Rum Punch
Balazs Gyenes | 2025 | Comedy | 18 min
At a rum punch-fueled dinner party, chaos and secrets spark unlikely bonds.
At a rum punch-fueled dinner party, chaos and secrets spark unlikely bonds.
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Simone has to attend her father's funeral. But she misses her connecting flight.
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The last days of World War II.
A village in Switzerland. Every friday, Muslims come to pray in the old schoolhouse.
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Dolores has had enough.
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Iuna is spending her spring vacation in canton Jura with her friend Svetlana.
A car dealer who believes he is a cowboy and a man in a suit.
Two key monents in the lives of Curdin and Lea: their meeting and their later separation.
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One day two old ladies meet unexpectedly at a hairdresser’s.
12 year old Florian is in love with the much older Juanita.
Katharina fährt durch Polen.
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Oscar and his father watch Oscar's son play a football match.
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Paul works as an employee in a big office.
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Film, Opera and Music become one.
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One day Lea ruthlessly runs after a new challenge.
Konrad falls in love with a beautiful, unknown man in a photo.
Mari-Carmen and Conchita are playing and talking. They open a fictional dialogue.
Laila, 18 delivers pizzas, but she dreams of becoming a musical comedy star.
A young man is put to the test as a newly trained customs official.
A couple prepares to receive their guests.
One morning, Siegfried discovers something strange in his toilet cistern.
More than 800 people inhabit Lochergut, a tower block in the heart of Zurich.
Maria represses her loneliness by sacrificingly caring for other people's problems.
In 1970 Nico G. was adopted. 30 years later he wants to find his birth mother.
A round of inconspicuous events.
Wesley visits Salome, he had a holiday romance with her in London.
A film about the tangled paths of love.
Choreographer Barbara Cleff places an advertisement and wakens many dreams.
Rita was the great role model of my childhood.
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Never has the shy Thomas let his feelings run wild for his father.
Der Computerspezialist Adam wird in ein abgelegenes Kloster gerufen.
A postcard. A little holiday story, in a country without borders.
A fleeting lighting mood brings a painful memory of the surface.
Today is his best day, today is the supernova.
We have technology on our side. - Will mother nature be with us, too?
Man and the power of nature in the mountains.
A young father and pilot takes off for the last flight.
An agent is searching for a missing person at Dr. Gruber.
At a dinner with her boss everything goes wrong for Karin.
In the private prison CIP manipulates Dr. Block the time perception of a prisoner.
Love is just a projection.
Wilhelm Tell takes Walter into the mountains, where he abuses him behind a rock.
An island owner and his life between dream fulfillment and everyday life.
Zurich Central Station. She is from Berlin, he is from New York. Their eyes meet...
Boredom and unfulfilled longing determine the life of the young casino owner.
Carla loves the vastness of the sky, close to the clouds.
An experimental game with the image of the woman.
Ein Paar liebt sich in einem Hotel.
Vanessa gets lost in the timeless labyrinth of her decisions.
Three thefts on an afternoon…
Pofonok tells the story of victory and defeat and life in Budapest.
Life moves in mysterious ways.
A love story in Vienna.
Can birds fly in the cage?
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Zeynep, a turkish women, is about to be deported
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Childhood experiences can leave their mark. Paul is being followed by them.
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Moris must be forced into isolation.
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16.7.1969. Der erste Mensch betritt den Mond. Malcolm ist der Zweite – oder Dritte.
Two horror movies in a love movie.
A successful director is looking for a young actress.
A couple is fighting until the end becomes a new beginning.
Shannet shares her journey of healing the wounds caused by transphobia.
The bond between two siblings suffers the burden of domestic violence.
A lonely artist is called by a disembodied voice.
The restless collector Klemens is alone with his vision, he has to clear his storerooms.
Three people, a film crew, one goal. They want to make a sustainable change in society.
A night on an empty campsite turns into a nightmare for three young camp leaders.
I’m on my way. It leads me through my memories. All the way to home.
Frida goes through a rollercoaster of emotions, told in a surprising and multilayered way.
An untold war story
Petting mice, styling dogs, killing cows.
Wild Bees are being displaced from their habitat by farmed honey bees.
Once upon a time O. wakes up from a nightmare...
Can homeless Nia escape her predicament?
An inexplicable shift in the rules of the world brings to light people’s forgotten dreams.
Book antiquarian Karlsen can not get away from his store.
A political hero's journey without a happy ending
Thorns turn into flowers through love.