Ala Kachuu (Switzerland, on the shortlist for best short at the Academy Awards) headlines this collection of mid-length films, which also includes Elevate (United States), and Toad (United States).

Sezim (19) wants to fulfil her dream of studying in the Kyrgyz capital when she gets kidnapped by a group of young men and taken to the hinterland. There she’s forced to marry a stranger. If she refuses the marriage, she is threatened with social stigmatization and exclusion. Torn between her desire for freedom and the constraints of Kyrgyz culture, Sezim desperately seeks for a way out. Ala Kachuu is on the shortlist for the Academy Award for Best Short Film.

Ala Kachuu (Take and Run)

A young Kyrgyz woman is kidnapped and forced to marry. A drama about the desire for freedom in the clutches of a tradition.

Donovan Blevins wanders through the broken economic landscape of our future, looking for love in all the wrong places. What he finds is a company willing to sell you back your life, as long as you agree to die.

Elevate

Donovan Blevins wanders through the broken economic landscape of our future, looking for love in all the wrong places. What he finds is a company willing to sell you back your life, as long as you agree to die.

Knowing her estranged father will soon pass away, Mia takes her father on a trip to find a final resting place and fulfill her last duty as a daughter.

Toad

Knowing her estranged father will soon pass away, Mia takes her father on a trip to find a final resting place and fulfill her last duty as a daughter.

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