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An elderly woman struggling with the digital world sees her routine interrupted when the television turns blue and an error message appears: "Update required." In search of a solution, she wanders through the aisles of a bazaar until, suddenly, darkness engulfs her and the metallic clang of a shutter announces closing time. She is trapped. A disturbing experience of isolation and oblivion begins.
How can a queer, androgynous Brazilian, son of a saint in Candomblé, an immigrant from Santo Amaro da Purificação in Europe, for 23 years bring together more than 60 thousand people dancing to the sounds of atabaques in the streets of Paris? This ritual, the Lavagem da Madeleine, which washes the steps of the French church, is intertwined with the life of his creator, the dancer from the Paradis Latin cabaret, Robertinho Chaves. In search of his identity in the Afro-Brazilian diaspora of Paris, he is about to cross the border of masculine and feminine, between the sacred and the profane.
Bianca is 23 years old, and it already feels like too much. She has left her parents' home and is supposed to attend university, but she never goes. She has a few specific obsessions: the passing of time, cocaine, and Angelica. Since they started living together, everything seems to move faster, spiraling downwards. Even their friendship stumbles into addiction and becomes confused with love. Bianca keeps a notebook, jotting down notes for her books. Still, she wishes she could write everything in it: that youth is painful and already slipping away, that friendship breaks your heart, and that we constantly lose everything — and yet, maybe, in the end — between the night streets of Rome, the boys of Naples, and the tree that stands silently, visible through the window — nothing will be truly lost.
A long night in a psychiatric hospital, in 1962. A forced pact between a nurse and a patient, in which the latter is subjected to inhumane practices. The Human Hourglass is a minimalistic portrayal of suspended time, shared loneliness, and the possibility of surviving alienation through a small revolution: caring for others.
During a late-night train ride, memories resurface for a writer, bringing him face-to-face with the painful past surrounding his mother's admission to a mental hospital years ago.
Director Guillermo del Toro journeys through a labyrinth of childhood memories, cultural myths and monsters to reveal the origins of his visionary films.
Miles Turner, a 22-year-old from California, sets out to chase his dreams in London, but the weight of loneliness and homesickness threatens to unravel him.
The nephew of a Republican exiled during the Spanish Civil War is pushed to discover the fate of his uncle by a forgotten letter. Meanwhile, a researcher tries to discover what happened to another deportee after reading the novel "El impostor" by Javier Cercas. When the two coincide, they discover that the lives of their two ancestors are intertwined and end up unearthing the story of František Suchý and his son, who risked their lives and defied the Nazi regime from the Prague crematorium to save the ashes of more than 2,000 victims.
Feeling anxious? The best cure is a good old-fashioned game of Alien – straight out of the movie. Age is but a number.
The power of flow versus the power of waves: At the Louvre, in front of Géricault's gigantic canvas, Gaël Faye reinterprets his songs in subtle arrangements for piano and strings. A mesmerising event.
To experience snow and learn German, the young Vietnamese woman Trúc Lâm moves to a little town in the Erz Mountains. During a guided tour of a mine, she leaves her group and reaches the other side of the mountain through a secondary shaft. The world there is similar to the one she left – only all the people are different. She meets Duc, who is also from Vietnam and whose parents have an Asian snack bar. And she meets a mysterious spirit who offers to make a deal with her to enable her return to her old world.
10 year old Claire and her younger brother Kyle try to escape their angry home.
Growing old isn't a choice. Growing up is.
A day in the life of a trans dancer excluded from her prestigious company in Buenos Aires. As her world and landmarks crumble, she feels herself gradually disappearing.
Aurore and Carla, inseparable childhood friends, left Strasbourg for Paris at the age of 20. Their duo became a trio with the arrival of Solal, Carla's baby. This transition into adulthood weakens their bond, which had always been so strong.
A journey into the magical world of fantasy, a genre that has captivated the world for over a century, from Tolkien's novels to the legendary Harry Potter saga, from the Game of Thrones phenomenon to The Wheel of Time and the must-play video game Zelda. This film, bringing together exceptional contributors such as Richard Taylor, author Robin Hobb, French writers Maxime Chattam and Estelle Faye, and history-specialist videographer Ben, is narrated by Adeline Chetail. Designed as an immersive journey with spectacular images, it takes viewers into a parallel world, born in response to the crises of history. A world that has become a reflection of very real dreams and struggles, but also a celebration of the imagination, its richness, and its power over lives.
Sasha is non-binary and came to Israel from the Soviet Union as a child in the 1990s. Haunted by memories, they visit the houses they used to live in. A quiet meditation in black and white on what it means to feel at home in a house, a body, and in time.
Sergio travels to a metropolis in West Africa to work for an NGO as an environmental engineer on a road project between the desert and the forest. There, he becomes entangled in an intimate yet unbalanced relationship with two inhabitants of the city, Diara and Gui. As neo-colonial dynamics among the expatriate community unravel, this fragile bond becomes his only refuge from an impending collapse into solitude or barbarism.
Giancarlo Mangiapane is thirty years old and has one single dream: to become a great actor. However, the important roles aren't coming, so Giancarlo ends up acting in his everyday life. One day, his agent tells him he's about to get the opportunity of a lifetime: the lead audition for Clochard, a biopic about the life of Gustavo Noradin, a 1950s tap dance champion who fell from grace due to his addictions. When he discovers that his roommate is also preparing for the same role, a rivalry is born that begins to obsess him. Between exhausting rehearsals, a mother who keeps trying to reach him, and a fearsome casting director, Giancarlo's identification with the character becomes total, to the point of jeopardizing his true identity.
