Pierrot, 50, is autistic and lives in a care home. His sister Camille, 45, discovers that he is being overmedicated, causing him to regress. Outraged, she decides to take him into her home while she searches for a place that is better suited to his needs. A long quest begins.
Born into a modest family, Hélène left the Vosges a long time ago. Today, a sudden burn-out forces her to leave Paris and return to the place where she grew up. One evening, in the parking lot of a franchised restaurant, she spots Christophe Marchal, the charismatic field hockey prodigy from her high school days. An unexpected love affair begins between these two people, who are now at odds with each other.
In the 16th century, Ferdinand Magellan, a young and ambitious Portuguese navigator, rebels against the power of the King of Portugal, who doesn’t support his dream of discovering the world, and persuades the Spanish monarchy to fund his bold expedition to the fabled lands of the East.
Agáta, a 16-year-old girl and the outcast of her Czech village, longs to express a secret wish during the spring festival. She crafts a crown and ties her wish to it with a ribbon, hoping it will be accepted in the celebration. When she joins the other girls, they mock her, but eventually, her crown is accepted, offering her a glimmer of hope. Suddenly, however, the crown falls and breaks beyond repair. Agáta tries to fix it but, realizing it’s hopeless, rushes to the ceremony with only the ribbon, desperate to fulfill her wish. She arrives too late, and alone with her unspoken longing, she instead finds solace in the quiet beauty of nature around her.
Magda and José are about to fulfill the five things they promised to do together before turning 30. Magda waits for him at the top of a mountain to make one last wish, but it seems that José won't make it... or is he "climbing in style"?
Tangled Hearts follows four couples as they navigate the highs and lows of their relationships, each facing challenges that test their love, faith, and trust. As their lives intertwine, these four couples learn that love is more than just romance–it requires faith, sacrifice, and sometimes, forgiveness. Their journeys are filled with emotional twists that challenge their hearts and redefine their relationships.
Necla and Cemal, trying to go from their village to the city center, find themselves in a stranger’s car. Suspicion brews as the driver, Hidayet, probes the two’s guarded silence, sensing hidden truths. This never ending journey does not end in peace, Necla an Cemal will be able to find some peace of mind.
In Russia, criticizing the war in Ukraine or Vladimir Putin’s regime has become a crime. Thousands of ordinary citizens are being arrested, tried, and imprisoned. They are called “Politzek”: political prisoners. Filmed clandestinely over the course of more than a year, Politzek gives a platform to those who, despite the fear, continue to speak out against Putin’s repressive Russia. Through the intersecting stories of a teenager sentenced to five years in prison for criticizing the government on social media, a young artist jailed for placing anti-war stickers, a human rights activist, and two theater directors facing Kafkaesque trials, the film unveils the machinery of state repression in Russia. With rare footage, broken yet unyielding voices, this is a story of silenced resistance.
Once a spirited and ambitious young man of the Miao people, Chong Sheng (Wang Yu) lived for his dream of performing the traditional lusheng dance. A tragic accident left him with a broken leg, forever shattering that dream. Consumed by despair, he retreats into silence, until, two years later, a failed attempt at ending his life propels him into a haunting journey through layered dreamscapes. Azalea is a meditation on broken aspirations, resilience, and the fragile border between life, death, and dreams.
After losing his mother, Efraín moves in with his grandfather and enters a new school where he meets Bernardo, a boy who is being bullied. As May 10th approaches, he discovers the reason.
Mitch, a 13-year-old tomboy, is confronted with a local custom when she gets her first period. “So you’ll have the strength to bear pain now that you’re a woman,” her grandmother says. Mitch might have taken it the wrong way.
The film is about Agu, a bear sanctuary guardian who sees his world overturned the night he visits his girlfriend. Lost and without a way out, he finds a resurgence of life when Tina, a young charming woman with many dreams, magically appears in the neighboring apartment.
A man and a woman meet at a karaoke bar. He stands awkwardly on stage. She rushes in to save him. Just as suddenly as she entered his life, she disappeared. Forever. Now he is left to cope with her loss while carrying on with his work—he runs a funeral home.
It's his birthday. He will sing tonight. The pieces of his fragmented self struggle to compose the song; the fragments of the song expand to rebuild him.
India Opzoomer crafts a sensitive coming-of-age tale, bringing to life the cutthroat world of boy bands through the crushing story of a desperate 16-year-old who betrays his bandmates in a misguided attempt to secure his spot in the limelight.
Third Wheel delves into the complexities of breakups, breakdowns, friendship, and the profound struggles of heartbreak. Exploring the universal journey of learning to be 'alone' and finding oneself, Third Wheel challenges the conventions of romantic comedies and dramas, where the boy always gets the girl and they live happily ever after. In Third Wheel, Ray embarks on a different path, one uncommonly told but all too familiar in real life. By veering away from the typical tropes of the genre, this story sheds light on the underrepresented impact of learning to date yourself. It offers a fresh resolution and a universal theme that resonates with audiences from all walks of life: you cannot truly be comfortable with somebody else until you are comfortable with yourself.
The Russian invasion of the Ukrainian territories becomes the reason for a divorced pacifist father to meet his daughter, which eventually escalates into his daughter being kidnapped by the Russians. The father is willing to do anything to find his daughter.
A Ukrainian child Vania escapes from Russian occupants in order to not to be exported to Russia. He finds a girl that hides in an abandoned house. We vitness the relationship between Vania and Zlata and their attempts to survive together during the occupation.