Mykola and Vasya go in search of their father, who left them when they were children, after they come to know that he is dying in Luxembourg. Kolya considers him a hero, while Vasya thinks he is a scoundrel.
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The majority of jobs that exists today will disappear within a few decades. As technology surpasses human capacity, we have the opportunity to rethink the role of work in our lives. Are we ready for an excess of time? For a work-free existence? Sweeping across four continents, the film describes widely different lives, where some barely spend any time outside of work while others bathe in leisure. Through these stories and characters, we are thrown into the existential tension between that which is and that which could be.
A French couple move to a Galician town in search of a closer relationship with nature. However, a conflict with their neighbours, the Anta brothers, causes tensions to grow until the situation reaches a point of no return.
Spring of 1999. Two friends decide to transform their mopeds into choppers and embark on a journey, looking for freedom and love. On the road, they are joined by a young runaway woman and an old biker. Personal values are tested, God’s purpose unclear, free will questioned. The trip turns into a quest for identity, irrevocably changing their lives.
While searching for her escaped pet Mimi, Romy roams alone through the forest on the outskirts of town, makes exciting discoveries and meets people full of mysteries. Under her curious and critical gaze, the real and the fantastic merge.
One day, Magda, a teenager, offers her necklace to a sick child in the hospital she volunteers for. Her father is certain she is lying, and when she proves her innocence, he is incapable of admitting he was wrong. Their relationship is broken and past decisions have irreversible consequences.
Ana was born on an island. She is a middle child. The three siblings live with their mother and grandmother. As she grew up, Ana realized that girls and boys were given different tasks. Luís, Ana’s best friend, loves dresses as much as pants. Ana admires him. Her friend Cloé arrives from Canada, bringing with her the glowing days of youth. With Cloé, Ana embarks on a journey that will take her beyond the horizon.
Joachim is a mature man who no longer has to prove anything to anyone. He is wealthy and his life has been a success story. A whim of fate puts thirty-year-old David in his path. The young man is a mathematical genius who abandoned a promising business career abroad and is now looking for the right field to use his talents in Poland. Things get complicated when Ola (Julia Latosinska) enters David’s life. Joachim and David are two men at completely different stages of life. What can they learn from each other? How to choose between intellect, faith and love?
Eleven-year-old Lu is living in a foster home when her long-lost mother, Karina, shows up unexpectedly and takes her on a wild road trip in a beat-up sports car – all the way to her grandma in Poland. Lu soon finds out it is all or nothing with Karina when she gets pulled into a Bonnie and Clyde-like fantasy. However, reality quickly catches up with them, forcing them to decide what they are willing to do to stay together forever.
In a small village in Malta, Carmen has looked after her brother, the local priest, for her entire life. When the Church abandons Carmen, she is mistaken for the new priest. Carmen begins to see the world, and herself, in a new light.
Young Icarus lives a happy and humble life in the sculpture workshop of his father, the famous inventor Daedalus. The day he discovers a little boy with a bull’s head who lives hidden in the Royal palace of Knossos, a tender friendship rocks his world.
But when King Minos imprisons the “Monster” in the secret labyrinth built by Daedalus, Icarus loses his only friend as well as his trust in a beloved father. As the handsome Prince Theseus arrives in Crete to kill the Minotaur, Icarus seizes one last chance to save his childhood friend. After a fateful night of death and betrayal, his disillusion culminates in a tragic choice between light and darkness.
A French couple adopt 2 Lithuanian kids. To help them adapt they hire Gabi, a bilingual student. Cultural differences, mismatched attitudes, disparate values and diverse educational methods soon ignite conflicts between the adults.
My Love Affair With Marriage follows Zelma on her 23-year quest for perfect love and lasting marriage set against a backdrop of historic events in Eastern Europe. Told from a woman’s point of view, the film blends historical, biological, societal, and emotional arcs with a lively sense of humor and musical numbers. This animated film for adults tackles the issues of love, gender norms, domestic violence, fantasies and toxic relationships to propel a woman’s journey toward independence and liberation.
Pietro is a boy from the city, Bruno is the last child of a forgotten mountain village. Over the years, Bruno remains faithful to his mountain, while Pietro is the one who comes and goes. Their encounters introduce them to love and loss, reminding them of their origins, letting their destinies unfold, as Pietro and Bruno discover what it means to be true friends for life.
