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In a village in Buenos Aires, Espanto returns from the dead to help her friend Consuelo save her hairdressing salon in crisis. With no customers, they invent a mobile hairdressing salon. Between gossip and haircuts, the salon becomes a refuge and an act of resistance.
The Maîtrise de Radio takes us on a journey through three hundred years of choral music. From Bach to Jean-Benoît Dunkel, including a world premiere by Fabien Waksman, this richly varied concert is punctuated by the dance-infused collaboration of the Théâtre de Chaillot
Some projects grab you and don't let go. Following Chipmunk 65 back to the sky has been one of those - two years of patient work, problem-solving, and persistence, captured alongside the people who know these aircraft best.
In the seventh installment of this telenovela-style comedy series, Myrna is desperately searching for Baby Oscur, the missing heir to the family fortune—stolen by her arch-nemesis, Kittay. Out of options and at her wits’ end, Myrna seeks help from her longtime friend Dixie Longate, a psychic whose séances offer a hilariously unconventional path to the truth. A wild journey to Texas sets off a chain of unexpected revelations as Myrna uncovers not only the mystery of Baby Oscur’s whereabouts, but surprising truths about herself. Secrets unravel, loyalties shift, and—as always in Myrna’s chaotic world—another unfortunate soul ends up dead
Haunted by a tragic loss, a MMA fighter is forced into a deadly cat-and-mouse game at the park by a masked stalker, and must push through a desperate fight in order to survive the night.
A girl and her friend seek out their target in senior assassin.
A family story of three generations (Grandma Gianna, her daughter Daniela and the young Flavio) that unfolds through old photographs, confessions left hanging and a past shrouded in mystery. Luigi, husband and father who passed away too soon, is a shadow that continues to live in the daily gestures and silences of his family. An intimate and delicate story that explores the weight of family silence and the power of hidden memories.
Deniz, a woman from Marseille whose parents kept her away from her roots, discovers the existence of Alev, her paternal great aunt, through an anonymous package. In the Istanbul of the 1960s, a detective investigated this young woman, who was mysteriously erased from familial memory. This is the debut feature by Alexandre Büyükodabaş, inspired by Chris Marker’ın La Jetée.
One late summer afternoon, in a suburb in the far north of France, on the outskirts of Calais and the sea. Children and teenagers kill time at the foot of the tower blocks, between buildings and vacant lots. They talk about love, doubts, and hopes, trying to understand what drives them.
The year is 1985. Thatcher has decimated Britain as a zombie virus runs rampant. Alan struggles with the disappearance of his Dad, while Flynn struggles with his hunger for flesh. Both are tested when figures from there past try to break apart their friendship.
A young Toronto drag performer launches a fundraising campaign for her friend Sondos, a young mother trying to support her family in Palestine
Trip and Chadwick, two childhood best friends, are forced to embark on an epic journey to return their stolen final project before graduation.
2 bumbling gravediggers must survive the night from a vampire, mad scientist and a hoard of zombies without losing their heads - in either sense.
A 12'53" single shot film, part documentary and part performance. An ecstatic, funky, and amusing homage to all the great snow scenes in mainstream movies that we grew up loving. (Camera by Kirill Mikhanovsky; Music by Evan Maruszewski).
How shall I cater best to your desire for me to be visible? Set up as a confessional-cum-guided meditation, My Structuralist Film uses performance artist Tehching Hsieh's One Year Performance (“Time Clock Piece”) as a framework to illustrate the filmmaker's (presumable) insides. How thoroughly should a trans body want or need to be visible? On what terms is the filmmaker obligated to narrativize, perform, or even fabricate visibility for the sake of an audience? Considering the limits and limitations of disclosure, this project positions the act of looking not as an offering or an exchange, but as an unyielding neoliberal, capitalist thirst to consume.
A short documentary that brings light to the experiences of those who live with hidden disabilities. Through eight heartfelt interviews, participants share their struggles, strengths, and realities of their everyday lives.
A young photographer struggles to finish an overdue project while constantly being pulled away by new opportunities. As pressure builds and the deadline approaches, he is forced to confront the version of himself that keeps avoiding responsibility and decide whether he can finally change.
Unfortunately topical socio-political songs from Tuomari Nurmio's catalog spanning over 40 years. The themed concert "Songs of War and Dictatorship" was performed at the Helsinki Festival's Huvila pavillion, Tampere's Tavara-asema, and again on September 30, 2024, at the Tavastia Club, where this documentary was recorded.
