In war-torn Ukraine, every day may be your last. The constant threat of annihilation has shaped Maria and Sasha’s intense yet tender relationship. But Sasha must return to the front line with his battalion in the morning. Maria, as his mistress, contemplates a heart-wrenching decision: go with him to the war, risking everything to have a few more precious moments with him; or stay in Kyiv knowing that, dead or alive, he will always belong to his family.
Nelu works at a pawn shop, and Ilinca is employed at a travel agency in the same busy intersection. Their daily routine includes having a quick lunch together while making various life plans.
Sam hates the holidays. Bailey loves the holidays. On a lonely Valentine’s Day the two meet-cute, quickly bond, and become friends. With every passing holiday Sam and Bailey spend together, they fall further in love with each other.
In Bhutan, a country of 700,000 people, everyone knows everyone else. Nima, a schoolteacher, faces trouble when an explicit intimate video surfaces online, featuring a woman who looks exactly like her. Determined to calm her students’ outraged parents, Nima embarks on a quest to find her naughty lookalike. But her doppelganger, Meto, has disappeared without a trace. The locals, struck by Nima’s uncanny resemblance to Meto, begin to believe she is Meto’s long-lost ghost. The village elders suggest singing Aum Tshomo’s sacred song to unravel the mystery. Now, Nima must open her heart and sing to rebuild her shattered life.
In the Himalayan Mountain range, a rural village loses its inhabitants to the city’s allure while an elderly couple, Padam Singh and Tulsi, live in desolate isolation. Their days are filled with routine and occasional humour as they mask their loneliness. Their son’s absence gnaws at them, and when a letter arrives promising his return, it reignites their hearts with joy and anticipation. However, the reunion does not unfold as expected, shattering their hopes. As the film climaxes, the spectator is confronted with a more rueful plight, deeply engaging the audience’s empathy.
When his car breaks down during a fateful road trip, Evan, a suicidal young man, meets Léo, a mysterious boy who offers to drive him to his destination. Along the way, romantic tension ensues as the pair reckon with traumas of the past, conflicts of the present and the potential of the future – together or apart. Evan soon realizes that he may have found something – or someone – worth living for.
A reflection on love and identity with detours towards magical realism, which winks at the oral tradition of coastal populations and introduces us to Leo, a young 21-year-old sailor who revisits his relationship with Jimena after his great-aunt reminds him of his favorite myth from when he was a child: the story of the nereids.
Tarquin's life has spiraled out of control, a well bred public school educated man. Having nothing going for him except his own guilt, regret and destitution; he is his own enemy. The traumas and hardships he's endured have led him to a life of drugs an solicitation. Ready to escape the hell of the urban underworld, he embarks upon a journey to salvation to The Balearic Island of Ibiza. Alive under the scintillating sun, engulfed in the 'culture' and heart-pumping Music that is known to every party goer, Tarquin's hope for regeneration may not be as simple as he thinks.
Since she was a child, Aurora has always wanted to defend the world from evil monsters, while for her sister Emma, monsters can only exist in fairy tales. When an unexpected event compel them to confront reality once again, Emma will be forced to question her beliefs: maybe, monsters do really exist.
A dedicated employee of Silverline Holdings is forced to use his vacation time to accelerate the buyout of Lenny Russo's chicken franchise, Cluck Cluck Winghouse.
A psychological drama about the experience of a young ex-ballerina Anna in a toxic relationship with a young man Jevgeni driven by dreams of wealth. Jevgeni having lured Anna away from ballet and into being the star of his low-budget children’s TV show.
At the tender age of ten, ZiLin found faith, conjuring a Little God of her own. Throughout the bloom of her youth, she was steadfast in her promise to this divine companion, striving to be a mother of virtue. Yet, when matrimony beckoned, life's harsh realities and familial pressures compelled her to relinquish the life of a second child they could not provide for.
The film follows Sara, an Iranian-Italian immigrant in London, through her daily struggle at a desolate car wash. Amidst mundane routines and fleeting encounters, Sara's inner dream of becoming a professional dancer yearns for expression.