In a cozy café, charming barista Harry spends his days observing love unfold across his counter. Among his regulars is Jasper, a hopeless romantic whose endless string of disastrous dates provides entertainment and heartbreak.
“Natalia” is a film I made in Poland from the perspective of an Asian student. I went abroad for a year, in order to escape from the monotonous life back home in Taipei—only to realize, that I had merely created a new kind of repetitive daily routine in a foreign land.
The film presents the absurdity of everyday repetition with abstract imagery. Through the bilingual internal dialogue of the protagonist, Natalia, who becomes aware of this looping pattern, the film questions whether travel is an escape from the cycle or simply the beginning of a new one.
Running is the easiest way to get to know yourself. The Paris Marathon, the Tallinn Marathon – the list could go on. These competitions challenge professional and amateur athletes alike. In recent years, recreational sports have grown in popularity in Estonia, with many events to participate in and plenty of participants. It has become part of the lifestyle. The documentary “Until the End” introduces four inspiring runners: Liis-Grete Hussar, Karel Hussar, Sandra Ratasepp, and Meelis Kalda. The film binds together professional sports and recreational running, highlighting both passionate moments of competition and personal challenges. Director Andres Luidre showcases the passion and perseverance that motivates people to do sports, even at amateur level. The joy of movement, being healthy, and overcoming oneself are the main priorities, with the medal at the finish line being just a nice bonus.
Shot in Roscoff and Île-de-Batz, Bretagne, Kostrov and his companions move through the unknown landscape, in displacement. Their contours blur under his camera’s gaze – looking not at, but into, with and through. Captured briefly along the way, gestures and textures of the world are given physical presence, where the filmmaker’s antiwar sentiment finds its echo. The title comes from an inscription found on a cottage there — a message from another time, another context: the same plea.
Rebecca, the young crafter artist, from Vienna, has only one confidant, the Witch of East Wind, with whom she shares her secret about her unborn child. Meanwhile, the circumstances of a tragic accident, long buried in silence, begin to surface. From the pain of the past Rebecca escapes into the fragile world of imagination. The film follows her mental journey, mirroring the wandering flow of human consciousness. Told through four temporal layers, the narrative gradually reveals the hidden connections between reality, memory, fantasy, and fear.
A college student is pursuing his film career, but strong emotions begin to overcome him. After a day of hallucinations, it all becomes too much and he's ready to take a strike... at least in his script.
Jake, a nervous high school nobody, just wants to survive senior year unnoticed. But when his best friend Bobby comes up with a plan to throw the biggest party Sunnyview High has ever seen, Jake sees a chance to impress his crush, Jessica.
When a friend goes missing during a weekend getaway, Frank sets out to find the truth behind the disappearance, only to learn that the truth runs deeper than he could’ve imagined.