Tokyo i slutet av andra världskriget. Elvaårige Mahito har förlorat sin mor i en brand och har svårt att acceptera att hans far har gift om sig med mammans yngre syster, Nahuto. På gården där de bor finns ett avsides torn. När Nahuto plötsligt försvinner, letar Mahito i tornet och hamnar i en annan värld - ett mystiskt rike där de levande och döda går sida vid sida.
Dokumentär om schackspelaren Bobby Fischer som fortfarande anses vara tidernas största spelare av många. Filmen följer hans tumultartade karriär, från världsmästartiteln till ett liv i exil.
Three cousins, Arjun, Divya and Kannan, relocate to Bangalore for various reasons. However, they face many challenges which change their lives forever.
Två bröder har växt upp med en alkoholiserad mor och de delar mörka minnen från barndomen. Under åren som gått har de tappat bort varandra, när de möts igen kämpar båda med egna missbruk och det skuldfyllda minnet av en tredje bror som inte längre är i livet.
An alcoholic grandfather is seriously ill. His doctor suggests that experiencing a bad scare could cure him. His grandson volunteers to help him.
An exploration into why some children are severely damaged by early adversity while others are able to thrive. By revisiting childhood trauma victims profiled decades ago, we learn how their experiences shaped their lives as adults.
An account of the brief life of the writer Albert Camus (1913-1960), a Frenchman born in Algeria: his Spanish origin on the isle of Menorca, his childhood in Algiers, his literary career and his constant struggle against the pomposity of French bourgeois intellectuals, his communist commitment, his love for Spain and his opposition to the independence of Algeria, since it would cause the loss of his true home, his definitive estrangement.
Debuterande regissören Analeine Cal y Mayor levererar en historia om Mica, en väldigt annorlunda pojke. Hans hem är ett museum för den legendariske mexikanske sångaren Guillermo Garibai, där Mica jobbar med att guida gamla fans. Han har inga vänner och tjejer vill inte prata med honom. Han luktar nämligen fisk. Bokstavligen. Med musik av Benoît Charest (”Trion från Belleville”).
Mihajlo, an introvert piano teacher starts romance with a pretty careerist who teaches modeling at the university in Belgrade where they both work. His feelings are awakened after a long period, but this relationship makes him see the flashbacks, as well as yet unseen images that remind him of his troubled childhood - as if he experienced this already. When their university wins a contest to hold public TV performance, Mihailo fails to play the piano on the decisive night and she dumps him. The boiling point is about to come.
The story is set in the backdrop of a mass marriage ceremony,
In the spotlight of global media coverage, the first transgender woman ever to perform as Don Giovanni in a professional opera, makes her historic debut in one of the reddest states in the U.S.
Marie-Louise Ekmans vilda och färgstarka barndomsskildring handlar om en flicka som drömmer om sitt födelsedagskalas, men som väcks av sina föräldrars grälande. Det slutar med att mamman lämnar hemmet i vredesmod och dagen efter hämtas flickan på förskolan av sin mormor.
In the 1980s, a renowned storyteller (a "Kadhikan") currently earns a living at the sawmill, hiding the performer in him due to his dire circumstances. A 17 year old in a juvenile home wishes to learn from him with the support of the Superintendent. His desire to learn the art form reignites the storyteller's faith in the same. Over a short span of time, the relationship between the Kadhikan and the boy becomes a bond unlike any other, unfolding new dimensions in both their lives.
Alexander Hammid's sensitive narrative of how a pre-adolescent boy is helped by a psychiatrist to come to terms with his feelings.
In a Japanese suburb, the film follows two children aged about 11 as they play, in their adventures and imagination. Debutante Shibutani manages beautifully to capture the mood of play in childhood, as a result of which the abuse and selfishness of their parents hits home even harder.
A crime film with comedic overtones, Terapie pentru crimă (Therapy for Murder) follows Matilde, a beginner "professional" assassin who not only has to overcome the problems that every beginner in this unusual profession faces, but also an additional and personal challenge: she's a woman. When Matilde realizes killing for money is not that easy she wants to back out but it may already be too late as a real professional assassin is now after her.