Lured into a seemingly ordinary encounter during the height of the 1960s, an unwitting individual becomes a pawn in a secret government experiment involving psychedelics and mind control. Drawing from the real "Operation Midnight Climax", the story plunges into the dark reality of intelligence agencies betraying the citizens they claim to protect.
Haunted by a tragic accident in his mosque, an Imam's faith crumbles under the weight of communal blame and a hidden truth, forcing him to choose between ritual and humanity to reclaim his shattered identity.
The death of a young Arab man during a police stop in Berlin sparks three interconnected and tragic episodes: two young Afro-Germans struggle to channel their rage; the victim’s mother, torn by grief, feels compelled to defend her son’s honour; and a group of police officers, trapped in routine and clouded by prejudice, make a series of misguided decisions amid the city’s charged atmosphere.
Marco, an 18-year-old footballer from the small village of Lindorf, is about to get the chance of a lifetime: a contract with a major club. But while the whole village celebrates his success, Marco’s fear of the unknown grows. Between Schützenfest celebrations and old friendships, he searches for a way out that will allow him to remain in the world he knows.
A disillusioned Christmas movie location scout rediscovers her Christmas spirit while falling in love with the perfect leading man in the cozy mountain town of Mistletoe.
To escape her father's violence, running away has become a familiar part of Chou Mu-ding's life. But on her birthday, she makes a quiet and yet resolute decision to stop fleeing and finally confront what she once feared.
In a quiet Moroccan village nestled between sun-baked hills, 13-year-old Mira lives with her stern, widowed grandmother, Zainab. Her world is simple. Trees. Traps. The flutter of wings. Mira spends her days freeing wild birds, chasing shadows through pine-scented forests. But one day, strangers arrive. Illegal immigrants. Foreign. Silent. Hunted. They speak in a language she doesn't know – but something in her stirs.
After a terrorist church bombing in Tanta, the body of an employee at Al Pasha Women's Beauty Centre, Nadia, is discovered. The center owner, Nour Al Pasha, and female workers are in trouble about the need to cover up the incident, which is mostly a suicide, in order to preserve the center's reputation amidst intense competition. While Al Pasha tries to obtain a burial permit unofficially and illegally, the workers get involved in trying to find a way to wash Nadia for burial secretly. Nevertheless, they face multiple successive difficulties. Hence, each one of them recalls her relationship with Nadia. They confront their realities and actions, as well as what Al Pasha represents in their extremely harsh and unpredictable lives.
Liv's estranged alcoholic dad is about to die. The doctors at the hospital make no sense. Her husband is about to have a midlife crisis. Her washing machine is broken. She thinks she'll be fine as these are regular adult problems. Spoiler alert: she won't.
During summer vacation, Xiaohai and his father live alone on the edge of the desert. As his father devoted himself to farming all day, Xiaohai felt very bored. In order to complete the summer vacation travelogue, Xiaohai came up with the idea of sneaking to town to find his mother.