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The couple, who went out at night after the curfew was lifted in Istanbul due to the pandemic, on the journey home, their perceptions are deconstructed, and they slowly move away from the city, time and each other.

“Sex work. The phrase evokes so much emotion, yet we understand it so poorly,” rising director Yago Hunt-Laudi wrote on an Instagram post celebrating the premiere of his new film, The Chrysalis. In this documentary profile, he paints an intimate portrait of stripper Haley Rolland, a young woman from Missouri who speaks about taking control of her body and the difficulties she encountered during the pandemic.

The documentary explores the world of culture, nature and gastronomy through one chef's eyes across the marshlands of the Venetian Lagoon.

A moral discussion between sexes arises when an aspiring photographer secretly takes pictures of his barely dressed neighbour in the search for his artistic expression.

Installed at the heart of Japanese society when the country was in a state of collapse after World War II, and then launched on a frantic course to achieve modernity, over a period of 60 years, Michiko followed an unexpected path: that of encouraging the Japanese people to indulge in greater introspection in order to build a united, peaceful and enlightened Japan.

Hanna makes herself believe that she is the first and only inhabitant of a new world more beautiful than the previous one.

A father and husband going through the fourth stage of grief confronts his wife in hopes of getting their family back together.

Having learned from his younger brother Pashka about the mysterious death of his father, Yegor returns to his native village after many years of absence. It turns out that the entire inheritance - a farm with a small number of cows and a piece of land - must go to pay off the father's debts to a local entrepreneur. Pashka is categorically against the slaughter of cows and the sale of land. A quarrel breaks out between the brothers. Yegor asks local guys to help take the cows to the neighboring village to the slaughterhouse, but Pashka is ahead of them, who, under cover of night, takes the whole herd in an unknown direction.

An awkward first date between two college students spirals into a dark hole of violent discovery.

After spending a large part of 2020 in a Melbourne lockdown together, Anne & Lloyd have decided now is the time to go on a national tour. Come and witness these two comedians live. There’ll be jokes, stories, gossip and quite possibly the thrilling spectacle of the onstage breakdown of their relationship. Anne Edmonds is uncompromising, fearless and hilarious. She is a regular guest on Have You Been Paying Attention? and The Project while her alter-ego characters shine in Get Krack!n and At Home Alone Together. Her stand-up special released earlier this year on Amazon Prime has been making audiences cry with laughter. Lloyd Langford is a stand-up comedian, writer and actor from Wales, who is fast making his mark here in Australia. Since first coming to our shores in 2015 as part of the Melbourne Comedy Festival, Lloyd has toured the country extensively and become a fan favourite and regular on hit show Have You Been Paying Attention?

Leah's 30th birthday is on Christmas Eve, the same day as her brother's wedding. Her childhood crush is back in town for the wedding and he is determined to make sure her birthday does not go by the wayside.

Ram, a convict, steps out of jail to fall in love with the do-gooder Paavani.

The story unfolds in the turbulent period in the history of Japan, where two imperial courts exist. Kusunoki Masatsura, a warlord of the Southern Court, knows the court is approaching its downfall while spending his days fighting against the Northern Court along with his younger brothers: Masatoki and Masanori. Along the way Masatsura meets Ben no Naishi and the two fall in love. The full-blown cherry blossom season arrives, and with a decisive battle looming Masatsura wonders what he is fighting for. Amidst a storm of cherry blossoms, Masatsura follows the path he has chosen… "Dream Chaser" is one who chases their dreams. A passionate theme of single-minded dream chasing, wrapped up in the dreams created by Tamaki Ryou of Moon Troupe.

A waiter pretends to be an important businessman in order to reach the upper class through his entrepreneurial dreams.

Crossing the vast outskirts of the big city we can glimpse that after the great future catastrophes there will still be room for the promise of a new youth, perhaps the last one.

A young girl is confronted by her father’s depression.

A strange incident occurred somewhere in the Northeast, and all the sheep of the villager Xie Yifei disappeared overnight without a trace. His plan to marry the widow Dajuan was also ruined by his grandson Xie Xiaoxie and his love rival Wang Er Zhou. In order to find out where the sheep was, Xie Yifei embarked on the path he was looking for, but was kidnapped by the alien Mo Ji in the middle, so he accidentally learned that the alien wanted to move the village to an alien exhibition plan.

Matriarchy prevails while at an institution men dressed in underwear train for their purpose: to please the stronger sex. They are surveilled by strict women in pink uniforms, with their whistles ready. But when the relentless routine becomes too difficult, you can always dream yourself away. Keep an eye out for Tarjei Sandvik Moe (Isak in Skam) in one of the roles in this diabolically funny film.

