An elderly woman, longing to see her unborn grandchild, is lured to a mysterious gathering by women in red saris. As the night unfolds, she returns home with a strange *potli*—only to discover a chilling truth that seals her fate
After nine months of walking on eggshells, a couple finally cracks; facing the raw, final conversation that shatters the illusion they’ve been clinging to.
Daria is an actress in a small Ukrainian theater who, during the war, begins to doubt the meaning of her work. She performs in surrealistic plays that seem far removed from reality. The director of these plays, Nico, believes that art is necessary now, but Daria does not feel this way. Audiences still come to see the play, where almost nothing happens. Some are looking for relief, others for peace; her mother Galya comes to see her daughter on stage.
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After Stoke-on-Trent is scheduled for nuclear demolition, Jessie tries to save her favourite stuffed toy. Her housemate struggles with the guilt of leaving.
With the college entrance examination approaching, top student Li Zhizhi accidentally hits a girl playing downstairs with a falling object. Facing her family's eager expectations, Li Zhizhi choses to conceal the incident. Unexpectedly, her parents already know about the incidient. The three members of the family keep it a secret from each other, turning the accident into ridiculous farce.
The craft of carpet weaving in Kyrgyzstan boasts a long and legendary history, and is an integral part of local life. Turdugul, known as the most skilled carpet weaver in the valleys, spent years practising this craft in solitude. That was until Kadyr the horse herder entered her life, sparking a long-overdue romance that ultimately ended in a wordless farewell – leaving only an unfinished carpet behind. Years later, when the black, red and yellow patterned carpet was unfurled at his funeral, memories slowly unfolded in her heart like woven threads.
Eight stories related to Death, who is a corporeal character in this film, an excuse to talk about the relativity of loss, love at first sight, the ridiculousness of rituals, and unfulfilled dreams.
From the heavens, meteors shower upon a humble Anatolian village. In this celestial display, a simple-minded peasant unexpectedly finds the largest of these stones, now sought after for substantial sums. An unimaginable opportunity graces him —a man with nothing to lose yet lacking nothing. Carried away with invasive dreams, the Americans +10$ promise haunts him. His journey to sell this precious object at a higher rate propels him into a realm of power and greed, exposing him to deprivation of things he never harbored. As he keeps wanting a little more, he starts to lose what he already has.
Two teenage boys, Jack and Ralph, sit quietly in an empty cul-de-sac. Gum is shared. A car approaches. It's a moment that feels like a beginning but it isn’t.
On the eve of a major life change, Abby sorts through memories, unfinished conversations, and the pieces of a friendship strained by ambition. As departure day looms, the past and present collide, forcing her to confront what moving forward really means.
Set between the sandstone colleges of Oxford and the salt-encrusted Suffolk coast, Breakwater follows the tentative romance between university student, Otto, and retired angler, John. Their lives fuse irreversibly over the shared trauma of losing a loved one, however, their relationship darkens when the past exhumes itself in the form of guilt, grief, and ghosts.
A man trapped in an aimless routine becomes the spectator of his own life as he wanders through the urban landscapes of his city in search of something that gives him meaning. Between memories and ghosts, he faces his doubts and longings, questioning what is real and what is just a projection of his loneliness.
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