In his quest for an honest fortune to provide for his sister's marriage and a future in the corrupt Janatha city, a truthful common man- Kotee defies the powerful gang leader Dinoo Saavkaar. When Kotee's defiance leads to mounting debts, he faces a life-altering choice to Eliminate Or be Eliminated
Murthy, a man in his early 50s passionate about music, runs a music shop, faces pressure from his family to close the shop due to its lack of profitability. After a chance meeting with Anjana, Murthy delves into the challenging and exciting process of becoming a DJ and ventures to Hyderabad to achieve his dream against all odds.
A touching tale of a father, Ravi, who hopes his son Surya will take over the family pharmacy. But Surya's passion lies in the culinary arts. How do their conflicting aspirations shape their relationship?
In a small apartment, a couple spends a tense evening. Arguments are frequent, but that evening, the situation reaches a climax. During a violent altercation, Sophie, exasperated, speaks to express everything that goes through her head to her boyfriend Marc. Her monologue marks a turning point in their relationship and in her daily struggle as a woman.
Pod, a 52-year-old grocery store owner, went to the funeral of his close friend, Prang, who had failed to fulfill her dream of returning to form a band. So he joins forces with Tonkhaw, Prang's 18-year-old daughter, to make his dream come true again among a band where he is the only old person in the band.
A young man named Ayaz who has trouble showing his emotions struggles to write a script about his emotions for a new film. He lives in a world full of dreams where water represents emotion. We see his journey of self-acceptance.
Kiblat stated that he would propose to his girlfriend, Asya. Asya accepted with the conditions, Kibla met Asya's father and received his blessing. Again, it was accepted, but when Kiblat told his mother about his desire to get married, his mother outright rejected this desire. The obstacle for Kiblat and Asya to get married actually came from Mrs. Kiblat herself.
A commercial short film co-presented by FIRST Film Festival and Vivo, revolves around the protagonist Zhuang Shu in director's previous TV mini-series "Why Try to Change Me Now", focusing on the northwestern small city of Qingcheng in the 1990s, telling the story of the unexpected encounter between two pairs of fathers and sons on the Spring Festival. This brief reunion made the children grow up a little. "Whether facing family responsibilities or facing the challenges of life, we are still led by the universal desire of 'dreaming'. Dreams are the instinct of existence and also guide us to our truest self." Director Zhang Dalei explained the meaning of the title.
This is the story of Gaku and his friend Ryu, born and raised in a rural town in Kagoshima, Japan. The two are trying their best to live in the present with "weakness" in the enormous amount of time they have. They experience bullying, suicide, and abuse, and learn that life is full of absurdities, disparities, wars, and various contradictions.
Zhang Yinglong, who had been working alone in Beijing, returned to his hometown to visit relatives and learned that due to logging and coal mining, the environment in his hometown had deteriorated from once being a place of abundant water and grass to now being covered in yellow sand. Despite the opposition of his relatives, he resigned from his job as a deputy general manager and sold his house to return to his hometown to fight the desert. After experiencing difficulties and perseverance, he has now become a "national model worker" with green trees lining the streets.
Two Hustler cousins attempt to get over on an associate of theirs, but after the job they pulled goes wrong, the duo must leave their families and skip town.
Fulfilling her work as a bailiff in Salvador, Íris delivers warrants and is often forced to execute orders that go directly against what she believes in. The job torments her. One day, with the disappearance of an activist after the execution of a warrant issued by her, the officer begins to investigate the crime and finds herself involved in the discovery of a large land grabbing scheme.
Kika and Igo, even though they are now officially brother and sister, because their parents got married, have decided to continue their dating relationship. And now it has been more than three years since Kika and Igo have been in an LDR. Jakarta-Ausie is quite far, you know, across a deep ocean. I definitely miss you, but what if they are VCs? Kika feels like Igo has changed... so every time they call they always fight. Kika's longing was rewarded when Igo suddenly returned to Jakarta without Kika knowing, fortunately Papa Juno was very innocent and told him the news of Igo's return. With flowers, Kika prepares for Igo's return. But what happened, Igo didn't come home alone, he brought a beautiful Caucasian girl who begged for mercy. Suddenly he hit Kika's head, he wanted to be angry but he was proud.