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The story of Gvantsa, a young displaced writer from Abkhazia whose play, As a Token of Love, carries the memory of the home she was forced to leave behind. From the page to the stage, the film is a moving journey through displacement, love, loss, and the resilience of keeping memory alive through art.
Hu Renliang rose to fame overnight thanks to his "AI Grandma" video. When he reunited with his father, whom he hadn’t seen in six years, at their grandmother’s tomb, he witnessed the raw familial affection stirring in his father’s heart, moved by the AI recreation of Grandma. This inspired Hu Renliang to create a more polished version of "AI Grandma" as a gift for his father, hoping it could mend their strained, lopsided father-son relationship riddled with long-standing conflicts.Yet the technical hurdles proved far greater than he anticipated. On top of that, years of lingering resentment, irreconcilable differences in core values, and clashing lifestyles between father and son added countless obstacles to his plan...
A young girl named Bunny hosts, edits and narrates a hard-hitting journalistic exposé about all the dogs in her neighborhood.
'The Louse', a horror thriller following the lives of a brother and sister who encounter a strange force of nature that will bring them to their breaking point.
A quiet, deadpan craftsman treats his ordinary collection of stones with the serene precision of a master artist, turning a mysterious, dark trade into a highly disciplined science.
From Kabbalah to negative theology, from Walter Benjamin to Jacques Derrida, from lightning to thunder, fragments of a witty reflection on the notion of beginning.
When a seemingly dead phone comes back to life, it begins documenting a man’s reality and his future. As the images turn fatal, he finds himself trapped in a moment he can’t escape.
A person gets lost in the world of fantasy, while chasing a strange human figure and coming across the most bizarre spaces.
The Kete Informs You follows Paitai as he weaves a kete (handwoven basket or a bag) while reflecting on this rangaranga journey, the inspiration behind his work, and the role weaving continues to play in identity and contemporary culture. - Cook Islands News
ASYMPTOTES is a Bengali feature film that explores distance, memory, and missed connections. It follows lives that come close but never truly meet, reflecting on a haunting question—what if you could get back the things you’ve lost in life?
The man who find the room was dark like void.
Battle For The Bid is a documentary series that chronicles the journey of the Boston University men's basketball team as they attempt to reclaim a dream interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Through intimate storytelling and unprecedented access, the series explores perseverance, leadership, identity and the realities of life beyond college athletics.
A short video about the wind taking over available on youtube
In the streets of Hanoi, the fiercest battles are fought neither with weapons nor in the shadows, but in broad daylight. Here, gray-haired “street fighters” face off with the intensity of legendary duelists, only to become old friends again moments later, sharing a cup of tea. Balancing fierce competition with unshakable camaraderie, Hanoi Street Fighters reveals a way of life in which every battle is, above all, an excuse to never truly be alone.
A murder has been committed and a detective is on the case... one of them, at least.
A grieving artist gives everything she has into a memorial piece for her grandmother, alienating her friends and destroying a delicate new romance as she struggles to capture the light of a loved one she hasn't properly mourned.
This short film tells an absurd story: an anteater actually works as a "teapot doctor". Relying on its superficial and limited knowledge, it "treats" all kinds of teapots that come to it for help.Eventually consumed by one's own greed.
