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The lives of a mismatched group of guests and employees become entangled in a run-down hotel. Some have come in search of peace and a brief escape from their daily routine, while others long for change – or even love. A lonely clarinetist crosses paths with a young man looking for a romantic adventure, an unhappily married couple, an idiosyncratic hotel staff member, and also an alien sent from the planet Minerva 2 in order to report on the state of Earth. A mosaic of fourteen interwoven stories emerges through fleeting situations, awkward moments, interior monologues, and quiet observations. This experimental film by Miroslav Krobot and Lubomír Smékal is loosely based on the stage production of the same name by the S 23 Theatre Company, whose non-professional actors put together stage performances based on the dialogical acting method.
With Ma toute petite école, Pascal Plisson follows, over the course of a year, the school life of the eight children living in the tiny hamlet of La Gurraz, in the Haute Tarentaise region. At the heart of this village of just 36 inhabitants, their school, threatened with closure, represents far more than a place of learning: it is the soul of an isolated community, where every birth and every pupil helps keep the village alive.
An English cattle breeder and his 9-year-old son struggle to connect while settling in 1850s Canada.
Mathilde, a troubled teenage girl who moves to the countryside with her family, finds out her new home is haunted by Isabeau, an amnesiac 19th-century ghost. The two form an unexpected friendship and team up to uncover Isabeau's past.
In a Tokyo bar, a strange, winged creature questions actress Kaoru Koide. She is forced to confront her doubts and anxieties as she embarks on her career and learns to navigate her profession.
A young man with sinister intentions goes to school with a weapon in his pocket. Their world is about to change. He arrives in the worst possible place at the worst possible time, as an overwhelmed teacher and his classroom debate the meaning of democracy.
After the tragic passing of his parents, Max reunites with his siblings to deal with the aftermath.
Su-a arrives in Yangsan to visit her grandmother, but she is not home. The old lady is not someone with many places to go - just the bathhouse or the Buddhist temple.
In the auto-fiction film L'enquête de mon cœur, French filmmaker Philippe Vallois wakes up to a strange reality: evidence and witnesses prove he spent the winter in a passionate romance with Bruno, a young Brazilian man. However, the director suffers from complete amnesia regarding the last three months. With Bruno already back in Brazil, Vallois launches a personal investigation to uncover his own forgotten story. Blending documentary and fiction, he attempts to piece together and virtually relive the romance using video footage from his camera, his personal journal, and the accounts of close friends.
When Eli enters her grandmother’s house with her mother Renate for the first time, it quickly becomes clear why she has never met her grandmother. When Eli opens the forbidden cellar door, she not only learns about her mother’s cruel past, but also unleashes Struwwelpeter – and with him the violence inflicted on Renate as a child, embodied in the form of the ill-mannered child that should have stayed in the cellar forever. Struwwelpeter now avenges the past and the injustices of harsh, authoritarian child-rearing.
When her stubborn grandfather refuses medical treatment, Leyla travels to his rural Anatolian village to bring him back to the city. As his reluctance turns her quick visit into an extended stay, two different generations gradually adapt to each other's pace through shared routines and music.
For nearly three decades, Death Skateboards has carved out its own place in British skateboarding. As the UK’s oldest skateboard company, its legacy has been shaped by the generations of riders who have carried it forward, each leaving their own mark on the team and the culture surrounding it. Through its past, present and future, the film explores how a legacy is built, passed down and kept alive, and what it means to be part of something that extends far beyond skateboarding itself.
Federico, a journalist from Rome, finds himself the prime suspect following the murder of a young actor he had just met; he is forced to defend himself while his private life comes under scrutiny.
Two old fellow mobsters meet up at hideout to discuss their next job. They plunge into a conversation recollecting their past deeds together, which leads them into argument and rivalry, until one of them realizes something is quite wrong.
A married woman reflects on her life and decides to get away from her city and start a new life. leaving a drunk husband and a young boy. But can she?
In an ancestral home, Dr. Ananth Sivan, an ageing Gandhian scholar, holds firmly to his lifelong beliefs, while his filmmaker daughter Karthi begins to question his convictions. Through their everyday interactions, their relationship unfolds as they navigate the delicate space between ideals, belief, and empathy.
Yao's boyfriend (29) is murdered while she's delivering an order for her Chinese restaurant. Now alone, she has to run the restaurant while dealing with the indifference of the police, the municipality, the entire city, and the deceased's parents, who want to take over the business. While coping with grief and the mystery surrounding the crime, Yao also experiences a newfound freedom that leads her to seek a less solitary and more exciting life, trying to become increasingly involved with this new world she still has to discover.