The short film portrays Clara and Lucas’s final moments together before she moves to London and they part ways forever. While Lucas still has hope for their relationship, Clara sees things very differently.
Across the Pacific drift five continents; there lie two lands that start with C: China and Colombia. In one I was born, in the other my grandmother. Her people, that run away of her lands to live without smiles; mine, once enslaved, sang to die smiling. Both of us learned to accept what belongs to neither here nor there—she, for crossing coasts for a husband who died; I, for being her grandson, bearing my grandfather’s name.
S. writes to Juan, who is deeply asleep. She reflects on images and cinema, and a piece of advice from a director she admires challenges her and all her previous work. Determined to find an idea behind the images she has recorded so far, S. wanders among materials, her own archive of images and sounds, internet browser tabs, western films and Japanese short stories. S. compiles all these thoughts and findings into a letter, hoping to deliver it to Juan when he wakes up.
While searching through archives, director Viktor Aguilar Luna came across dozens of VHS tapes containing recordings of his childhood filmed by his paternal grandfather, Victor Hugo Aguilar.
Antumalen, a young Mapuche singer from Isleña, is organizing a festival with her community in the Lake Ranco area to defend free-flowing waters. Music will help them convey their sense of struggle to conserve the lake basin they inhabit.
A Florida scavenger named Dewey Shawn accepts a strange barter from a button-obsessed recluse, leading him to a deserted drive-in where a final exchange with the "one who waits below" threatens to cost him more than he bargained for.
"Impossible is not possible" is the motto of De Klomp: a community support centre co-created by the people of Leeuwarden-Oost. For them, it is more than just a meeting place. It's their home - a home they are now being forced to leave. A permanent location has yet to be found, but for now, they've moved into another temporary home: 't Hertje down to the old Cambuur soccer stadium.
In Hart van De Halm, director Saskia Jeulink captures the farewell of the 112-year-old strawboard factory De Halm in Hoogkerk. Three former employees return to the place that shaped their lives—not only as individuals, but also as part of a close-knit community. While the past echoes through the halls one last time, a lasting memory is being built. A moving film about farewell, connection, and legacy.
The Reindeer Journals. Lapland is something else−just one of those heartbreakingly beautiful places. There is a philosophy there called Allemansratten which simply means, we have the right to roam, that everyone shall have access to nature and wilderness, rivers, and oceans. You can climb mountains, pick mushrooms, throw down a bedroll and a tent, swim in stunningly clear lakes, fish, navel gaze the true meaning of life, and ramble to your heart’s content, as long as you are respectful and loving to the earth and others. Amen to that. This film is an ode to friendship and simple living, running wild along rivers and in the Arctic Circle. And the fish, pike, salmon, grayling, and wild trout for miles. These days, the reindeer need our help to keep the earth steady at the helm, so there is plenty to do ahead. We all know that. Here’s to the surreal places waiting for us if we have the heart to go. See you out there.
‘Shared Table: Regional Heroes’ is a heartfelt tribute to everyday heroes whose stories enrich regional Australia through inclusion, resilience, and shared identity.
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