Sabaku

During a bird migration Sabaku is separated from the group. So he needs to find a new buddy and connect with the other herd animals. It’s the start of a difficult journey, but one on which he really belongs.

Sad Beauty

When mankind causes its own demise, what could bring consolation?

Salvatore

Living out his days in a nursing home, a secret is unearthed from the dark past of charismatic Salvatore Luciano.

Sammy

A Dutch family is helping a Jewish family flee the Nazis. After the war, Sammy - the cat of the Jewish family - returns

Sand

A truck driver and his daughter both like the feel of sand.

Sand

You get up at five, eat your vitamins, take some water with your coffee, work for a few hours, eat your omegas and flavonoids, work a little more, get some exercise and then take a shower. But don’t bother trying to wash the sand out of your hair.

Sand Wanderer

As the world starts moving around him, a young desert dweller decides to follow the footprints of his fellow tribesmen towards the origin of time.

Sasha, The

‘The Sasha’ is a fictional video essay about the human perspective on Earth and our constant struggle with our temporal and spatial limitations.

Sayed Soccer Talent

11-year-old Sayed Abdullah Sulaiman is a great soccer talent from Kuwait.

School's Out!

A mother blames a kindergarten teacher for failing to give her son an outlet for his male energy. The teacher tries to remain professional, but after yet another reproach she finally discovers an outlet for her own pent-up frustration...

Scooters

Fifteen-year-old Robin is spending the summer holidays in southern Limburg. A holiday like many others, until her burgeoning sexuality and curiosity begin to hinder the relationship with her best friend Merel.

Scrambled

After 19-year old Esra misses her train while playing a fast-paced, flashy game on her smartphone, it is a vintage Rubik’s Cube that challenges her attention.

Sea Factory

Since part of the Baltic fleet moved away most of Kronstadt is no longer a closed military city.

Seahorse

On the day of her abortion, Dana looks for her own way to come to terms with her decision.

See Me

When nobody wants to see you, your vision changes. Only when you fall, you seem to be a part of everybody, just for a little while.

Sense of Place

A short film made from scanned images of transparent adhesive sticky tape.

Seven Mountains

Twin brothers Tom and Marnix do everything together. But their parents want to separate the boys. So when they both fall in love with Rosa, and she falls in love with them, they take drastic measures to stay together.

Seven Things I Learned about Time Travel

Markus builds a time machine but discovers that not everything in the past can be so easily changed.

Sevilla

Three youngsters take a road trip to Seville that will change their lives forever.

She/Her

She /Her is a film about the balance of power and the deep underlying emotions within a mother-daughter relationship: uncertainties, manipulation, dependency but ultimately love.

Short

17-year-old Arend’s first step into the world of gay love is a date with handsome Michael, but things don’t turn out quite as how he imagined…

Short Calf Muscle

An absurdist black comedy about Anders - a rather tall 30-year-old - who discovers that the rest of the world seems to think that he is a gnome.

Shouted From the Rooftops

Romantic story set in a war-torn Kurdish town. When Sherin leaves to fight, her anguished lover Ferhat stays behind awaiting her return.

Show Me Love

After a fight at home Alize observes, from a distance, the frantically worried parents from whom she has run away.

Silence

Esther feels she has got what it takes when she applies for a job, but then she meets a stranger who can see behind her mask.

Silent Ray, The

The man's presence lingers in the room that for years served as his study. Present and past intertwine as he follows threads of his memory and recalls the time of his participation in the colonial war against Ethiopia in 1935-36.

Single Life, A

When playing a mysterious vinyl single, Pia is suddenly able to travel through her life.

Sjaak's Wife Died, So He Needs To Say Something

76-year old Sjaak tries to write a speech for his recently deceased wife, but he is only capable of writing the opening lines. As the ceremony begins, Sjaak postpones the speech. He is determined to find a more authentic way to say goodbye to his great love.

