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Gero and Cris, two young filmmakers, have the opportunity to pitch their idea to an important producer. But minutes before, Gero receives a call from work demanding that he return immediately, forcing him to choose between securing his present or risking it all for his future.
Two longtime friends return to the home of someone from their past who has passed away. But one of them doesn't remember her, and the other is going to help her recover her memory.
a photographer keeps a close connection with her hobby but it doesn't seem as great as she thought
In De Indische Tafel, men in their nineties, who meet weekly for an Indonesian lunch, reflect on their Indonesian childhood, a childhood they never spoke about, but which profoundly shaped them. Using never-before-seen footage from Japanese propaganda films, they revisit their youth in the Japanese camps during World War II. Born in the colonial Dutch East Indies before the war, they reflect on how their lives changed during the Japanese occupation, their existence in the camps, their liberation by the atomic bomb, the struggle of young Indonesian freedom fighters, and how the old colonial power returned in the form of new capitalist companies that were more profitable than ever.
A girl faces her guilt after receiving a message.
A musing exploration of gender as a pink jacket in the hall closet, as explained by fish.
An impatient young man explores a new local program that allows him to playback his dreams every morning.
Juana's parents are getting a divorce. She doesn't know it, but deep down, she does. Amidst absences and small moments, Juana tries to reclaim the love and lightness of her family life. Which is difficult, because her parents are never together. Most of the times, her father just isn't there. Until he is. "Five, Six, Seven, Eight" is a film about love that, even when it seems to no longer be there, never truly ceases to exist.
The "Married Life" sequence from Up with a Guy and a Bucket of Popcorn
How does being in a choir benefit different phases of peoples lives? From being in school, to adult life after school, to elderly life, this documentary shows light on how people can continue to make music and be in a community, such as a choir.
A boy who aspires to be a detective begins to investigate a mystery with the help of an odd person. Slowly, the investigation takes a turn.
This episode of Chicago Stories traces the birth and growth of gospel music in Chicago in the 1930s. The story follows "The Father of Gospel", Thomas A. Dorsey, who wrote one of gospel’s early hits while coping with his grief over the death of his wife and child. It explores the roots of gospel from southern spirituals during slavery, through gospel’s early years.
After a software developer completes a task assigned by a new superior, abnormalities occur during his journey home.
Victor Frankenstein has never wanted anything more than to bring life to an amalgamation of corpses. As he gets closer to realizing his vision, he becomes increasingly obsessed with making it perfect. Eventually Victor realizes the unhealthiness of this obsession, and how it affects those around him, and he is forced to make a difficult decision regarding the art he has given life to.
Two people meet and create a connection beyond spacetime.
Between the all-too-familiar prison walls and his mother's house, Ryan grapples with himself, eventually finding an escape with the sheep in the verdant fields of Northern Ireland.
On the second-to-last floor of a nearly empty building, a lonely man begins to suspect his new neighbor. When he decides to act, it may be too late to realize what the real danger is.
An ocean separates them, the Atlantic. A granddaughter sets out to trace her grandfather's footsteps. She saw him often, but they never really met. At 91, Réal Arsenault has a life worth telling. A painter who left his mark on the history of contemporary art in Quebec, he was also very active in politics, working alongside supporters of a free and independent Quebec. This film will pay tribute to his life and his art, but it will also question what we leave behind on Earth, the legacy we pass on to our children and grandchildren, and the importance of communication within a family.
The Headcut in the Headwaters follows the story of wildlife biologists and stream ecologists as they take on the urgent challenge of repairing a stream headcut in the fragile sage-steppe ecosystem of the Big Hole Valley in Montana. What begins as an eroding scar in the landscape becomes a threat to drain wetlands, degrade critical sage-grouse habitat and disrupt water flowing downstream. Through collaboration, grit, and innovative restoration, this short documentary reveals how working lands and wildlife can thrive together and why protecting water at its source is essential for the resilience of rivers, communities, and all ecosystems downstream.
