Maria wanders through a seaside town for the burial of her enigmatic neighbor Isabela. As the nights grow longer, she adopts Isabela’s dogs, meets her son, and encounters a woodcutter who is afraid of sleep.
Cyprus, 1882. Eleni, a French-educated painter, loses her three children in a tragic accident at the ruins of an abandoned chapel. Cursed by the villagers, she retreats into grief until she meets Michalakis, a lonely boy abused by his violent father. Convinced that art itself can restore the dead, Eleni draws him into a forbidden ritual...
Everyone saw the furious crowds forcing Ceauşescu to flee by helicopter. In a quiet little town near the capital, the owner of a local TV station wants to answer a question that has remained unresolved for 16 years: did the town join the Revolution or not?
With great power comes great responsibility, right? But what if the hero is just a hen? Escaping from a chicken farm, she finds refuge in the courtyard of a crumbling restaurant. There, she discovers love, confronts the pecking order, and fights to protect her eggs from a greedy owner. Her droll yet touching quest for motherhood mirrors the messy compromises and silent struggles of human lives.
In a small town in Romania, several teenagers learn how to get by without their parents, who have left the country to work abroad. Forced to grow up too soon, they form their own family in a desperate attempt to fill the void. At the center of it all is Flavia, a strong young woman accustomed to hiding her emotions behind sarcasm....See more details
Rahim is from Iran and has settled in Canada, where he works at a funeral home. Business is good, as he has an agreement with the Iranian government to properly give the last rites to his fellow countrymen. But an unusual request from a dissident singer is about to turn Rahim’s life upside down.
Miguel, a young landscape architect, travels to Belgium to participate in a conference. His girlfriend dumps him there, and he meets Olga, an older woman that makes him reconsider his personal and professional life. The encounter causes a lightning of understanding that deeply transforms the way he sees his world and his future.
Vibrant is a musical project blending electronic and acoustic elements, analog synths, and live instrumentation, drawing inspiration from folk rhythms, oriental motifs, and Byzantine music. Built as a collective experiment, the project focuses on immersive, evolving soundscapes where improvisation plays a key role....See more details
Using the same handycam his grandfather once used to film him as a child, the filmmaker turns the camera back on his grandfather, the irreverent owner of a small roadside motel on the Gulf of Mexico. While one camera observes his daily life, another recreates his peculiar stories through staged scenes inspired by different cinematic genres....See more details
Things go terribly awry when small-time Minnesota car salesman Jerry Lundegaard hires two thugs to kidnap his wife so he can collect the ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. Once people start dying, the very chipper and very pregnant Police Chief Marge Gunderson takes the case. Is she up for this challenge? You betcha.