Three Filipino siblings, all domestic workers in Italy, meet in the villa that one of the sisters has inherited. Shared memories and buried grievances come to the surface and put their fragile relationship to the test.
24 hours in the life of a rural medical officer who decides to leave his professional duty to pursue his passion for acting, by traveling to the city for an audition, jeopardizing his engagement, his family's debt, a patient between life & death and a pregnant woman facing complications.
This is the poignant love story of a middle-class couple. Their happy life takes a devastating turn when the wife is diagnosed with incurable pancreatic cancer. Struggling with emotional and financial turmoil, the husband seeks help from relatives but faces rejection, forcing him to sell his ancestral home. As his wife battles cancer, he witnesses another patient's harrowing struggles, making him question whether to continue her treatment. Ultimately, he honors her final wish—a world tour together-choosing her happiness over further suffering. After her death, the husband wrestles with grief and financial hardship but eventually reclaims their ancestral home. On the journey back, he shares the story with their young daughter, who was too little to understand her mother's struggles.
In the Mang community, the day after a Giran (eclipse) concludes with a unique tradition. A newlywed girl bathes at sunrise, visits a prominent villager's house, and donates as part of a ritual. Villagers, in turn, give her stale food and clothes, believing that such donations transfer their crises to the Mang society, ensuring the village's well-being. This practice is depicted in the story of Guna, an eight-year-old girl raised by her uncle after losing her parents. Married into the household of Babu Manga, her husband, Santaya, is an addict.
Iván is found unconscious with an injured eye in the jungle. As Meshia reunites him and his family, she is drawn into a foreboding journey. A disturbing look at Peru’s cultural contradictions shot on a coarse mix of analogue and digital formats.
Two young women in the world – a reunion weekend in Melbourne. Em’s on a break, Jessie’s always been chill. Dialogue like a babbling brook, sweet, smart, banal to heavy and back again, honest and unafraid of pathos. A generation of happy wounded souls.
In the studio of a well-known director, female actors audition for the role of Scheherazade in “A Thousand and One Nights”. But the women gradually realise that the director has more in mind than just casting the leading role.
A couple running a restaurant hires young people who have been released from juvenile detention to help them reintegrate into society. The 18-year-old Yuto is keen to start a new life with their help.
In a discotheque stuck in the 80s, four lives intertwine as each searches for connection and meaning amidst the pulsating beats and timeless allure of an era that refuses to fade.
Xuan (8) is struggling to find the perfect outfit for her school’s upcoming Children’s Day celebration. Her sisters are mean, her father authoritarian, her mother busy with the new baby. Xuan tentatively approaches a classmate and makes a new friend.
Alejandra, a young woman who lives permanently and precariously with her family in a campsite, must confront her fear of abandonment when she meets Amara, a young man from the city who stirs feelings she has been suppressing for years.
While their mother unpacks removal boxes, Valentina (5) and Quique (11) run riot around the flat. Their parents have separated. When their father picks them up to show them his new, old life, the children receive a painful glimpse into the adult world.
Laura endures her narcissistic boyfriend’s rants with silent anger. She feels abandoned by the world and searches for something to hold onto between the dreary blocks of flats – while the music plays elsewhere.
Monica was born into the darkness of abuse and forged in trauma. Once triggered, Monica embarks on a journey using her manipulative personality - filled with mistrust, fear, and a desire to be loved, to seek a mother figure who will love her unconditionally or die trying. Who says love doesn’t cost a thing?
Tristan and Malik, two brothers who are five years apart, must face the cruel reality of their relationship after the unexpected death of their father.
In a magic realistic world, troubled young Bernard seeks the closeness of his father Carlos, who refuses a life-saving operation. His approaching death causes Bernard to reevaluate his environment and himself.