It’s the 2012 London Olympics, and the whole world is going crazy for the most famous athlete in the world: Usain Bolt. Everyone apart from Alvin, an awkward 14-year-old who hates running and constantly disappoints his Jamaican father, Lester, a former sprinter who can’t understand why his son is “so soft.” So, when Alvin is unexpectedly nominated to represent his class in the upcoming school sports day, it could be his last chance to make his dad proud and prove that he can be just like Bolt.
Chief Inspector Johannes Fischer has retired in the meantime. The last case he investigated together with his former boss Konstanze Satorius has been closed, but Fischer is still convinced that an innocent woman is in custody.
Driven by deep concern for their fragile daughter, her parents subject her boyfriend to shockingly intense and brutal tests, pushing the boundaries of his love to its absolute limits.
Big dreams wrestle bitter truths as three teenage girls pursue Olympic history. Shot over seven years, this coming-of-age documentary chronicles the journey from childhood to adulthood and the moments that define us.
Willie "Toson" Coleman is a Gadsden, Alabama-based visual artist whose work embodies a deep connection to his spirituality. Toson's paintings reveal his divine assignment: to portray his unique vision of the world.
Body dysmorphia is a subject rarely tackled in film. The irrational beliefs about appearance that sufferers experience, along with the self-conscious anxieties that comes with it, are such fertile grounds for genre exploration. Writing and directing from first-hand experience with this destabilizing illness, Grant Swanson has made a demonically disturbing standout that addresses it in uncompromising terms in DYSMORPHIC, which will be closing this year’s showcase. A film about modern dating. To a point.
Filmed in the serene wildness of Salisbury Centre’s communal garden space, Bee’s Journey follows the perspectives of three individuals and their connection to nature and their identity. This film was imagined and manifested during a Deaf and climate justice-focused filmmaking workshop in collaboration with Take One Action, SQIFF, and Edinburgh Deaf Festival.
In the aftermath of their patriarch's sudden demise, a multi-generational Macedonian family grapples with shadows of uncertainty, burdened by an outdated cybercafé and a house desperately in need of renovation. The family's dysfunction and struggle to cope with intergenerational gaps is laid bare when they receive a tempting offer promising comfort and a fresh start, but compromising their unity and peace. As tensions escalate, a critical decision looms, forcing the family to face the inevitable question: Who will make the ultimate sacrifice?
João is a lonely boy living in the outback. No friends, no mother, and no bond with his father, he finds a chance to overcome his fears and a possibility to fit in when a small circus arrives in town.
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