Three women live together: Maria is a scientist, Lia is a kindergarten art teacher, Raquel is an android with AI. They need to organize the traditional Saint John's festival for Lia's school.
A closeted young woman runs into her girlfriend at the same restaurant where she is having dinner with her family, and both of her worlds unexpectedly collide.
'Schitterend' tells the story of six women in different age phases, who all struggle in their own way with self-image, beauty and expectations from society.
In 1917, Rebeca flees from hunger and war in Poland and arrives in Brazil to reunite with her husband and start a new life. In Rio de Janeiro, she discovers that her husband has died and ends up being held hostage by a large prostitution and women trafficking ring, led by the ruthless Tzvi. Rebeca transgresses her own beliefs and finds allies who are experiencing the same drama. Together, they decide to fight for freedom.
After a life-changing accident, Jia, a man who has never worked a day in his life, must learn to run his parents’ restaurant. With the help of Liang, a Chinese exchange student who wants to prove to his family that he can take care of himself, he embarks on a journey of entrepreneurial proportions, especially when the restaurant is unexpectedly taken over by a famous chef.
In a sun-drenched land, during the greatest drought that the Northeastern hinterland has ever lived, The girl Rosa dives on a long journey through the arid and fantastical caatinga, in search of an encounter with our lady Immaculate, the queen of the hinterland. With an insightful tone, the plot is enveloped by an amalgamation of factors that, in the dryness of the portrayed landscape, becomes fertilizer for the understanding of human drama, from the perspective of the little protagonist.
"Ring by Spring" is a captivating short film series created by the students of Spring Arbor University, blending romance, decision-making, and the complexities of relationships. The series centers around a unique social experiment where students are matched up for a blind date, and the main twist comes when they are presented with a significant choice: to either accept a ring from their suitor or reject it. This act symbolizes a deeper commitment, mirroring the real-life pressures and expectations of relationships.
In the vibrant city of Vancouver, four lives intersect in unexpected ways as two budding relationships unfold, each navigating the complexities of connection, timing, and self-discovery.
This is the story of Mike, a man struggling with a dangerous addiction to cocaine. As his life spirals out of control, his relationship with his brother, Chris, begins to fracture. Despite Chris’s efforts to help, Mike lies to his face, denying the depth of his problem. But with each passing day, Mike edges closer to facing the devastating, lifelong consequences of his actions—consequences that may ultimately cost him the love and trust of those who care about him most.
After Mariam’s husband mysteriously disappears, she reluctantly takes their teenage son Saeed from their home in Jeddah to mountainous AIUla, intending to sell their family-owned antique shop. Saeed is sullenly resentful, detesting the move; Mariam struggles to stay in charge while she searches for the title documents she needs to make a sale. What she finds instead are unpaid bills, a video diary in which her husband confessed to severe depression and some newspaper clippings about suicide. It is a discovery that will change her outdated view of men’s role as she and her son together embrace a new, independent life.
Weird Dr Faisal secretly dissects bodies brought to him by a young homeless man who digs them up in cemeteries: it’s hard work, as the young man tells a murderer he meets in the afterlife. The trouble that led him here started when Faisal decided he needed live subjects. Even this lowlife supplier of corpses felt ethical qualms about drugging and kidnapping people in the street – especially when, despite his best efforts, they started to die as well.
Like the rest of his family, Saad is devoutly religious and observant, calling the faithful to prayer in his mosque. When his beloved nanny dies, he is shocked to learn she remained a Christian, but just as shocked when his father refuses to pay for the care of her corpse and accuses his so of weak faith for even considering it. Saad prays for divine guidance, but it is his human feelings are already telling him what he must do next.
In this lighthearted comedy-Drama, Saeed's day spirals into chaos after he wakes up late, faces missed meetings, and a series of unfortunate events. After a reminder to pray from a grumpy waiter, Saeed returns to find his shoes stolen, sparking a wild and hilarious chase involving stolen prayer beads and unexpected twists.