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Sparked by an unexpected movie ticket, Mary began writing to a long-lost primary school pen pal. This visual diary documents a journey to rediscover the warmth of handwritten words, leading to a profound self-exploration.
This screening will feature the premiere of the largest installment of Season 4 to date, Episode 5, and two new episodes from our Season 1 Remastered project. It's a true celebration of the show's history, furthering the current timeline of the show and revisiting the original season that started it all.
Three Iranian women, filmmakers and childhood friends, explore through filmed correspondence the different paths their lives have taken: remaining in their native country, emigrating or living in exile. Over the course of thirteen years of life, the images examine the notion of home and the relationships that matter.
In a non-linear portrait of youth, the lives of several teenagers dealing with heartbreak, loneliness, and identity gradually intertwine, revealing how the smallest moments can change the direction of a life. As their seemingly separate lives begin to intersect, the film explores how small moments and connections shape the emotional reality of teenage life.
A millworker stuck in the same daily routine takes on the highs and lows of starting a new hobby after encountering a mythical cyclist riding past his jobsite.
This is a reboot performance that adds new production to the first "Musical Nintama Rantarou" performed in 2010. Will the 6th graders, who face a tough battle, be able to safely help Rantarou and his friends? Unless!?
The morning calm is broken in Skultuna and Rönnby in Västerås when a VMA is sent out and residents are asked to stay indoors. The police are hunting a 38-year-old suspect after two brutal violent crimes. A child calls 112 and says that his mother is being attacked. Shortly afterwards, a woman is found dead in her home. Leif GW Persson examines the case and the legal process.
Se-hun and Jeong-i, two people who express their hearts in vastly different ways. A journey through four seasons—winter, spring, summer, autumn, and back to winter again. How will the time we shared be remembered?
The electrifying Lise Davidsen tackles one of the ultimate roles for dramatic soprano: the Irish princess Isolde in Wagner’s transcendent meditation on love and death. Heroic tenor Michael Spyres stars opposite Davidsen as the love-drunk Tristan. Mezzo-soprano Ekaterina Gubanova reprises her signature portrayal of Brangäne, alongside bass-baritone Tomasz Konieczny, who sings Kurwenal after celebrated Met appearances in Wagner’s Der Fliegende Holländer and Ring cycle. Bass-baritone Ryan Speedo Green makes an important role debut as King Marke.
Arturo, a broke college student becomes interested in a $50,000 painting titled "Blue".
In ‘what does it feel like to live inside a pomegranate?’ Iranian-American filmmaker Kamyar Mohsenin transforms a giant pomegranate into a portal. The protagonist ambiguously consumes the fruit in interludes, reflecting the tension between nourishment and the discomfort of engaging with one’s cultural heritage.
A shared dream. A common belief. Chasing Sub 2 is the journey towards realizing the impossible: running the world's first sub-two-hour marathon. A decade-long pursuit sparked by Haile Gebrselassie at the 2008 Berlin Marathon, which became a reality at the 2026 London Marathon. Kenyan marathoner, Sabastian Sawe, has won all four of the marathons he has competed in. Adding to his extensive list of accolades is the historic 1:59:30 finish, powered by the latest Adizero innovation: the Adizero Adios Pro Evo 3. The fastest and lightest Adizero super-shoe ever made, weighing less than 100 grams. Humanity just got faster.
It is June 18, 19**. On this astonishingly hot afternoon, Étienne Pignon is sitting—unusually upright by his standards—at the head of a long, lavishly set table on the shore of a lake, grinning from ear to ear.
We want cheap fruit and veg, all year. No problem. The Pickers deliver, but they are paying the price for us: Exploited migrants harvest our oranges, strawberries, olives, blueberries and other fruit and vegetables in Greece, Spain, Italy or Portugal.
Haunted by her childhood trauma, Daizy returns to her hometown after a disturbing blog reignites her unanswered questions about the mind. As a brutal murder unfolds, Alan claims he was driven by his nightmares, while investigator Brad discovers a mysterious book that may connect everything—blurring the line between reality and imagination.
After a boozy night, Anne wakes up, except everything around her has turned into music… What happened? Accompanied by Pierre, her boyfriend who mysteriously started to talk in Italian overnight, they will try to unravel the mystery.
