International Competition 4 | 2012

Utopia
Lars Emil Árnason, IS, 2011

One weekend Jón, a student of political sciences, agrees to cover for his friend Anna, an assistant at a remote home for the disabled. He notices strange work procedures that seem to threaten the very principles of democracy.

Man and Boy
M. McSweeney - D. Leon, GB, 2010

A father thinks his son has been sexually assaulted and takes justice into his own hands. A suspected pedophile turns up dead outside a block of high-rise council flats. Did he jump or was he pushed? Roles are reversed as the hunter becomes the hunted.

Till Summer Comes
Pasquale Marino, I, 2011

On a May afternoon, Nicholas, Daniel and Lollo can still do something to save their friendship and fight against the destiny that wants to divide them.

To All My Friends
Behrouz Bigdeli, DK, 2010

Mark and Sonny, two punks, are best friends who have always stuck together. When Mark gets a chance to leave the suburbs, he finds himself in a dilemma. Should he leave or stay.

Piano Tuner
Olivier Treiner, F, 2010

A promising piano player suffers a nervous breakdown after a disastrous competition and decides to become a piano tuner. Blindness seems like a fitting condition for this work and it’s easy to fake. What starts as an exciting work distraction becomes a problem when he witnesses a murder.