October 1942. Two friends, a woman they both love, and a foundling boy find themselves on the tiny island of Sukho in Lake Ladoga just as the doomed garrison is repelling an enemy landing force that has arrived on 30 ships, preventing the Road of Life from being cut off.
Walid, an overweight Lebanese man, is caught in a destructive spiral. He works at his uncle's tennis club but is sent away to build a tennis court. His encounters with Laith and Maya, with whom Walid shares more than he thinks, lead him to find the path back towards hope.
Through this haunting portrayal of an aid worker’s story, Salar Pashtoonyar sheds light on the troubling realities of a nation in turmoil in his measured and unsettling piece about the repercussions of the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan.
A mother teaches her son how to cook borscht using an old family recipe. She shares little tips and secrets, points out important details, and recalls family anecdotes along the way. The son asks questions and clarifies steps. They share this poignant moment of generational closeness — cooking together, chopping together, simmering together, chatting, setting the table… …until it becomes clear they’ve been speaking over video call the entire time. The son is making his mother’s borscht in a house near the Zaporizhzhia front line, while the mother is in Poltava. He calls his fellow soldiers to the table and thanks his mom.
Despite their children's reluctance, Radi and Mounira, a 65-year-old puppeteer couple, set off on tour between Israel and Palestine in their outdated van. They are exhausted from having to set up and take down the stage, from performing three shows in a row in front of hundreds of wild children under a burning sky. Lost in Jericho, frightened by the bombs falling near Majd Al Shams, destabilized by the Bedouin children of the Negev unable to determine their own identity, they no longer know if their mission is still relevant. Safeguarding the identity of their people through their shows, but at what cost? A quest for Palestinian identity.
Nagasaki, 1945. Three nursing students, Tanaka Sumi, Ohno Atsuko, and Iwanaga Misao, return home when school is closed due to air raids, and spend some peaceful time with family and friends. However, at 11:02 AM on August 9th, the atomic bomb is dropped, and their daily lives are instantly shattered. The city is reduced to ruins, and despite their inexperience, the nursing students rush to provide medical care to the injured. Faced with the cruel reality that more lives must be buried than can be saved, the women continue to question the value and meaning of life.
Two friends, connected by family histories on opposite sides of World War II, set out to explore the lasting trauma of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. While Japanese hibakusha endure lifelong health complications and psychological scars, American atomic veterans who witnessed the bombings' aftermath also struggle with radiation-related illnesses and PTSD.
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 war veteran struggles to readjust to civilian life after participating in fierce battles. He finds it difficult to find his place, even at home. After a fight in a pub, he is imprisoned in a military facility and then sent back home, where memories, physical and emotional trauma, and the sounds of war haunt him.
Kyiv, before 24 February 2022. A family is trying to make ends meet— though the fridge is permanently empty and the electric meter has sharp teeth. Then bombs hit the building across the street.
The documentary portrays the T-company unit of the 67th Brigade, revealing the stories of individual soldiers through images of their daily lives, combat missions, and training at the shooting range. The film aims to encourage broader support for the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Throughout the film, the author accompanies the soldiers during their service and leisure time.