The Eight Mountains is the story of a friendship. Of children becoming men who try to erase the footprints of their fathers, but who, through the twists and turns they take, always end up returning home.
On a remote island off the coast of Ireland, Pádraic is devastated when his buddy Colm suddenly puts an end to their lifelong friendship. With help from his sister and a troubled young islander, Pádraic sets out to repair the damaged relationship by any means necessary. However, as Colm’s resolve only strengthens, he soon delivers an ultimatum that leads to shocking consequences.
Márta, a 40-year-old neurosurgeon, falls in love. She leaves her shining American career behind and returns to Budapest to start a new life with the man. She waits for him in vain at the Liberty Bridge – he does not appear at the rendezvous. Márta starts to search for him desperately, but when she finally finds him, the love of her life claims that they have never met before.
Financial upheaval forces a teenage deaf girl, Valmira 16, to leave her progressive Athens school and return to her father’s struggling island where she is confronted by the danger of prejudice and intolerance, most shockingly — her own.
For her mother’s 60th birthday, Clara, a doctoral student in philosophy, travels from Berlin to the Mecklenburg province and self-determined big-city existence meets family origins. A sensitive social study about home and imprinting, post-reunification traumas and milieus from which one can emancipate oneself but never completely overcome them.
Saint-Omer court of law. Young novelist Rama attends the trial of Laurence Coly, a young woman accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter by abandoning her to the rising tide on a beach in northern France. But as the trial continues, the words of the accused and witness testimonies will shake Rama’s convictions and call into question our own judgement.
Two elderly roommates at a hospice are randomly selected for a Gene-Therapy Trial that rejuvenates their bodies, making them younger. Given a second chance at love, lust and life, with the memories of their past life intact, they now must find their place in a new world that has left them behind.
“Vetelköndija” is a film about being a woman, told through the experiences and work of Kristiina Ehin, Estonia’s most beloved and internationally renowned contemporary poetess.
Carl, 19, lives a quiet life in the Danish countryside with his adoptive parents, who expect him to take over the family farm one day, continuing their traditions. But Carl begins to feel the pull of two worlds – “home” plus his native homeland, South Korea – and the day is fast approaching when he will have to choose.
A misfit teenager, an anxious mother, and a recent widow see their day interrupted by a mysterious natural phenomenon. As their world descends into chaos, the three women struggle to find their place in life.
Victor, a Greek ex-diving champion in his early 20s, lives with his grandmother in a seaside town in Greece. Missing out on his triumph days and tired of working at a furniture factory, his life suddenly changes with his grandmother’s death. Driving an old dusty car, he begins a road trip to Germany. On the boat to Italy, he meets Matthias, an adventurous young German who is on his way home. Matthias persuades Victor to take him along and, as they drive north, Matthias pushes him to come out of his comfort zone and reveal the real reasons behind his trip. Victor’s uptight character clashes with the more free-spirited Matthias. When their journey comes to an end, through the unpredictable turns of life, will their questions find the answers they so much long for?
Tensions rise between restless teenager Julija and her oppressive father Ante when an old family friend arrives at their Croatian island home. As Ante attempts to broker a life-changing deal, their tranquil yet isolated existence leaves Julija wanting more from this influential visitor, who provides a taste of liberation over a weekend laid bare to desire and violence.
Elena is an inspired theater director who loses her ability to have children at the age of 32. Trying therapies to get pregnant and failing to convince her husband Leon, 50, to stay with her in Bulgaria and to keep trying, Elena develops a successful life-transforming theater program for orphans. She is invited to do the same in Kenya, where the number of orphans is massive at the same time, when Leon proposes her to start ‘in vitro’ with donated egg cells. Elena has to choose between her dream of having a child of her own and helping thousands of orphans to start dreaming. Finding her own way, Elena will redefine the word “mother”. Inspired by a true story.
In Belgium today, a young boy and an adolescent girl who have travelled alone from Africa pit their invincible friendship against the difficult conditions of their exile.
An Austrian woman escapes from the pressure of running her family’s vineyard by playing ice hockey. Then a new player arrives to challenge her rigid worldview, leading to a life-changing night on the streets of Vienna.
