Amelie er ikke en jente som de andre. Han har sett gullfisken sin gli ned i kommunale kloakk, moren hans døde på Notre-Dame-plassen og faren viet all sin kjærlighet til en hage-nisse. Plutselig, ved tjueto, oppdager han målet sitt i livet: å fikse andres liv. Fra da av oppfinner han alle slags strategier for å gripe inn, uten å innse det, i eksistensen av flere mennesker i sitt miljø. Blant dem er portieren hans, som bruker dagene på å drikke portvin; Georgette, et hypokondriakalt tjern: eller "krystallmannen", en nabo som bare ser verden gjennom gjengivelsen av et Renoir-maleri.
An urgent phone call pulls a Yale Law student back to his Ohio hometown, where he reflects on three generations of family history and his own future.
Aaron Falk returns to his drought-stricken hometown to attend a tragic funeral. But his return opens a decades-old wound - the unsolved death of a teenage girl.
Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his coldheartedly grasping uncle.
A group of childhood friends, now in their thirties, reunite at Camp Tamakwa. Only a few of the original campers show up, but they still have a good time reminiscing. The people share experiences and grow while at the camp. They are dismayed to discover that the camp's owner, Unca Lou, is going to close the camp down.
While going through a difficult divorce from her domineering, businessman husband, Alexandra moves back into her old childhood brownstone home, where she sets out to uncover dark family secrets from when she was a young girl, involving her Aunt Judith's murder and her mother's descent into insanity. The only clue is a key to a mysterious secret room that lies within the house. As a series of bizarre and unsettling incidents prod Alexandra to investigate her past, she finds herself wandering deeper into danger as her past comes back to haunt her.
Julia always said that her upbringing as a biological child in a foster family was a happy time. But something is wrong. In The Foster Family, we follow director Julia's journey back in time, where she, together with her parents Ewa and Lennart and the foster child Patrik, recollect the shocking events that changed their lives over thirty years ago. The children are at the center of this strong, touching and warm documentary about a system where you can love, but not too much.
We delve into an encounter between Erradi ( an old man nearing the end of his life) and Aymane (a young boy eager to learn about life), in the presence of a woman (Rahma) taking the form of DEATH. Which ends with a series of poignant flashbacks that portray the old man's journey through life, filled with joy and sorrows and lessons learned. The short film explores the cyclical nature of life capturing the essence of reincarnation and the idea that our stories continue on living despite death
A man on the verge of marriage is haunted by traumatic memories from his childhood.
The persona of a celebrated author is threatened when her best friend and muse reveals the dark secret behind her first novel's provenance, igniting an incendiary tale of sex, lies and betrayal.
A successful doctor is visited by her old friend, a famous writer. They used to be close, but their friendship ended when they both fell in love with the same man. At first, their reunion seems to be going well, but as they talk, their old grudges and resentments resurface and threaten to ruin their renewed connection.
Five months after the maternal death of his partner, a man is at a crossroads with how to raise their baby.
Luis Tayori is an indigenous Harakbut descendant whose origins trace back to the depths of the Peruvian jungle. Years after the first contact with Dominican missionaries, Luis recounts the memories of his childhood and those of his grandparents.
Filippo returns to the Ticino dance school where the desire to dance was awakened in him as a child. He traces his relationship with dance, from childhood to adulthood.
The childhood of Venice, the Menace revolves a circle of pleasure, greed, luscious toys, luxurious quality lifestyle as a toddler.
A coming-of-age story about two former childhood friends attempting to make amends following a fight. As their conversation progresses, one of them has to mature in order to reconcile with her friend as well as herself.
A woman unexpectedly reconnects with a friend from the past. "Anna" is an experimental short film repurposing original concept footage shot in 2019 and combining found footage to create something new.