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Two friends enter a local filmmaking competition to try and settle their debts.
When her husband chooses to stop treatment, a grieving woman leans on dance to survive the silence, while her daughter struggles to bridge the gulf between denial and acceptance.
Nicknamed the ‘heart of conservatives,’ Gyeongsangbuk-do (North Gyeongsang Province) is the conservative stronghold of Korean politics, having not elected a single liberal Democratic Party member to the National Assembly in the past 30 years. From the 2022 local elections to the 2024 general election, TV-writer-turned-filmmaker Hong Youngah documents the uphill battle of Democratic Party candidates, clad in signature blue jackets, in this ‘land of the red.’
“Pick-Me Nihilism” was originally meant to be a mixtape of jokes that just wouldn’t fit into another special, but it turned into a very cohesive, solid, and funny piece of work! Vibe-wise, it’s closer to “40 Minutes of Sex With Yourself” — which is my favorite special of all time. Same relaxed feel, sometimes silly, no pretensions — just jokes on all kinds of topics. I also like that some of the material here is downright stupid or gross, with no attempts at turning it into theater, orchestras, or high drama. No Tarkovsky — just pure stand-up!
What would a queer world imagined look like? I bet it would be colourful.
Body in Plural moves between bodies and buildings to trace how a single historic event continues to reverberate through time. From a 1988 mass performance in Yugoslavia to today's protests in Serbia, the film questions how freedom can still be imagined, not as possession, but as relation.
When his cat disappears, Tomi, a boy from a gated community, climbs over the fence to look for it. On the other side, he meets Juan, a poor boy, and together they embark on a search that brings them face to face with risks and unexpected discoveries.
At an amusement park, a group of children and teenagers are trapped in a curse that connects them to a parallel world.
A struggling girl finds a TV in the midsts of an existential crisis and begins to live her biggest fantasies, until things get taken too far.
Events force best friends Mark and Lucas to have a day without using their phones, meaning no contact with Mark’s heavily pregnant wife Claire. But when Claire’s waters break, she cannot contact Mark and is rushed to hospital. Meanwhile Mark falls at home, suffering a back injury. With phone service restored, they reconcile in hospital as two becomes three.
With a nod to E.T. and Peter Pan, JB Chandelier offers an intimate and moving film, a true visual ode to freedom. Renowned for his impressive proximity flights, the paraglider reveals, through a highly poetic style, the sensations he experiences while flying. But above all, he reflects on the wounds that have shaped his life choices. An invitation to listen to our inner voice, the one that pushes us to achieve our dreams and live our lives to the fullest!
After a freak accident leaves a young man in a surreal limbo, he must team up with a talking puppet to map a mysterious island from fragments of memory — a journey that forces him to confront his deepest regrets, reclaim lost connections, and decide if life is worth finding his way back to.
With the invention of a television that broadcasts scent, an ordinary Milwaukee man gets pulled into a daunting new cooking show.
Géraldine, a young film production assistant, blocks off a deserted road for a shoot near Calais. There's little traffic, except for Amar, a Syrian refugee. Burdened by her barrier and her walkie-talkie constantly blaring orders, Géraldine tries her best to complete her task under Amar's intrigued and amused gaze. This unexpected encounter will subtly intertwine the destinies of these two lonely souls.
