Mario
In 1950s Germany, a farmer's children face an excruciating dilemma when the son resists expectations to take over the family farm.
Abdul Kareem
Sex is power, and Waseem, a Syrian gay-for-pay hustler seeking asylum in Cologne, wields it like a shield. Keeping his johns at an emotional arm’s length while satisfying their most carnal desires in order to eke out a living, he meets his match in Lars: a kind, affluent professional with a growing personal interest in Waseem. This gripping tale of transactional identity explores the tactical exchange of trust and intimacy in a partnership, and the divisions between immigrants and their host countries in contemporary Europe.
Max
A digital fairy tale about love and fantasy. In a digital future, Max isn't the successful type. It's a bleak dystopia, this future world, in which bodies are just factors of production, and individuals are submitted to a strict regime of surveillance.
Homeless Boy
Fuad Ramses and his family have moved from the United States to France, where they run a American diner. Since business is not going too well, Fuad also works night shifts in a museum of Egyptian culture. During these long lonely nights he is repeatedly drawn to a statue representing the seductive ancient goddess ISHTAR. He becomes more and more allured by the goddess as she speaks to him in visions. Eventually he succumbs to her deadly charms.
