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What should cinema be about? 27 years after its release, Breaking the Waves, directed by Lars Von Trier, offers an answer that remains stunning. Francesco M. P. Maccarone pays him homage in this short film, inspired by the style of the groundbreaking Danish director. With Clara Elig.
Vienna, Austria, 1912. The brilliant painter Oskar Kokoschka, considered one of the main representatives of the expressionist movement, has a tumultuous relationship, both professional and romantic, with the composer Alma Mahler.
There have been intense clashes between security forces and separatist terrorist elements on the southeastern border of our country for years. İbrahim’s only son İsmail, in his late forties, is doing his compulsory military service in this region and has 20 days left until his military service ends. Under these conditions, İbrahim, an asthmatic, lives in an old, dilapidated village house with his father İsmail. While he is dealing with a wild animal that is haunting his chickens and eggs, his only source of income, he also wants to hospitalize his father for treatment. Lack of money has caused a rift between him and his wife, and has left him unable to even buy a school notebook for his daughter.
Martin has everything: his own contemporary art gallery, an intelligent and beautiful wife, a nice apartment, an organized and peaceful life. And maybe that's the problem. His everyday life is dominated by overwhelming boredom, a routine that kills all joy.
Francis was a Doomsday prepper who was prepared for anything... except her own death. After her passing her two daughters, Iris and Violet, are left to deal with the aftermath of cleaning out her doomsday stash of expired canned goods, freeze dried food, and the occasional surprise weapon. Over the course of riffling through her stash, they discover what was most important to their mother in the end. Doomsday Daughters is a heartfelt short story about grief, loss, canned beans and what matters most.
A woman who has owned a barbershop for over 40 years determines to embark on a long journey to cut the hair of an old customer who has moved away and is too sick to travel.
Heidi heads to the Heidelberg Christmas market to sell her hand-painted ornaments. While there, she falls for a local artisan who helps her reconnect with her lost heritage.
The undercover investigator Robert is supposed to win the trust of a criminal through a fictitious relationship with Leni. However, the feelings are not just a game. It is the spied criminal, of all people, who makes him confront his contradictory feelings…
Amidst a fun-filled day in nature, best friends Bbcita and Bbcito use this time to candidly discuss their frustrations with healthy eating and finding love abroad. As their bond strengthens, the unspoken love Bbcito holds for Bbcita becomes palpable, creating a delicate dance between friendship and unexpressed desires. Their day together leaves them feeling recharged and ready to pursue their dreams.
A struggling family is attempting to deal with the consequences of a horrible catastrophe.
Juliano is a young artist who lives a happy life with his boyfriend, Nuno, a 65-year-old man, until his relationship is shaken by the discovery that his partner has a degenerative disease.
To keep using their school's abandoned observatory as a refuge, two sleepless high school students decide to revive the defunct astronomy club.
Amelia discovers her estranged and late daughter was a secret surrogate for a celebrity couple. Posing as a nanny, Amelia uncovers a dark truth about the surrogacy and learns she is not the only person who wants to claim the baby.
Gazi Haşim and his friends, who served in the Korean peacekeeping force, miss their days in Korea, but they also feel a deep sadness at being forgotten. During the Syrian civil war, Haşim and his friends are looking for an excuse to return to the front. Finally, the reason they have been searching for has come to them. The veterans make their preparations and set off. They want to reach the front as soon as possible. On their journey, they begin to encounter the ancient stories of Anatolia. They begin to understand, in a tragicomic way, how this land has been home to great civilizations. On the journey to reach their destination, they begin to reflect on their inner struggles and make calculations. On the night of July 15, 2015, they find themselves on the side of a great resistance, caught in the dilemma of whether to go or return.
Ana tries to spend a normal vacation, but the difficult relationship with her children, whom she tries to protect from the instability and violence in a country on the verge of economic and social debacle, overwhelms her to the point of exhaustion. She doubts whether to stay or start from scratch away, although she is still waiting for the arrival of Carlos, exiled in East Germany
Three friends embark on a life-changing journey triggered by a mysterious white pigeon. Experience a heartwarming tale of perseverance and self-discovery set against the backdrop of a bustling city.
In the midst of war, a damaged spacecraft undertakes a critical mission to neutralize a looming bio-weapon threat and save the world.
When Ingeborg Bachmann and Max Frisch meet for the first time in Paris in the summer of 1958, they are already international celebrities of the literary world. In the four years that follow, they dabble in great love and an open relationship between his hometown of Zurich and her adopted Rome.
A philosopher and his girlfriend involuntarily must spend a night at a nudist campsite, which is far beyond their comfort zone. At the campsite they meet a friendly couple, and this reveals underlying conflicts and creates tension in their relationship.
After his parents decide it's time to kick him out, EDDIE, a spoiled 27 year old and "failure to launch", is forced to learn what it means to grow up in this (hopefully) comedic short film.
The dynamic of two teenage friends is put to the test when their principles clash during a tense situation...
It's a scorching summer. The girl and the boy cannot attend the festivities on the eve of the school festival. Then Kali says to the wandering children: “You know, where the festivities are taking place, as far as the shadow of the sacred tree reaches, young spirits are gathered under it.”
A day in the life of Jack and Richard, two friends reconnecting in their hometown diner after years apart.
Gerald King, who is closer to death than life gets dumped with his 15 -year-old grandson, when the child's mother dies in a drunken car crash. Both the boy and grandfather are shocked into a new reality.
Between memories and intimate ghosts, a narrator wanders through the haunted corners of her own memory.
Two men try to define their relationship while they wait for their cookies to cool.
Kicks follows a young footballer as he navigates the mental health pressures and emotional strain of pursuing a professional career. The film explores how the demands of the sport impact his well-being and sense of identity.
