Samira is a recent college graduate and a current disappointment to her mother. Despite her poetic way with words, she can't seem to find the right ones to stand up for herself against her mother's constant dismissal. This results in a dance-off, the massive consumption of goat meat, and a kid figuring out how to want herself.
Attorney David Egusa balances partner ambitions with feelings for coworker Lola while they defend Eric Deng, an immigrant in a deportation case after violence, raising questions about love.
In the 90s, best friends Emilia and Mateo, both 13 and outsiders, find solace in their bond and their love for the Spice Girls. Bullied by their peers, Emilia is inspired by the group's message of "girl power." When she discovers a video dance contest offering tickets to a Miami concert, she sees it as their chance to meet their idols. As they rehearse, they face insecurities and bullies but remain determined. Their journey is filled with obstacles, yet they persist. On the day of the winners' announcement, they anxiously await the results. The film celebrates friendship, resilience, and the pursuit of dreams.
Parisian courtesan, Violetta meets the romantic aristocrat Alfredo and finds herself in love for the first time. She abandons her frivolous lifestyle to be with him but his father Germont, charged by the hypocrisy of upper-class society, threatens their future.
In 1960s Mexico, Memo, an American Football player, and Conchita, a psychology student, defy cultural norms and family pressures to pursue a passionate romance, finding the courage to chase both love and their aspirations.
Mamina, a mother suffering from Alzheimer's, is in the final stages of her life. The disease has destroyed her short-term memory, a significant portion of her motor skills, and all but one remaining memory: her time with her daughter, Daniela. Throughout the film, we see the real-world effects of Alzheimer's through the perspective of someone living with the disease, as well as the desperation she faces to hold on to the last thing that makes her feel safe—her memories.
Rosa spends her days between working at the dry cleaning shop and reminiscing about her childhood with her mother. One day, she sees on television that a woman from her neighborhood claims to have seen the Virgin Mary. From that moment, Rosa’s daily life becomes increasingly surrounded by religious symbols.
Meg has returned to her childhood home to help her aging father. But when her twelve-year-old uncovers a long-forgotten relic from her past, Meg must decide in a matter of moments who she'll protect: her parent or her child.
Set in a quiet Iranian field, Leaving follows a dialogue between a house and a mountain as a family departs. It is a poetic meditation on migration and memory.
Forever and Always is a story of disappointment, albeit expected disappointment. Alex, the main character and James, the off-screen love interest, have struggled with relationship issues in the past, but have always managed to overcome them and come out stronger together. Today, this is not the case. Alex still believes in their failing relationship, but ultimately gives up when James never makes it to their picnic date on the beach. After months of dancing around the topic, James finally reveals how he feels by not showing up, thereby ending the relationship. The film captures the moments when Alex finally chooses himself over James, and continues living his life without his influence.
Within the fading echoes of their once-intimate bond, a long-time married couple parts ways with the familiar comforts of their home and the memories it holds, into the final chapter of life.
Jiro Kitami, a private detective, is assigned to a case involving the disappearance of a young woman. As he and a new private detective candidate, Naoki Ban, proceed with their investigation, they realize that the case has something in common with one from 20 years ago. The disappearance and betrayal of a woman he once had feelings for. What fate awaits Kitami as he comes face to face with scenes from the past that he had kept sealed away...
After being excluded from his friend group, James Struggles with isolation, trapped between the past and future that is uncertain. As he sinks into loneliness, a chance invitation forces him to choose either to cling to the friends who left him behind or take a leap toward something new.
On her anniversary, Sofia gathers her three daughters - writer Vyara, devoted mother Nadya and lost soul Lyuba. But the celebration is shaken by an unexpected incident - Nadya's husband Stefan mysteriously disappears. This reveals deeply buried secrets and forces the women to confront the past, the choices they have made and the fragile bonds between them.