On the frozen waters of Hiiumaa, 87-year-old Vello Jürjo, a legendary figure in the world of ice sailing, begins building his very last iceboat. Hearing the news, his grandson, director Mihkel Oksmann, rushes to document the process.
Three estranged brothers reunite at a notary's office to settle their late father's estate. What begins as a routine procedure turns into an emotional battlefield, where the true inheritance is silence.
PERFECT STORM: THE MOVIE depicts the process of five young men with different backstories facing unexpected dangers. Notably, writer Jeon Hyo-jin of the representative Korean mystery variety show 'Crime Scene' series participated in screenwriting also participated in TXT's Hello Strangers. The five members appear as characters with their own stories, confronting incidents that shake their daily lives and dangers akin to a massive storm.
In a community in Jujuy, where access to water is a privilege, Pamela works for Amelia, who is responsible for the town's water crisis. As the neighbors confront her, a children's game pushes the conflict beyond its limits.
In the Azores, Tom and Lila collect dreams from island inhabitants. Through nocturnal stories and volcanic landscapes, an invisible dialogue emerges between territory, memory, and the unconscious.
Two American friends travel down Mexico's Pacific coast in search of land to buy. As they move through a country increasingly shaped by foreign ownership, Joe falls victim to the myth of "Moctezuma's Revenge" and their search for paradise begins to turn against them.
A group of young people conquer the heavens and return to earth as angels. But they are invisible to mortals. Only an old camcorder, forgotten in a family drawer, is capable of capturing a faint trace of their presence.
East Texans reflect upon how their communities and personal lives have been shaped by the pine forests that surround them.
Néstor is a theater actor who has been streaming since the pandemic. As he rehearses a nearly autobiographical text, he transforms into a dazzling diva.
High-achieving teenager Pärli feels like a mountain range: cold below the knees and hot in her hands. She compares parts of her body to different seasons and playfully envies a dancing grasshopper's movements. If not a ballerina, she imagines being a violinist or lion tamer. Aspiring Black Swan Maarja took up ballet at her parents' urging, though she preferred hip-hop. Ballet lecturer and horse rider Irina teaches students to appreciate the technically perfect ballet body, yet struggles to find joy and tends to censor everything, even as she resists strict control. All three strive for perfection in life and on the dance floor. Ballet offers escape into a magical world but demands patience. Dancers repeat exercises and rehearse for hours, seeking precision despite pain, fatigue or waning motivation. Each movement takes time to master, perhaps only to satisfy a mother's high expectations.
Through interviews with its creators, footage of rehearsals, and scenes from performances in the main auditorium of the Teatro Nacional Cervantes, the film chronicles the development of a show that pays tribute to a century-old Argentine musical tradition: La Revista.
Quand Janet dort portrays Janet Lumb, a Chinese-Canadian artist who has lived in Montreal for many years. Fuelled by dreams and chaos, her artistic world takes shape through performance and musical composition. At 72, Janet is losing her memory. Her artistic and political legacy, along with the details of her life, are fading, though they remain deeply precious to her friend Laurence. To shake up her daily routine, create new memories and revive old ones, he spontaneously plans a trip to Ecuador. Through a polyphonic narrative moving between spoken and written voices, a memory that spans generations gradually emerges. Together, these voices invite reflection on belonging and what is passed down. Janet’s embodied presence, the archival materials documenting her impact and the tenderness with which she is portrayed celebrate the quiet strength of her work and activism.
Lars has figured out what he loves - snowboarding. This film explores his approach to surfstyle carving and what keeps him coming back after 35 years. For him, carving becomes a form of expression, feeling and freedom.
Red carpet photographer Erlend Štaub, who has also been the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival official photographer for several years, spends his days at glamorous parties, socialising and taking pictures. Then he spends his nights working on these pictures to deliver them the next morning. He is very much in demand and his talents as a photographer are also highly appreciated abroad. He has been attending the Cannes International Film Festival for fifteen years in a row. It is a hard job that requires social skills and great physical strength. Part of his success is to find out "where is the line when people start feeling great".
Varvara, a writer of detective stories, is accustomed to being in control—of her own life and that of her ten-year-old son, Ivan. But a single trip to the Fairytale Fair changes everything: together with a blacksmith named Dobrynya and his daughter Marya, they find themselves in a magical forest. Here, animals can speak, ancient magic thrives, and hidden among the trees lies a living *Teremok*—a sanctuary for characters like the Little Mouse, the Frog, Ryaba the Hen, the Wolf, the Fox, and the Seven Little Goats—which appears only in times of danger. The only way home is to find the Book of Secrets, hidden somewhere inside the *Teremok*. But they are not the only ones searching for it; the wicked sorceress Shishiga and the ancient warlock Voron are also on the hunt.
