A group of student playwrights embark on a journey to write a play about the first expedition to the South Pole, but the lines between story and reality begin to blur in a struggle for creative control.
Bernardo and his friends are in the middle of a school reunion. It's been ten years since the last time the group got together, and they're all chatting while drinking and eating appetizers. Suddenly, Serena, his high school sweetheart, arrives alone, unaccompanied and different from everyone else in the room. As he watches her, Bernardo falls into a daydream, caught between memories of the past, in an insatiable search for the point at which his life became automatic.
A young New Yorker finds herself caught between her longing to honor her late mother's love for Christmas and her grandfather's deep-seated aversion to embrace the holiday spirit when she returns to her family's lush Costa Rican estate after many years away.
When a teenage girl gives in to peer pressure and takes a mysterious pill, she soon discovers chilling consequences that force her to confront the cost of changing herself to fit in.
Three women live together: Maria is a scientist, Lia is a kindergarten art teacher, Raquel is an android with AI. They need to organize the traditional Saint John's festival for Lia's school.
A closeted young woman runs into her girlfriend at the same restaurant where she is having dinner with her family, and both of her worlds unexpectedly collide.
'Schitterend' tells the story of six women in different age phases, who all struggle in their own way with self-image, beauty and expectations from society.
In 1917, Rebeca flees from hunger and war in Poland and arrives in Brazil to reunite with her husband and start a new life. In Rio de Janeiro, she discovers that her husband has died and ends up being held hostage by a large prostitution and women trafficking ring, led by the ruthless Tzvi. Rebeca transgresses her own beliefs and finds allies who are experiencing the same drama. Together, they decide to fight for freedom.
After a life-changing accident, Jia, a man who has never worked a day in his life, must learn to run his parents’ restaurant. With the help of Liang, a Chinese exchange student who wants to prove to his family that he can take care of himself, he embarks on a journey of entrepreneurial proportions, especially when the restaurant is unexpectedly taken over by a famous chef.
In a sun-drenched land, during the greatest drought that the Northeastern hinterland has ever lived, The girl Rosa dives on a long journey through the arid and fantastical caatinga, in search of an encounter with our lady Immaculate, the queen of the hinterland. With an insightful tone, the plot is enveloped by an amalgamation of factors that, in the dryness of the portrayed landscape, becomes fertilizer for the understanding of human drama, from the perspective of the little protagonist.
"Ring by Spring" is a captivating short film series created by the students of Spring Arbor University, blending romance, decision-making, and the complexities of relationships. The series centers around a unique social experiment where students are matched up for a blind date, and the main twist comes when they are presented with a significant choice: to either accept a ring from their suitor or reject it. This act symbolizes a deeper commitment, mirroring the real-life pressures and expectations of relationships.