The documentary film "There is no turning back" by Stéphane Kleeb tells the story of the Tibetan siblings Losang and Dechen Barshee, who came to Switzerland as refugee children in 1964. After a difficult childhood in various foster families, they return to Tibet with their mother 40 years later. This journey confronts them with the alienation from their mother and their changed homeland. The film addresses homelessness, uprooting and lost dreams.
During their stay in Beijing, two Uyghur girls attempt to navigate reality through their fantasies. Drinking, dancing, binge-watching classic rom-coms—these activities help them forget the cruelness of the world. Just when they're searching for the meaning of love, they meet an angel in their dreams, but the rendezvous doesn't go as expected.
Sitting alone in a cattle wagon full of people, a lonely boy finds new hope through a fleeting smile from a girl, and he does everything he can to make contact with the stranger.
Pirkko Fihlman was only a child when she had to flee her home in Karelia. Later, she began exploring her family's old tradition of crafting lamentations; creating cries for people in different circumstances. After a few decades, Fihlman started holding courses on the topic, which many people have found healing, and helping some connect with their old Karelian roots.
When 18-year-old Hans arrives from military service to spend a weekend at his countryside home, he notices his dad’s strange escapism and unfair treatment of his younger brother. Before his weekend permit runs out, Hans must heal dad’s painbody and deal with the confrontation.
A theatre director and his father clash over portraying abuse in a rehearsal, reflecting conflicting approaches in directing actors and their real-life strained relationship.
Bankrupted by the effects of the 2008 recession and a divorce, Erskine Fogarty chooses to carry his last possession of status, his American fridge-freezer, from Dublin back to Limerick.
A psychological drama about the experience of a young ex-ballerina Anna in a toxic relationship with a young man Jevgeni driven by dreams of wealth. Jevgeni having lured Anna away from ballet and into being the star of his low-budget children’s TV show.
Crawlies is a soliloquy based on voice recordings of my schizophrenic uncle. An audiovisual exercise of mise en abyme that weaves a patchwork of memories from my childhood, of madness and desire.
At the tender age of ten, ZiLin found faith, conjuring a Little God of her own. Throughout the bloom of her youth, she was steadfast in her promise to this divine companion, striving to be a mother of virtue. Yet, when matrimony beckoned, life's harsh realities and familial pressures compelled her to relinquish the life of a second child they could not provide for.
Mak, a young man working his night shift at a gas station, encounters Nada, a female truck driver. They bond over their shared Macedonian roots and find comfort in each other, as they attempt to escape their individual loneliness.
In war-torn Ukraine, every day may be your last. The constant threat of annihilation has shaped Maria and Sasha’s intense yet tender relationship. But Sasha must return to the front line with his battalion in the morning. Maria, as his mistress, contemplates a heart-wrenching decision: go with him to the war, risking everything to have a few more precious moments with him; or stay in Kyiv knowing that, dead or alive, he will always belong to his family.
Nelu works at a pawn shop, and Ilinca is employed at a travel agency in the same busy intersection. Their daily routine includes having a quick lunch together while making various life plans.
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