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Okhee is a lower-class diver in the city. One day, Eunyoung, the daughter of her late husband, comes to visit. What’s more, Kyeongsik, Okhee’s son, who is being chased by creditors, leaves his young son Junseo with them and disappears. Eunyoung wasn’t planning to stay long but misses the chance to leave due to Okhee's accident and the appearance of her step-nephew, Junseo. Eunyoung starts to live together with Okhee, but everything feels uncomfortable.
In 1979, a group of young Māori and Pasifika activists sought to stop Pākehā students at the University of Auckland performing a parody of haka each capping week. Unfortunately, the consequences for those activists were severe – many were convicted of crimes. Director Katie Wolfe uncovers this largely forgotten event in New Zealand's history with interviews from both in this resonant and thought-provoking documentary.
Set in the year 3001, antique shop owner Mr Brant travels through time to save the future of his business. However, the consequences of using out-dated mind chip technology soon catches up with him. Will Mr Brant's antique shop survive? - A Student Film -
11-year-old Johanna’s world is falling apart. She’s just moved across the country for her father Harry’s medical treatment, and as her father declines and her mother Naomi is consumed with caring for him, Johanna feels horribly alone. In desperation, she makes a call out into the universe for a good spirit to save her family. But as the long summer days wear on, and a series of increasingly disturbing events rips through her home, she begins to fear that something else has come instead — a terrifying presence from some dark corner of the universe that has latched on to her family and is now eating them from the inside.
When his aging mother's health declines due to Parkinson's, a devoted son grapples with the challenges of becoming her caregiver.
After suspecting the love of his life is cheating on him, Billy hires a personal trainer to whip him into shape to punch the other guy.
Paolo is on trial at a call center. He has the time of a phone call to convince the elderly Nando to give him his credit card details. A short film on the vulnerability of the elderly and on jobs that dirty the conscience.
Carefree Jindřiška (23) discovers that her father owes a lot of money when debt collectors arrive to confiscate their house. In a single day, Jindřiška's world falls apart, forcing her to choose between helping her father or saving herself before it's too late.
The Cost Of Convenience examines how internet platforms are impacting our mental health, restructuring our communities, threatening our democracy, and violating our human rights.
When Cassandra Marshall arrives in Los Angeles to plan the funeral for her estranged son, Damien Holliday, she finds the arrangements are already being handled... by her son's husband, Jason Holliday - a man and a marriage she knew nothing about. Through Damien's relationship with Jason and their adopted daughter. Arielle, along with the help of Jason's sister, Cheyenne, and best friend, Duck - Cassandra learns more about her son in death than she ever knew during his life.
An 18-year-old skater boy, Cheng Fei, discovers his half-sister, He Sheng, whom he never knew, and gradually unravels a family secret that has been hidden for years.
Having left their home country for almost 20 years, a mother, her son and her daughter reminisce of their days in Armenia and reflect on how radically different their life is now. They also discuss the current political state of the country in the midst of an ongoing war.
Abby and Trent are an aging punk rock couple who inherit an eerie, old house from Abby's eccentric aunt. While giving their friend Ratboy a tour, they discover a hidden trunk in the basement that harbors a sinister secret.
Young forester Jana Doussière takes up a short-term position at the Grunewald forestry office. Coming from a wild forest in the Vosges, the solitude-loving Jana, who tends to struggle with people, encounters the big city forest and its "Berlin peculiarities". In addition to naked men, demonstrating wild boar fans and committed conservationists, the new forest warden is also confronted with sofas in trees, a mysterious city hunter and forest warden Robin, who hasn't exactly been waiting for her. And even her best friend Aylin, who brought her here, doesn't seem to have told her everything about the new job...
After a sight-restoring surgery leaves him seeing surreal distortions, a photographer must rely on his camera to discern reality from illusion as he ventures outside for the first time.
A high holiday service descends into a screaming match when a young man becomes entangled in a feud with an embittered congregation leader.
In the heart of the Douro Valley, the sun still illuminates the last gestures of the grape harvesters. The abundant nature sees the children wandering around, the landscapes change over the hours but already, a light wind lets herald the end of the holiday.
Haz, lost in a desert dreamscape, stumbles upon a mysterious oasis—a hotel hidden in the dunes. A glass of enigmatic milk becomes his ticket to a whirlwind global adventure, where familiar faces greet him. But is this all a dream or Haz's motel hell? Haz rides mind-bending barrels in Ireland, Morocco, Indonesia, and remote Australia.
It's a black number: the prostitution of minors. The main victims are young girls placed in children's welfare homes. Comme si j'étais mort recounts the sexual slavery suffered by three young women, and the struggle of educators to save them.
A short film that tells the story of three families of trans people and the processes of acceptance and celebration of their identities. These mothers, fathers, and grandparents take a step forward and decide to fight for a society that respects and values diversity.
Charly was a clown before he lost his talent for making people laugh. When Charly loses his last engagement, he decides to take his own life. He jumps off a bridge under which Karla, a notorious merrymaker, is disposing of her latest victim. His suicide attempt fails, so Charly blackmails Karla: either she kills him or he betrays her to the police. Karla is a lust murderer, she only kills who she loves - and Karla simply can't feel anything for the world-weary clown. When all attempts to kill her fail miserably, Charly has a plan: laughter is the best aphrodisiac. Charly wants to make Karla laugh, make her fall madly in love with him and then finally be able to kill him.
