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A lonely competitive eater turns to a condescending mentor to push him to his absolute limit for a hot dog eating contest.
An intimate vérité portrait of a former racehorse rescued from slaughter, whose journey back to herself reveals the powerful ties of herd and motherhood—and the inner lives of horses beyond sport.
A young female therapist at a psychiatric ward in the ‘80s encounters a patient whose symptoms lead her to question what is real and what isn’t working in the field.
A young woman is plagued by a recurring dream of a mysterious house.
In the war-torn Europe of 1944, a woman sees her life fall to pieces as she is forced to choose between her treacherous husband and an enemy officer.
Charlotte Wells drops into the YWCA of the Greater Capital Region to visit Paula Spiro, a legendary drummer and drum teacher (whose former students include Luscious Jackson drummer and original Beastie Boy Kate Schellenbach). Having left New York in 2024, the elderly Spiro recalls her life in the city with wonderment and an unerring sense of rhythm, in a tribute to the artists and queer elders being pushed out of the place they shaped.
A German expat in Madrid helps her undocumented best friend with her citizenship, but not in the way either of them expected.
HÅNDEN PÅ HJERTET is a psychological drama about family man KARL (40), who on paper has it all: a wife, a child and a respected job as a schoolteacher on a quiet island. But beneath the surface, he is losing touch with himself. Driven by a fragile self-image and a growing unease, he begins to act against the very life he has built. What starts as an attempt to hold on to control escalates into a spiral in which Karl will do anything to save the story of himself – even if it means others have to bear the consequences.
In the early 1990s, a group of misfit teenagers clashed with the vision skiers had for their mountains—they ended up revolutionizing snowboarding through the highly-controversial WHISKEY videos. Their story is one of excess, irreverence and rebellion—with a wake of triumphs and tragedies that put snowboarding on the map of the mainstream. They revolutionized winter sports as a whole, with a cultural impact so massive that it ultimately helped spawn the creation of Jackass. But that's not the real story here. In the present day, as these iconic teenagers are now nearing their 60s, they have the benefit of hindsight and years of introspection. What made them turn to a lifestyle that is so self-destructive? What formed this bond they all share that's lasted through 30+ years of friendship? The truth of it is a revelation—what starts as a documentary about modern snowboarding's creation turns to a treatise on how childhood shapes and follows us into adulthood.
For more than a year, people have been protesting every evening in front of the Georgian parliament against the autocratic regime of the ruling party »Georgian Dream«. A community without leadership, united by the hope for a future in Europe and the independence from Russia, but divided on how to get there. While the government tries to keep the protesters under control with police violence, heavy fines, and pressure on the judiciary, the protesters call out the names of political prisoners every evening. One of the demonstrators is the twelve-year-old Aguna, roaming the protest ground on his own. The story of a child whose childhood is taken away by adults – and who therefore declares himself an adult. A claim Aguna will not let anyone take away from him.
Two former lovers reconnect under candlelight.
DR. HAFNAOUI is a medical examiner who falsifies autopsy records every time he is ordered to do so by an organization whose power is extended. One day, by chance, the code received relates to a person so close to him. Surprise, astonishment, emotions, the discovery of the body which is in his hands pushes him to question!. What a life? What future? What values? What destiny. TO FOLLOW because destiny is sometimes a fatality.
In this personal documentary, L.A. Alfonso turns images gathered on his phone into an encounter with memory, discovering that love has been the impulse behind his constant filming. Told through a voice reading the filmmaker’s words and composed for the vertical frame, the film explores family, distance, and the possibility of holding cinema in your hand.
A woman who suffers with misophonia has to endure a loud crisp eater on the train.
Ahmad and Fatemeh are a brother and sister who are dreamers and have set out to realize the biggest dream of their lives—a dream that, although considered impossible by everyone else, they want to make come true through the power of their will.
Cho, a Korean immigrant in Paris, lives in a studio apartment that is suddenly invaded by Gregory, a pigeon born in Paris, who in sists on living with her. A heated argument unfolds about residency, permits, birth, and rights, and neither of them backs down. Or wins.
In the late-night streets of Yokohama, Japan, a male prostitute encounters a film director. He boldly offers himself for an audition, only to be confronted with the haunting question: "What is love?" In the heart of downtown Tokyo, a same-sex couple who have been together for seven years find the spark in their relationship fading. They decide to invite a third person to join them, unaware that the arrival of this mysterious stranger will irrevocably transform their lives. Inside an adult cinema, a "money boy" in the back row meets a middle-aged married man in the front. Their transaction carries a hidden undercurrent of danger. In the vast expanse of the city, these young men are struggling to survive, wavering in their pursuit of affection. But in the end, what does true love really mean?
The film shows how Renato Freitas breaks into the spaces of institutional power, going head-to-head with corrupt political bosses and fighting radically for the lives of all people. We go behind the scenes of these clashes, the persecution, and the resistance strategies of one of us in power.
Aviva is excited to bring James to his first Passover Seder, until her parents admit that grandma has no idea that her potential future grandson-in-law isn’t Jewish. Determined to keep the peace, Aviva’s family attempt to pass James off as ‘one of us’.