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  • "Acceptance" - Graduation Film - 2019

    Synopsis

    Ava, a professional dancer, finds herself in a relationship where she acts as submissive. Upon reaching the emotional limit of a vicious circle, she faces the obstacles of breaking up with choreographer Nicholas and taking control of her own life.

    Team

    Producer
    Osman Sina Saral
    Director
    Cassiana Maranha
    Screenwriter
    Maíra Scherer
    Cinematographer
    Sivasudhan Balamanohar
    Sound Designer
    Luka Ozegovic
    Editor
    Tijana Todorovic

  • "Adaptation" - Graduation Film - 2020

    Synopsis

    On the outskirts of Lisbon, a teenage boy, Pedro, becomes embroiled with bullies. However, violence begets violence and sooner or later something must give. This signals the awakening of his dark side - a monster. Before soon, Pedro discovers that rising to the top of the food chain is easier done than thought and he exacts unrelenting revenge on the bullies.

    Team

    Producer
    Ansah Fiona Worlanyo Aku
    Director
    Ngima Gelu Lama
    Screenwriter
    Kristo Kaas
    Cinematographer
    Danilo Ignacio Miranda Cares
    Editor
    Lawrence Agbetsise
    Sound Designer
    Johnny Farah

  • "Andros" - Graduation Film - 2018

    Synopsis

    Andros is a short film about a female-only remote island, where an androgynous teenage girl must hide the fact she’s different from the other women to remain accepted in their matriarchal society.

    Team

    Producer
    Marie-Luise Scharf
    Director
    Doris Tääker
    Screenwriter
    Tom Butcher Cury
    Cinematographer
    Vishal Vittal
    Sound Designer
    Israel Bañuelos
    Editor
    Andrijana Krčmar

  • "Bruxa" - Graduation Film - 2019

    Synopsis

    Sofia and Tomas are long-time friends and flatmates who share a fetish for decadent rituals. On a rainy night in the ominous city of Porto, the flatmates are joined by an immigrant in transit, Rayan, who is spending the night Couchsurfing at their flat. Rayan recoils into a silent spectator as he witnesses João - a bitter nihilist - break Sofia’s heart for dinner, only to find himself part of a ritual that seems to have been premeditated since his arrival to Porto.

    Team

    Producer
    Osman Sina Saral
    Director/Screenwriter
    Fuad Halwani
    Cinematographer
    Vita Tae Zorat
    Sound Designer
    Luka Ozegovic
    Editor
    Sai Krishna

  • "Charcoal" - Graduation Film - 2019

    Synopsis

    Alice is a 32-year-old artist who left her hometown when she was a teen. One night she receives a call from her sister which states that their father has come back. Alice who hasn't seen the father since his mysterious disappearance 10 years ago, now gets hope to reconnect with him. However, the phone call puts her beside a serious decision: returning to the Zone means facing the fears of her past and coping with the guilt of leaving her sister behind. In addition, the border control has become stricter. Finally, Alice sets herself on a journey. When she gets to the forest near the Zone, Anne calls again and states that their Father isn’t back and she lied. In the house in the Zone Anne, hears footsteps and her eyes get full with tears, she is also smiling. The key is opening the door from the other side, Anne looks at the door, frozen.

    Team

    Producer
    Nare Leone Ter-Gabrielyan
    Director
    Anastasiya Maksymchuk
    Screenwriter
    Sarower Reza Jimi
    Cinematographer
    Jacopo Meneghin
    Sound Designer
    Hisham Sharafeddine
    Editor
    Mariana Nunes

  • "Days Without" - Graduation Film - 2021

    Synopsis

    After a chaotic episode with his wife, Nikolai is left alone with their one year old daughter, Sophia. As time goes by, he begins to doubt his abilities as a father and furthermore, if he will ever see his wife again.

    Team

    Producer
    Beatriz Almeida Tafner
    Director
    Ívar Erik Yeoman
    Screenwriter
    Stella Carneiro
    Cinematographer
    Aline Belfort
    Editor
    Felipe Polo
    Sound Designer
    Mazin Helal

  • "EPISODE 165" - Graduation Film - 2017

    Synopsis

    Three Finnish friends cross the sea for one last spree together, but their unity is shaken when they realize the pressure to make that one a memorable night is greater than they thought. The great amount of time those fast-paced kids suddenly have to deal with at the crack of dawn will reveal doubts and nostalgia of times they have barely experienced together.

