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A young man struggles to admit his feelings for a girl, but when he mistakes her kindness toward a strange man who suddenly appears at their school for love, jealousy takes over—until the man’s unexpected advice helps him finally confess to her.
A young man lives his life in two dreams. In the end, he must reconcile the pros and cons of both.
After disability and trauma forces life to change track, the discovery of cycling reveals a powerful new ability that drives three unique athletes to chase a Paralympic dream.
When a worn-down detective, ready to reconcile with his daughter, takes on one final case, he discovers that the truth hits harder than he ever could've imagined.
An inspection of human behavior in light of the destruction of the natural world, told through a montage of superimposed imagery.
A retrospective on a famous case in Northern France.
A long uncut sped up transition shot of the sky as it becomes night to morning.
Max, a young man in his late twenties, prepares for an important date with the help of his loyal barber. But when Monday arrives, the evening unravels once more this time in front of his coworkers. As he revisits every moment, the film explores the comedy and quiet tragedy of modern expectations: how far we go to be seen, and how hard it is to feel good enough.
A static bystander observes a pool of purple light cutting through a quiet London night. Beneath a glowing sign that reads “you belong here,” strangers pass in and out of the frame, briefly illuminated, briefly chosen. The city recedes into darkness as the light waits, indifferent and patient. Belonging becomes accidental, temporary, and quietly observed.
A biblical tale brought to the present, where secrets, guilt, and obsession transcend generations.
Rookie Skater, Carol, and Veteran, Varian, prepare for their much anticipated Christmas Day showdown.
It all starts with signing up for a language class. Sam meets Sarah and a relationship that straddles the line between reality and fantasy...
The Pressure is on for Tracy, as she’s got the hardest job on set; Dealing with an Explosive Director.
Harry Baker and his sister Slone seek to find inspiration among the sinister trees and legends of a dark forest.
Eighty years after World War II, memory clings like frost to glass-blurred, fractured, yet never fully fading. Filmmaker Ming Chun retraces the forgotten journey of Taiwanese soldiers conscripted by Japan, captured by the Soviets, and exiled to Siberia. From departure and defeat to captivity and return, he follows a path of war and displacement-toward a home that no longer felt like home. Across Taiwan, Japan, and Russia, he searches for traces of their lives-abandoned camps, fading photographs, fragments of memory-while opening a dialogue across three generations: elders whose recollections falter, children burdened with unanswered questions, grandchildren confronting fractured identities. When history falls silent, what do we hear? And where do restless souls finally belong?
A young man prepares for his date to arrive, while his unconventional roommate becomes a persistent obstacle.
A detective is investigating the disappearance of a writer who has not been seen for 30 years.
