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In April 1941, months before the Pacific War begins, Japan’s brightest young elites, bureaucrats, military officers, and civilians, are secretly assembled at the Total War Research Institute. Tasked with simulating a conflict against the United States, they confront harsh realities through intense analysis.
Nine-year-old Mari is really looking forward to Christmas. Her journalist dad, Svein, on the other hand, loves his job so much, he barely notices the festive season. One night, Mari’s Christmas list vanishes – and in its place lies a mysterious mitten. The mitten sends Mari, Svein and her adventurous grandma on an exciting quest to find Santa Claus. Meanwhile, Stubby the Wishlist Elf is in a panic — he’s lost his mitten, which might just lead this curious family straight to the secret location of Santa’s workshop! He must stop them before it’s too late!
Haitian-American teenager Xerxes Hughes struggles to balance his life as a student, son, and superhero. But before he can stop a new threat: a homicidal cyber-stalker named W.Z.R.D., he must first silence his inner demon.
Born at the turn of the century in a village's butcher shop, Jeanne Lavaur dreams of becoming a countess. Inspired by the fearless Céleste and guided by her love for Guillaume de Barante, Jeanne’s journey carries her from the vibrant Paris of the Golden Twenties through the turmoil of two world wars. As her life intertwines with the great upheavals of the 20th century, she rises as a fiercely free woman, determined to never let anyone else define who she is meant to be.
Rwanda, 2012. The country is emerging from an era of silence after the 1994 Tutsi genocide, and people's courts are being set up with the aim of bringing justice and reconciliation. Veneranda, a survivor, is convinced of the need for these trials. Despite pressures, she organises discussion sessions between victims and the families of the executioners. Therapy for some, an act of betrayal for others, these testimonial sessions revive and reveal the traumas that each of them try to overcome, in their own way. The wounds of Veneranda's past are exposed again when she learns of her daughter's unexpected pregnancy and the identity of the father. Veneranda has to face her own contradictions and the dark parts of her past.
A touching comedy-drama about a wrestling-loving couple torn by clashing personalities. They can't live together, yet can't stay apart. This story is a humorous, emotional journey of love, struggle, and deep connection.
The film will explore contemporary emotions, fears, and relationships through intertwined stories, resembling Nevo's narrative style.
One summer in the third grade, a quiet boy named Tsubasa meets Gyotaro, a boy everyone in the class looked up to, and the two become close friends. Within their small world, they share irreplaceable moments—until a small incident suddenly tears them apart.
A rational urban man defies his ancestral forbidden forest & awakens a divine goddess, only to realise that some powers exist beyond logic & he must rise as the village’s only saviour to protect his people from annihilation.
Bárbara and Milena experience the intensity of a magnetic, unspoken connection. Amid moments of contemplation and a latent tension that borders on obsession, the two young women explore the awakening of new feelings while facing the prospect of a departure that could change everything.
To avoid going to prison, Mélanie—an impulsive, outspoken young woman—is forced to train as a nursing assistant. The problem is, she faints at the slightest needle prick or drop of blood. After yet another blunder, she has no choice but to accept a job that’s completely unsuitable for her: providing round-the-clock care for a 65-year-old obsessive businessman who has just survived a stroke and can’t stand anyone invading his personal space. With these two together, their living arrangement promises to be explosive…
An anonymous friend of filmmaker Océane Buxton notices her striking resemblance to Modeste Niquette, a missing woman he once knew. Modeste claimed recurring encounters with extraterrestrials, documenting them through photography before her unexplained disappearance gave her an almost mythical status. Together, Océane and her anonymous friend reconstruct a portrait of this ghostly figure through a docufiction collage of memories, images, and small-town gossip.
The second instalment in the live-action adaptation franchise. Plot TBA.
