PUZZLE 2017
The many faces of China put together like a puzzle.
The many faces of China put together like a puzzle.
A young woman visits the Budapest ruin bars by day, and is transported back to their buzzling nightlife.
In a kitchen, a mother and a child struggle to establish dialogue.
In a near future, a lonely man is addicted to a product called ‘’Best Friend” which offers him perfect virtual friends.
An old lady weaves a tapestry filled with joy and blooming love in her home.
Louise, ballerina at the Garnier Opera in 1895, rushes home after a show but is stopped by a friend asking for money. Louise knows what to do in order to repay her.
China, in the early sixties: an angry mob is persecuting a rich landowner. Mei, a young worker, who is part of the crowd. Suddenly she recognizes the victim who she secretly loves. Frightened of revealing her feelings, Mei doesn't know what to do.
A ghost loses their memory after being struck by lightning. They meets Arthur, who tries to help them.
A beautiful princess lives in a magnificent lotus palace. Keen to test the devotion of her numerous insect suitors, she declares that she will only marry the one who brings her a spark of fire.
A little boy speaks about hedgehogs all the time to everybody.
In the Hungarian thermal baths, two Hungarian grandfathers are playing chess like a Western-style duel.
Alison is giving birth to a creature, who runs away when faced with the oppressing stares of huge statues surrounding them. Alison then runs after her creation, to be finally confronted with the eyes of the crowd.
It is cold and dark. In between surreal waves and the morning haze, we catch a glimpse of the emerging glows. The sea breeze wiggles and writhes, twisting and turning, embracing the shore under its steady growl. And on the sand, a young man stares into the far end of the ocean.
A young mexican smuggler and a little girl travel illegally on top of a cargo train, called La Bestia, to get to the USA. An injury transforms his perception of the journey.
What is life without friendship? The threads of our lovers’ handkerchief bring to life the Portuguese tradition and tie the bond between two best friends. Peak with us into what makes up a connection between two little girls.
An inanimate body is touched by light, triggering an awakening, a sudden surge of life, fueled by a fantastical photosynthesis, lasting only for the span of a breath.
A man comes home and wants to go to bed. A bunch of noisy roommates. A crowded city in southern China.
In an effervescing forest, a humanoid creature assimilates with its surroundings to the point of confusing itself with this perpetually transforming reality.
Chava, a Mexican mechanic, must take his son to the moon in order to fulfill his late mother's last wish.
The sea can be many things; provider of food and work, playmate or harbinger of death. Set in the 1950s in the fishing town of Nazare, the ocean takes different shapes as it interacts with each member of a small family.