A petty crook and his girlfriend discover a rare antique plate priced at £60 in an antique shop. As they rush to buy it, they face unexpected competition. Will they get the plate or miss out?
As a result of another outrage by fans of the England national team, which escalated into multi-day clashes, the leadership of European football disqualifies the English from the European Football Cup. Instead, the Russian team enters the final stage. The Russian Football Federation has only two weeks to assemble a team. Head coach Sorokin and his assistant Mikhalych invite to the team the football players who have today become "downed pilots": forwards Matveev and Sanaev are under investigation for a fight, defender Bushagov, after a loud scandal, is divorcing his wife, who demands huge alimony, young forward Kizyakov because of of his character sits on a bench and so on. They all lost the opportunity to play, earn big money, be idols and real stars. But Sorokin's plan - to give them a chance to return to their former life - does not work: the new team cannot work together, each player pursues his own goals, and therefore they do not form a team.
10-year-old Vladik is a genius of neural networks and a master at getting rid of nannies. When his mother urgently needs to go on a business trip, he has to go to the village to visit his grandfather, whom he has never seen in his life. Vladik dreams of returning to the city and getting into an important IT competition, and his grandfather has no intention of following his lead. Each of them is sure that they can easily outsmart the other, but this meeting will change them both.
Buttu and his mother live a modest life in an Odisha village, with Buttu dreaming of leaving for a better life elsewhere. However, a series of unforeseen events disrupt their lives. Will they overcome the challenges and realise their dreams?
Asian-Australian Wen is in for a surprise when she tags along to Chinese New Year lunch with Aunty Poh and her friends... The Aunties take the honour of fighting to pay the bill very seriously. When limbs start flying, Wen and Aunty Poh come to terms with the importance of friendship and family.
At a downtown Madrid building, an ordinary meeting of neighbors commune to vote on a change of elevator. However, the event escalates into a full-blown conflict after the unexpected announcement that a new, mentally ill tenant will rent an apartment.
The Sukaharta family lives extremely frugally and happily—until a major pay cut forces them to move into a cramped ex-birdcage above a shop. Using their thrift strategy, TRIK (The Family's Tactics for Thriftiness), they struggle to save money and stay united as challenges threaten their harmony.
Jorge comfortably lives in a traditional building, now modernized with Artificial Intelligence. His stability is shaken with the death of René, the cat he cares for. A mysterious young woman claims to be its reincarnation and seeks help to solve its murder. Jorge, fearing to lose his home, agrees, embarking on a dizzying journey, uncovering dark secrets. The A.I. reveals flaws, making the environment claustrophobic and dangerous. Friendship between species is explored as they unravel mysteries, revealing surprising connections in this dark comedy of suspense.
Viktoriya is a successful businesswoman; in her strictly planned life there is no place for chaos, especially for men. She is stubbornly pursuing the largest contract of her career with investors from the UAE. Almost before flying to a meeting in Dubai, Viktoriya learns that her Arab partners only work with family people. "A man who has a family has honor," they say. Viktoriya does not intend to lose the contract, so she passes off her subordinate Roman as her fiancé. Viktoriya and Roman are flying to Dubai for a deal, their task is to under no circumstances break up and reveal the fictitiousness of the relationship and get a contract.
Kat is an improv comedy teacher beginning to question if she’s missed her shot at success. When an undercover cop offers her the role of a lifetime, she recruits two of her students to infiltrate London’s gangland by impersonating dangerous criminals.
When Adriana, the mother, becomes convinced that a perfect family consists of only two children, the arrival of a new baby, Tomas, turns their world upside down. Ignoring Tomas entirely, the family is plunged into a surreal struggle where every member must fight for their place.
Robert, a security guard at a corporate company, has always had a crush on his work colleague Marta. When he finally got the nerve to ask her out, she refused. Robert, however, did not let go and, by way of grog and impulse, he ... kidnapped her. Now he has to get out of the situation and prove that he had no bad intentions.
This material was written in 2024 during the "Time of White Children" Tour. Thanks to everyone who helped with the tour and came to the concerts. Filmed in Almaty on April 19, 2025.
The State Electrotechnical Factory's cultural palace, or vefiņš, was opened on March 1, 1960, and was allocated for the factory's needs. However, today science has been banished from these walls. Alongside the brightest local pop artists, countless feet and legs dressed in pastels tread the boards of this stage every year to determine which group will take center stage at the Daugava Stadium during the Song and Dance Festival. Meanwhile, the young, promising and provocative documentary filmmaker Ingmārs Somis has come here to make a film about the "other side" of folk dancing on stage - about nationalistic programming, worn-out feet, sunburn and blouses tucked into underpants. He has decided to expose the teachers, lecture the parents, liberate the dancers, destroy the VEF cultural palace, get hold of the Great Kristaps and enter the Latvian cultural canon.