ARS INDEPENDENT FESTIVAL 2024

Robert and Klaudia are a young couple stuck in a rut, wondering what to do with their careers and relationship. When Klaudia's old friend Filip shows up along with eccentric Wera, they purpose them a mutual Eurotrip.

When a locket is removed from a collapsed fire tower in the woods that entombs the rotting corpse of Johnny, a vengeful spirit spurred on by a horrific 70-year old crime, his body is resurrected and becomes hellbent on retrieving it.

A blended Ukrainian family spends the last day of their vacation in Tenerife, Spain. When Russia's invasion of Ukraine strands them on the island, they must contend with isolation, duty, fear - and each other.

Queen Elizabeth I travels 400 years into the future to witness the appalling revelation of a dystopian London overrun by corruption and a vicious gang of punk guerrilla girls led by the new Monarch of Punk.

Abused by her gendarme father and forced to provide for her younger siblings, Jeanne Francoeur looks to make a living in the world of finance.

Darek is the owner of a shop on the verge of bankruptcy. Things take a strange turn when a large shipment of half-armor arrives at his shop. An old man comes to the store and offers to help with the sale.

A 21-year-old construction worker in New Mexico joins a community of queer rodeo performers in search of their own version of the American dream.

A youngster ends up in a rehab centre for young deaf people struggling with addiction. A budding feeling, that draws him to a long-term resident starts to get in the way of his therapy. The film is told entirely in sign language.

In the Podlasie countryside, Lukasz works quietly on a mysterious project. Events gather momentum when a man accepts refugees from eastern Ukraine. The bold project allows the refugees to break away from the difficult reality, and the protagonist of the documentary gains companions to help him in his original implementation.

Banished to a forsaken island, the Right Duke of Milan and Sorcerer Prospero gets the chance to take his revenge on the King of Naples with the assistance of his airy spirit-servant, Ariel.

Two people struggle to connect with the world, themselves and each other, but are eventually required to face the force of life.

Beitollah dreams of gold coins in a cave. Seeking a non-religious assistant, he recruits Shoja via fake bills. They search caves across Iran unsuccessfully. An innkeeper suspects their quest and secretly follows on his motorcycle.

Reassigned to a lowly outpost, a Roman guard's Christian beliefs clash with his gay commander's desire for closeness. Being tortured becomes pleasurable.