Amidst an icy dreamscape, a woman takes refuge in a black metal karaoke bar. Outside, she finds a lone penguin stranded in a tree, cut off from its colony.
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The people behind it
Fumiyo Ikeda
Rain
Joeri Happel
Till
David Mutamba
Katti
Kirsten Pieters
Ylva
Sakis Brönnimann
Silver Singer
Charles Dhondt
Aki
Desire Verhelle
Desire
The short film is about the heroism of Azeri soldier.
Daunted by obligation to his father, a young cuban cowboy spends his days dreaming of another life while toiling in the fields grazing his family's cows. One day while in town collecting his government food rations, he encounters his estranged sister and childhood friend, forcing them to confront long held resentments and decide which truths remain unspoken.
Aysun is a director in her late twenties. While casting the film she is preparing to shoot, a cargo arrives from her sister Arzu, who lives abroad. Arzu sent a letter and a cassette containing camera recordings taken by Aysun when she was twelve. The footage features her family's car ride. This event that Aysun experienced in her childhood is also the subject of the movie she is about to shoot.
A divinely inspired peasant woman becomes an army captain for France and then is martyred after she is captured.
Ben, an Iranian refugee and rideshare driver in Los Angeles, becomes entangled in a criminal underground when a passenger asks him to help save her twin sister from a human trafficking ring run by Russian mobsters.
Across the years, a mother watches her gladiator son fight, while she remembers his childhood: the last lighthouse keeper prepares for his final trip ashore: and an actor returns to the stage to play his part in a Greek myth.
The film is about freight handler's life.
A delusional young woman mourning the loss of her cat receives a visit from an unexpected visitor.
The hero of the film put out the fire. The film is about his heroism.
Set within the aftershocks of South Africa’s Apartheid, a gay farmhand writes letters to his lover.
After a near-death experience, a person floats in a mysterious space, gradually being reborn by reconnecting with the sensations of their body.
Two boys take an awayday in August, to Brighton to catch the last summer girls.
A young man with no plans discovers an old pay phone and tries to reconnect to his past.
The film is about political events which took place in 1989.
A modern, suspenseful 'Hitchcockian' coming-of-age drama about sport and morality.
In Grenoble's Gypsy community, a young kick-boxing champion learns about manhood from his gay elder brother.
A young wrestler’s only way out of his dead end town and the trauma tied to it is to fight his way onto the Australian team. But when an unexpected tragedy strikes, his fight to escape turns inward, trapping him alongside the very trauma he cannot outrun.
In a dystopian future where human genetics have evolved, a new breed of individuals—Variants—possess extraordinary abilities. However, the world’s leaders deem them a threat, unleashing an elite militia known as the Dark Hunters to hunt them down. Amidst this chaos, two sisters, Eve and Mia Levison, find themselves at the center of a brutal war for survival. Captured by the ruthless Grand Huntress, Eve is held prisoner while Mia, a powerful Variant, launches a daring assault to rescue her. As Mia fights her way through the heavily fortified Sector Thirteen, Eve struggles against her captors, discovering the deep-seated hatred fueling Cleo’s crusade.
An animated short based on Hans Christian Andersen's tale about a poor young girl with a burning desire to find comfort and happiness in her life. Desperate to keep warm, the girl lights the matches she sells, and envisions a very different life for herself in the fiery flames filled with images of loving relatives, bountiful food, and a place to call home.
A lost penguin rescued from an oil spill transforms the life of a heartbroken fisherman. They become unlikely friends, so bonded that even the vast ocean cannot divide them.
Short film made with the help of the Sundance Film Institute and serving as a proof-of-concept for the subsequent feature film.
When two brothers are stranded by a brutal winter storm with an unpredictable father they barely know, the boys begin to suspect their supposed protector may be their biggest threat.
When lapsed Jew and former cardiologist Harry suddenly decides to spend his retirement as a pig farmer in Nazareth, Israel, the move deeply shocks his family and his new neighbours. Back in New York, Harry’s ex-wife Monica is trying to manage the lives of their adult children, Annabelle and David, as well as her own.
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.
Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who gets them into an emergency shelter. While stealing food at a Russian restaurant called ‘Winter Palace’, Clara meets Marc, who has been given the chance to help the old eatery regain its former glory. The ‘Winter Palace’ soon becomes a place of unexpected encounters between people who are all undergoing some sort of crisis and whom fate has now brought together.
An urban love story set on the hard streets of the Bronx. A struggling female pimp, named Wednesday, grows up learning the game from her dad. Once he's gone she's left to look out for her prostitute mother and girlfriend Nikki.
The human resistance works to convert a sentinel to their side. Part of the Animatrix collection of animated shorts set in the Matrix universe.
A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.
94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.
Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.
In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm.
The story of golf icon and legend, Bobby Jones, who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.
In 1976, as Argentina descends into violence and chaos, a world-weary English teacher regains his compassion for others thanks to an unlikely friendship with a penguin.
Suffering from a severe case of depression, toy company CEO Walter Black begins using a beaver hand puppet to help him open up to his family. With his father seemingly going insane, adolescent son Porter pushes for his parents to get a divorce.
Grieving parents journey through an emotional void as they mourn the loss of a child after a tragic school shooting.
