Sophie, a young woman torn between independence and duty, attends a Chinese New Year family gathering. When a red packet is exchanged, it uncovers hidden conflicts between generations. As tensions rise, Sophie and her relatives must confront the balance between their personal freedom and cultural traditions. The Red Packet explores themes of love, duty, and unspoken emotions, blending warmth with conflict to reflect on the ties that bind families together.
A romantic anniversary at a hotel goes thoroughly off track for Laura and Marius – in this chaos, there is no space for real passion. With charisma, sharp wit, and a warm undertone, this comedy skewers bourgeois sensibilities while raising the ultimate question: what does it take to spark the missing adventure in love?
A documentary about Olia Poliakova’s journey between fear and inspiration, tracing her personal and professional transformation during the full-scale war. The film follows the story of her concert program of the same name, its songs, emotions, behind-the-scenes moments, and the voices of musicians and audiences alike.
After eight-year-old Zander Rudichelli-Carbinelli III is diagnosed with cancer, his best friend Julie discovers a magical cardboard box that lets her take him on a quest to become "a little bit gangster." Along the way, the two face an ever-growing cast of pirates, convicts, and coppers, as Zander's bucket-list adventure spirals into an unstoppable loving comedy.
A dialogue unfolds, beneath casual words lie quiet truths and unsaid feelings. A story about human connection, unspoken endings and everything we hear in silence. A minimalist exploration of love and distance.
1882: the steamship Savoy sails across the Atlantic Ocean bound for Rio de Janeiro. On board, among the hundreds of Italian immigrants crammed into third class, there are two brothers from Campania who have escaped poverty and are seeking fortune in the New World: Pasquale and Gaetano Segreto. Their younger brother Alfonso, who will join them in 1898 with a Pathé camera, will be one of the pioneers of Cinema, the first to shoot films in Brazil. In a short time, at first selling newspapers and living by their wits, the brothers will become successful entrepreneurs, founding newspapers, amusement parks, cinemas and theatres. But their relationship, over the years, will slowly crumble. After Pasquale's death, a huge fire will definitively put an end to their dream and their empire.
Once inseparable in high school, the three friends drifted into their own lives after graduation—studies, work, the ordinary distance of time. Only when all three gathered did it feel like the group was truly whole. On this night, they came together again. Tomorrow, Hui-An would leave Hualien. There were no farewells, no ceremony—just the quiet end of an evening, and each returning home. Nothing seemed to be taken, and yet, the most precious things lingered with them.
Amir fled from Afghanistan to Germany. He is a chess player. Luck plays a role in life, but not in chess, he says. A cinematic game of chess in three phases.
"Not without my tractor!” demands the child. The father can say whatever he wants. If they have to move from the country to the city, they’re not going without their strong and faithful friend. In the adaptation of the picture book by Finn-Ole Heinrich and Dita Zipfel, the bright red cardboard tractor chugs steadily in stop motion throughout the film. When we see it climbing up the big-city houses, we get an idea of who will have the last word.
A film that explores the layers of memory, archive and the phenomenon of being in the contemporary world. Through personal stories, archival images and jointly created documentary fragments, the film creates a space where the past encounters lost realities.
A young photographer, full of love and life, sees her world transformed by war as she searches for her family and the life she once knew. This poetic short film is a haunting meditation on loss.