    Team

    Producer
    Tiago Carvalheiro
    Director
    Saeid Behbahaninia
    Screenwriter
    Eduardo Prado
    Cinematographer
    Adelaida Pardo
    Sound Designer
    Ilija Cvetkovsky
    Editor
    Dagmara Kucinska

  • "Framed in Time" - Graduation Film - 2021

    Synopsis

    While completing his retirement speech, a disgruntled Army Colonel and his wife must confront her recent Alzheimer's diagnosis and memories of past betrayals, reopening old wounds in order to heal them.

    Team

    Producer
    Martini Conquilla
    Director
    Camila Arriaga Torres
    Screenwriter
    Isaac James Knights-Washbourn
    Cinematographer
    Aline Belfort
    Editor
    EDEM KODJO TENGUE
    Sound Designer
    DIKESH KHADGI SHAHI

  • "How to Tame a Wild Elephant" - Graduation Film - 2021

    Synopsis

    A talented and hormonally charged trumpetist in an all-male music school struggles between his innate spontaneity and the firm grip of his Maestro’s baton. He is forced to find a way to navigate his untamed sexuality, which gets increasingly entwined with his ability to play.

    Team

    Producer
    Clarice Laus
    Director
    Sushant Bhat
    Screenwriter
    Sushant Bhat and Tul Rodriguez
    Cinematographer
    Prem Jyothis
    Editor
    Tul Rodriguez
    Sound Designer
    Mauricio Sanchez

  • "Impromptu" - Graduation Film - 2017

    Synopsis

    A distressed man, trying to find peace in his apartment, is constantly interrupted by a ticking clock sound coming from the apartment above him. When he breaks in to shut the clock off, he finds himself trapped into a strange, surreal world where the plates and decorations talk to him and he doesn’t know whether or not to trust the owner: a seemingly innocent old lady.

    Team

    Producer
    Ingemar Ruiz
    Director
    Yasir Kareem
    Screenwriter
    Sergio Castañon
    Cinematographer
    Adelaida Pardo
    Sound Designer
    Ilija Cvetkovsky
    Editor
    Dagmara Kucinska

  • "Katabatic - Fisherman" - Graduation Film - 2017

    Synopsis

    Aleksandar Krishnjev with his entourage descends into a mysterious land full of uncertainties where he struggles to find the way to “The Ceremony”.

    Team

    Producer
    Veli Valentin Rajasaar
    Director
    Dean Radovanovic
    Screenwriter
    Dean Radovanovic
    Cinematographer
    Krish Makhija
    Sound Designer
    Richard Tettey
    Editor
    Madlen Sieghartsleitner

  • "Knot" - Graduation Film - 2019

    Synopsis

    Anton is a fragile 12-year-old who is afraid of the shed in his backyard. He decides to follow his brother Markus and some bully friends in exploring an abandoned prison. When the bullies turn on the brothers and Markus is humiliated, Anton is forced to face his fear, which is revealed to be related to a family trauma that he can’t escape.

    Team

    Producer
    Noorahaya Lahtee
    Director
    Andres Losada
    Screenwriter
    Larissa Curi
    Cinematographer
    Jacopo Meneghin
    Editor
    Mariana Nunes
    Sound Designer
    Hisham Sharafeddine

  • "Leidsin" - Graduation Film - 2021

    Synopsis

    Agnes, 11, finds a tied-up man in an abandoned house. She must free him before Mihkel, 17, arrives to finish the job.

    Team

    Producer
    Laura Garcia
    Director
    Ragne Mandri
    Screenwriter
    Stella Carneiro
    Cinematographer
    Ram Prassad
    Editor
    Rafael Melo
    Sound Designer
    Samvaran Rai

  • "Little Monster" - Graduation Film - 2019

    Synopsis

    An Asian neuroscientist relocates to Edinburgh after a poignant separation. Amid the early settling in issues he has, he gets to know that the daughter back in China is bullied at school.

