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Ash is stuck to a screen like the rest of society. But one day he notices Scarlett, a girl who doesn't seem to fit in with everybody else. Ash has to learn to step out of his comfort zone in his quest to find out who Scarlett really is.
A strait-laced brother who puts business before family gets embroiled in his gangster brother's life when a bank robbery goes badly awry. The only way to bring his brother's killer to justice is to enter the same life style and hopefully not lose himself in the process. Uncovering truth about family and loyalty along the journey and realizing there are two sides to every story.
Josh Eisenstadt short film.
Kidnapped from her village in North Iraq by ISIS, just a few months after marrying Mohammed, a 25- year-old Yazidi woman named Ellan is released from captivity and returns home with a newborn child from the ISIS father.
In the aftermath of an attempt to escape modern-day slavery, a Vietnamese boy's relationship with his overseer becomes even more complicated.
Three queer misfits inhabit the Australian bush, scavenging debris from a ruined society. They live in a mundane dystopia, sleeping among human rubbish and playing with unfamiliar artefacts. After the arrival of a mysterious stranger through a nearby drainpipe, their reality descends into a psychedelic dreamscape.
Third episode of the anthology series 'Jaago Bahey', set during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. A war-torn nation. Two men from the opposite end of the spectrum meet in a bunker. One a Bengali boy and the other a Baluch soldier. One a hunter; other a prey. Both want to survive.
In the course of conducting experiments on memory and time during the pandemic, a lovesick scientist with a morbid fear of rejection, makes an unexpected connection.
Love story between a hopeless woman and the one that saves her, united by camaraderie, solidarity, and complicity.
A series of scenes shot in different countries around the world, which explore the relationship between people and smoking, under various situations and emotions, which rise up certain questions about the reasons that motivates them to smoke in these moments of their lives.
John Parker, a 19 year old from Manchester, embarks on a journey to Brighton, the spiritual home of the Mods, on an old Lambretta scooter left to him by his father.
November, 1953. Pauline Dubuisson is accused of the cold-bloodied murder of her lover Félix. But who exactly is this young woman that the whole of France wants to see convicted? A cold calculating social climber? Or a free spirit, asserting her emancipation before it became fashionable?
Lost and Found
Ivan is a young painter employed by a well-known city company. Aware the embezzlement that his boss commits through his paintings, Ivan decides to take him with the old man to the city inspector to whom this last case is revealed. At the celebration of the company that was declared the company of the year, Jadranko Granula, Ivan's boss decides to promote Ivana to the ranks of his close associates. However, the process of initiation catches Ivan unprepared, when he realizes that he killed the inspector with by which he prepared a conspiracy.
Uthuru Sulanga unfolds an unknown side of life of a person who seeks refuge in a then boarder village in the dry zone of Sri Lanka. The village has just buried all the memories of the staggering Northern war. He (Sunimal) finds shelter in the house of chieftain of the village 'Ralahami mama' who does not bother about his past but present. Sunimal whilst trying hard to get over his indelible memories of war, faces his second battle of life as he couldn't resist the charm of Yasho, Ralahami mama's daughter. When he loses his battle, the dark shadows of an unforeseen future surrounds him....again. Yet he has to discover himself, his real family and his future.
Set in an unknown time in the middle of the woods on Halloween night, two life-time friends comes to terms with their mutual attraction under the threat of world destruction.
'Christy' is a short film about a young girl describing her experience with her abusive boyfriend. She contemplates ending her own life, but through the course of the film she battles with what doing that will do to everyone else.
A professor of philosophy teaches lessons to his awakened students. One day, one of his students decides to put his lessons into practice, and she goes on a journey that shakes her deepest convictions.
In the graduation season in July, the life's most perfect summer and the most enthusiastic summer, every young person is embracing the future's vast carnivals as much as one's heart can. Independent and freedom loving Gu Youyou loves street dancing, is learning ballet as it is what her mother wishes. In everyone’s youth, there is hesitation and passion, but they all have to face the final choice. Encouraged by her boyfriend Mao Xueshan, Gu Youyou decides to take the step of pursuing her dreams and refused the invitation of the Central Ballet Company... The intense conflict between family affection, love, and dreams made the summer of the graduation season lively.
Justino, a 45-year-old member of the indigenous Desana people, is a security guard at the Manaus harbor. As his daughter prepares to soon depart to Brasília, Justino comes down with a mysterious fever.
Laura is a girl like many others, a business woman with an exuberant appearance, vitality and full of commitments. One day by the sea fears, perplexities and insecurities emerge.
Constance and her fiancé hope to one day take over, modernize and expand her father’s farm, on the verge of bankruptcy, to the large-scale farms that share the land and power. She gains the support of the influential and charismatic Sylvain, their fate quickly lying in his hands... When Sylvain's desire for her steps in the negotiations, Constance must face yet another kind of violence.
A comedy short film about the bond between two sisters and the marriage that comes between them.
Ficções Sõnicas #2 is a film-play made in downtown São Paulo, during the pandemic. In history, they occupy the Municipal Theater and rehearse a play without an audience, in a search path that awakens them from the inaction and automation of sensitivity. The film-play is part of the Sonic Fictions Project, idealized by Grace Passô, where a series of artistic creations are made to experience children and act on the basis of black lives in diaspora.
As Tania leaves her hometown, she must confront what her absence will mean in the search for her disappeared father.
A surrealist retelling of Caine and Abel in a black void, where a game of chess is taking place. A boxer uses a punching bag while watching from afar.
A last-minute change to a pumpkin carving date sends a young Latinx man reeling and forces him to confront the realities of living at home with his father.
