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In the housing projects of a Madrid that never makes the postcards, maturity doesn't always come with age, but with experience. For a young man raised in humility and public parks, his world suddenly falls apart. Without the safety net that once protected him, and in a merciless environment, he must find a new direction and find his way back to the happy child who knew no fear.
The Kazuo Shinohara–designed "House on a Curved Road" was the home of my father, Shirouyasu Suzuki. After my father and mother passed away and the rooms were cleared, only light moves within my memories. By capturing this wavering light, the work is an attempt to grasp how the foundation of private expression exists through changes in the external world.
A pretentious and pathetic young filmmaker is trying to make his new short film come to life.
Nova, a lonely high school girl, has always relied on her older brother as her only source of comfort. After his death, she forms an unlikely friendship with Adhara, a rebellious classmate forcing her to confront the grief she has long buried.
Rooted in the universal experience of feeling stuck, this gentle story follows two siblings who retreat from an uncertain future, seeking shelter from the challenges waiting just beyond their reach.
A potter has an unexpected late night encounter with her apprentice; their divergent personal lives stir up emotional friction.
Shalom, the rhinoceros at the Jerusalem Bible Zoo, is a crowd favorite. At 45, Shalom has grown old and weary. The caretakers who lovingly tend to him discuss euthanasia while war breaks out beyond the zoo’s walls.
A small town's violent annual tradition is put in jeopardy when it decides upon the newest winner.
A 12-year-old farmer begins to come to terms with the fact that his beloved show goat, Grace, will die one day.
Two stoners go on an epic journey, filled with trials and challanges after finding a scroll that tells of a legendary lost artifact
In 2046, Britto was digging in his land when he discovered something that soon became news.
Martin is a boy who lives a tormented love for Karin, a girl who instead seems to want nothing more than to escape from him, until she gets sick and remains under the boy's care.
A janitor for a Mining company finds himself in a turn where his life changes.
Inspector Leonard Dulac, once a world-famous detective, now washed up and broke, is hired by a rich old lady to find her missing cat; he gradually unearths a dark conspiracy behind the case, finding that it all leads back to his past.
We follow Borus, a road line marker who treats asphalt like a sacred canvas, as he passionately explains the emotional and deep importance of straight lines, proper spacing, and precision. His manager and a rival crew who see the job as “just paint” are brought into the world of Borus, who always has a new way of sharing his passion of the job. His world is thrown into chaos when a reckless young teammate commits the ultimate workplace sin: unauthorized road doodling. As Borus spirals over compromised line integrity, In the ultimate irony, he is “punished” with the assignment of his dreams — the very stretch of road he’s been dreaming about for years. For Borus, it’s not discipline. It’s destiny.
Seeking escape from the walls that keep her trapped, Aliki turns to the hidden and dangerous world of music. A story taken from the half-forgotten remains of a film that was never released.
In Kumasi, five lifelong friends known as “the Aunties” gather for a day of shared rituals shaped by decades of sisterhood. Through moments of dance, laughter, and prayer, their individual stories come together as one. Akosua is an intimate portrait of friendship, tradition, and the strength found in community.