With the proliferation of private climbing gyms and the sport's inclusion in the Olympic Games, climbing, long a counter-cultural movement, is undergoing a profound transformation and facing a major paradox. On the one hand, private gyms are enjoying increasing popularity, while on the other, natural climbing sites are under serious threat. What vertical legacy will we leave to future generations? Is outdoor climbing destined to disappear? What will the future hold for climbing? Led by Cédric Lachat, a multi-award-winning Swiss climber, the film provides an international overview of this counter-culture, which has recently become a social phenomenon.
Christmas meets The Exorcist in this horror comedy for the festive season.
1962. Matthias, a former soldier stationed in the Belgian Congo, goes into exile on a Mediterranean island with his beloved Awa, a young Congolese woman he met during his deployment in Africa. Awa dreams of a better life, free from persecution. Matthias hopes to escape his past and, perhaps, build a future.
A philosophical tragicomedy about space, time, cinema, and wars, composed of six episodes, all together forming an absurdist footnote – somewhat divorced from reality – to the current events in the known universe.
The Unification Church, better known as the ‘Moonies’, promised peace and unity through matchmaking and spectacular mass weddings. But behind the smiles lay a darker reality: billions in global assets, families torn apart, and cult-like control. Now former insiders dare to speak out, including Reverend Moon’s illegitimate son Sam, telling his shocking story for the first time.
Nightclub bouncer Alex is tasked with tracking down a young girl snared by a sex trafficking network.
American Robben Ford started out playing jazz saxophone because he admired Paul Desmond. But he soon swapped this instrument for an electric guitar. A few years later, Musician magazine named him one of the 100 best guitarists of the 20th century. Big names in jazz, rock and pop, including Joni Mitchell, Jimmy Witherspoon, Miles Davis, Bill Evans and Bob Dylan, asked him to join their bands.
In the self-proclaimed ‘Pumpkin Capital of the World’, no-nonsense curmudgeonly farmer Dinah Little takes in her estranged niece Charlie, who decides to enter the local pumpkin growing competition where she and the other growers face fierce competition, sabotage, and a genetically engineered rival.
Two young women are enjoying the wild surroundings of an isolated lake. It’s a sunny day.
From the lush mountains of Corsica to windswept beaches where surfers thrive and the red light district of Paris where passers by flirt and follow, discover the exciting journeys and discoveries of French women and their cinema.
Sophie, only 11, turns a day of mourning into a journey of discovery and connection. At her mother’s funeral, Sophie’s imaginative spirit leads her away from traditional grief rituals and toward an impromptu birthday celebration for a new friend who is also riddled with his own grief. Glitter, toy guns and fleeting friendships collide creating strange, messy beauty of connection. Sophie’s actions challenge the adults’ somber norms and tell a story of resilience, showcasing how children’s innocent play can transform pain into healing and forge unexpected friendships and meaning.
Grace, a young closeted lesbian from a devout Catholic family, finally gathers the courage to come out to her parents over the sacred ritual of Sunday lunch. She brings her girlfriend along, hoping for the perfect moment—but every time she tries to speak up, her well-meaning but chaotic family unwittingly derails her plans in increasingly absurd and hilarious ways. What could go wrong? Absolutely everything, in this heartwarming and over-the-top coming-out farce.
Five teenagers drink tea together and talk about their vacation.
Vanessa, 21, lives with her brother Diego, 20, who has a disability, and their father Antonio, a strong-willed Gypsy man. The happy, well-oiled routine of this trio is disrupted by Diego’s sexual awakening. While Antonio is proud to introduce his son to a virile form of masculinity, Vanessa realizes that her brother prefers men.
Interview with Alberto Farina on his Father, the Italian writer and director Corrado Farina.
A rock singer attempts to escape the rock persona he's been forced to take on by the corporate overlords.
At the edge of the ocean, two teenagers share their first romantic feelings. They brush against each other, seek each other out, smile, and smoke a joint... until everything changes. Between burning desire and a silent threat, this story recounts the precise moment when carefree innocence collides with reality and the colors darken.
A short portrait of the United States, conceived from historical footage of Native Americans to police bodycam recordings and strip club scenes. This short film reflects on the tensions, contradictions, and realities that shape the nation. It is presented as a segment from the larger work Naughty America.
In a simple conversation on the train, two gay men expose the regrets they have over their friendship, which – years ago – nearly became something more
A man who spends his nights offering emotional support struggles to confront his own inner life by day. Aspiring to be a writer, he drifts through routines of procrastination and self-neglect, unable to return to the page. As time slips away, failed attempts at reinvention force a reckoning with the version of himself he has been avoiding.
A young police inspector returns home late from work, troubled by a very difficult day. Upon his return, he will be forced to come to terms with his life and his marriage. He will be forced to reflect and hope for the “forever” he swore just a few weeks earlier at the altar.
In Nepal’s remote Dolpo region, two Indigenous women form an unlikely friendship to save one of the planet’s most mysterious and vulnerable wild cats: the snow leopard.
Arturo has been locked up in the juvenile prison in Nisida for two years. While doing community service on a beach, he decides to wander off. On the other side of the wall, Arturo meets Catrine, a charming tourist on vacation. In the girl's eyes and between the pages of a book, Arturo will find his new beginning.
A boozy, brilliant, locally notorious medium chases stardom, but her messy personal life hilariously derails her dreams of fame.