International Competition #3

His greatest leap. Everyone knows Neil Armstrong came back from the moon in 1969 – but it wasn’t until three years later, when the people of a tiny Scottish town stepped in, that he finally got home.

Manicurist Tatjana (35) lives above her parents' home, just like everyone else in the village. But when a friend who has just built her dream house drops by for a manicure, Tatjana decides it’s time to create a home and a life of her own.

A print shop owner with seasonal depression becomes obsessed with copying the life of his new customer, an extravagant jungle explorer, based on his film photographs

During the final summer before war devastates Sokhumi, a 13-year-old boy discovers a love he has never known before. Years later, he returns to the ruined city, confronting memories of innocence shattered by conflict.

Samir and Nadyn, a Lebanese couple, spend a sleepless night anxious and fearing an Israeli airstrike could shatter the glass walls of their home. With their children peacefully asleep, they battle with whether to flee or risk the worst and stay.

When a condom breaks, Nina and Danil wander the night in search of a pharmacy and a decision. As they face a possible pregnancy, their undefined relationship forces a deeper question: is family a choice, a coincidence, or a privilege of the settled?