A gyilkos egy Johnny nevű fickó, aki már nem ember, mivel hatvan évvel korábban egy erőszakos bűncselekmény áldozata lett az eredeti valója. Ő afféle bosszúálló szellem vagy entitás, aki lecsap egy csapat tinire – meg mindenkire, aki az útjába kerül...
One day, Haru (25), who works as a bookstore clerk, reunites with Takeshi (45), whom she first met a few years prior, when she stopped him from jumping in front of a train. Takeshi offers Haru a job. Another day, Haru is worried about Yukiko (40) who is sitting on a bench in front of the station, and talks to her. This leads them on a small journey together. Haru takes along a cassette tape and recorder left behind by her mother Taeko, who died of illness when Haru was in primary school. Haru again faces regrets of not being able to help Taeko, which she had held for a long time.
Két évvel felesége váratlan halála után Yusuke Kafuku, az elismert színész és rendező felkérést kap, hogy rendezze meg a Ványa bácsi című előadást egy hirosimai színházi fesztivál alkalmából. A helyszínre érve megismerkedik Misaki Watarival, egy rendkívül hallgatag fiatal nővel, akit a fesztivál szervezői azzal bíztak meg, hogy legyen Yusuke sofőrje a rendezvény ideje alatt. Ahogy közeledik a produkció premierje, a szereplők és a stáb között egyre csak nő a feszültség, nem utolsósorban Yusuke és Koshi Takatsuki tévésztár között, aki korábban nemkívánatos kapcsolatban állt Yusuke néhai feleségével. Yusuke kénytelen szembenézni a múltjából felszínre bukkanó fájdalmas igazságokkal, sofőrje segítségével pedig csakugyan elkezd szembenézni a kísértő titkokkal, amelyeket felesége hagyott maga után.
A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.
A lonely widowed housewife does her daily chores and takes care of her apartment where she lives with her teenage son, and turns the occasional trick to make ends meet. Slowly, her ritualized daily routines begin to fall apart.
A cím arra a lóra utal, amelyet Friedrich Nietzsche pillantott meg 1889. január 3-án, torinói lakásából kilépve. A kocsi elé kötött ló megmakacsolta magát, mire a kocsis ostorral ütlegelni kezdte. A filozófus odalépett a lóhoz, majd hatalmas zokogásban kitörve átölelte. Miután szolgája hazavitte, ágyba tette Nietzschét, aki innentől kezdve élete hátralévő 10 évét némán, szellemi leépülésben töltötte.
Exploring helplessness, Pyre is an experimental short film which personifies death as a ghoul in a dress, drawing closer and closer until striking.
Five months after the maternal death of his partner, a man is at a crossroads with how to raise their baby.
Az isteni eredetűnek tartott Tang-dinasztia uralkodásának idején Nie Yinniang több éves száműzetése után visszatér otthonába, hogy végrehajtson egy küldetést, melynek célja, hogy eltávolítsa a kormányzókat. A nőnek két választása van: vagy feláldozza a férfit, akit szerte, vagy végleg szakít a bérgyilkosok rendjével.
On a dark and rainy night, a historic and regal Taipei cinema sees its final film: 1967 martial arts feature "Dragon Inn". As the film plays, the lives of the theater's various employees and patrons intersect, and two ghostly actors arrive to mourn the passing of an era.
Clara, a widow in the twilight of her life, spends her days lonely. She invites someone dear to her to share a barbecue together. However, his delay will undo her plans, and her ritual around the preparation will unstabilize itself.
Hilarion Zabala has a mysterious, recurring olfactory problem. A counselor/psychiatrist suspects a lingering case of phantosmia, a phantom smell, and possibly caused by a deep psychological fracture. One recommended radical cure is that Hilarion must go back and deal with the darkest currents of his past life in the military service. Reassigned in the very remote Pulo Penal Colony, he must also confront the horrific realities of his present situation.
A group of young people grapple with identity, guilt and mourning after learning of a close friend's death.
Amidst apocalyptic darkness and endless war, a young couple's mundane relationship is threatened by the arrival of a mysterious widow and a supernatural force that lurks in the forest around their cabin.
A woman slowly fades into darkness waiting to see her son one last time.
Set in the sparsely populated lobster fishing villages of southern Nova Scotia, Plains is a cinema vérité approach to documenting the curious lives of Jon and Cat, a young couple who are developing politically left-leaning virtual reality video games. Against the busy backdrop of their art practice, we sit in on their quiet rural life, which, in its proximity to nature and the vast green and oceanic spaces that surround, echoes the romanticism of a simpler time. As the decaying world of physical labour and the mechanical industry faces up to an expanding digital empire, Jon gradually retreats into the alternative realities of his own design.
A person receives old entries from their diary, unsure of who is sending them. They eventually arrive at a moment of transcendence.
When Benny's younger brother, Loren, suddenly reappears after being missing for months, the two are forced to reckon with the drastically different ways they have chosen to live their lives.
Alberto is dead and can no longer hide it. Make-up and perfume can no longer conceal his quickly decomposing body. Dismayed, he decides to withdraw from the world, whilst forming an unusual friendship with Luly, the manager of the 24-hour gym where he works as a night guard.
Shell-shocked Barbara must face up to the loss of a dear companion after a tragic accident. Her best friend Klara and husband Torsten devise a plan to thaw Barbara's heart, after she reminisces about the incident, the funeral, and happier times. Will she agree to the suggestions of her nearest and dearest? Can grief turn into hope?