As the expansion of a northern Swedish mine forces a family to leave their home, a child struggles to make sense of a world that is slowly falling apart. Through an intimate and unconventional perspective, we witness how imagination becomes a way to cope with loss, displacement, and change, as the stability around her begins to fracture.
Emma Larsson
Child
Ida Mattsson
Mother
Jonathan Nilsson
Father
As the expansion of a northern Swedish mine forces a family to leave their home, a child struggles to make sense of a world that is slowly falling apart. Through an intimate and unconventional perspective, we witness how imagination becomes a way to cope with loss, displacement, and change, as the stability around her begins to fracture.
Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination.
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One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor, which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life.
A modern family relocates to the countryside where the children discover a magical tree with eccentric residents. They're transported to fantastical lands, rekindling their family bond through adventures.
In 1950s Australia, young Celia is growing up with a sense of isolation and mistrust of the world that surrounds her. Her mother and father won't let her play with the kids next door because their parents are communists. Then her pet bunny is taken away because of rabbit overpopulation. And, more traumatizing yet, when her grandmother dies, she's the one to discover the corpse. To cope, she retreats into elaborate fantasies.
When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness get lost, they must journey through unfamiliar places to get back home.
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.
Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.