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When 9-year-old Lucie arrives at Bectoile for the vacations, she has no idea of the adventures ahead. Her mother, Caroline, is leading an archaeological dig in the region with her colleague Pierrot. Bectoile is also the town where Caroline grew up, and the scene of a family secret... which Lucie is about to unveil! With the help of her new friend Yann and a very special pair of songbirds, Lucie is determined to delve into her family story. From the underground of a ruined castle to a camper van parked on the edge of the woods, this adventure will lead them from unusual surprises to fabulous discoveries!
Oct 2025
A lawyer faces ancestral violence and haunting memories in a California farmhouse, exploring guilt and redemption.
Dec 2025
A girl takes her own life and ends up stranded in Limbo. Upon arriving and seeing Death from afar, she wants to finish the job; but on the journey, she meets someone who will change her mind about wanting to live.
The life of a trading company's team is turned upside down when the manager announces upcoming layoffs. A week-long team-building event in the Carpathian Mountains will determine who will lose their jobs. What used to be a regular corporate event turns into a real game of survival.
Liang’s simple, humdrum life in his deceased father’s dilapidated boathouse on the Shezi island takes a totally unexpected turn when he saves a mysterious young woman from drowning. A woman with her own painful past meets a man haunted by nightmares.
Bibi, the young witch from Neustadt, is excited: the big international witches' convention is taking place on the Blocksberg and she and her friends Schubia and Flauipaui are allowed to be there as volunteers. But just as the future of the young witches is at stake, events take a turn for the worst and complete chaos ensues! The old witches of Neustadt suddenly start behaving like unpredictable teenagers and the young witches have their hands full not only trying to bring order to the chaos they have caused...
After suffering a head injury during training, aspiring footballer Jordan traverses his own mind and memory in order to rediscover his passions and fix his broken relationship with his Coach Father.
Oct 2024
Faruk, who is over 90 years old, increasingly becomes the protagonist in the film his daughter is making about the impending demolition of his block of flats in Istanbul. A story about gentrification and a complex father-daughter relationship.
Nov 2025
An absurd day in the life of a student in Belgrade, Serbia.
If trauma is left untreated for a long time, it will cause one to lose love and other functions. The fowl that does not dance has other difficulties, too. University drop-out Souma saw her peer Marina catching a man who groped a girl. Later, he encounters Marina again and musters the courage to help her when she is being harrassed. The two begin to talk about everything, doing yoga to understand their bodies before Soma finally confides his dark past to Marina. SHIRAMOTO Ayana, the rising star from The Box Man (2024), and new actor SUWA Shuri breathe life into this chance encounter. With MIYAKE Sho and TOMINAGA Masanori collaborator TSUKINAGA Yûta as cinematographer, the film’s simple yet moving images gently lead the audience into the state of a contemplative ‘sleeping swan’.
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When a young woman begins immersing herself in the arena of AI, her wildest and darkest fantasies become sensual realities. But the deeper she sinks into her online explorations, the closer she gets to the shocking truth.
On a desolate Nevada ranch, a woman uncovers a long-buried box. What's inside begins to expose a terrifying history she was never meant to find.
With eyes hindered by a minor issue, Li, a perpetually weary and detached young woman, embarks on a trip that seems mundane yet is filled with delicate, unforeseen moments…
A police-officer and his girlfriend struggle with their boundaries and self-control, in a relationship far more complex than meets the eye.
The matriarch of a traditional Turkish family tries to stop her eldest daughter’s divorce, only to confront the shifting values within her own home.