A man looks back on his younger years and relives some of the moments that led him into his troubles with addiction in later life, he looks back with a mature wisdom that flows as poetry.

Just a shapeshifting bug alien guy getting ready for his blind date, and nothing is going according to plan.

A meeting with Gaspar Noé at the Locarno Film Festival, where his latest film, Vortex, was screened. His first feature film for general audiences tells the story of an elderly couple who must live out their days under the shadow of Alzheimer's disease. It's an opportunity to look back on the unique career of an experimental and provocative director!

That afternoon, ten-year-old Antonin has a date with Zohra, agirl he’s very fond of. But she shows up with her two cousins, who dare them to play a dangerous game involving cars driving on a road nearby.

A man is accused and tortured for a crime he did not commit, but soon, the Police will receive an unexpected surprise.

Seth is just about to finish his internship at his dream company. He hopes to land a job when it is over, however, when he meets his new supervisor in the final remaining days, he fears he is trying to sabotage him from getting that job. However, things may not be as they seem for Seth.

Filmmaker Catarina Vasconcelos sifts through the memories of her ancestors. Her naval officer grandfather, Henrique, who married her grandmother, Beatriz, on her 21st birthday, spent extended periods at sea, leaving her with six children. This is the beginning of a generational saga.

In the centre of the gallery is a pavilion housing the 35mm film Paradise (2021), the final work of the trilogy. It is the first time that Paradise is being shown as an artwork outside of its staging in the ballet. The soundtrack is a digital simulation of Thomas Adès’s orchestrated score Paradiso. Known technically as a MIDI, the computer simulation became an invaluable tool while the orchestra were unable to record the music during the Covid-19 lockdowns. Paradise was filmed in the extended format Cinemascope and is entirely abstract, drawing on the circular and planetary motifs present in Dante’s ‘Paradiso’. The film’s rich colours were taken from the palette of William Blake (b. 1757 – d. 1827, London) and can also be seen in the ten hand-printed silkscreen prints representing the planetary states in the corridor.

During a pandemic, a pregnant restaurateur tries to rob a priceless truffle from a reclusive veteran.

Once a promising singer-songwriter, Abby now finds herself writing uninspired jingles for commercials. As she heads home for the holidays, she's enlisted by the local high school music teacher to help save the school arts program. In the process, Abby rediscovers her voice and regains the confidence to go after her dreams and lets the possibility of love in too.

Joo Sung wants to be a fabulous action movie star like Jakie Chan, even though he is just an ordinary college student. One day Joosung meets a nerd, Chanyeol in the filmmaking class and they decide to making a film as a project. They found a threatening letter to prof Cha by chance during their project. "I know you are involved in the admission fraud. To keep this fact out of the press, put a bag of 30 million won in cash in the trash bin at the university waste disposal until tomorrow…" After reading this letter, Joosung decide to use this letter story to making his film. And all things getting massed up because of his plan.

A young man builds an artificially intelligent woman to be his perfect companion only to find out she doesn't have feelings for him in return

Inside the halls of a dystopian textile factory two young workers shortly escape their harsh reality into the fantasies of a fairytale.

The story is that of an actress and a theater director who are rehearsing a play that is the re-version of a film with which the director was impressed in the early 80s.

"Mom", who , for her siblings is still the same "Nancy", lovely girl from Abadan, is a naughty and grumpy old woman for her sons, who travels by taxi, and in appearance is the biggest obstacle to her happiness.

A pizza delivery man is constantly late for work. His boss gives him one last chance to keep his job. When he arrives at the delivery address, he meets his ultimate idol, the rock star Charly Dopamine and his girlfriend Lucy.

Short film written and directed by John Paul Lopez

To 18-year old Kang-yi, her friends So-young and Ah-ram are everything. Wanting to go somewhere foreign, she runs away from home with them, only to find a strange side of themselves and the balance of their friendship also tips in a weird way. Although they left home as one, but they eventually return home as three. Kang-yi wants nothing more than going back to how they were but that’s easier said than done…

Tensions run high while food runs low as six influencers find themselves stranded on a secluded island after plans for a weekend escape go awry.

Elisha, a young religious teen dealing with his attraction to men, is torn between two worlds — the religious world from which he comes and the secular world that attracts and seduces him. He goes through a shaky journey that has him facing a decision that will shape his life.

Five Sydney-based youngsters navigate life, experience friendship, seek love, delve into their sexuality, and face the challenges of being a part of the LGBTQ+ community.

Manuel is preparing his next show, a musical about making a musical show. He seeks the help of Sara his ex-wife and renowned choreographer to direct. In the casting, the young Ines will appear as a rising star while dealing with her father and local mob. During the rehearsals, the passion and tension will grow among the dancers. Powerful Mexican music sets the tone and a play will emerge in which tragedy, fiction and reality intertwine.