Set in the near future, a young man joins a team of criminals to rob a bank so he can reunite with the love of his life on a wealthy colonized station on the moon.
Two unemployed men start living in the countryside to save money. They end up in a home where ghostly incidents occur in the most fun way possible.
In rural Bangladesh, young Kajal struggles with their gender identity while living with their mother Kohinoor and terminally ill grandmother. The sudden return of Kajal’s long-absent father, Javed, disrupts the fragile household, creating conflict between him and Kohinoor. Tensions deepen as Javed disapproves of Kajal’s cross-dressing and demands they be sent to boarding school, prompting Kajal to run away. Found ill but later recovering, Kajal learns Javed has left again, leaving only a bicycle as a parting gift. With their grandmother near death and their mother overwhelmed, Kajal defiantly pedals through the open fields wearing red lipstick—embracing a new chapter of self-discovery.
Different portraits, four short stories, four moments in time capturing the wanderings of a few souls, stuck at the crossroads of History.
Ina, an introverted 11-year-old immigrant, finds herself captivated by Petra, a new classmate coming from the same country as her. Faced with the newcomer’s indifference towards her, Ina embarks on a desperate quest for connection in a world oscillating between dream and reality.
Four years have passed since the event. Lost and changed, Ling returns to the society, uncertain about her future. People around her avoid talking about what has transpired, their meaningful whispers echoing in the void. One night, Ling meets her younger self from four years ago. They try but know not how to talk to each other. With the scar still throbbing, should the older express regret or encouragement for the younger? Would the younger question the older, can she sympathise with what she is yet to learn? An extraordinary time travel story about the melancholic self-reflection of one’s whereabouts, in the past and in the future.
After a rehearsal with her band, Tess meets Edward, and the two find themselves entangled in a deadly game of consequences. A remake of Carlo Lizzani's 1983 film "The House of the Yellow Carpet" which switches its subgenre from Italian giallo to British psychodrama.
An unfaithful husband gets to have his cake and eat it too, but soon realizes he’s gotten more than he bargained for when the tables are turned.
Lera, a young Ukrainian refugee in Ireland, uses dark-web séance software to find out if her front-line medic sister Maryna is alive or dead.
Andy loses his job at a local parking garage and is confronted with the realities of being the caretaker of his little brother, Tom Tom.
In this striking meditation on the Australian migrant community, a Filipino teenager follows his mother through the bleak landscape of Melbourne’s northern suburbs.
In an alternate universe, Jada continues her relationship with her deceased boyfriend.
Cahya gets a job as a maid working in an isolated old mansion. Pregnant and a recent widow, she is desperate to reconnect with her husband, opening a doorway to the spirit world. And in doing so, inadvertently awakens the tormented ghosts of her current employer, the previous maids.
A young Haitian-American learns how to dance Konpa to impress his crush.
Two best friends desperate for love run against time to get their men back after an unexpected switch.
Bella's return unearths past demons and challenging choices. As she navigates her own journey, her father's decision to connect through stories becomes a poignant thread. Through 9 original tales exploring life's shades of gray, this thought-provoking anthology delves into the complexities of family, sacrifice, and the narratives we weave to make sense of our memories.
Emma wants to learn how to communicate with the spirit of a girl who has been trapped in a hermitage for centuries, and to that end, she tries to persuade Carol, a sceptical medium, to help her.
Two young thieves find a sealed jewelry box that becomes the envy of rival gangs.
After Suman suffers an accident, the two women in his life - Meghna, the wife, and Shubhra, the ex-wife - are compelled to meet each other. Ardhangini revolves around the awkward emotional duel between the two wives - past and present - in a time of personal crisis.
For the first time in his life, Miro (40) spends the night with a prostitute someone sent to him in a hotel after a business.
A young couple struggles to rehabilitate an inherited farm -- a ravaged environment in rebellion that, despite every attempt, threatens to doom their relationship to rot.
In the exact moment they hit rock bottom, four strangers are visited by a mysterious man who gifts them a week to see how the world would be without them.
A bunch of old guys form a posse.
It's been years since Stef last left her house. The loss of her brother combined with the quiet dread of the unknown conspiring to keep her inside. When her brother Liam's best friend, Evan, arrives to give Liam's journal to Stef, they begin a relationship. However, when Stef and Evan start to unpack their shared trauma, they question if their relationship can ever break free from its confines? Caught between Evan's images of a world outside that they could inhabit, and a story of lost love that Stef is translating from a previous generation, Stef must choose the kind of future she wants, and whether Evan will be a part of it.
A biopic focusing on to the childhood and the early years of the military career of the founder and the first President of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
Deok-nam and Ji-young, now twenty, suddenly find themselves out of foster care, leaving the orphanage. All they have is a mere 5 million won and a carrier. And the winter is bitterly cold and they're hungry. Can these two work together to face the world head-on?
Chaos ensues shortly after a young man in a remote village in northern Senegal refuses to accept his role as the new village chief.
On the Lazio coast of Coccia di Morto, Kimutai, a young African boy, enjoys the sun on the shore. The illusion of spending a day like everyone else is suddenly interrupted by a trivial misunderstanding; a chain of misunderstandings with the bathers will force Kimutai to find a new center of gravity in the precarious balance between reality and illusion.
An immigrant fishing family is forced to decide whether to stay or leave Alaska behind after the snow crabs disappear.
Yamane Mito lives her life as the charismatic influencer "MITOYAMANE", supported by her younger sister Miho. One day, she is approached by her agency about collaborating on an app. The app becomes very popular and Mito's face is spread around the world...
A moving, platonic love story between two Hindu-Muslim lovers navigating the painful turmoil and consequences of the Partition of India.