Despite the pandemic, for which the world was not ready at all, the film life did not standstill. Adapting to the new conditions, film festivals have successfully digitalized, held online events, received thousands of virtual visitors and awarded the best films.

And thanks to this, we can now present to you the winners of the world's leading film festivals — in our Festival Hits program.

DARLING

Saim Sadiq

Pakistan, USA / 2019, 16 min

An erotic dance theater in Lahore prepares for a new show just as a sacrificial goat disappears, an attractive trans girl aspires to grab the limelight and a naive young man falls in love.

CEUTA'S GATE

Randa Maroufi

France, Morocco / 2018, 17 min

Ceuta's Gate is a series of reconstructions of diverse situations observed in Sebta/Ceuta, a Spanish enclave in the north of Morocco. The border of Bab Sebta is the scene of a traffic of manufactured goods, sold at discounted prices. Thousands of people cross this border every day, carrying enormous packages of goods. In the film, we watch this "ballet" of individuals around the border, and witness the dynamics of movement, the plastic and visual appearance of the passage, the characteristic situations of waiting and the redundancy of gestures.

FILIPIÑANA

Rafael Manuel

Philippines, UK, England / 2020, 24 min

The self-contained cosmos of the golf course reflects societal structures. Although new 'tee girl' Isabel still has to learn the rules, she's already looking for loopholes to subvert the system.

SISTERS

Katarina Rešek

Slovenia / 2020, 24 min

Three best friends, sworn virgins, get into a fight with local boys. When things get rough, they are saved by girl in the becoming.

Despite the pandemic, for which the world was not ready at all, the film life did not standstill. Adapting to the new conditions, film festivals have successfully digitalized, held online events, received thousands of virtual visitors and awarded the best films.

And thanks to this, we can now present to you the winners of the world's leading film festivals — in our Festival Hits program.

The films contain several sequences with imagery and sustained flashing lights that may affect those who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy or have other photosensitivities.

WATERMELON JUICE

Irene Moray

Spain / 2019, 22 min

On holiday in Catalonia, Pol and Bàrbara share a house with friends. The pair does what pairs do amidst the heat of summer and alongside the body of another. But something is wrong, and is instantly noticeable.

DAUGHTER

Daria Kashcheeva

Czech Republic / 2019, 15 min

A girl who was hurt as a child keeps the memory of it alive. Having lacked love and empathy from her father in the past, she is not able to share her feelings with him. She can’t get rid of the painful memories taking her back to the day when she brought home a dead little bird and her father…

I AM AFRAID TO FORGET YOUR FACE

Sameh Alaa

Egypt, France / 2020, 15 min

After being separated for 82 days, Adam travels down a rough road to be reunited with the one he loves, whatever it takes.

THE DISTANCE BETWEEN US AND THE SKY

Vasilis Kekatos

Greece / 2019, 9 min

One night, two strangers meet for the first time at an old gas station. One has stopped to gas up his bike, while the other is just stranded. Lacking the 22.50€ he needs to get home, he will try to sell him the distance that separates them from the sky.

DUSTIN

Naïla Guiguet

France / 2020, 20 min

In an abandoned warehouse, a crowd is dancing as one on 145 BPM techno music. Among them is Dustin, a young transgender and crew: Felix, Raya and Juan. As the night draws on, collective hysteria morphs into sweet melancholy, and euphoria into yearning for tenderness.