A boy, aiming to earn money elsewhere by boat, snatches the bag of a young boy longing to return home their encounter leads to an unexpected bond, as both harbor desires for “escape”. after a long night, the older boy resolves to help the little boy fulfill his wish. however, as they prepare to jump on their journey, they find themselves enveloped in thick fog.
This film invites immigrants with Asian heritage to join an immersive ASMR cooking show in which participants make dumplings together. It is part of an ongoing project called “From Scratch: Tasting the Tenderness in Food Production,” whose aim is to bring awareness to the often diminished labor of immigrants, as well as provide space for healing from the trauma of the global pandemic.
16-year-old Anya becomes deaf after an illness. Discharged from hospital, she learns to live a new life. her first love heightens her sense of inferiority.
Chad and Ryan have been looking to break the mold and take another step toward their own perception of manhood. They devise a plan to invite their girlfriends on a no-parents camping trip. Things seem to be going normal until the kids stumble upon a bag of drug money. The situation takes a turn for the worse when the suburban teens find themselves mixed up with a nefarious group of locals and their leader - the newly elected sheriff. Something else is happening in the middle of the woods and two Vietnam vets are convinced the origins are extraterrestrial. Set in Florida in the early nineties, Dark Hammock highlights the independent streak of the era and the importance of having your friends back.
25-year-old Jules wants an abortion. Due to the closure of all the clinics in her area, she is forced to return to her childhood home. Although her parents welcome her with open arms, the 72 hours between the consultation and the procedure are increasingly filled with unspoken questions.
A hundred years ago a mysterious flare of Red Dawn was observed on the Earth following which people became immortal. The story begins with the account of the trite and seemingly eternal existence of two married couples – the young and the aged – and ends with the return of adam and eve.
In her sophomore year of high school, Maggie lives a simple and boring repetitive life in order to fight against boredom, she holds a search for bad ice cream competition with friends every thursday, or eavesdrops on her mother’s phone...
Layla and Martín are "Los Champions", the legendary Truco duo with the most titles in the famous Villa Crespo tournament. But their indisputable skill is put in check when Juani discovers they have cheated in the last final. The legendary champions cannot allow their reputation to be tarnished in this way, and they kidnap Juani with the intention of silencing him forever. Citing their honor as players, Juani proposes the only possible resolution to this conflict: a Truco game.
Treat yourself naturally and without drugs: that's the promise of naturopathy. Fasting, essential oils, plants, massages... More and more people in France are falling for these techniques for staying healthy. Naturopathic practices are springing up all over France. The health crisis, the mistrust of drugs and the public's growing interest in natural remedies have encouraged the growth of this practice, which is based on diet, physical exercise and stress and emotional management. There are currently almost 6,000 naturopaths in France.
In the chaotic and seedy heart of Medellín, the center of Colombian cinema’s most popular city, is la Estancia, an old house inhabited by lonely old men. There, camouflaging hopelessness with jokes and alcohol, Guillermo, Álvaro, and Raúl are caught up in their unique, jealousy-tainted love triangle, cloaking the relentless weight of routine and life in uninhibited shamelessness.
Yeison, an introverted young man who loves heavy metal and zombie movies, is in love with Laura, his only friend, but does not know how to conquer her or how to face this new stage of his life called adulthood, in which he must assume responsibilities within a home with a sick grandmother and an unemployed father.
Control steadily slips away in a metropolis trapped by the relentless grip of pollution. As the city evolves, its citizens undergo a subtle metamorphosis, both physical and mental. an untouched maiden mysteriously conceives new life. while the city may appear ordinary to the majority, this solitary wanderer meanders through the restrictions and smog-laden streets, in pursuit of the essence of human existence.
The main character, a little fox, looking for easy money, meets his avatar double, a seagull and a cricket who will help him see the light at the end of the tunnel and reincarnate.
During an air raid the girl accidentally loses the daily bread ration. A strange old woman picks it up. the woman is death herself carrying scissors which she uses to cut the thread of life of people dying in the besieged city. but at the last moment death saves the girl.
The tale about a man, who is going to kill his best friend because his wife has had an affair with him. A chance encounter with a fellow traveler allows the protagonist to see his own personal drama in a different light.
In some city down in the southwest of China, it was a muggy summer day chen yaochuan, a sophomore student, had to go through his first medical exam for pilot recruitment. but on that very same day, his older brother chen fujiang tragically ended his own life. right before chen yaochuan’s mock college entrance examination, his mom, zhou ying, insisted he go back to school and get ready for the tests. but when he returned, his teacher broke the news that he didn’t make the cut for the pilot program. so, chen yaochuan chose to study at home on his own accord.
