14th Silk Road International Film Festival

About My Mom

Back from Germany for the fifth anniversary of his mother's death, Caner sets out across rural Türkiye with the father he blames for it.

Soner Sert is a filmmaker and academic whose short films have screened at nearly 400 international festivals and won more than 60 awards. About My Mom is his second feature.

Authentic Worlds: A Production Design Masterclass with Anna Rackard

How a production designer turns a script into a fully realised cinematic world. A presentation by Anna Rackard, followed by audience Q&A.

Glorious Summer

In a sun-drenched palace, three young girls live an endless summer inside a system that meets their every need, until cracks begin to show: they learn to lip-read, secretly practise dying, and listen for explosions in the distance.

The debut feature from Warsaw-based directing duo Helena Ganjalyan and Bartosz Szpak, whose work spans film, theatre, choreography and music.

Content note: themes of death.

Budapest Diaries

December 1981: as Poland teeters on the edge of economic and political collapse, a boy's trip to Budapest becomes a fight for survival, and a choice that will define his future.

From Rafael Kapelinski, winner of the Crystal Bear at the 2017 Berlinale for Butterfly Kisses.

Diplodocus (Director's Cut)

Searching for his missing parents, the young dinosaur Diplodocus discovers he is a character in a comic book, and sets out to confront the Artist who draws his world.

The uncut version, premiered in 2025, of an adaptation of 1980s comic books that combines animation with live action.

From Falling Petals to New Bloom

On the day their divorce comes through, Xiaoyan is diagnosed with suspected cancer, and her ex-husband sets everything aside to see her through.

Life Is

Nora is about to turn 40, the age her father was when he died, and all she can think is: what's the point of it all?

A Palmful of Stars

Back in her hometown of Kashgar, a young social worker and her closest school friend piece together the story of the teacher who changed their lives.

The Distance We Drift

In London, a Hong Kong immigrant's chance reunion with a former lover reawakens a connection, and a question of where either of them belongs.

The Blind Girl and an Elephant

Three rural girls try to escape their village and free themselves from society's superstitions and hostility.

Shot in high-contrast black and white, the film world-premiered at the 28th Shanghai International Film Festival, winning the Golden Goblet Award for Best Cinematography in the Asian New Talent Competition, and was selected for International Critics' Week at the Cairo International Film Festival.

Those Who Whistle After Dark / Karanlıkta Islık Çalanlar

After a supernatural encounter, newly retired Melih, his wife and their daughter find themselves haunted by the ghosts of lost opportunities, abandoned dreams and the lives they might have lived.

Developed at La Biennale di Venezia's Biennale College Cinema, the film won Best Actress at the Istanbul Film Festival and Best Screenplay at the Adana Film Festival.

A Bigger Place / Un Lugar Más Grande

In southern Mexico, Maya Ch'ol communities take control of their destiny after ousting local authorities and embark on a path towards self-governance.

Winner of the José Rovirosa Award for Best Mexican Documentary, and an official selection at FICUNAM and the Biarritz Latin American Film Festival.

Bill W Conscious Contact

A documentary exploring the personal spiritual quest of Bill W, co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, and his thirst for transcendence.

The Skids ReVolution

Iconic but short-lived, Scottish punk band the Skids burned bright in the 1970s. Forty years later they are back, and still angry at a world on fire.

Texas Ollie

An Irishman who always dreamed of being a cowboy finds his calling in middle age with a troubled horse named Silver, and must start again when the stage goes quiet.

Nominated for Best Documentary Western Film, Best Narrator and Best First-Time Documentary Filmmaker at the Wild Bunch Film Festival in Tucson, Arizona.

Torn

A lonely Estonian arborist, left by his wife thirty years ago, sets out to find new love by building the tallest observation tower in the region.