A young Pakistani woman grapples with a difficult job market post-grad and tough financial pressures from her father and is hit by a tough reality of the American Dream.
Commemorating Singapore's 60th year of independence, Kopitiam Days is a stirring anthology film that weaves together six interconnected stories of human connection, reconciliation, and the enduring spirit of Singapore. More than just a setting, the humble kopitiam becomes a living symbol of community and memory, reflecting our past, anchoring our present, and looking towards our future.
The camera gets lost in the deserted streets and lonely reflections of the city lights. Without words, it captures the loneliness of souls who, although surrounded by crowds and concrete, remain invisible and disconnected. Every corner, every abandoned detail, every step echoing along tells an untold story, where the silence of the night is the only interlocutor.
Hold That Thought is a French New Wave-inspired short film about two girls who meet to catch up over coffee at the park. Julie shares her thoughts with the camera, which is more revealing of her than her friend Karina.
Four broke filmmakers start stripping at amateur night. As they chase money deeper into nightlife, tragedy strikes, leading to life-changing consequences that make or break them.
In the middle of the night, farewells and wishes blend with the foam of the sea. Meanwhile, two childhood friends face a goodbye that might change everything. Among silences and heavy words, they search for a better future while their land and their love tie them together.
When a man seeks a casual hookup with a stranger, he unexpectedly confronts his own feelings of asexuality; leading to a conversation between the flings.
After a brutal attack in his own home, Detective Kibbles and his team set out to uncover the truth behind Officer Peterson’s murder. Joined by new allies such as the tech-savvy Officer Abraham and Kibbles’ own cousin, Detective Nibbles. The team races against time to find the killers of the beloved Officer Peterson… but the cost of justice may be too high.
Billie is a 16-year-old girl growing up in the 1940s, whose family struggles to understand what family is supposed to mean. She turns to her books and her friend Jeanie for comfort and solace and wishes she could live in any world more fictional than her own. When she starts to uncover some more difficult truths about the state of her family's dysfunction, she wonders whether or not family is even worth the effort of trying to connect with.
Villeneuve-Lès-Maguelone, South France. Saturday morning. Raoul, a young teenager, is waiting for Serge, with whom he is to spend the weekend. Torn between his impatience to reconnect with this man he knows so little about and his contempt for this atypical, crazy father, temporarily out of prison, Raoul must find his way during a road trip through the shallows of his childhood ponds.
After an agonizing school year bruises his relationship with his well-liked older brother Jonah, socially awkward Teddy meets Cole—a disarming boy—by chance on the street. As their friendship deepens, actions begin to speak louder than words, unraveling the fragile balance between brotherhood, belonging, and yearning during a blistering summer break.