2000s

The film is separate into three different shorts. KIDNAP focuses a tomboy’s unrequited love for an anonymous girl dare not speak her name, she can only watch for longing as the object of her affection passes each day. In a desperate bid for intimate communication, the tomboy kidnaps the girl and holds her prisoner in a cramped back street apartment. Slowly relationship develops between them. In MY BELOVED, a loner is only obsesses with guns, he has no place in his life for a girlfriend, focusing all his attention on his Baretta handgun. One night, his gun starts talking to him in a soft feminine voice, demanding the proof of his love. OH G focuses a guy and a girl meet through an ICQ chat room, they search for the real romance that they have never experienced in their lives. This touching tale of first love is played out against the backdrop of the neon world of urban malls and 24 hour convenience stores.Read More »

Delphine is twenty years old. She is too young to have experienced the activism of the seventies, but for her it is not something that belongs to the past. She decides to find something that will allow her to act and which, she claims, is owed to her.Read More »

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Set in a small Nagano village in the 1930s, the film follows Hanji, a young boy captivated by a local kabuki performance. Inspired by Yukio, Hanji learns kabuki with Utako. As they grow, they become skilled actors, performing in a final kabuki before World War II. After the war, Hanji returns to revive kabuki and restore the community’s spirit. In the 1980s, as he nears death, the villagers organise a final performance in his honour, where he performs “Tenryu Koishibuki” for Yukio.Read More »

Bilike has never seen a ping-pong ball before. He and his family live without electricity and running water in a solitary tent home among the vast steppe grasslands. The magnificent landscape here has changed little since the days of Genghis Kahn. But life in the middle of nowhere can be exciting for a young boy. The smallest of details become big events for curious Bilike and his best friends Erguotou and Dawa. The mystery of the small white ball floating in the creek leads to questions about the world around them, as well as innocent mischief. Bilike’s grandmother says the ball is a glowing pearl from heaven. But the boys are sceptical after waiting all night outdoors for the ball to light up.Read More »

Synopsis
La casa (2024) is a Spanish drama that follows the story of three adult siblings—Jose, Vicente, and Carla—who, after the death of their father Antonio, reunite with their families at his modest vacation home to prepare it for sale. As they sort through the house and its memories, old family secrets and unresolved tensions come to the surface. The film explores themes of inheritance, nostalgia, and the passage of time, focusing on the siblings’ attempts to reconcile their present lives with their shared past. Directed by Álex Montoya and based on Paco Roca’s acclaimed graphic novel, the film is noted for its sensitive portrayal of family dynamics and has received several awards, including recognition for its script and music.Read More »

Daniela is a regular middle class teen who’s life change radically when a male family member abuse her sexually. To solve her problems, Daniela decide to take some very dangerous actions that will change her forever.Read More »

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The collapse of a department store disturbs a local community, causing strife for some, and bringing some people closer than ever before.Read More »

An old man enters the Colombian jungle seeking a peaceful place to die, but paramilitary soldiers controlling the area threaten his journey to death.Read More »

At the turn of the 20th Century amongst tension between China and Japan, a Japanese swindler in Shanghai plans to profit by selling weapons. He steals arms from the Japanese military and sells them to the rich Chinese.Read More »