The inaugural season of Tobias Kratzer and Omer Meir Wellber's partnership at the Hamburg State Opera kicks off. The director and conductor present Schumann's rarely performed oratorio Paradise and the Peri. The Peri's quest for redemption, brilliantly interpreted by Vera-Lotte Boecker, illustrates many of today's issues, such as the need for empathy in a world shaken by crises.
Madjbara is both a depiction of the beauty and magic of nature and a gateway to its mysteries. The film explores the journey of African ancestral and authentic identity through time – an identity imprinted on the female body, showcasing a natural beauty that has nearly disappeared from the contemporary narrative of African culture.
Jasy is an introverted and religious teenager who doesn't accept her paraguayan identity due to her insecurities. Still, her beliefs will be turned upside down when she releases her inner animal.
Joel, a rather idealistic romantic, has drawn up a meticulous plan to woo and share an entire life with "Gaby", an enigmatic girl he met in a cafe. When he finally goes to put his plan into action, something rather sudden happens.
A bucolic fantasy frolic in which an adaptable young woman must navigate a bewildering and whimsical phantasmagoria, populated by anthropomorphic and bombastic creatures. The characters she encounters, she discovers, reject established facts and knowledge in favour of: galvanising, albeit meaningless soundbites (often in the form of riddles and poetry), vigilantism and its blunt implementation of “justice” and cult-like acts of dissent. Ironically, leading these academic rebellions are the establishment figures themselves.
Eleven-year-old friends Sam and Lucas embark on a quest to find "magical mushrooms", upon overhearing their uncle talk about the psychedelic wonders of the drug of the same name. Venturing through imagined forests and caves, they encounter a series of obstacles including a red-cloaked bogeyman. After finding the mushrooms in all their ethereality, they return home to a surreal twist: bright red toadstools seemingly growing from the floorboards.
Pororo and his friends visit the stronghold of the Red Hunters, the guardians of the ocean, filled with admiration in their hearts. They face consecutive attacks from sea garbage, nasty sharks, and the terrifying sea monster Situs. Though Pororo and Crong are rescued by Murrok, their attempt to hunt Situs fails, and the creature escapes with their friends swallowed. Refusing to give up on their friends, Pororo and Crong decide to help Murrok capture Situs. However, Murrok’s revealed plan to sacrifice their friends shocks Pororo deeply. Can Pororo and Crong stop Murrok and save their friends?
Harald lives alone in a small cabin. On earth, humanity, animals and vegetation have disappeared. He decides to leave his cabin to search for the remains of humanity. He comes across a curious ghost town. He settles in the city, determined to get it up and running again. But soon strange phenomena will upset this new life.
Ellie lives in a distant city. One day, the evil witch Gingema conjured a hurricane that took Ellie and her dog Totoshka to the country of the Munchkins. To return home, Ellie and her friends the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion will set off along the yellow brick road to the Emerald City in search of the Wizard who will grant their cherished wishes.
Summer of 1999. Aspiring filmmaker Nik's search for love intertwines with a fantasy western he's writing, and Sapna, a visitor from India. As they navigate love, identity, and their pasts, they find the courage to embrace their future.
A dying cancer patient—whose life had been forfeit by his own actions—experiences a brutal battle between the Angel of Death, coming to devour his soul, and the Angel of Light, who wants his soul restored for a greater assignment.
“The Way We Dream” is the third Anthology Film of the “Letterboxd Independent Filmmakers” Discord Server, for which eleven cinematic artists from around the globe came together to create Short Film Works centered upon the primary notion of “Dreams”.