A night-shift officer stops a car with no plates. The driver, a strange young woman, turns the routine stop very dark. Captured on bodycam.
Two strangers meet at a Greek-Finnish wedding while going through their own breakups. Touko, a musician who has had little success and is still married, feels attracted to Eevis, who is in the process of getting divorced. Touko's wife, the famous singer Leena, is also a guest at the wedding and notices the attraction between Touko and Eevis. Amidst the stunning Greek seascapes, the conversations that take place over the course of one evening touch on parenthood, childlessness, sex, divorce, marriage, and, of course, love, while the guests celebrate a memorable wedding.
Jin-hwa, a screenwriter in her mid-thirties, still cannot escape what happened 25 years ago. In her childhood, she was slapped by her gym teacher for no reason, and she has since been plagued by tinnitus and hallucinations.
At a red light, two strangers confess their darkest secrets through their car windows before the light turns green.
In the 1990s, five boys from East Berlin discover a passion for American action movies. They begin filming their own seven-part action series, "American Showdown"—shooting "guerilla-style" without permits. Years later, now adults, they reunite to revive their dream. They shoot the eighth installment of the series just as they did back then: on a shoestring budget and with plenty of passion. However, their ambitions and expectations have grown, and the filmmaking process puts their friendship to the ultimate test.
Over the past six years, a team of filmmakers has been following more than a dozen Americans in eight states across the U.S., charting their views about changes in the country and in their own lives. Now, a month before the midterm elections, how are these Americans — from a doctor to a pastor to a barber to a construction company owner to a retiree — feeling about the direction of the country? "American Voices 2026" asks how their hopes and fears have evolved amid another polarizing election season, a faltering economy, and a war with Iran that's now in its eighth month.
After nearly thirty years apart, three friends reunite at a funeral to reflect on life's trivialities and the inevitability of death.
Yuko Kawai works at an advertising agency in Tokyo, but her ordinary life leaves her anxious about the future. As she nears her 28th birthday, a fortune-teller warns that her next yes-or-no answer could change her fate. Soon, a mysterious man offers to grant her wishes for a year in exchange for her shadow. When success and good fortune begin to arrive, Yuko must ask whether getting everything she wanted will truly make her happy.
An odd connection with a hardware store worker makes an unstable teen reconsider his lethal plans.
Usman is a young undocumented immigrant who, like so many others, came to Europe in search of a better life. However, all Europe has to offer is a precarious existence. He lives in a heated apartment and works as a food delivery driver. In just 24 hours, the delicate balance that sustains him will be upended, forcing him to make a drastic decision to survive and, perhaps, continue pursuing his dream.
Allegra is transported to a world where vegetables, the thing she hates the most, can speak. She meets Dewi Sri, a sorceress that is slowly losing her power. Allegra needs to help Dewi Sri before this magical vegetable world vanishes.
Hired to pose as a dead boy's girlfriend, a professional mourner finds her hardest act is keeping herself from falling apart.
A young girl forms an unlikely bond with the disembodied hand beneath her bed.
In a small city in Spain, an amateur poet crosses paths with a pickpocket who helps him in unexpected ways.
Two brothers are roped into a scheme to rob from the rich and give to the poor, only to find their victims are not who they think they are.
Moments before a young gay man says “I do”, his father says “No, you don’t”
A contemplative gaze toward the town of Contumazá, in the northern highlands of Peru. Beginning with a murder that occurred a century ago involving the director’s great grandfather, the film reflects on the passage of time through the daily routine of her mother, conversations about an event that is almost forgotten, and the faces of the townspeople. The landscapes and traditions of the town gradually reveal the beauty, solitude, and poetry of its inhabitants.
A single mother confides in her trusted neighbor when a fellow resident ignores her repeated rejections. His guidance gives way to a protective resolve that could change their three lives forever.
A prominent politician is preparing to expose a financial scandal. But then a woman who has invested heavily in the shady venture threatens to uncover a damaging secret in the politician's past if he exposes the speculation as a fraud. His problem is compounded by his wife's intolerance of the slightest character flaws.
