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Easy Money A bank robbery on quads followed by a jaw-dropping, heart-stopping escape through the city. Award-winning short film made by French quad skater and director Phil Dussol. It’s shot in 35mm and Super 16mm which gives it an extra cinematic vibe.

Energy In the documentary Brandstof (Energy), several young adults share intimately what it's like to be completely burned out at an early stage of life.

Rve de Chine...

Theo Part dream, part recollection THEO documents several days of a young mans life with fluid imagery and nontraditional narrative illuminating the emotional and transitional human condition. It's a story of a modern human, caught in the "relentless-right-now", lost in the powerful vortex of life, unable to find a way out or define himself, and unwilling to change.

Jesus Bird (Baptism in t... A young "Crook", card player-swindler, follows the trains, deceives the passengers and steals money. When exposed to fraud he is often beaten. On the train he meets pioneers and their attractive leader who thinks he is a priest because of his outfit. while eating and drinking the offerings from the pioneers, he begins to talk incredible nonsense, referring to Christ as being a bird and gradually enters his character as a priest. Suddenly "priest" sees a small mystical river from the window, decides to bring the children and their leader from the train and baptises them in this river which he calls "The Jordan". The newly baptised pioneers and their leader will then jump on the already departing train and happily head for their compartment, while the "priest" is apprehended by his previous victims, that were searching for him.

Sweet Love Arrogant Ralf Kwist is the richest man in a town where candy is the main commodity. He owns the candy factory, all the shops, and has the mayor on his side. On top of that, Ralf neglects his wife. But Old Olle and his friends resist Ralf's attempts to take possession of the last piece of land he does not own. When the situation becomes dire, the question is whether they can win.

Cobalt Rush: The Future ... The electric car holds the promise of a clean ecological transition. The global automotive market is focusing its efforts on competitive production, the key to which is the exploitation of the blue gold: cobalt. Cobalt is a mineral that is needed for batteries, which are mainly found in the Congo. But at what price?

Let's Get Lost Ka-long, a wanderlust graduated from the University of Hong Kong, always dreams of backpacking to many countries with his guitar. While he believes he is trapped in Hong Kong, his family thinks that he is simply wasting his life and not settling down for a better future. He is getting more uplifted after he meets Wen-wen, a girl speaks with a Taiwanese accent. While they are dating, Wen-wen makes an effort to hide her true identity from Ka-long. Can they finally resolve the undercurrent of their relationship? Let’s Get Lost ultilises the thematic motif of road movie genre – both protagonists have to embark on a journey of revealing their true identity. As a result, the film widens its scope to the geo-political differences between Hong Kong, Taiwan and China.

ABBA: Best Covers Ever In this nostalgic and joyful one-off special, we tell the stories behind the greatest ABBA covers of all time by some of the biggest artists in the world. This features Cher, Andy Bell of Erasure, Neil Arthur of Blancmange, Carla Bruni, Adrian Utley of Portishead, Dannii Minogue and William Orbit, who talks about a lost cover by Madonnna.