As a teenager, Warti carried too much burden: being a mother, the backbone of the family, as well as a victim in her own household. She tried to breastfeed her baby, but stress and malnutrition prevented her from producing milk. Meanwhile, her husband, Supri, is immersed in online gambling and violence. From behind a pile of false eyelashes that she strings together to survive, Warti searches for the strength to make a decision: stay in the toxic household, or leave for a better life for herself and her baby.
Ornithologist Vilius, trapped by guilt and loss, gets himself into a dangerous smuggling business, unexpectedly, this criminal activity forces him to rethink his life and reconnect with his daughter.
Orlando Pantera (1967-2001) was a gifted Cape Verdean musician who died at 33 before releasing his solo album. This film revives his legacy through innovative sound and archival material from his daughter. It features contemporary interpretations by artists like Mayra Andrade and Princezito, highlighting his lasting influence on musicians today.
Berlin, known for its freedom and inclusiveness of diverse subcultures, is a safe haven for many displaced people. But urban life may not provide the best living conditions. Idealistic traveller Moon struggles to find accommodation in Berlin but receives a helping hand from Anna, who is also a Hong Konger anxious about her unstable life. They temporarily stay at the 15-person co-living facility named Hausprojekt ‘K28’. However, this group of migrants—some have experienced social unrest back home and others just want to experience life in a foreign country—are facing eviction. Two women with very different personalities share what they have and face the hardships of life together. The Berlin-based director uses her perspective as an Asian woman to explore the clash between humanism and gentrification. Featuring Golden Horse nominee Elizabeth TANG and artist Sammi MAK in leading roles, the film deromanticises the situation of Hong Kongers living in a foreign land.
Nico, a closeted queer 3rd year architecture-student-athlete must navigate between living up to his strict father's expectations and living as his true self, guided by the presences of a spiritual Anggitay.
Bearing the scars of abuse from a past relationship, Izadora joins a yoga group with her friend Brena. Gradually, Izadora realizes that something evil resides in that place.
One man goes through the same routine day by day with the responsibility of saving the world, but he will discover something that will question everything he's ever known.
A deluded dance instructor drugs his troupe on the night of their final show, claiming the world will end at dawn. As the performance descends into a nightmarish hallucination, one dancer confronts buried trauma and the cult unravelling around her.
Five friends celebrate the growing media visibility of social media witch Lulu, by mocking age-old divination tools, but the fun leads to one of them disappearing. After experiencing inexplicable events, the rest of the group decides to search for the missing person by following the location information shared in a group chat. The journey takes them to the border between reality and unreality, where the natural becomes disturbed and everyday existence becomes threatening. To find the missing person, they must dare to strip themselves of all superficiality and embark on a journey as flawed and imperfect beings. Will that be enough to survive?
We follow several cleaners in their daily battle against dirt. Floors are mopped, toilets scrubbed, a car washed, windows polished and a lawn cleared of leaves. These are everyday, unavoidable and universal forms of cleaning that play an obvious role in everyone’s life. Only here, the setting is highly specific: the car turns out to be a hearse, the lawn a cemetery and the interiors those of a crematorium. The everyday tragedy of cleaning is thus placed in relation to the fundamental tragedy of death.
A cultural worker turned farmer extols the healing power of nature, a sea-diving model tackles marine pollution, a wildlife buff practises ‘wellness photography’, and a real estate agent channels his love of birds into paintings.
A boy and a robot survive in a post-apocalyptic world. They journey into the unknown, driven by a single goal: to find the boy's father. Their journey is a story of friendship, humanity, and the belief that even amidst the ruins, light can be found.
Five years after he left Poshington, Max gets a spooky visit from Angel Gabriél, telling him he must return. Upon his arrival, he discovers a terrifying mystery that plunges him into a time - travelling adventure with the fate of the world in his hands. For one last time, can Max save Britain?
With the population in decline, a traditional way of life is ending in a remote, rundown Bulgarian village. This poetic and at times tragicomic film follows the last remaining inhabitants from the perspective of several domesticated animals. There’s a great deal of attention given to sound, light and movement: an overflowing bucket, sunlight dancing in rustling foliage, the ticking sound of ants on the move, and a cowbell clanging in the wind.