After Stoke-on-Trent is scheduled for nuclear demolition, Jessie tries to save her favourite stuffed toy. Her housemate struggles with the guilt of leaving.
With the college entrance examination approaching, top student Li Zhizhi accidentally hits a girl playing downstairs with a falling object. Facing her family's eager expectations, Li Zhizhi choses to conceal the incident. Unexpectedly, her parents already know about the incidient. The three members of the family keep it a secret from each other, turning the accident into ridiculous farce.
The craft of carpet weaving in Kyrgyzstan boasts a long and legendary history, and is an integral part of local life. Turdugul, known as the most skilled carpet weaver in the valleys, spent years practising this craft in solitude. That was until Kadyr the horse herder entered her life, sparking a long-overdue romance that ultimately ended in a wordless farewell – leaving only an unfinished carpet behind. Years later, when the black, red and yellow patterned carpet was unfurled at his funeral, memories slowly unfolded in her heart like woven threads.
Eight stories related to Death, who is a corporeal character in this film, an excuse to talk about the relativity of loss, love at first sight, the ridiculousness of rituals, and unfulfilled dreams.
From the heavens, meteors shower upon a humble Anatolian village. In this celestial display, a simple-minded peasant unexpectedly finds the largest of these stones, now sought after for substantial sums. An unimaginable opportunity graces him —a man with nothing to lose yet lacking nothing. Carried away with invasive dreams, the Americans +10$ promise haunts him. His journey to sell this precious object at a higher rate propels him into a realm of power and greed, exposing him to deprivation of things he never harbored. As he keeps wanting a little more, he starts to lose what he already has.
Two teenage boys, Jack and Ralph, sit quietly in an empty cul-de-sac. Gum is shared. A car approaches. It's a moment that feels like a beginning but it isn’t.
On the eve of a major life change, Abby sorts through memories, unfinished conversations, and the pieces of a friendship strained by ambition. As departure day looms, the past and present collide, forcing her to confront what moving forward really means.
Set between the sandstone colleges of Oxford and the salt-encrusted Suffolk coast, Breakwater follows the tentative romance between university student, Otto, and retired angler, John. Their lives fuse irreversibly over the shared trauma of losing a loved one, however, their relationship darkens when the past exhumes itself in the form of guilt, grief, and ghosts.
A man trapped in an aimless routine becomes the spectator of his own life as he wanders through the urban landscapes of his city in search of something that gives him meaning. Between memories and ghosts, he faces his doubts and longings, questioning what is real and what is just a projection of his loneliness.
Gregorio cannot fend for himself, so he is under the care of his family. With no one understanding his true needs, his only option will be to escape into the world of mexican golden era cinema, where he will not only find comfort, but possibly also love.
A 16-year-old boy who defies his bourgeois family’s expectations by starting a masonry apprenticeship where he meets a charismatic Ukrainian colleague who shakes up his world.
It follows the story of Nancy Rani, a girl with big dreams, one of which is becoming a movie star, but when she has the opportunity to become an actress, she experiences a big tragedy.
A fictionalized documentary depicting the life and work of Antoni Patek – a November Uprising fighter settled in Switzerland, a figure of the Great Emigration, and a prominent entrepreneur.
Jaded by his parents' divorce, Adam is determined to sabotage his introduction to his new stepbrother Gustav, the son of his dad's new girlfriend. However, upon meeting Gustav, who still believes in all that Adam thinks lost, the emotional walls that Adam has erected begin to crumble.
A rugby player struggling to cope with his recent injuries, finds solace in a new technology he uses to cope with his condition, but does he go over the line?