Julia Carter, the director of a nonprofit called Hope For All, prepares for the busy Christmas season. Despite financial challenges, Julia is determined to keep the holiday spirit alive for families in need. Prince Christopher of St. Monica, seeking a break from royal duties, travels to America for a different Christmas experience. He meets Julia, and, under the guise of a tech executive, volunteers at her nonprofit. As he becomes more involved in her world, an unlikely romance blossoms between Julia and Christopher.
With over 90 works, 87-year-old Renate Welsh is one of the most influential authors in Austrian children's and young adult literature. The film follows her eventful life - from a childhood filled with guilt to her literary work alongside Christine Nöstlinger and Mira Lobe, giving a voice to marginalized outsiders. In her writer's workshops she supports homeless people or farmers with little connection to writing to find their own voice. But a sudden stroke robs her of her own voice and mobility. A touching portrait of an extraordinary author who overcomes both her own and others' silence - never ceasing to tell stories.
Nino, a young man with a speech impediment who is seemingly obsessed with his small pocket watch, lives with his sister Felicitas and her boyfriend, Nahuel. His presence is causing a crisis in their relationship due to the responsibility of caring for him. To try and resolve the situation, they are attending couples therapy sessions, but these are very expensive and they can no longer afford them. So, they go to one more session to cancel their appointments with their sinister therapist, who doesn't take it very well. But will it really be the last session?
Momentum is a reflection on memory, place, and the quiet persevering strength of images to bear witness, then and still now — even when the world chooses to move on.
Gemma has given up on dating until a fortune teller predicts she's one last horrible date away from true love. When she goes on a date with Nick, anything and everything goes wrong, including crashing her car into a handsome and wealthy stranger.
A woman, once captured in a 35mm image, waits to be seen. Light shapes the image and creates a new life form in this dance of pixels on analog skin. By working with different facets of the cinematic apparatus, this film is a transfeminist analysis of a single film frame.
In a dystopian future where a powerful elite class prolongs their lives by exploiting young women for their babies’ organs, two women, find themselves on the run from their oppressors. Desperate to escape a fate of forced impregnation and organ extraction, they flee to a remote cabin. Their refuge becomes a sanctuary where they share their dreams and fears, finding solace in each other’s company. However, their fleeting happiness is overshadowed by the ever-looming threat of capture. Their love story, which began in desperation and hope, culminates in a tragic and devastating finale. ATLS is a powerful exploration of love, freedom, and the inescapable shadows of a world that seeks to tear them apart.
Internalized is the story of Logan, a man dealing with complex feelings about his sexuality. His days blend together and he is growing apart from his friends in a stew of self-loathing. When The Reaper shows up unexpectedly, it spins Logan's life into new directions he could never have imagined.
A strange plague which made the air unbreathable came crashing down on Earth and, as a result, led men to its relentless extinction. A boy with a gas mask wanders on a beach, snooping in the sand and wandering around without a clear destination, surrounded by the restlessness of the place and by the vigilant silence of the strange creature bringing chaos. One day, on one of the countless patrols, the boy finds what remains of a mannequin with a metal suitcase attached containing a video camera and a photo of a little girl. The unusual finding will lead the boy to question himself about the sense of his own existence as a survivor, devoid of any human contact.
A reflection on different relations between what’s specifically human and the natural world, by critically discussing the socially-constructed dualistic opposition between nature and culture that is one of the cornerstones of Western rationalism.
"Impossible is not possible" is the motto of De Klomp: a community support centre co-created by the people of Leeuwarden-Oost. For them, it is more than just a meeting place. It's their home - a home they are now being forced to leave. A permanent location has yet to be found, but for now, they've moved into another temporary home: 't Hertje down to the old Cambuur soccer stadium.
Harano Rath is a psychological short film about a lonely boy struggling with Schizophrenia, who begins to see and imagine a mysterious girl in his room every night.
Elena faces a crisis as she grapples with an unplanned pregnancy. Seeking guidance, she visits Hipocampo Video, a company that collects memories and transfers them to DVD for public rental. Through her late mother's memories, Elena discovers different stages of her life and understands that being a mother and daughter is a cyclical experience. She realizes that her mother was also once young and insecure, just like her. This journey ultimately helps Elena decide whether or not to keep her child.
A killer with a dangerous split personality loses control when one of their victims manages to break free. As they try to recapture her, their inner conflict erupts, and violence mingles with the delusions of their mind.