When Lyla - a lost and lonely 17 year old girl - meets Marion - a wise and elderly woman with a fountain of wisdom - in a cemetery early one Sunday morning, the two share an unexpected but life changing conversation. Made in association with Screen Cornwall and the BFI Network.
In a forgotten corner of medieval England, Adalira, haunted by the spirit of a unicorn, embarks on a perilous quest with her sister Edith into Acre Hollow - only to be ensnared by ancient folk magic and a descent into something more monstrous than myth.
Heavy rain is expected tonight. In the bustling Xiaobei Road in Guangzhou, people run into each other only for a moment. A beauty salon worker who’s just been left by her husband, a dancer who wants to become a woman, and a migrant boy trying to change his life. The socially outcast strangers are brought together by a fireworks show.
When will you get a boyfriend? Why won’t you eat meat? Why is it like this every year? Why are you always being interrogated about your private life and your weight? A young woman grows tired of the relentless questioning from her relatives. Thankfully, she’s not entirely alone — a loyal and supportive companion is always by her side. Just when she meets a potential partner and appears to be inching toward fulfilling her family’s expectations, a fateful twist shatters her reality.
A hot summer day in Tbilisi. The market is still closed, and the only living presence is the local dogs. With the break of day, truckloads of watermelons arrive, people begin to bustle, farmers haggle. Soon, a new shopping centre will take over this place — a building set to erase the life that still lingers here. As we follow people setting off into their day, through the shifting landscape and the call of mythical sirens, our gaze settles on a single fruit vendor who finds himself in a confrontation between life and death. One life equals one village — or perhaps, the entire country?
Men on the streets get chased by stares. Someone’s walking a chihuahua, someone’s out jogging, but everyone’s uneasy glances are fixed at Petro and Andriy — recruitment officers inspecting military documents, holiday or not. When the officers encounter the freelance IT guy, Sashko, the young man has two requests before he’s taken away: that they stop by the store so he can buy food for his cat, and that he is allowed to bless his Easter bread.
In a dystopian world where soldiers are reduced to numbers, #45 begins to question his march toward an uncertain fate and must choose between obedience and freedom.
Paulo Constantino in O Segredo Dos Djinn 2 (2025) A team of archaeologists return to the mountains of Kaf and find a medallion, which will cause the Guardian of Wishes to return to our world, to take his revenge on the ones who imprisoned him.
A building collapses in Mumbai, tenants film the ruins of their apartments. Cinema switches from celluloid to digital, veterans lament the loss of their craft. A candy store causes traffic jams and is demolished. On a soap opera set, 200 crew members watch as a leopard kills a stray dog.
Rony discovers striking parallels between Google's LaMDA language model and her own mind. Curious about the parallels in the original dialogues, she begins to examine how life, relationships and society mirror her own identity.
In a world where blood and memory intertwine, a seasoned sensei discovers an ancient bracelet said to defy death itself. Desperate for vengeance against his wise brother now a leader who has overshadowed him. The Sensei performs a forbidden ritual to revive two fallen warriors: a pair of blood brothers whose bond was once unbreakable. But when they return, their memories are fractured. They don't recognize each other, their loyalty is uncertain, and the sensei finds himself caught in a storm of violence, betrayal, and confusion. As the brothers show threats of clash in combat, the sensei must make the impossible choice: which of the two will stand by his side to bring down his own flesh and blood. Every strike draws him closer to his revenge, yet every drop of blood reminds him of the cost. In the end, vengeance may come not only with the death of his brother but with the death of the very family he tried to control.
Maria and her people work to reforest their ancestral indigenous territory by transforming an abandoned sewer in their village on the outskirts of São Paulo. As they fight for land recognition rights, their deep spiritual connection with nature and the Guarani Mbya culture empower them to become guardians of Atlantic Forest's last remnants in Latin America's largest metropolis.
At the edge of a silent religious town, Avigail tiptoes between duty and desire. Days before her arranged marriage, she spends her nights in the echoing synagogue halls, sweeping dust beside Hodaya, a girl whose gaze lingers too long. In the glow of candlelight and quiet prayers, a forbidden intimacy blooms.