She is the guardian of a prophecy only she believes in. Within four walls, she builds a world of warnings and rituals, keeping her younger brother from crossing the threshold. But when the outside begins to knock, the sanctuary turns into a cage. A psychological tale of fear disguised as protection — and freedom feared more than fate.
Sophie, only 11, turns a day of mourning into a journey of discovery and connection. At her mother’s funeral, Sophie’s imaginative spirit leads her away from traditional grief rituals and toward an impromptu birthday celebration for a new friend who is also riddled with his own grief. Glitter, toy guns and fleeting friendships collide creating strange, messy beauty of connection. Sophie’s actions challenge the adults’ somber norms and tell a story of resilience, showcasing how children’s innocent play can transform pain into healing and forge unexpected friendships and meaning.
A Boy Named Choo Choo is a story about a boy who serves as a human transit service in a dystopian world where people are turned into fleshy currency. After his handler steals all his schmeckles, a tragedy occurs and Choo Choo seeks revenge.
The death of his mother plunges Budi into the feelings of loss and sadness that he has yet to understand. To process his feelings, Budi must go on a journey to find a final resting place for his mother.
Pedram, 10, lives with his mother Afsaneh and has many problems with her. Afsaneh plans to get married, but she faces opposition from Pedram, who believes this is the reason for Pedram's problems. Pedram meets a strange young man and a secret friendship develops between them.
In a near-future society, two government agents hunt users of a psychedelic flower that lets people relive their happiest memories—at the cost of falling into a comatose state. When they're ordered to eliminate a young woman under its influence, one agent begins to question their mission, igniting a moral divide between the partners.
After the fall of the world, two brothers struggle to survive amid dwindling resources and constant threats. Their lives dramatically turn when they encounter a mysterious woman, known as a "Lost One.” Driven by desperation and curiosity, they capture her. As days turn into weeks, they are forced to confront a haunting question: is she their salvation, or their greatest danger?
Stefano drives his father Renato, suffering from a serious degenerative disease, to Switzerland to help him undergo assisted suicide. Everything seems already decided, except the fate of the family car: the old Fiat Panda driven by the son.
A woman offers a lock of hair to her magical puppet theatre. She turns the crank handle, and it gives her a gift, the artifact absorbs her into a performance of puppets and insects where her presence will illuminate life.
Hannah, a half-white and half-Chinese teenager, meets her 100% Chinese half-sister for the first time at an event to celebrate her birth, forcing Hannah to question where she fits in.
In March 2020, an Argentine woman flees New York with her Peruvian husband for his family’s empty beach house outside of Lima, whereupon an unplanned pregnancy precipitates the destruction of her marriage. In the present, she rips the moments of this narrative from their context, and reconstructs her story to reckon with her profound feeling of loneliness and the experience of time in which it has trapped her.
One ordinary summer day, a child living in the Anatolian countryside kills a bird with his slingshot and is drawn into a whirlwind of intense emotions as he feels deep remorse.
A charismatic young boy who lives on a rubbish dump in Zimbabwe must convince a reclusive boxing coach to teach him to fight in order to find safety and strength in a world that has left him behind.
Al is a devoted music therapist at a children’s hospital in Texas. Charlie is the rebellious teen patient assigned to work with her. When Charlie reveals a secret passion project, and professional lines begin to blur, the two forge an unexpected bond that will teach them both how to live.