My Sister's Silence

Kiran Kolarov : 2018
Malchanieto na sestra mi

In a family left by their father, who forms an extravagant collection of moths as a 'proof' of the countless female hearts he has conquered, the erratic mother tries to prevent her family from falling apart. Thirteen-year-old Theo is following in his father's footsteps by becoming an erotic novelist. His autistic sister Andy, 18, never leaves the pavement in front of her house and refuses to talk to anyone, communicating online only with her brother. On one of her solitary walks, she meets and falls in love with Dinko, a young bum, who sees in her an opportunity for a profitable deal. He trades her to a Gypsy baron only to realise he is in love with her. Meanwhile, the mother takes a desperate step to save her daughter. Kiran Kolarov's feature premiered at Golden Rose Film Festival 2018.

The Infinite Garden

Galin Stoev : 2017
Безкрайната градина

A dreamlike romantic drama which revolves around Philip, who has it all: a successful career and a beautiful girlfriend. However, he is still taking care of Victor, his sensitive brother, years after the death of their parents. Emma is autistic, fallen out of time. At night, she crafts a model of a mystical garden in the back of her flower shop, where Victor works. Emma lives in spheres completely beyond Philip's reach. Through her garden, Philip realises that he never felt so real until he met this otherworldly girl, he's falling in love with. His life is transforming until Victor confesses that he, too, is in love with Emma. Torn between the love for his brother and for Emma, Philip feels the pain of loss for the first time. Galin Stoev's feature debut premiered at Kinomania 2017.

No quiero perderte nunca

Alejo Levis : 2017
I Never Want to Lose You

The story focuses on a couple, Paula and Malena, who move into Paula's family home, a large dark house in the countryside, filled with a lifetime of objects. One morning, Paula receives a call from the retirement home where her mother lives and suddenly, a whirlwind of memories, emotions, broken promises and contradictions take hold of her. But Paula refuses to accept the pain she feels and goes through various stages of mourning, from panic to denial until in the end by reliving the best moments spent with her loved one, Paula learns to say goodbye. Alejo Levis's second feature premiered at Festival de Málaga de Cine Español 2017.

Un amour impossible

Catherine Corsini : 2018
An Impossible Love

It's 1958 in Châteauroux, a small town in the French province and a couple takes to the dancefloor to dance to a song by Dalida whose premonitory words will haunt the forty years that follow this love at first sight. Rachel, a modest office worker, meets Philippe, a brilliant young Nietzsche-reading sophisticate born to a bourgeois family. From this brief but passionate relationship is born a daughter, Chantal, but Philippe refuses to marry outside of his social class and Rachel has to raise their daughter alone. Time passes and Rachel leads a lonely work life, raising her only daughter in the myth of her ectoplasmic father. But as a teenager, Philippe finally agrees to see them again, and to recognise Chantal as his. A decision that will have far-reaching consequences for the mother and daughter and which will poison their subsequent relationship. Based on the book by controversial French novelist Christine Angot, Catherine Corsini's feature premiered at Festival du Film Francophone d'Angoulême 2018, and had its UK premiere at London Film Festival 2018.