During a Parisian screening of short films, Paolo, an aspiring Italian filmmaker, meets Anna, a French actress. The young woman's eyes suddenly become the spark of a fire that, despite the bewildered reactions of his friends, begins to light up the protagonist's life. But what if the image of this woman, captured and shaped by Paolo's mind, had nothing to do with the real Anna?
The mother and the girlfriend of the dead soldier are going through a difficult path together, from grief and mutual hatred to forgiveness and acceptance, trying to find the meaning of life without a loved one.
For many, home is a refuge and a sanctuary; for stray animals, however, a loving home remains a distant dream. From 2019 to 2023, director Au Cheuk-man followed the non-profit organisation Paws Guardian on their harrowing missions to rescue and rehome stray animals – many of whom were abandoned, abused, or tortured. The result is a heartrending collection of stories on survival and resilience, highlighting the brutal realities faced by stray animals: of the 40 stray dogs featured in this documentary, only four ultimately found new homes.
Reality is often shaky at best, but for Peter reality is more like an unending rollercoaster. Real life and his altered consciousness fight each other for control until he's forced to reset. The only constant is the fresh stain in the middle of his existence that he can't escape or clean no matter how much he scrubs the floor or his mind.
When Mom comes home with a newborn baby, a relative brings over a "live chicken" to make soup for Mom during her postpartum confinement. Little Monkey wants to help, so she asks Grandpa to secretly turn the clucking chicken into chicken soup. Should the chicken be killed or not?
An expat on the run in Romania works as a bouncer at an upscale nightclub frequented by a notorious mob boss and his girlfriend. When he saves the woman from being abused, the two go on the run as the vengeful boss and his army of henchmen relentlessly pursue them. With nobody to trust and killers closing in, they’ll have to use their wits, guns, and fists if they want to survive.
Bobby Butcher, a washed out action movie star, becomes obsessed with proving himself as a versatile actor and will do anything it takes to develop his character, including hurting the people closest to him.
The documentary film by Olga Malířová Špátová follows Anastazia Krausová and Martin Tomášů both in and out of assisting. The film is part of the asistujeme.cz campaign, which introduces the general public to work that enables people with disabilities to live freely.
This is the story of three different generations of Siberian Estonian women whose ancestors were deported from Estonia as criminals in the 19th century. Instead of prison, however, they ended up in paradise - a fertile land where people quickly built their lives. 170 years later, the situation has reversed: who has already "got used to life here", but for whom, on the eve of the war, it is the last time to return to paradise, which on this occasion is Estonia.
Turkey's first “eco” hotel, Naturland Eco Park and Resort, opened in 1991 and operated until 2014. A hybrid of documentary, black satirical comedy and circus-style performance, the film builds on fictional voice-overs that depict the experiences of hotel guests and staff and the gradual decay of the once-pompous and now dilapidated abandoned complex, which was closed due to overwhelming debts and left virtually untouched.
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