A man in green shorts stands ready, an iron and a red blanket in front of him. The man begins to iron the blanket. Shortly afterwards, a woman in a yellow sweater stands there and begins to iron the same blanket. Together they take turns ironing. But despite their efforts, the blanket remains wrinkled, because the creases they are trying to smooth out are the very ones they themselves are causing. What begins as a joint activity soon escalates into a conflict. Conceived as a loop, the film deals with themes such as control, naivety, and the bittersweet hope for renewal, inviting viewers to find parts of themselves in the simplicity of everyday objects.
3 Friends rush to figure out how to break terrible news to their best friend, heated discussions, false alarms, and tensions rise as they discuss the best way to tell her.
In the privileged suburbs of a Mexican city, Lucas, a boy on the cusp of puberty, tries to find his place—torn between friendship, desire, and violence. The film paints a portrait of youth, especially in those moments when tenderness and complicity collide with toxic behavior, misogyny, and dark humor. This coming-of-age film is a reflection on the invisible patterns that shape human behavior and are often passed on unnoticed among Mexican youth, especially in the upper social classes. The film invites us not to judge, but to take a closer look at how these forces shape identity and relationships.
After the younger brother of one of them accidentally grabbed the wrong bag thinking it was his friend’s birthday present, two small-time dealers find themselves owing a dangerous local kingpin a large sum of money. They now have very little time to pay him back… and a whole lot of trouble coming their way.
Sam paints a documentary portrait of his aunt, Danièle, a legend in the family. Danièle is a lesbian. In the 1970s, she was part of a revolutionary homosexual group. Sam looks back on an action she and her comrades carried out in Évreux Cathedral in 1976.
Thirteen-year-old So-hee travels alone to visit her divorced father, Su-hyuk. By his side is a his boyfriend. In the fish farm, the fish are dying, and a typhoon brews over the sea. What will happen after the storm passes?
One day, Su-young witnesses a gas inspector unlocking a neighbor’s door with a master key. From that moment, her ordinary life is shaken by unfamiliar unease, and the suspicion that her neighbor may have discovered her queer identity only deepens. As even her relationship with her partner Ji-soo begins to fracture, Su-young is left to confront the elusive nature of her fear…Yen, a young man with cerebral palsy, longs for both romance and a body like his caregiver Suriya’s, while his overprotective mother harbors complex feelings for Suriya. As tensions rise, Yen starts to believe his body is no longer the same.
Did you look at the sun for too long, until the shapes of the surrounding world stretched and the colors became distorted? In this music documentary, the band Mikko Sarvanne Garden performscompositions set to contemporary poetry: Heräämisen valkea myrsky, Valo jota pöly juo, and Hiljainen kuin metsä.
A young man is kidnapped inside a decaying photo studio run by a fanatical, Nasser-obsessed owner who believes he must “correct” people through control. Until one night, the captive finds a single fragile chance to reclaim his freedom.
The controversial Doctor of Philosophy and YouTuber Antonín Dolák lies in the timelessness of his bare room on the top floor of an unnamed villa. Because of his work, he has been expelled from the University of Ostrava, as well as from lectures at DAMU and other institutions. He has offended everyone and has resigned from everything else; he no longer seeks the Truth with a capital T – artificial intelligence will surely do it for us. The final blow for him was the deletion of his channel, which had a ten-year history: from philosophical lectures to provocative anti-art and childish philosophical theater. To some fans he is a self-centered parasite while for others he is a kind of virtual fiction on the internet that they cannot imagine as part of the shared world. Is there anything left about Dolák that is lovable? Is there anything sacred to him? Crippling loneliness sets in.
In The Outer City (Bayırşəhər), one of Baku’s historically and architecturally significant neighborhoods, large-scale demolition has already begun, placing the city’s memory under threat. For over a year, local residents and architects have been fighting to protect the historic buildings, the urban fabric, and Baku’s unique identity from the excavators’ bucket — yet the scope of destruction keeps expanding day by day. “Beneath the Ruins: The Outer City” is the follow-up to the documentary “Framed: The Outer City.”
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