring Riz Ahmed, Isabelle Adjani a.o.)

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