Marco, an 18-year-old footballer from the small village of Lindorf, is about to get the chance of a lifetime: a contract with a major club. But while the whole village celebrates his success, Marco’s fear of the unknown grows. Between Schützenfest celebrations and old friendships, he searches for a way out that will allow him to remain in the world he knows.
At almost 90 years old, Monika is approaching the end of her life. Her mind is also starting to go. She’s suffering from dementia. It’s a good thing she has her granddaughter Emma for company during her final days in her home, which is full of history.
Daniela, a wife and mother, is celebrating her birthday. She spends the morning with Javier, her neighbor and secret lover. But how will she be able to hide from her husband the exquisite necklace that Javier has given her?
An intimate portrait of a city that no longer exists and another still under construction. Through celebrations, protests, everyday gestures, and images from the past, the film traces Gijón's transformation: from an industrial city to a tourist destination, from a battleground to a stage for spectacle. Faced with this transformation, the filmmaker returns to the plaza of his childhood and questions collective memory: who constructs it? What is forgotten? What remains outside the frame?
The film explores the relationship between consent and intimacy in the context of the acting profession. A chamber play starring Lola Fuchs and Mervan Ürkmez in the leading roles, the production is based on PR interviews. The verbal exchange between the two actors is interrupted by physical altercations, with exercises from intimacy coordination becoming choreographies.
This is the day when he will stop hearing the outside world, but this world will begin to hear the unjust cries of his soul. A documentary about how one day a missile will hit not far from my house and kill my friend.
Years afterwards, director Carla Valencia Dávila rediscovers videos of a cycling trip she made through Uruguay in her youth. The shots of rolling highways, deserted hotels, and unexpected encounters set her thinking. It feels as if someone else had filmed them.
For filmmaker Nordin Lasfar, who grew up in the Netherlands as the child of Moroccan parents, author Paul Bowles opened the door to literature and stories from the land of his forebears. In the 1960s and 70s, Tangier was a base for Western artists and writers of the Beat Generation, among them Bowles.
In Sichuan's Liangshan mountains, Yi children grow up between tradition and change. When a father returns from prison seeking redemption, he finds that his daughter dreams of basketball but is torn over her schooling, and his son longs to earn money. As summer ends and walnuts ripen, their separate journeys begin.