A professional “mistress dispeller” works with a married couple struggling with infidelity in contemporary China.
"Sneakers" (2021) is a short film written, directed, and starring Pavel Kizhuk. The plot follows a "confused young man" attempting to gain control of a situation that defies his destiny. Shot in Moscow and Malta, the film has competed at international festivals and was recognized at the Abbey Film Festival in London.
After the great war has destroyed the city, only a man and a woman, from the opposite parties remain. Both have to live in conflict between fighting and living in peace.
Jake might only be 14, but that's old enough to be a man as far as his dad is concerned. The only problem is that Jake isn't sure he's ready to grow up - at least not in the way that his dad wants him to.
In the ancient city of Varanasi, which embraces an intricate history of Hinduism and Islam, a sari weaver and an orchestral dancer live their respective lives, until an incident occurs...
A poor but ambitious fisherman enslaves a mermaid-like water spirit and exploits her and her abilities for wealth and power.
Li, an illegal immigrant in Paris, works as a professional queue maker. He suffers in silence and does everything so that his daughter does not follow the same path of submission as him.
After growing up in a tumultuous household, Yura finds herself in a love triangle with two close friends as she faces a personal and financial crisis.
Based on the treatment of Pacific Island families during the New Zealand Dawn Raids of the 1970’s, this short is an intimate look into a police raid, as told through the eyes of a young girl Losa and her father Lupematasila.
28-year-old Haruko Oohara works as a sales assistant at WEB Production Company. She has never experienced true happiness. She has a crush on her co-worker Shingo Iwata. One day, while Haruko Oohara is installing a dating game, Napoleon appears on the screen. Napoleon tells her that he will help her find true happiness.
Ben-David chases after his elusive first kiss, but he may have to break his mother's trust to get it.
Willy's quest to find Marlena, his lost love, takes him from Mexico to Canada, where he is hired as a seasonal worker at the Bécotte farm, near Montreal. Several destinies intersect, worlds collide, tensions rise and moments of magical realism emerge during long work days.
The whole family of the bride Yuan Rui was killed while in the wedding room, but she was saved by a masked man. A year later, Roy learns from information dealer Bao Dating that his father killed a thief in order to save people. With Bao Dateng's help, Rui searched for the enemy's weakness and set foot on the path of revenge.
In Mauritius, Hannes Jaenicke as a politically active environmental visionary and Daniel Roesner as the leader of his research team play the leading roles in an international cast. During their mission off Mauritius, they have to find the man-made cause of marine mammals losing their sense of direction. Sven Fehrensen directed the highly exciting ocean drama, which offers magnificent images of the underwater landscape and the dream island.
In 1970s Onomichi, Akira invites his crush Yoshioka to spend summer break at his home. But when Yoshioka falls for Meeko, tension brews beneath the heat.
Goonjan, a young woman working in an advertising agency in Kolkata, is about to marry her office colleague Siddhartho. Elsewhere in the same city Arjun is suffering from cancer. His bimbette tenant, Amrita, daughter of Shubhendu, is a nurse at a private hospital near the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass. Apart from her daily chores, Amrita decides to take care of Arjun. Meanwhile, as the wedding invitations begin, Goonjan comes to know about the first crush of her life, Arjun. On the day of meeting Arjun, when Siddhartho goes to leave Goonjan there, he meets his unrequited love Amrita. Will the magic of a new love story develop in the heart of the City of Joy? Will the college crush remain just a long lost crush, or will it develop into a story of love at least for once? On the other hand, will Siddhartho try to get Amrita back, or will he spend the rest of his life with his current love, Goonjan? Fate has its ways.
An actor pursues another actor at an inappropriate time - right before their auditions.
After a worker is severely injured in their family business, Kadir is forced into making a moral decision, which will have an impact on his dreams, his family, and the life of injured worker’s wife
The head of a family is looking for a way out of economic hardship.
During a moonlit night, Sine vanishes after childbirth, leaving her husband Magnus devastated. A haunting exploration of Sine's past, unearths the traumatic events that connected her to the selkie realm - a world of mythical creatures who transform from seals into humans by shedding their skins. This poignant journey delves into the profound ties between folklore and the human experience.
"Validation" covers the experience of a Filipino American high school student applying to film school in the face of their immigrant parent's conflicting desires.
A father struggling to balance career and family gets unexpected help and must make a hard choice as he learns the value of presence over presents.
A group of individuals come together during the virus lock down. They tell their stories of love, hate, greed and death.
Two brothers are in conflict over the way the Venetian lagoon has been transformed, and the identity of the city and its residents has drastically changed.
When a young girl is kidnapped, ruthless police inspector Peter Nadler embarks on a race against time to rescue her.
Eric, together with his friends Ona and Marcel, steal Pol's ashes, their recently dead friend, and begin a trip with the objective to throw them. Even so, the getaway becomes a bubble that separates them from reality and move them away more and more from the return to home.
There are not many films that portray adoption and foster parenting in a positive light. CHOSEN does just that! This multi-plot film tells several incredible true stories of how one community makes a difference in the lives of foster kids.
A woman makes a living by putting her image and video up for sale and finds herself being stalked by someone who is disillusioned into thinking they have a life together based on the videos and photos she's put online.
Two young men sitting at the top of a hill. One of them is reading a book, the other is immersed in his thoughts. Both are waiting. A sign? An event?
Formation is a coming-of-age story about self-realization in adolescence and explores the individual's ability to self-correct in the absence of an authoritarian external framework that says what you are allowed and not allowed to do.
Bruno is a young misfit who has recently started working in a municipal swimming pool. While he has to take care of his girlfriend's daughter, Bruno will have to face up to some unmentionable impulses.
