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Astrid Thompson finally succeeds in fulfilling her father's dream: to bring together four Stradivarius for a unique concert, eagerly expected by music lovers around the world. But Lise, George, Peter and Apolline, the four virtuosos recruited for the occasion, are incapable of playing together. The rehearsals are one ego crisis after another. With no solution in sight, Astrid decides to go and find the only person who, in her eyes, can still save the event: Charlie Beaumont, the composer of the score.
No matter what comes next, I'm with you.
Katie flies to Paris but gets caught up in her anxieties of air travel - what movie to watch? How is that girl still on TikTok? What if the plane blows up? Sacré bleu!
It’s 1969, a housewives soiree, drinking cocktails whilst summoning up an old dead friend. When a spiritual message prompts adolescent Lilith to respond, it alerts us to the demon that lies within.
The landmark Japanese Tokusatsu TV series Ultraman became a massive social phenomenon upon its debut in 1966, reaching a staggering peak viewership rating of 42.8%. Six decades later, Tsuburaya Productions continues to introduce new entries into the Ultraman series, expanding its unique universe to a global audience across generations. This documentary brings together leading voices from the fields of cinema, Tokusatsu, and design. Witness profound testimonies from an international assembly of creators, including: Guillermo del Toro, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Hideo Kojima, Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi, and Nicolas Winding Refn.
A private investigator takes on a missing child's case that draws a striking resemblance to the abduction of his own sister.
In a therapy session, secrets emerge, turning the encounter between Ágatha and her psychiatrist into a dangerous psychological game.
Abby, a brilliant, young neuroscientist who has recently lost her father, drowns her grief by spending her days working with a monkey named Dorey. Abby meets a programmer, Sam, who has created a technology that reconnects Abby with her beloved father. Her relationship with her digitized dad then forces her to re-examine everything from her romantic relationships to her life’s work.
A hopelessly dreamy young man, convinced that an evil corporation is behind all his failures, stumbles upon a turning point when his suspicious neighbor accidentally drops a mysterious business card. Seizing the moment, he finally sets out to confront the enemy he's always blamed for his misfortune.
Marcelo, a deaf and LGBTQIAPN+ youth grieving the loss of his father, finds in a theater group with young deaf artists a possible path to transform his pain. Communicated entirely in Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS) and conceived from an aesthetic that prioritizes accessibility.
Haunted by post-war trauma, 19-year-old Albert confronts his panic attacks through VR therapy to overcome his fears. Aimlessly wandering with friends through a desolate post-industrial city slowly turns an ordinary day into something he could never anticipate.
In Lower Canada, around 1850, sisters Augustine and Josephine Wilson suffer from a rare genetic disease that sets them apart from other women. They are secluded by their father, who is suffering from tuberculosis. After his death, they must confront a village dominated by religious superstition and fear of the devil. Hunted and perceived as she-wolves, they become the embodiment of rejection and emancipation, until a mysterious destiny leads them to their liberation.
Martha (45), a mother who lost track of her son due to the conflict, receives the news that there was no bone concordance in the last exhumation she participated in. Exhausted of the institutional channels, she turns to a group of women searchers and meets Sandra, who tells her a rumor: “in a remote village on the flatlands of Colombia, you can request a favour from a dead person”. Together with Sandra, they embark on a journey in search of answers, blurring the line between the living and the dead. Mothers searching for their children, children searching for their mothers: two sides of the same scourge converge in search of peace.
The year-round residents in a lakeside campsite have to leave because of a sale.
Every year, approximately 48,000 children end up in orphanages. Some find families, others remain in the orphanage until they reach adulthood, and only then set out on their own. But how can you become independent in the adult world without an adult? How do you manage your daily life if you don't know one? How do you find work and save money? And what about finding friends and love? Psychologists, foundation leaders, and the children themselves will discuss the subtle difficulties, stereotypes, and adaptation outside of orphanages. This film is an inside look at the problem of orphanhood in Russia—the perspective of people who are tackling it right now.
For three years, Nam-cheol and his girlfriend, Joo-hee, have lived together. A rent hike pushes them to search for a new place—only to find worse options. Joo-hee is advised to apply for the newlywed housing program with Nam-cheol. Meanwhile, Nam-cheol's mother—trapped with a conservative husband—urges Nam-cheol to apply for the youth rental housing lottery so she can move into the unit herself, effectively "graduating from her marriage." Nam-cheol must choose just one of the two programs: "graduating from marriage" or marriage. Will they find happiness in the end?
Eight half-white and half-Mexican cousins with varying degrees of Spanish fluency and cultural knowledge connect with their Mexican heritage and learn to embrace their Latinidad on a family trip to their grandma’s birthplace in Mexico City.
