In Nazi Germany, the young, closeted Ben fears for his own safety as he learns that the world he lives in is about to become even more dangerous for him and his openly gay best friend.
Duda is a young girl of 13 years intrigued by her mother's work. Beside a new friend, she starts walking at night, and crosses a border with no return.
An irresponsible young man in conflict with his mother wakes up one day and to his surprise, no-one he knows can recognize him, except for a local bread hawker..
A heart-thumping tale told in 24 hours that dives deep into the lives of a law enforcement agent, a young man and some rogue elements. It explores the seedy underbelly of rogue law enforcement officers and the atrocious results as they collide head on with a frustrated young man and a conflicted member of the police force. It’s a race against time in a haze of palpable tension, a powder keg tethering on the brink of imminent combustion.
Fai and her mother wait hopefully for help from her father, who has traveled far to the big city to seek aid from those in power to save their family from the encroaching wildfire. Meanwhile, her mother is teaching Fai to dance as an angel to ask for blessings from the gods, believing that the wildfire is a divine punishment from the heavens.
When the US embassy opens the green card lottery visa, Assad writes hundreds of stories about imaginary families running away from the war and submits them. When one of the stories is accepted, Kamal, a repatriated Somali-American, helps him to find the right characters for the embassy interviews. The two have sent hundreds of fake families to the US but now their scam is about to be discovered.
It tells the story of three women living in the same compound, experiencing different forms of assault from the men around them. 24-year-old Rolake Dabiri, who is amongst these women decides enough is enough as she speaks up and revolts against these men.
Jada is 7 years old. Jada lives alone on Venice Beach. By following her through a day in her life, the story of who she is, why she is there, and who the man is that has come looking for her unfolds.
Three stories revolving around 3 elements: the painting, the sofa and the comet. The 3 chapters that compose it are also linked together by these elements that give the entire film a circular structure, just like the sad fate of Sisyphus who was condemned to push a huge stone to the top of a hill.
Habib and his 15 year old son Ahmed from his previous marriage, are brought together by Habib’s worsening state of health. Habib’s political past during the dictatorship in Tunisia is dangerously affecting his present. The roles are reversed, Ahmed has to protect his father and try to keep him safe. Habib and Ahmed find themselves in a chaotic position that neither is prepared for.
The young father of the family kills his wife and daughter. He realizes that punishment is inevitable, and he can't turn. Oleg decides to avoid punishment and die voluntarily. In the forest, not far from the house, he decides to hang himself, but the wire didn't hold the weight of the chubby killer. After that, Oleg finds a more insidious way to end his life.
In the final months of World War II, 14-year-old Seita and his sister Setsuko are orphaned when their mother is killed during an air raid in Kobe, Japan. After a falling out with their aunt, they move into an abandoned bomb shelter. With no surviving relatives and their emergency rations depleted, Seita and Setsuko struggle to survive.
Ha, who is 40 and pregnant, decides to confront her husband’s secret lover but the showdown leads to a sticky situation that leaves her with a bittersweet realisation.