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Accountant Nina is passionate about writing a book about how good deeds can change lives for the better. The owner of the robotics company where Nina works is deciding to retire. To find a successor, he invents a game where each employee must perform as many good deeds as possible by a certain deadline. Nina remains true to herself, while her colleagues strive to win at any cost.
25 years after leaving, queer Romani photographer Béla Váradi returns to his rural Hungarian home. In spite of deep self-doubt and external resistance, he organises an exhibition of his work, an act akin to an intervention in a country where Béla's identity is subject to state repression.
A love struck young mans life changes dramatically when he hires Cupid to help with a new love, but when Cupid's intern, Agape shows up instead, the easy assignment turns to a struggle for love..
A theatre having national as part of its name, at the top of a square, reflecting a country’s history. But which one? This is a voyage through the various narratives about D. Maria II National Theatre, forged through the intentions of the several regimes that intended to convey their own ideologies within the theatre’s mission. This is also the story of those who fought against it, opposed the institution and became part of it. How can one become heir of these stories, even if never having set foot inside.
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An ambitious graduate student’s hunger for recognition draws him down a dark path of jealousy and rage.
A deep dive into the rapidly expanding world of Psilocybin Psychedelic Therapy. How it's being used in large (Heroic) and microdose form for PTSD, depression, end-of-life care, as well as the science, ethics and structure of the practice.
Francis is struggling to grieve for his recently deceased cousin Marshall when a mysterious plastic container appears at his doorstep.
A concert film by Bárbara Tinoco, filmed live at the MEO Arena in Lisbon, Portugal. Bárbara Tinoco is the youngest Portuguese artist to sell out the country’s largest arena, taking the stage with a magical, theatrical, but also very moving show.
The main character has a completely normal life, until one day a strange bunny mask appears on their bedside table. No matter what they do, this mask will not go away. The mask begins to deteriorate along with the main character's life.
It’s 1979, and the plane on which nine year old Mints is traveling – unaccompanied – gets rerouted to Pittsburgh, where she must spend one chaotic night with a boozy stewardess who abandons her to party with the pilot. Mints sets out to find a reliable adult in a world that seems to lack them.
Thirteen-year-old Yerin, during the last summer of her childhood, finds herself longing to be scolded. She envies Gunju, the girl next door who is the same age as her, for one reason alone: the constant scolding Gunju receives is a clear manifestation of her family's attention. Desperate to confirm their families' affection, the two girls embark on a bold adventure.
Tackling colossal waterfalls in Gabon, kayakers Adrian Mattern, Dane Jackson, Bren Orton and Kalob Grady's story of high-stakes adventure reveals the gritty reality behind the veneer of social media.
20 years since the beginning of the Qwertyflick series, the process of recreating his youthful humor begins to take a toll on its creator.
A young flight attendant, Ina, is struggling to find a way to go back home on National Children’s Day to please her parents and to attend her brother’s wedding ceremony, who sexually abused her.
A suave larcenist searches for a new partner at a dive bar and finds the perfect Bonnie to his Clyde. He takes her to dinner to put her to the test, yet she has all the answers... and more.
With her twilight years on the horizon, a Filipina grandmother ditches her eightieth birthday party to summon the spirit of her long-dead granddaughter, navigating repressed memories as she attempts to make amends with her past.
