Jacob's Paradox

High Voltage

At the outskirts of a village in the Great Hungarian Plain, two communities live side-by-side as strangers: the workers of a high-tech factory and the inhabitants of the gypsy ghetto. This happens in spite of the fact that both of them deal with electricity. However, one community' s business needs constant supply of electric current while the other' s at least temporary power-cut.

12 Bis de la rue

Merits

At the end of Summer after finishing sixth form, two friends meet up for the first time in a year to talk about what happens next.

Second Skin

Six women. Six rooms. Six confrontations with the past. Shot in East London, Second Skin is a devastating meditation on society’s obsession with a woman’s age.

Lifeguard

Caught between paranoia and boredom, an injured ballerina must choose to sacrifice herself or her only friend.

Millimeterle

Measuring their power and proving themselves is part of the boys’ everyday life. Even for the 13-year-old gentle-natured Yannik. Until his best friend’s upcoming sexual curiosity suddenly puts him in a threatening situation. Where is the line between game and reality and what happens if that line is crossed?

Morph

A group of young adults plan a staycation for their friend who recently lost a parent. At their most vulnerable, personified fears shape-shift to pick them off one by one. Face them, but with which face?

In the Deathroom

A man named Fletcher is held captive in a South American stronghold. His captors will use any tortuous means necessary to extract the information they want from him. His only hope lies with his last request–one last cigarette. Based on the Stephen King short story of the same name.

THE LAST PAGE

Eric, a young writer obsessed with finishing his first great novel, has sacrificed everything in the name of his dream. Isolated and consumed by pressure, his mind begins to betray him. Between reality and nightmare, Eric will discover that the true price of success may be higher than he ever imagined.

Finding dad

Andy, happily settled into a long term relationship with his lover Hamp, is furious when seventeen year old Chris breaks into his home and takes a swim in his pool. Andy throws him out, only to have Hamp return a few minutes later with Chris in tow. When Andy demands to know what the hell Chris is doing back in their home, he is stunned to learn that Chris might be his son, a son he never even knew he had.

bubble skin

A disorienting realm where reality itself flickers and fragments. Through a visceral exploration of digital distortion and failing verification processes, this challenges your perception and dares you to question what lies beneath the surface. Are we truly awake to the genocides and wars raging beyond our privileged bubbles, or are we content to remain ensnared by manipulated realities? This is a personal call to shatter the illusions, to seek deeper truths, and to recognize the profound fortune of our existence amidst global turmoil.

Blind

A young girl from New Brunswick is rapidly losing her vision. Her father quits his job and sells his place so he can buy an RV. They both embark on a road trip to Western Canada so she can admire the Rockies before turning completely blind. Will she make it?

Beauty Mark

A door-to door cosmetics saleswoman in 1986 finds a new customer.

Emma

14-year-old Emma struggles to hide her alopecia, a condition of rapid, unpredictable hair loss.

Hannah's Summer

A coming of age story about fourteen year old Hanna and her full of romance summer.

The Skin and the Soul

Two sisters in love. Mar is in love with her older sister Celia and Celia with Mar. How will this affect them?

I Go to School Not by Bus

A coming out of age story of 2 secondary school students who study in a Christian school. Ming is in closet and Hei is openly gay.

Hearing Things

Mari-Ann spends her days 'talking' to herself in her head to make working on a production line bearable. However, when Maddy, is assigned to work with her for summer, she discovers that Mari-Ann's refusal to talk to anyone hides a tragic secret.