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When Wendy Darling escapes an attempted abduction, her family employs James and Smee to identify the attacker with the help of the only eyewitness: Peter Pan.
When 1920s Film Star B.K. Silencio finds himself transported to the 21st century by a crazed fan with a time machine, he has no choice but to defend himself in a new world if he wants to return home.
clara & tomas are, like so many, a young contemporary couple — the kind that falls in love in the most effusive of ways. but love is not always what dictates the rites of life; there is also war. not since verona has there been a feud as bloody as the one between an author and a producer. and this story made of words, only the narrator seems to know how to live. the one great question i ask you is: which two words?
This is the tale of a girl whose soul was split between her body and a pendant she wore. When it slips off her neck one day, a fear awakens that a part of her could be lost…
A Night in Tobria is a short film set in the world of The Dark Eye. This German pen and paper game from 1984 is home to great stories involving dragons, demons and armies. But ours is different, because it has room in an inn.
Why the AFL was the last major sports league without an openly queer male player; explores inclusion in Australian football culture.
Back at the River Una, a woman confronts her childhood memories and questions her place between nature and memory.
Vườn Tình Yêu – Prem Ki Surdhara is a concept by Vietnamese folk artist Prof. Dr. Chu Bao Que that celebrates Indo-Vietnamese cultural heritage. The story revolves around the journey of an Indian girl from a village in Madhya Pradesh to the musical stage of Hanoi, Vietnam. Through art, music, and shared traditions, the film bridges two great civilizations, creating a timeless legacy that celebrates their common cultural values, friendship, and mutual enrichment.
When his father's old circus company comes back in town, Zampano see's it as a chance to get back on a flying trapeze and to leave with Nina, the trapezist he's in love with. But his father reminds him he has vertigo.
Youness, a young man from the Moroccan countryside, commits to helping his sister Nadia escape an arranged marriage so she can continue her studies. The film follows their escape from sunset to the morning of the next day, each step becomes an act of quiet resistance against cultural and familial expectations.
Stage adaptation of the event story Requiem.
A short film by Erika Weiste and Aki Viikilä.
An unforeseen incident transforms A young man’s outlook on life, making him realize that depending on himself is the key, and that life becomes magical only when he chooses to be the magician.
A story about how social media takes over your life.
As his grandfather's memories fade, 10-year-old Jin journeys into the magical World of Mirrors to retrieve his Grandpa's lost mirror, discovering that some reflections hold more than memories, they reveal who we're meant to become. Adapted from a Korean children's book of the same title, the film is shot entirely on a virtual production stage.
Dr Riley Elliott and Kori Burkhardt push every boundary to record never-before-seen predations by great white sharks.
