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An ecologist, tasked with recording frogsong and surveying species presence, comes face to face with local extinction when the voices of the bog go quiet one by one.
At 3:03 AM, Michelle hears sounds coming from inside her bedroom.
In the quiet village of Bardiya, 24-year-old Chadani Thapa cuts hair for men, a job rarely held by women in her community. Living away from her family for the past two years, she has built a life shaped by routine, resilience, and a growing sense of independence. As she sharpens her skills in a male-dominated trade, the emotional distance from her loved ones lingers in the background. Through everyday moments and silences, this documentary traces Chadani’s journey, not just as a barber, but as a young woman quietly carving out space for herself in a world that offers little of it. Her solitude becomes a landscape for reflection, and her work, a quiet rebellion.
Stuck in the monotony of day to day life, Quinn goes on a journey through novels from her local bookstore to achieve and harbor self-acceptance.
A horror film about a brother and sister shooting a documentary project about Looney Lenny, Israel’s biggest children’s star. But as filming progresses, the dark side of the beloved icon begins to emerge.
After two consecutive heartbreaks, Felipe begins a quiet journey of self-discovery that forces him to confront his emotional dependence and the fantasies he projects onto the people he falls in love with. A Self-Love Story is a drama about loneliness, identity, and the difficult realization that the most important love story begins within ourselves.
A biologist trying to invent human cloning to bring back the love of his life.
For decades the Students’ Union at the University of Galway has produced some of Ireland’s leading political figures, including former President Michael D. Higgins. Over the years these young activists not only defended students’ rights, but found themselves on the front lines of battles stretching well beyond campus – from contraception to abortion, from the Troubles in Northern Ireland to war in the Middle East. Some issues have changed over time, though the overall mission remains the same. This documentary follows along as the current union executives organise protests and other events on and off campus, growing into their roles as leaders. Shot over two years, the film celebrates their passion and vitality, as well as the laughter, friendship and exuberance of youth, giving an inspiring insight into the reality of student life and the growth of strong, socially conscious leaders in whose hands the future lies.
To be fifteen, armed with a MiniDV camera, filming one’s adolescence in the 2000s in order to rediscover it later: friends, desires, holidays… Twenty years on, the tapes are unearthed and the diary rewritten in the future perfect, with all the fervour and tenderness of that time.
In a world first, a cliff diver Molly Carlson attempts a 50-foot dive off a helicopter into a floating cage surrounded by a shark feeding frenzy.
Enrique Zuniga, a man looking for a job, faces a setback after losing the wallet he needed to buy the suit that would secure his position at the company. However, he decides to obtain the suit in a different way.
After losing his parents in an accident, Jason Gaterson slowly begins going crazy
Part of the Prince's Seat project, which uses an amateur actor’s obsessive impersonation of Laurence Olivier to examine the contradictions and physical tolls of aspirational embodiment. The work explores how we attempt to grasp at fading legacies and performative roles.