Sky High

One night Mads is forced to choose between dealing drugs or a completely new life.

Small

Noortje, a 12-year old girl, experiences her first massage, but she is not yet prepared to feel the hands of a stranger on her skin.

Smoke Like a Turk

A Turkish boy discovers that he doesn't become a real man just by being circumcised.

Snapshot

A couple of well-meaning day-trippers miss all the animal activity that takes place right under their noses in an idyllic forest clearing.

Snow

When Onno's father dies he stays behind with his car and his dog Snow, before grabbing the opportunity to finally grow up. .

So I Stay

A Young woman seeks for experiences that would dramatize her life.

Sober Up

After Iris and Sven fall for each other over an evening, a sobering 10-minute cycle ride home diminishes their chances of a successful one-night stand.

Soft Powers

Julia Kaiser writes, directs, produces, animates, films and acts as her alter ego Han Profond, who is interested in semiotics and lies about her age. To escape the gaze of her mother the felt frog, Han has moved out into the party shed where she drinks beers and welcomes her masked history teacher Schenkel.

Something About Alex

Alex, a troubled and isolated teenager, finds a true friend in Hendrik, his sister's boyfriend. When Hendrik and Annelies announce their plans to leave the family home, Alex must face what is troubling him.

Son du Serpent

In this dance film, an African man feverishly looks for his wife who has vanished without a trace. His ramble unfolds like a road movie. All the time, the man’s longing for his darling is undiminished.

Spellbreaker

A fairytale and horror story in a "Painted Animation". By greed two friends change into monsters. An apocalyptic fight brings death to an unexpected victim.

Splintertime

"Zip up and let's dance to the sound of breaking glass." A band of sleepy spirits in an ambulance run out of road.

Spoetnik

Teenager Sam starts working at Spoetnik, a clandestine fries stall named after its speciality. Right across the street is a brothel with an alluring girl who evidently needs Sam’s help…

Spotters

When a man loses control of his life, he finds meaning in machines that ascend and descend. A winterly story about loss, desire and airplanes.

Squirrel and the Swallow, The

When Swallow is in danger Squirrel tries everything to save her.

Stand-by Me

Willem (78) tries to explain all home appliances to his wife.

Stand-by Office

We are introduced to a group of people within an office environment. everyday work gestures are observed throughout the building. nothing seems out of place.

Standing in the Sun

A group of boys take us on their surreal coming of age journey in suburban Skopje, Macedonia, midst its passage from war to westernization.

Stay, away

Five fragments about the struggle and incapacity within a family.

Stray Sheep

Idris embarks on a journey towards an arranged marriage with a woman he has never met, in a country he has never set foot in.

Stuff

After a break-in at her home, interiors buyer Helen (38) is left in a state of shock. Many of her dearest possessions have been taken, but she also realises she has lost a part of herself that is not at all easy to replace…

Success

Absurdist tragicomedy about a man who scores a personal success on the day of his death.

Sugar

When Bert’s sexy neighbour pops in to borrow some sugar, things suddenly take an unexpected turn.

Sunny Day

A woman from Hong Kong planning to join the umbrella protests goes to visit her father, who is moving to an old folks’ home.

Sunset from a Rooftop

While the city is being hit by NATO-bombings, Ivana is trying to tell her boyfriend she is pregnant.

Super

Albert gets lost in the seductive world of the supermarket.

Supertrapeze

An unusual choreography in ordinary surroundings.

Sweet Rabbit

As a woman changes into a rabbit she begins to discover her true self.

Swimming Paradise

A day in a tropical swimming paradise.

Swipe

A girl finds that she still has a match on a dating app with a stranger, despite swiping him left just moments before. She starts to fear that the man might be dangerously close…

Symmetry

A CERN researcher performs a ritual dance with a female shaman and learns that life's riches are hidden in the smallest human body parts.

Sync

Mistakes during synchronized swimming finals test the friendship of two girls.