A mentor returns from prison to find his former proteges transformed. Their reunion stirs up complex bonds of loyalty and hidden tensions as they face their shared past and present challenges.
A solitary magician in rural South India battles social resistance while pursuing his deceased father's aspirations, until hardship sparks his metamorphosis into a resilient force ready to overcome.
To cope with her anxiety about feeling the proximity of death, Dorinda transforms the house where she was born, now in ruins, into an unexpected refuge where she can travel through her memories.
After the death of her best friend, Cleo tries to carry out her dream: publishing a book of poems. Caught between the pressure of the promise she made and her increasingly fragile relationship with her boyfriend, Arthur, Cleo struggles with grief, longing, and the need for meaning. “Promise Me” is an amateur film about loss, obsession, love, and the fragility of adolescence.
When hosting a New Year’s Eve costume party, a people pleasing young woman has her plans for a perfect party derailed when a charismatic young man shows, uninvited and wearing a matching costume.
Suddenly losing her voice for years, director Chen Zhen (30, female) returns to her hometown to find actors for her film. A traditional ritual plunges her into a greater crisis, mirroring the confusion in her own directionless work.
An aging black high school football star, living a quotidian life and married to his high school sweetheart in a small town, reminisces over a long-lost lover - a man he once shared the football field with.
Returning to her hometown, a young woman finds her childhood room gone. Her grandfather offers to buy her a new space. As they search for a home, their summer journey quietly unfolds into a confrontation with memory, loss, and belonging.
A panic attack and flashbacks propel a young woman out of her apartment and into the world, where she wrestles with her fears and tries to make sense of herself as the main character in the story of her life.
A top-tier Canadian virologist and his Chinese wife are suddenly arrested by military secret agents in Beijing. He is threatened with the task of stealing a sample of his own work from his former laboratory, and the situation rapidly turns worse when people begin to fall ill.
Even a little slap from a parent can send a small child to an emotional spiral. A young boy runs away from home and goes to explore a frightening city behind the train rails. It delves deep into the city, finding way to release its own emotions and ultimately, deals with the trauma it's own way. Painted backgrounds are combined with 3D elements to create abstract broken landscapes that take us into the panicked mind of a young boy.
Paula and Raúl, who live with Dani, a six-year-old boy, could be just another couple... They could be, except that the boy is not Paula's son, and Paula faces the everyday challenge of proving that she deserves the title of mother. This conflict, along with the couple's separation and, as a result, the possibility that Paula might never see Dani again, sets up a story that puts the pain of a child at the heart of it.
As San Francisco’s tech boom gentrifies their city, three young black trans women decide to take matters into their own hands, staging an audacious heist targeting the city’s most exclusive luxury brands.
Nozomi moved to Tokyo at age 25, hoping to become a writer. However, she was not successful. Then, an 18-year-old Nozomi confronted her: "Did you really try? Did you do what you said you would and make it big in Tokyo?" Confronting her younger self made Nozomi realize that she had avoided confronting many things in her life thus far.
With the pressures of final exams building, Roman must decide whether to honour his family's wishes or chase his dreams by entering a Film competition.