PIFF SELECTIONS 2024
BACK TO THE CLOSET (Spain)
Director: Gerald B. Fillmore
fiction / comedy
After ten years living together, Sebastian is going to confess the truth to Lucia about his sexual orientation. Sebastian is a victim of social pressure and he has been leading a double life but now the time has come to confess Lucia that he is heterosexual. it's time to get out of the closet, I mean, back to the closet.
BLACK SEED (Iran)
Director: Amirhoman Khosravani
fiction / drama-black comedy
On the night of her death, a grandmother gives a valuable diamond to Sam, her eight-year old grandson with Down syndrome. The diamond does not belong to their family but her sons are determined to find it.
CARRAXE (Spain)
Director: Muriel Pernas
fiction / drama
Around the rural Galicia, an elderly married couple live drowned in their routine. SOLE is confined to her house by her husband while she attends him the way she´s been taught. Every night MARIO returns home drunk. The days repeat themselves. Both of them have a lot of rage accumulated in their lives, only one of them manages to get it out.
DEATH OF A FORMAT (Cyprus)
Director: Marios Lizides
documentary
The owner of the last video-rental store in Cyprus waits for customers while his sister's Gift-shop business is slowly taking over.
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EUROPE BY BIDON (France)
Directors: Samuel Albaric, Thomas Trichet
documentary / animation
Biodun is Nigerian. In this animated documentary, he tells the story of his journey on foot from Lagos to Paris, how he survives with a container, a "bidon" and thanks of his courage. ..With his amazing patter, he transforms the events into extraordinary adventures.
FATHER'S LETTERS (France, Russia)
Director: Alexey Evstigneev
fiction / animation
In 1934, Professor Vangengheim is condemned to the Gulag on the Solovki. As he pretends to be on a grand voyage of exploration, he crafts imaginative tales in letters to his daughter Eleonora, shielding her from the truth of his sentencing as a "traitor to the motherland”.
FORTISSIMO (France)
Director: Victor Cesca
fiction / comedy
Guy, a pianist passionate about his music, sees his life turned upside down when the church where he officiates takes in a mysterious little girl.
A true piano virtuoso, the child prodigy will soon steal the show.
A duel of egos then begins.
HABITAT (Spain)
Director: Elena Escura
fiction / drama
Every day, Marisa observes that house from the street: the building, the balcony, the life that goes on behind the window. One day Marisa decides to do somehing that she left pending: say goodbye.
LOSE (Spain)
Director: Rubén Guindo Nova
fiction / drama
Lies, family-work balance and a child addicted to a mobile phone: panic is triggered on a perfect home.
OYU (France, Japan)
Director: Atsushi Hirai
fiction / drama
It is the last day of the year and night falls on the small town of Toyama, Japan. A man goes to the public bath to retrieve a forgotten object. But once inside, the promise of a hot bath compels him to stay
SEE YOU SOON (France)
Director: Jules Renault
fiction / comedy
It is the general lockdown in France. To preserve their couple, Robin and Pauline have decided to spend it on their own: Pauline has gone to live with her parents in the country side, leaving Robin to enjoy their small apartment alone. At least she thinks so, since he took advantage of her absence to quietly join Charlotte, her lover, in her country house. But Pauline decides to return earlier than expected...
SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN (Lebanon)
Director: Dahlia Nemlich
fiction / drama
Facing their imminent separation, Elias and Christiane dive into their memories for one final goodbye.
SPIROS BEACH (Cyprus)
Director: Antonis Pouliasis
documentary
Stuck in place and time, a self-sustaining community of holidaymakers share their love for the sun and sea. An observational documentary offering an intimate glimpse into Cyprus's last remaining caravan park.
SUBTITLES (Italy)
Director: David Barbieri
fiction / comedy
Soon after discovering that they are unaware protagonists of an ongoing film, two idle guys will have to put up a fight against a very particular film crew
THE INHERITANCE (Romania)
Director: Marian Fărcuț
fiction / black comedy
Petre announces the death of the old man he took care of. The local policeman start an investigation to find out the circumstances.
THE THIRTEENTH YEAR (Iran)
Director: Samad Alizadeh
fiction / drama
Helia has become thirteen and this led her family to restrict her from cycling.
THE WHITE CROWS (France-Russia)
Director: Denis Liakhov
fiction / drama
Vlad, a young Russian homosexual in the closet, returns from Moscow to his small hometown. His brother Liokha has arranged a surprise for him: a night in the sauna with a prostitute.
ULTRAVELOCI (Italy)
Director:s Davide Morando, Paolo Bonfadini
fiction / drama
Dodo, a 50-year-old man suffering from a form of partial paralysis that limits his motor skills, finds himself alone for the first time having to defend the family workshop.
STUDENT FILMS
(R)OJO POR (R)OJO (Spain)
Director: Lucía Aparici Azanza
fiction / comedy
Caridad has won a washing machine in her hairdresser's raffle. Her daughter Helena thinks the gadget will only add to her expenses. However, together they will find a way to make it profitable. But envy will arise and Paloma will do everything she can to ruin her business.
BABUSHKAS (Russia)
Director: Lyubava Yarovaya
fiction / comedy
When the grandson finds out that his compassionate grandmother was once again deceived by a fraudster, he decides to help her achieve justice. And it turns out that all old ladies of the residential building crave the same.
CATARACT (Poland)
Director: Łukasz Iwanicz
documentary
“Cataract” is a black-and-white documentary film about three strong women who always had it rough. Despite the tedium of everyday life and the sense of helplessness, they still try to find the meaning in the world around them. The film explores existential themes and the concept of happiness.
GOOD GUY (Poland)
Director: Mikolaj Piszczan
fiction / mockumentary
Mockumentary about a self-proclaimed life-coach with a cringe personality, who tries to connect with people by trying to change their lives „for the better” - but his methods leave much to be desired.
NAVARINOU SQUARE (Greece)
Director: Andreas Lazidis
documentary
The redevelopment of Navarinou Square in the center of Thessaloniki signifies the end of an era. Memories and collective dreams are buried beneath the new playground. Through a personal reflection about the past, the filmmaker is trying to explore the impact of time on our lives and the relationship between human and public space.
THE TORNADO OUTSIDE (UK, Cyprus)
Director: Maria Tomazou
animation
Anna lives in a perfect house, but living on the edge of a tornado can be difficult. When she ventures outside, she is forced to face the chaos that she usually hides away from.
THOSE WHO FOLLOW (Germany)
Director: Frederic Kau
fiction / drama
Since joining the special forces, Mirko's life has been torn between his family and his unit. When the suspicion suddenly arises that his girlfriend Rabea might have reported a radical right-wing chat message from the unit to Internal Affairs, Mirko is in danger of losing both.
WARMTH (Poland)
Director: Klaudia Fortuniak
fiction / drama-comedy
Mother and daughter are going to a funeral. The mother is taking away the coal furnace for scrap that day, and the daughter is wearing brown tights. The furnace turns out to be heavy and tights inadequate for the ceremony.
