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Amid the war in Ukraine, Tanya and Zenit’s fragile love story unfolds, stretched between moments of closeness and conflict. Meanwhile, a group of children play war, building block posts, and imagining futures defined by violence.
Mud, power outages, heavy rain – and yet Wacken draws crowds every year. For over three decades, Wacken Open Air has stood for friendship, perseverance, and a tight-knit community. With metal legends such as Kreator, Doro Pesch, and Motörhead, Wacken turns into an exceptional event – and a home away from home for fans from all over the world.
And a father sets out to inspect a new house in alhamadaniyyah. What follows drifts into his son's inner world where absence , ,unease , and unanswered questions beginning to take shape. Something about the decision doesn't sit right but no one sees it
SHE’S ALWAYS BEEN AN OLD SOUL Sian and Lewis, are a married couple spend who their days attempting to reach out to their daughter, Hope. Sian brings meals to their room whilst Lewis waits and listens. However, the couple are stuck in a loop that conceals reality. The evening brings warmth and comfort, whilst the harsh morning light reveals the truth of what lies beyond Hope’s door.
A music film based on the live sound of the performance La plante dansante de désastres. Filmed in Buan with Park Syeyoung, it creates a unique mise-en-scène. Inspired by the korean buddhist ritual "Yeongsanjae", the gayageum performance dialogues with Han Byung-Chul's Saving Beauty, offering a festival of grass dancing amidst disaster.
The story follows So-hee, a 14-year-old Zainichi Korean girl. She goes to a Korean school and devotes herself to Korean traditional dance as her school club activities. One day, at an exchange event with a Japanese school, she befriends Mirai, a Japanese girl who shares her love of K-pop. Through this encounter, So-hee gradually begins to connect with the world beyond her own. As their friendship deepens, the two decide to sell unused items from So-hee's home on a flea market app to earn money for their favorite K-pop idols live tickets. One item fetches an unexpectedly high price-a North Korean CD, which is So-hee's father's. Sanju, the father, is the principal of a Korean elementary school. Emboldened by this success, So-hee and Mirai take it a step further, eventually selling even the medal that Sanju had been awarded by his homeland, North Korea.
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Pata Seca (1828), a man whose back bore the whip marks of his enslavers , whose eyes held the haunted memory of being forced to breed over 200 slave children in order to sustain his master’s plantation. Men broken but unbowed, transformed from field hands into soldiers from the civil war to Vietnam. This documentary weaves together authentic narratives from the 1800s, accompanied by original images and footage, highlighting the significant influence that Black men in uniform had in Hollywood and addressing ongoing relevant issues to date.
Vin, a desperate delivery rider trying to fund his dying mother's medical treatment. His life takes a dangerous turn when an old friend brings him into an underground arena, where fighters bear "God Skin" tattoos.
Sleepless from the heat, Sokun leaves his crowded construction dormitory and joins a community of fellow workers living in one of many unfinished high-rises. One such tower offers a long-awaited luxury home for its first tenant, Seda, who soon feels trapped in the vast gated complex.
Moving image artist Lily Alexandre forces herself to ask an unspeakable question: should trans people make ourselves disappear?
Maria and Nikos, a married couple coping with alienation, are spending the weekend at a hotel nestled in nature, by the river Acheron. During their stay, they will try to find new balance in their relationship.
Noice is back on tour, now with a new lineup and new material being performed live for the first time in 28 years. The documentary follows the band both on and off stage through concerts, rehearsals, and travel, and explores how their return connects to their breakthrough and role in the Swedish music scene in the early 1980s.
A group of first-year students who find themselves in the village of Luragarak. What at first seems like an ordinary visit quickly turns into a nightmare when mysterious deaths begin to occur in the village. As they try to understand what is happening, they become drawn into a dangerous story where fear, suspicion, and the boundaries of reality grow increasingly blurred. The deeper they go into the village’s secrets, the more they realize that getting out may be far more difficult than they ever expected.
