Stephen, a blackbird, comes upon an abandoned mirror in a garden. Upon gazing his reflection for the very first time, Stephen begins to search within. Should Stephen return to his flock, or set out on an adventure to try and find his own way in life?
Jack is a small-time criminal who'se dream of becoming a professional athlete were shattered by a savage beating. 10 years after this aggression, his younger brother is shot dead by racist cops, he must come to terms with his life, and how to cope with police brutality.
Loyalty is everything-until it turns deadly. After a gang shooting leaves a woman dead, Tia is blackmailed into murder to protect her best friend, Mel, one of the shooters, while hiding the truth from her sister, Detective Dana Barnes.
A future father struggles with the ghosts of his past as he tries to reconnect with his absent father, unleashing disturbing nightmares that force him to confront his insecurities about parenthood.
Have you ever known the taste of 'sikap at tiyaga' (effort and perseverance)? Based on a true life story from a local residing in Batangas, Philippines, "Lando" is a young man looking to help out with the financial burden of his family. Gaining advice from his friends, he then seeks to become a vendor who sells ice cream to tourists in the middle of the ocean, sacrificing his education in exchange for earning money. In order to do so, he swims from cottage to cottage in the blazing sun, looking for a consumer that is willing to buy popsicles from a styrofoam box, where he keeps the frozen desserts cool. But to what extent should Lando keep on pushing through, and how did he know when he was going to get to the fruitful path? Lando did not have the answers to these questions, and still he managed to push through everything. He lived to get the fruits of his labors, and for every second of it he had no regrets.
A single mother is forced to re-confront her husband's death after she accidentally kills her daughter's cat—unless she can replace it without her daughter noticing.
Having lost her memory, A. could barely recall glimpses of her childhood in Argentina. After her death, her son visits the empty house for the last time. A sensory journey through a house without objects but filled with memory.
Mathias Mlekuz stars in a fictionalised version of the real-life bike pilgrimage he took with his co-star and friend actor Philippe Rebbot from Charente-Maritime to Istanbul to pay homage to his son after his death.
Legendary singer Claire Emery flies to Japan for a final sold-out concert. But when the show ends, so does Claire’s life on earth. However, an unexpected new life in the spirit world - where she will be guided by Yuzo, one of her biggest fans - awaits.
Nothing is more frightening, as the narrator points out, than a ‘time-rich nosy person’. Exhibit A is Ahn Geo-ul, who commits herself to social justice causes with terrifying tenacity. After temporarily renting a unit in the Baek-sae Apartment building, she discovers that a loud, hard to locate banging noise occurs from 4am every night, making the residents’ lives an insomniac hell – and so she determines to engage in her own disruption and to find the culprit of this acoustic assault, simultaneously eliminating her eccentric neighbours as suspects, and recruiting them to her cause.
Jeanne visits her best friend Elisa in the countryside and discovers an abandoned castle turned into a community space. Full of social and collective initiatives, the place is threatened by business plans. How long will it resist?
In July 1942, during the Vel’ d’Hiv’ Roundup of Jewish families in Paris, 13 year old Tauba Birenbaum and her parents, who are Polish Jews, find refuge in a tiny room for the next 765 days. Living conditions are tough and they fear being discovered at any moment. But while her parents sink further into despair, Tauba’s fighting spirit shines through. She finds joy in every little thing, from a piano drawn on the floor, to the views of Paris through an open window. Despite extreme circumstances, she will keep hope until the liberation of Paris, and take back control of her life.
Digital artist Lex Carre documents her struggle with anxiety through work that she posts anonymously online. Her pieces capture the attention of cunning curator Andrea Caulfield, who offers mentorship in exchange for control of Lex’s career. When Lex’s mental health starts to spiral from the pressure, Andrea assumes ownership of her work—prompting Lex to plot a psychological showdown against the exploitative mentor who stole her art and nearly destroyed her mind.