“In 2015, Jason Silverman and Samba Gadjigo released the acclaimed feature documentary SEMBÈNE!, on the life and career of Ousmane Sembène. For the following short documentary, the filmmakers have assembled footage from interviews that were not included in the original film, including musician Youssou N’Dour, activist and author Angela Davis, author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, filmmaker Clarence Delgado, and filmmaker and scholar Manthia Diawara” (Criterion Collection).

Hyeon-gyu, who was injured and fell into an administrative soldier while learning the motion of "spinning gun" at the honor guard, wants to become a member of the honor guard again and run the event.

Composed of a series of short vignettes that share a telecommunications application as a common thread, Distancing Socially focuses on loosely connected human interactions taking place virtually across a world in lock down.

Hanai Sota is 22-years-old and a university student in the veterinary department. Since he was little, he has always loved animals. His apartment is full of animals that needed help. One day, Hanai Sota saves a dog that was being used in experiments. To save more of the animals, he sets up the "Inubu" club. His friend Shibasaki Ryosuke, among other people, joins the group. Shibasaki Ryosuke also loves dogs and is a student in the same veterinary department as Hanai Sota. They work hard to protect the animals. 16 years later, a report comes out. The report is about Hanai Sota, who was arrested.

Strahinja, a smuggler with a failed marriage, becomes stranded with teens he's to take across the border to Hungary. The boys' open-hearted approach to life makes Strahinja aware of the walls he has built around his own.

In northern Scandinavia, a seemingly never-ending border conflict is going on between the indigenous Sami people and the Norwegian and Swedish authorities.

Superworm is super-long and super-strong, and is always saving the day. But who can save him when he gets too full of himself and is captured by the evil Wizard Lizard?

A day in the life of a mother and her son.

In Grandma Zeki, Berivan and her grandmother have a cosy conversation via the camera, and together they joyfully introduce the colourful world of Berivan’s grandmother to the viewer. Grandma Zeki lives alone in a house with a garden located in one of Mardin’s villages. She welcomes us into her elderly world, show casing her rings and bracelets, various pickles and basil in the garden.

How to understand - where is good and where is evil? Who can be trusted, and who needs to be circumvented per kilometer. Elder Ivan, who was revered as a saint, turns out to be a murderer. And the city beauty Adelaide with strange habits is a ray of light in the village kingdom. Ordinary residents, peasants and serfs of the 19th century faced a difficult choice - is everything really, as they see it, or is there something more hidden behind obvious things?

A haunted veteran plagued by guilt and hallucinations struggles with the murder of an innocent civilian girl. Wishing to end it all as he tries to make sense of his past and fractured reality, a mysterious young woman changes everything.

In this honest and deeply personal account of living with addiction, a young man talks about the realities and challenges of living in the Anishinaabe community of Kitcisakik and the hope he still harbours for himself and his people.

Aditya is a death row prisoner facing charges of terrorism. His only hope for living lies in the game of chess.

With the help of two mysterious hunters, Detective Launa Chanee tracks down a mythical beast that is leaving a trail of mangled bodies. As they draw closer they begin to question, is this a beast of myth and legend, or something entirely new?

After a half truth lands her under immense financial pressure, Ludi Alcidor embarks on a frantic scour through Miami's private care-taking world in an increasingly desperate attempt to send money to her family in Haiti.

Katsumi is feeling blue. While walking through a ghost Japanese town, she can see signs that her life has reached the point of no return. When she decides to end this misery, Magic Tiger appears. Can he save her?

After a robbery goes wrong, Frank and Vince break into a home when two kids mistake them for their babysitters. Hoping to make them fall asleep so they can make their getaway, Frank reads stories from a magic book that he stole during the robbery, taking them to the enchanted world of Arctic Friends. The two thieves have to endure the kid’s hijinks as they make various absurd attempts to escape.

Manolo has decided to end his life and needs assistance. He has convinced Esmeralda, the caretaker of his hacienda, under the promise of leaving her the resources she needs to go live with her daughter and granddaughter in Baltimore. She only has one condition. She will not do anything unless Father Pablo vows to hear her confession after the act. Pablo decides to stay in the hacienda indefinitely, to impede them from doing anything. But he hardly does anything himself - and his time with Esmeralda will make him confront with his sense of goodness, and to check his pride and dogma, and the love he never found for his father.

The film follows Saki (Momotsuki), Mei (Kudo), and Kaho (Teramoto), the members of the budding idol group called Wish as they are set to appear in the sequel of Toei's hit movie, Yugami. Toei Movie Studios is a place where a lot of popular movies and dramas are filmed, but this studio also has an untold secret.