    Team

    Director
    Jinling Wu

  • "My Days of Night" - Graduation Film - 2020

    Synopsis

    17-year-old Elis leads a creative, liberating life in a town without sunlight together with her eccentric uncle Maksim, constantly preparing for the sun’s return and using an old camera to document her unusual reality. When the rest of the community leaves and sunlight once again fails to appear, it dawns on Elis how constrained her apparent freedom is and she inadvertently starts questioning the place she grew up in, especially after she runs out of tape for her beloved camera.

    Team

    Producer
    Clarice Laus
    Director
    Juulia Kalavainen
    Screenwriter
    Marina Morais
    Cinematographer
    Seif El Din Khaled
    Editor
    Emeri Abel
    Sound Designer
    Luka Milosavljevic

  • "MyLissa" - Graduation Film - 2018

    Synopsis

    42-year-old lonely and overbearing single mother Valerie takes her daughter Melissa on a holiday to Cascais, Portugal to celebrate Melissa’s 16th birthday. The innocent mother-daughter trip turns sour as Valerie learns that her daughter is having a secret relationship with a local man she met online whom she meets at night while her mother is sleeping.

    Team

    Producer
    Tshering Lham Thaye
    Director
    Merja Maijanen
    Screenwriter
    Lkhagvadulam Purev Ochir
    Cinematographer
    Cheng-Han Lin
    Sound Designer
    Nenad Stefanoski
    Editor
    Pedro Daniel Vital

  • "Roof Knocking" - Graduation Film - 2017

    Synopsis

    Gaza, mid-Ramadan. A mother struggles to abandon her home as she receives a phone threat giving her 10 minutes to leave. What is lost when the bomb hits?

    Team

    Producer
    Sergio Salazar
    Director
    Sina Salimi
    Screenwriter
    Lucas Abrahão
    Cinematographer
    Francesco Crivaro
    Sound Designer
    Indrek Soe
    Editor
    Ahmed Abdelrazek

  • "Spin-Off" - Graduation Film - 2017

    Synopsis

    In the near future, Ana is struggling to cope with her partner’s death. She impulsively decides to break out his clone from the cloning facility in order to alleviate her regrets.

    Team

    Producer
    Veli Valentin Rajasaar
    Director
    Farid Salamé
    Screenwriter
    Ailun Huang
    Cinematographer
    Krish Makhija
    Sound Designer
    Richard Tettey
    Editor
    Madlen Sieghartsleitner

  • "Terminal Happiness" - Graduation Film - 2020

    Synopsis

    In a world where positivity is compulsory, cancer patients need to endure Happy Therapy. When a sarcastic rebel appears in the facility, an impressionable girl must choose between following the rules or embracing how she really feels.

    Team

    Producer
    Mauricio Tunaroza
    Director
    Eric Romero
    Screenwriter
    Chinh Van Tran
    Cinematographer
    Michele Diniz
    Editor
    Pedro Vital
    Sound Designer
    Tarun Madupu

  • "Tomorrow Island" - Graduation Film - 2018

    Synopsis

    A story about how love defies all borders.

    Team

    Producer
    Shruti Sidhan
    Director
    Gwenn Joyaux
    Screenwriter
    Ana Falcon
    Sound Designer
    Haendel Gabriel Guerrero Solis
    Editor
    Abdallah Sa'da

  • "Wild Game" - Graduation Film - 2017

    Synopsis

    In a small village in Estonia, 15-year-old Liis decides to play a hunting game for the first time with a group of youngsters she wants to fit in with. She uses this opportunity to get closer to the boy she likes, the group leader Olev. But when he unintentionally shoots her hunting dog during the game and is unable to cope with the consequences, Liis overcomes her shyness and fear and decides to abandon the group forever.

    Team

    Producer
    Clare Fogerty
    Director
    Jerónimo Sarmiento
    Screenwriter
    Bojana Babić
    Cinematographer
    Francesco Crivaro
    Sound Designer
    Indrek Soe
    Editor
    Ahmed Abdelrazek
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