In the vibrant city of Vancouver, four lives intersect in unexpected ways as two budding relationships unfold, each navigating the complexities of connection, timing, and self-discovery.
This is the story of Mike, a man struggling with a dangerous addiction to cocaine. As his life spirals out of control, his relationship with his brother, Chris, begins to fracture. Despite Chris’s efforts to help, Mike lies to his face, denying the depth of his problem. But with each passing day, Mike edges closer to facing the devastating, lifelong consequences of his actions—consequences that may ultimately cost him the love and trust of those who care about him most.
After Mariam’s husband mysteriously disappears, she reluctantly takes their teenage son Saeed from their home in Jeddah to mountainous AIUla, intending to sell their family-owned antique shop. Saeed is sullenly resentful, detesting the move; Mariam struggles to stay in charge while she searches for the title documents she needs to make a sale. What she finds instead are unpaid bills, a video diary in which her husband confessed to severe depression and some newspaper clippings about suicide. It is a discovery that will change her outdated view of men’s role as she and her son together embrace a new, independent life.
Weird Dr Faisal secretly dissects bodies brought to him by a young homeless man who digs them up in cemeteries: it’s hard work, as the young man tells a murderer he meets in the afterlife. The trouble that led him here started when Faisal decided he needed live subjects. Even this lowlife supplier of corpses felt ethical qualms about drugging and kidnapping people in the street – especially when, despite his best efforts, they started to die as well.
Like the rest of his family, Saad is devoutly religious and observant, calling the faithful to prayer in his mosque. When his beloved nanny dies, he is shocked to learn she remained a Christian, but just as shocked when his father refuses to pay for the care of her corpse and accuses his so of weak faith for even considering it. Saad prays for divine guidance, but it is his human feelings are already telling him what he must do next.
In this lighthearted comedy-Drama, Saeed's day spirals into chaos after he wakes up late, faces missed meetings, and a series of unfortunate events. After a reminder to pray from a grumpy waiter, Saeed returns to find his shoes stolen, sparking a wild and hilarious chase involving stolen prayer beads and unexpected twists.
Sometimes colours just choose you, as Malik says to a woman who asks why he chose yellow Converse shoes. But Malik hasn’t actually chosen anything. An introverted young man, he is usually to be found in his bedroom, listening to vinyl records and solving his Rubik's cube. His routine is disrupted when he discovers an imaginary friend living in a pair of Converse shoes found in the basket of laundry the maid delivers to his door. The shoes nag at him to get out of his room, force him on to a bicycle and then introduce him to the local nightlife. It is a journey that will challenge his fears and broaden his horizons.
Vito is a sweet little boy with Down syndrome, and this short documentary puts his energetic, jolly personality on full display as he interacts with his loving family. By showing Vito’s dignity and inherent value, Vito-Man tackles the difficult conversation that is the eradication of people with Down syndrome, proving that an extra chromosome should not be a death sentence.
A short story in three parts—verbally contemplating on the death of an insignificant person—riddled with self loathing of both the living, and the dead. For death is a bitter tasting joke with no set-up; only a shocking punchline leaving those who remain with the unbearable weight of grief and longing.
Writer and slacker Anton is losing his memory. Scraps of memories and chance encounters on the streets of the night city help him relive the past and find a new self.
Tate, a college student grappling with the disillusionment of his idealized college dreams finds comfort and perspective through an honest conversation with his best friend, Naomi, under a park tree.
A father's life takes a thrilling turn when a bag mix-up on a crowded ride plunges him into a moral dilemma and a high-stakes cat-and-mouse chase that could either endanger him or transform his future.
Under a night sky, four friends play a friendly game of poker. As time progresses, some win, some lose, but it is all fun and games. In the end, things may not be as they appear. Watch to uncover the truth behind what was going on all along.