A Firecracker Story
An 8-year-old boy searching for fireworks on a Chinese New Year's Eve, after the firework ban is introduced in this southern Chinese town.
Light was sexually assaulted by his stepfather and always lacked love in his childhood. After his mother — his only blood relative—was killed, he could no longer escape and was forced into prostitution. One day, he meets a new client who beats him up on the street. Shuo is an undercover cop trying to reach the drug cartel’s boss by working at a tailor shop. During a mission, Light catches his eye. He brings back the unconscious Light and provides him with shelter. But can Light really face his trauma and live with it? Or will he eventually go back to the streets and keep pursuing false love from clients?
An 8-year-old boy searching for fireworks on a Chinese New Year's Eve, after the firework ban is introduced in this southern Chinese town.
A love story between two young men, separated after one of them contracted a highly stigmatized disease. Years later, the guy who abandoned his former lover due to that illness comes back in need of love and acceptance, which he failed to provide in their relationship before.
A man hires strangers to mourn his late father. A room full of immigrants contend for citizenship. Five altruists compete to donate the most blood. Through these scenarios, the film explores the common cruelty behind our collective reality.
Val is a century old vampire, but in human terms, she can barely pass for twenty. After what feels like an eternity spent at her family home in the northern reaches of the UK, she’s now ready to embark on a new chapter at university. However, the long trip down south soon turns frosty as grieving mother Vera struggles to come to terms with her little girl flying the nest.
After running away from an abusive relationship that lasted for 8 years, Alec moves to Ireland to start over and rediscover himself. However, his journey takes an unexpected turn after Jonathan enters Alec's life.
Three different love-related stories -all starring María Vaner as different "Anas". In "The Earth," Ana is a young and idealistic woman on the verge of adulthood when her first relationship with a clerk shatters her dreams of a romantic life. In "The Air," Ana is a rebellious, easy-living type among some beach bums whose sexual leanings tend to tip the scale at active promiscuity. In "The Cloud," Ana only exists in the imagination of an introverted man, who dreams of his ideal woman.
A man alone is walking down the road. The first film (short) by Tonia Marketaki is based on a short story by Menelaos Loudemis. A poem of his “tonight” is heard in the filmm.
Basil Stitt, in the aftermath of an inexplicable incident, decides to sequester himself inside his apartment, setting the stage for a profound transformation.
Explores the struggles of a complicated relationship between mother, father and daughter. When 'Lucy', a troubled 10 year old begins to communicate only through her drawings, we discover hidden secrets that will change the lives of those around her forever. This emotional tale of self discovery will take you on a journey of passion, mystery and intrigue.
A place where minds don't matter
Ingrid, a teenager who lives in a small town in Mexico, faces a reality in which others decide for her, forcing her to experience situations that put her life at risk and leave her vulnerable at a very young age. With the help of her best friend, Brenda, and against the complicit silence of the town, Ingrid will have to make decisions that will completely change the course of her life.
Struggling through a rut with his job in New York City's seedy underworld, and needing to provide for his dog Tito, The Delivery Man tries to figure out how to prove to his clients that he's ready to take on a more serious position.
A modern-day, all-male re telling of Shakespeare’s comedy classic about lovelorn lads, vengeful men, shameless hussies and mind games. Set in the contemporary American west, with original language.
Ma’ Rosa has four children. She owns a small convenience store in a poor section of Manila where everybody knows her. To make ends meet, Rosa and her husband, Nestor, resell small amounts of narcotics on the side. One day, they get arrested. Rosa’s children are ready to do anything to buy their parents’ freedom from the corrupt police.
A young woman from the American Midwest, Loïe Fuller became the toast of the Folies Bergère at the turn of the 20th century and an icon of the Belle Epoque. Inventor of the breathtaking Serpentine Dance, she was a pioneer of modern dance and lighting techniques. It was her complicated relationship to her protégé - Isadora Duncan – that precipitated the downfall of this early 20th century icon.
In 1963 a cow goes missing from an Irish Magdalene Asylum only to reappear 25 years later at a gas station in Texas. The attendant calls the sheriff, the sheriff calls the doctor, and together the three discover a strange mystery in the middle of an American nowhere.
Pepe wants to belong to the luxurious lifestyle of Leo, his best friend. To achieve this, he creates a world of lies that will put more than his friendship at risk.
Amanda and Manuel are friends, they hang out during the afternoons, flirt with each other and conceive the idea of turning one of Amanda’s drawings into a stencil to put it on a wall near their school. A romance blooms. When the date for the drawing arrives, Manuel is nowhere to be seen, and nobody knows what happened. Amanda can’t understand this situation.
Whitney Nelson embarks on a quest to find answers about a mysterious pin left behind by her departed mother. Along with her friend Alana, she gets mixed up with a crazy cult of collectors who will stop at nothing to acquire her special pin.
Jan and Pascale are separating, leaving their son Thierry torn between two families.