Stardust

When his father brings his new girlfriend to the seaside, a withdrawn boy is forced to share his grief with someone he doesn't want to know.

Paralysis

Struggling with the pressures of homophobia when her partner is taken away by a hateful mother, a young gay woman struggles to cope with the traumas and anxieties of her life. Her dreams descend, taking the shape of shadows which reach into her life.

Seasonal Severity

A Man's Cat observes and witnesses his descent into madness at the end of his seasonal depression during the last days of winter.

The Second Bullet

In a remote Azerbaijani village, things take a turn for the worse on the wedding night when the firing of a gun, a local tradition, doesn't go according to plan.

We Die Alone

A chance encounter dangerously intertwines the lives of three people with differing perspectives on love.

Terminus

Anhedonia

In the aftermath of his father’s passing, Jake tries to lean on his remaining family for support, only to be repeatedly turned away. In the midst of their spiralling relationships, the family dog mysteriously disappears. While looking for his dog, Jake discovers something darker within the woods. Something that is a lot closer to home than he thinks. Something hungry.

Komorebi

A burnt-out white-collar worker stumbles upon a plastic bag in a bustling city. As suffocation drags him out of an anxiety attack toward fleeting peace, an unexpected encounter offers something more than a breath of relief.

Mata-ne

A distant son rejects reuniting with his father only to cerebrate their relationship and lack of memories shared.

Good Luck Fuck Face

Two friends brainstorm the worst possible sentence to tweet from one of their famous husband's accounts as revenge for cheating. It's an assassination attempt done with words rather than bullets. But things don’t quite go as expected.

Oh! My Mother

Writes Ando, "Oh! My Mother was the first work I made using a newly bought 16mm camera I had purchased with the writer Shuji Terayama in Paris. This piece was selected for the Oberhausen International Film Festival. In 1969, there were, of course, no video cameras like ones we see now, and color TVs were only found at broadcast television studios. I had just been employed at the TBS (Tokyo Broadcasting System), and I often snuck into the studios after hours to experiment with the equipment. Oh! My Mother was made using the feedback effect, which is produced by infinitely expanding the image by looping the video."

Show Me Love

Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.

ADA

An A.I. therapy tool helps a lonely and depressed man confront the darkest parts of himself.

Dissonance

A man must express his true passion of music and rhythm in a world where it is repressed and outlawed.

The Sleepy Revolution

In the eighteenth century the mystical midnight hour disappeared and the modern night was born. We now aim to keep sleep at an efficient minimum, but experiments show that we quickly return to the old sleep pattern if given the opportunity. So what is the 'natural' way to sleep?

Spindeln

Johannes is 11 years old and dreams of a rope blocking his and his friend's way when they are on their way home from school. When he grabs the rope, he realizes that it is "something dangerous going on". A huge spider pops up and chases the kids, who are eventually saved by a heroic old woman.

Consequence

When Ty makes the biggest mistake of his life, will it be possible to fix it? Or will he be forced to finally accepted the consequences of his action?

Ace

Set within the embrace of an intimate group of friends in college, Ace follows the emotional journey of a shy newcomer who discovers an attraction to longstanding group-member Z that he can neither ignore nor fully embrace. As the connection between Ace and Z intensifies, so to does the silence that both illuminates their fears and fuels their insecurities. Though the attraction between them appears unmistakable, their inability to acknowledge and express their feelings for each other openly threatens to sever the powerful bond that draws them instinctively to each other.

The Buenoromeros

Three sisters living together are tied to the memory of their father. They welcome their suitors into their home and then repeat a ritual that seems to come from times past.

Take Note

Two girls are afraid of what will happen if one of the student’s parents might discover their mutual “crushes,” as they monitor all messages on her phone. Instead, they share written notes in class. After learning this, their teacher Ms. Amado is forced to confront conservative prejudices within the school system by coming out to her entire class.

A Perfect Ending

This intimate drama follows Rebecca, a woman who has kept her sexuality a secret from her friends but chooses to reveal it to a stranger. While Rebecca's revelations may not yield the results she expects, a perfect ending is still in reach.

The Golden Era

The story of writer Xiao Hong comes alive through memories of her great love affair, literary influence and escape from China during World War II.

I Can't Think Straight

Tala, a London-based Palestinian, is preparing for her elaborate Middle Eastern wedding when she meets Leyla, a young British Indian woman who is dating her best friend. Spirited Christian Tala and shy Muslim Leyla could not be more different from each other, but the attraction is immediate and goes deeper than friendship. But Tala is not ready to accept the implications of the choice her heart has made for her and escapes back to Jordan, while Leyla tries to move on with her new-found life, to the shock of her tradition-loving parents. As Tala's wedding day approaches, simmering tensions come to boiling point and the pressure mounts for Tala to be true to herself.

Once Upon a Time

Bai Qian, a goddess and monarch from the Heavenly Realms, is sent to the mortal world to undergo a trial to become a High Goddess. There, she meets Ye Hua, with whom she falls in love and marries. When an old enemy reappears in her life, everything she holds dear is threatened.

Original Sin

A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.

Dangerous Liaisons

Dangerous Liaisons is a Chinese film by Hur Jin-ho based on the novel with the same title by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos.

Spring Fever

Hired to spy on a philandering husband, Luo Haitao soon becomes entangled in a clandestine affair with the other man. Along with Luo's girlfriend, they succumb to the delirium of drunken nights, but how long can their tryst last?

Buddha Mountain

In Chengdu, China, a retired female opera singer named Master Chang takes in a trio of young tenants into her boarding home. The tenants include a rock singer and a college student who has run away from home.

Under the Hawthorn Tree

The daughter of a right-winger, schoolgirl Jing Qiu is sent to the countryside for reeducation, and tasked to help write a textbook. There she meets Lao San, a young soldier with a bright future ahead. Despite the class divide and parental disapproval, romance blooms against turbulent times.

Mountains May Depart

The life of Tao, and those close to her, is explored in three different time periods: 1999, 2014, and 2025.

Hear Me

A delivery boy falls for a young girl who is hearing impaired. Comparing themselves with water birds and trees, together they are going to break the barrier and pursuit their dreams and take their relationship to the next level.

So Young

Although new friendships and new love await her, a college freshman discovers that university life is not as simple as she had hoped.

My Policeman

In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship between Tom and Patrick at a time when homosexuality was illegal.

The Duke of Burgundy

Day in and day out, lovers Cynthia and Evelyn enact an elaborate sadomasochistic fantasy as mistress and maid. But as their ritual of domination and submission begins to turn stale, Cynthia yearns for something more conventional, while Evelyn tries to push their taboos even further.

The Fugitive Kind

Val Xavier, a drifter of obscure origins, arrives at a small town and gets a job in a store run by Lady Torrence. Her husband, Jabe M. Torrance, is dying of cancer. Val is pursued by Carol Cutere, the enigmatic local tramp-of-good-family.

The World Unseen

A drama centered on two women who engage in a dangerous relationship during South Africa's apartheid era.

What Time Is It There?

A street vendor with a grim home-life forges a connection with a young woman on her way to Paris.

Northanger Abbey

A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart.

Fire with Fire

A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison authorities, their parents and the law.

Strike!

In the 1960s, a group of friends at an all girls school learn that their school is going to be combined with a nearby all boys school. They concoct a plan to save their school while dealing with everyday problems along the way.