"I was eight the last time I saw my sister. She was standing in the doorway, crying, wearing plastic bags instead of socks. When I asked why, she said her shoes were wet and she couldn't afford new ones. Then she left. That was the last time I saw her. 27 years later, a letter arrived from her. But instead of bringing us together, it was thrown away....See more details
Following the invasion of Ukraine in 2022, many people in Russia are faced with a terrible choice: military service, prison, or exile. Margarita, Yuri and their friends refuse to comply with the regime and leave the country knowing they will never come back. Here is their story.
Different generations in a dysfunctional extended family are searching for the same near impossible thing: the perfect fulfilment of life. We have Victor, who is finally coming out of the closet only to realize that he is too old for the gay dating market, his sister, opera diva Annika, who reimagines her life after receiving a terminal diagnosis, grandmother Joke who is tired of life and just wants to die, as well as 10-year-old Timo who is checking off his bucket list believing he only has one week left to live.
Fleeing from fellow officers, Argentinian policeman Santiago crosses into Uruguay seeking refuge. With no money or shelter, but with plenty of kindness and wit, he begins to rebuild his life with help from the locals, and even meeting the woman he believes could be the love of his life.
Three ferocious dogs keep a group of young people prisoners in a pool belonging to a luxurious house they have sneaked into, while neighbors gather at a party in a villa nearby to celebrate the start of summer. It’s St John’s Eve, a favorable day for magic.
An extremely strange group of people lives in a communal house in a godforsaken district. The occupants of the house — apart from the vegetarian in the cellar — share one great passion: they are all customers of the butcher’s shop Delicatessen on the ground floor. One day the group is enhanced by the arrival of a young man with an unusual hobby.
Fatima is 17 and the youngest daughter of a French-Algerian family living in the suburbs of Paris. But after being admitted to a prestigious philosophy university in the city centre, she discovers a whole new world. Along come difficult questions about identity, duty, and the meaning of emancipation. Torn between the traditions she grew up with and her own intimate desires, Fatima must find her own path.
Ukraine, in the near future. The war has ended. A film director is out of work, out of luck, and out of touch with his family abroad. While his wife and daughter built a new life in Vienna, he stays behind—confused, restless, and convinced that things will get better. Eventually. Probably. Maybe.
Anna Arnardóttir, a respected volcanologist and devoted wife and mother, finds her world shaken when a series of earthquakes signals the possible start of a new volcanic era in Iceland. As she races to warn the Civil Defense Committee of the growing threat to Reykjavík, her professional credibility falters and soon so does her personal life.
30-year-old Danielius has been living in Norway for over a decade. He has everything he needs — a job, a family, and friends. But when his father passes away, he is forced to return to his hometown in Lithuania to sell his childhood flat. Arriving at the end of summer, the small resort town feels like a temporary retreat....See more details