Kesse (Pascale Numan) loves nothing more than May (Sira-Anna Fasl) and skateboarding. Everything changes when Kesse accidentally pushes May's annoying little brother Pepe (Lasse Berg) off a wall to his death. Excluded from the skate crew, Kesse tries to navigate back to everyday life while May and her mother Sheila (Melika Foroutan) grieve and cut off contact. Kesse finds themself caught between the guilt that needs to go somewhere and the fear of no longer belonging.
An elderly widow finds companionship with a garden gnome but begins to feel alone when it disappears truly; then mysterious postcards follow.
A popular children’s book author is trying to separate herself from her overreaching illustrator, until she discovers a dark secret of his that his been hiding in plain sight.
Toki is a homeless woman always looking for dolls. One day she meets a mute man who searches for the same thing as her.
Samuel (35) and Sarah (33) Ofori, together with their daughter Faith (15), have fled their home country of Ghana. When working as a police officer, Samuel was on the trail of a corruption scandal, but has since then felt that his life is in danger. Finally, after years of waiting, they are offered housing in The Netherlands. Their new home is in a wealthy neighborhood on the outskirts of the city. The young family is amazed when they enter the beautiful, large house: could they finally start over here? However, their happiness proves to be short-lived, for, as Samuel begins to observe frightening events, this home turns out to be just the start of a disturbing new nightmare.
Grieving Helen and her daughter Lauren, at odds, probe the death of Helen's sister, a top math professor. With the help of Lauren's math tutor Kristy, they uncover a shocking familial betrayal.
Like a visual elegy, My Memory Is Full of Ghosts explores a reality caught between past, present and future in Homs, Syria. Behind the self-portrait of an exsanguinated population in search of normality emerge memories of the city, haunted by destruction, disfigurement and loss. A deeply moving film, a painful echo of the absurdity of war and the strength of human beings.
After finding a random £1,000,000 deposit from the bank in his account, Tom and his best friend Darren figure they have the weekend to use the money to make some money.
In a deserted city that seems to have escaped time, two solitary beings dance with the wind. From dust to dust, their encounter gives life to the elements. A physical and metaphysical tale on the origins of the wind.
A power struggle unfolds over the reopening of a famous 'Parvathy Bar' in Royapuram, pitting two rival factions against each other and a passionate anti-alcohol activist.
A terrified bride-to-be, Mya, discovers a mysterious black substance at her picturesque English manor wedding venue, leading to horrifying events.
Our 2024 short film ‘Sanctuary’ explores why Australia needs marine parks, especially strong marine sanctuaries, to safeguard our oceans. AMCS would like to acknowledge The Charles Warman Foundation and Patagonia for their generous support of our marine parks campaign.
2024 release
Fascinating new translations and fresh research are transforming the myth of Atlantis from the realm of fantasy into an incredible reality. Travel across continents and centuries to unlock the secrets of Plato's final legacy - a true story of Ancient Greece, Africa, and climate change across deep time.
Dark. Comedic. Queer. Follow the journey of Clara and June as they navigate a bizarre night together thanks to an unlikely hero: a dead cat named Beans.
An elderly Chinese woman living alone in a village prepares for the Qing Ming festival. The grief of losing her husband parallels the pain of missing her grandson who had left to work in the city. Her daily routine navigates a transitional loop of immediate changes and immense loneliness.
After coming out of a long relationship, Alper is searching for a fresh start but finds himself in a moral conflict following an unexpected incident at work.
A devoted Philadelphia Phillies fan inspires his city to give a struggling shortstop a game-changing standing ovation in this rousing short documentary.
Pete, a janitor at Super Fun Cinemas, clocks into work and begins his usual routine, but is rudely interrupted by the invasion of an otherworldly threat taking control of the theater. For the first time in a long time, today is quite different from yesterday.
Successfully completed your studies - now what? Raffly already has a lucrative job offer from a large German company, but neither an apartment nor a work permit.
An animated documentary that follows the lives of the over-qualified young staff of a local bowling alley.
A cinema event celebrating the 10th anniversary of beloved British preschool series Hey Duggee.
Gael is an 80-year-old photographer whose passion for the sea and whales takes him on an emotional journey in which he faces the reality of his age and the limits it imposes on his freedom. As he struggles to capture the essence of the sea once again, he is hindered by his overprotective but distant son, Míchel.
An assassin tracking an assassin who are both being tracked by another assassin. Who will make it out alive...
As a global ban looms over a popular Chinese app, a framed expatriate cyber expert races to clear his name and expose a conspiracy threatening democracy worldwide.
The forest industry, the State Forest Management Centre (RMK) and natural scientists who have participated in the forest debate are brought in front of the camera for the first time, in order to gain clarity about what has happened to Estonian forests and what legacy we will leave for future generations. The nature film, shot in more than 60 different places in Estonia, opens the viewer to the current state of Estonian forests and shows how political decisions have affected the use of our common property.
Martín is a 13-year-old orphan shoeshine boy from La Paz, Bolivia, who has lived his entire life in the streets with the hope and desire to find his father. Driven by this desire and his imagination, Martin bonds with one of his best clients: Mr. Novoa, a lonely tailor whose only emotional bond is his dog, Astor, a fine German shepherd whom he cares for like a son.
After the end of his decade-long friendship, a sorrowful man reflects on the past memories of his friend as he learns to move on from her absence in his life.
Giulia lives with her mother in a house near the forest. On her 14th birthday, she discovers that the forest is in danger and decides to protect it by going to live in a tree.
"Jordan Lisi's got some great ideas about structure here, which he's taken off and run with, hard--the result is this tough little jewel of indie cinema." - Andrew Bujalski
After two middle class teenagers commit a horrific crime, their parents debate whether they should protect their loved ones or let them face the consequences for their actions.