Even against the most awesome and epic of backdrops the personal always shines through. 

WHAT A FAMILY CAN DO (WAS EINE FAMILIE LEISTEN KANN) Sybille Bauer

'I'm Sybille. I've been going to psychotherapy for six years now. My childhood comes up a lot. How am I supposed to talk about my childhood when I can barely remember it?'

THE ETERNAL SPRINGTIME (MÙA XUÂN VĨNH CU’U) Viet Vũ

In a landscape on the brink of extinction, a son follows his a mother into a cave in order to be revitalised.

ALI AND HIS MIRACLE SHEEP Maythem Ridha

9-year-old Ali takes his favourite sheep Kirmeta for sacrifice, a perilous journey that reveals a previously unseen aspect of Iraq.

SOME KIND OF INTIMACY Toby Bull

A filmmaker tries to communicate with the sheep living where his parents are buried.

All films eligible for Grand Prix International Short Award