One winter, a note circulates spreading rumors, stirring up the Korean Military Academy. Jiwoo, who despite his confident attitude hasn’t secured a recommendation letter, and Hoon, a graduate dreaming of assisted suicide in Switzerland, encounter someone else at the Academy during the quiet night.
What began merely as an entertaining performance, the 'Meryl Streep Project' has transformed into an icon of resistance, exposing the realities of women's rights in South Korea. However, following the COVID-19 pandemic, the project has taken an unexpected turn.
<(Welcome to) The Planet of Orchids> is a cinematic anthology exploring the fascinating lives of orchids and their intricate relationships with neighbouring species. In this film, orchids are portrayed as indigenous beings who have thrived despite humans' indiscriminate colonization of ecosystems. Orchids take centre stage as protagonists, unfolding their unique or ordinary narratives from a plant-centred viewpoint. As such, the diverse and multidimensional dynamics of the transhuman community, which all ecosystem members belong, are revealed, and human audiences finally encounter 'Planet Orchid'.
Since June 2023, another civil war between the government and the rebel forces has been raging on in Myanmar. Midi, the director who has been away for years, comes back to the port, where he waited for six months to obtain his first passport. His anxiety and people's suffering not only remain but even increase. Homeland has always stayed in his heart, but he can never return to it.
Emmanuelle and Mirra love each other and dream of having a child born only of their love. When Mirra suddenly becomes pregnant, in spite of all biological plausibility, the surprise is total and the joy at its height. For Emmanuelle, however, things are less clear-cut.
Driven by the insatiable hunger for more followers, Young Vic starts fabricating his online persona, blurring the lines between reality and fiction. His once-charming personality takes a dark turn, as he resorts to manipulative tactics
As their high school days come to a close, David and William are at odds. David can’t wait to leave the past behind, while William clings to every moment. On the night of their senior prom, a heated argument triggers a nostalgic journey through their shared high school memories.
The doctor comes across unusual symptoms at the man said to have died of a heart attack when he examined the corpse. He decides to refer the body to forensic medicine. Thereupon, the mans wife confesses; she said poisoned her husband, who constantly beat her. A big surprise awaits the doctor, who has to make a vital decision for the woman.
Supernatural intuition and police logic collide when a mysterious clairvoyant and a skeptical detective have to join forces in order to unravel the case of a serial killer lurking in the woods surrounding a small town.
A collage of images, thoughts and letters that seek to find the meaning of "ugliness" seen through time. The film pays an homage to Jean-Luc Godard's film-collages such as "Histoire(s) du cinema" (1988-1998) and "The image book" (2018) using different sources from film and literature to create a discourse about ugliness.
Panto-aficionado Gyles will immerse himself in every aspect of the genre, from its roots in commedia dell’arte and Victorian music hall to scene painting, slapstick and the making of a pantomime dame. He’ll be joined on his merry way (oh yes he will!) by pantomime experts including Julian Clary and Gary Wilmot, celebrating the panto in all its vibrant, joyful glory.
After his death, Fernando Ruiz Vergara left dozens of film sketches that he was never able to make. The Andalusian filmmaker had only directed one documentary, Rocío, heartbreaking and fascinating, cursed after its judicial censorship in the early years of democracy in Spain. Since then, his projects have remained latent in imagination and desire.
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