Global Shorts

*Content Warning: Sexual Assault/Abuse
With a touch of blush and a few drops of lip gloss, Lucie is getting ready to start her training day to become a hostess at a motor show. A lifelong car enthusiast, she has the secret hope of being noticed by the prestigious EBBE brand. However, she is unaware that the training has only one true goal: to make her and the other 15 girls into premium women.

*Content Warning: Self-Harm

Yoni, a young man dealing with Misophonia, is re-experiencing major events from his past. The 28-year-old confronts the trauma that re-surfaces from when he was a soldier in a military activity. As he hopes to free himself from the pain and find redemption, he explores the depths of his own mind and soul. 

*Content Warning: Sexual Assault/Abuse
During his evening shift, pizza delivery guy Izem suspects domestic violence is taking place behind the doors of a wealthy customer. Do the police believe his warning? At a Glance is about a quest for connection by people from various social backgrounds, who are challenged to shake off their prejudices. For Izem and his customers, this is not without risk.

*Content Warning: Self-Harm
On the floor lies a shattered champagne flute. Caterina stares desolated at the fragments of the glass, in the majestic ballroom adorned beautifully for the party. She humiliated her husband, Vincenzo, in front of everybody with an ill-considered phrase. She will realize her wrong ways and she will have to find a way to regain his attention and his trust.

Bicchèri - Trailer from Esen Studios on Vimeo.

*Content Warning: Self-Harm
Set in Singapore, a young teacher presses for the truth from a maladjusted student, the act leads to devastating results and they suffer the ignominy of losing everything that matters to them. The story holds a mirror up to society, where a mistake can derail a life in an overly pressurized world.

Maïa will soon get married. It’s an opportunity to get together with friends, during a weekend in the countryside. But the party gives way to melancholy: Maïa realizes all that she is burying with her life as a young girl.