When their eight-year-old daughter falls into a coma after a tragic accident, Eva and David are torn apart by grief. David clings to hope, unwilling to let go, while Eva cannot bear to see her child suffer and takes matters into her own hands—igniting a gripping courtroom battle over guilt, mercy, and the limits of love
Kaspar is a medical tech diagnosed with terminal cancer and six months to live. Confronting mortality, he quits his job to pursue his childhood dream of becoming a Los Angeles pool boy.
After the death of a famous actor, his estranged daughter visits his house where she discovers a magic theater mask. When she puts it on, it whisks her back in time to a majestic theater, bringing her face to face with him as a young man.
During an extended stay, Carlisle and his older sister endure strict treatment from their grandmother and ailing grandfather. When Carlisle witnesses a disturbing violation, he must forge a path for their escape.
Radha, an 11-year-old girl in rural India, loses her backpack on her first day of work at a factory. She journeys to retrieve the school bag and with it, her dreams for the future.
Alberto, a disillusioned young director, is convinced that cinema has nothing left to offer him. But it is precisely by giving up on his dream that he discovers its deeper meaning.
Karl and Tristan grow up during the Nazi dictatorship. Tristan succumbs to the ideology of hatred, while Karl desperately tries to protect his family—especially his sister Erika, who has Down syndrome.
In a Lisbon techno club, Abdul, an immigrant worker on his very first shift, is on a video call with his wife Aliyah, who is going into labor and urging him to be present, while his new boss Maria desperately calls for his help. Caught between work’s demands and his son’s birth, Abdul grapples with the fear of losing his job and the challenge of becoming a father from afar, and fights with his strict father-in-law for his right to perform the sacred tradition of reciting the Adhan for his newborn son. The film Prayer, which explores the intersection of tradition, fatherhood, and the struggles of undocumented immigrant labor, is based on the autobiographical story of its screenwriter, Deo Mahameru. The project was created as a student film within the KinoEyes Joint European Film Masters at Lusofona University in Lisbon.
Audely, 39, works as a lumberjack in the Guatemalan jungle. At home, his daughter Carol, 11, dreams of entering that same forest. Audely thinks about it, then goes to the moon.
Lana feels trapped in her relationship and her job, but after a chance encounter with an old school friend leaves them locked in her favourite bookshop overnight, maybe things can start to change.
Enclosed by a railway, a highway and WIELS contemporary art centre, lies a no-place – initially a construction site flooded by groundwater, later halted by the 2008 financial crisis, which paralysed the project. At the intersection of geological and financial forces, the marsh named after Wiels came into existence. This biotope is a green oasis in the middle of nowhere — merging the surreal with the natural, it has become a refuge for insects, birds and people alike.
A hot summer day in Tbilisi. The market is still closed, and the only living presence is the local dogs. With the break of day, truckloads of watermelons arrive, people begin to bustle, farmers haggle. Soon, a new shopping centre will take over this place — a building set to erase the life that still lingers here. As we follow people setting off into their day, through the shifting landscape and the call of mythical sirens, our gaze settles on a single fruit vendor who finds himself in a confrontation between life and death. One life equals one village — or perhaps, the entire country?
Men on the streets get chased by stares. Someone’s walking a chihuahua, someone’s out jogging, but everyone’s uneasy glances are fixed at Petro and Andriy — recruitment officers inspecting military documents, holiday or not. When the officers encounter the freelance IT guy, Sashko, the young man has two requests before he’s taken away: that they stop by the store so he can buy food for his cat, and that he is allowed to bless his Easter bread.
Jean has a no nonsense attitude to both her cleaning job and her affluent clientele. But faced with the aftermath of a grieving drag queen’s night of hedonism, she is forced to confront the pain of her own loss, and the repercussions of a deep rooted prejudice. Clutter examines how loss affects us all, whether gay, straight or trans, and how we find the strength to move forward.
Warhead, a scavenger living on the fringes of a world ravaged by A.I., risks everything to reunite with her lost son in a forbidden zone rumored to possess supernatural powers.
Neira, a second-year junior high school student, is known as a role model at school. Her seemingly perfect life comes crashing down after a video of her fight with a classmate goes viral. Neira experiences psychological stress, withdraws into herself, and loses her will to live. Her family decides to send Neira to live with her grandfather. In this new environment, Neira rediscovers hope. Together with her new friends, Neira builds a reading garden and a Spelling Bee practice center for underprivileged children. She then returns to her old school to participate in the Spelling Bee competition and successfully achieves success, while simultaneously healing the wounds of her past.