Walid and Aida, husband and wife, are reunited after Walid’s many years spent living abroad. Answers to long-hidden secrets are sought in Sarah Francis’ careful unravelling of an estranged marriage.
In the 1980s, a single mother who fled communist Czechoslovakia has to return to her homeland in order to pay an old debt. The risky trip is upset by unexpected events that bring secrets into the open.
Set in 1960s Java, A female Javanese Traditional Kamasutra Guru involves in a plot of revenge for her ex-lover who left her behind in the past by seducing her ex lover's son during his pre-wedding sexual study period.
When Daniel Hentschel uncovers an ancient relic underneath his house, mysteries are uncovered that goes beyond anything he thought he would discover. And someone with a trail of blood behind them wants them to stay hidden.
A seasoned theater actor, caught in the endless cycle of performances and fleeting applause, drifts through the absurdity of life, unsure whether to search for meaning or simply surrender to the stage.
A couple's relationship falls apart under the pressures of city life and their personal demons. Can they work through their issues, face their fears and realise they are meant to be together?
Dilution is an experimental short film that explores the transit between resistance and (di)ssolution, between holding and releasing and a path towards obsessive repetition. They are layers, exposed pores, matter that oscillates between remaining or disappearing. The sound is not a background, but a puncture: friction, tearing, water that drags what still persists. A sensorial testimony of what refuses to vanish completely.
Theo is a young seasonal shepherd in the French Alps who works with his dog Potti. When Potti gives birth and can no longer protect the sheep, Theo takes a tragic decision for her as well as for him.
Ten-year-old Joaquín observes the feminine and masculine world around him wordlessly. On the eve of Mother's Day in 2000, his teenage sister runs away from home, upsetting the fragile balance of the household. Perplexed, Joaquín wonders what his place is in this family reconstruction.
On a street in Rio de Janeiro, a stranger serendipitously makes eye contact with Sun, a woman intensely contemplating the sea. SUNDRA, an autofiction, delves into the insecurities and ghosts of its protagonists, exploring the infinitude of life through art and the complex, ongoing relationship with emptiness.
Adam, a 45-year-old painter, wrestles with the ghosts of his past, consumed by the weight of traumatic memories that drive him to the brink of suicide. Meanwhile, in a parallel dimension, ksms, a cosmic creature, grapples with the daunting ordeal of its own birth. Despite existing in separate dimension, their shared anguish forms a cosmic connection, drawing them together in the liminal space between life and death. In this intersection of worlds, they discover a glimmer of hope and renewal in each other's presence. Through Adam's artistic expression, he immortalizes ksms in his latest painting, a poignant symbol of rebirth and the enduring cycle of life's complexities. For to be born is to declare death. To be reborn, life.
In Yorkshire's legendary “rhubarb triangle”, Jo and her aging father cultivate the delicate pink herbaceous plant for which the region was famous a century ago. They harvest by candlelight, like their ancestors before them, and nothing could prepare them for the imminent threat looming in the darkness.
Mariam Al-'Ijliya, a Muslim woman who wants to be an astronomer and research the direction of the qibla. However, her dream must be barren because of the stigma of society including her family about women who according to them are not worthy of being science researchers, they think women should just stay at home and do not deserve higher education. Mariam tries to realize her dream while fighting against the patriarchal principles that are still rampant.
6:00 am, the day begins. A young woman throws a glass of water in the face of a man sleeping on the couch, before kicking him out. Thus begins twenty-four hours in Souheila's apartment, under the influence of the man she loves.
Lee develops feelings for her new neighbour, Erin, but after a moment at a party, she questions whether the tension between them is just platonic. This leads to an exploration of friendship, fear of vulnerability, and longing for... something more.