In his tower-block apartment in New Lodge, Joe reenacts memories from his childhood amidst the “Troubles”. In this Catholic area of Belfast, the number of deaths was tragically significant. Joe is joined by neighbours Jolene, Sean, Angie, and others, all willingly participating in this process of revisiting the collective memories that shaped their lives and the district they live in.
To rescue his daughter, an unstable Special Forces veteran unleashes his inner beast as he pursues her kidnappers — and soon becomes a suspect himself.
Julia always said that her upbringing as a biological child in a foster family was a happy time. But something is wrong. In The Foster Family, we follow director Julia's journey back in time, where she, together with her parents Ewa and Lennart and the foster child Patrik, recollect the shocking events that changed their lives over thirty years ago. The children are at the center of this strong, touching and warm documentary about a system where you can love, but not too much.
A neglected daughter becomes a possessive mother in an emotional journey into the heart and mind of a woman who loved too much.
Quatro em Linha
Filippo returns to the Ticino dance school where the desire to dance was awakened in him as a child. He traces his relationship with dance, from childhood to adulthood.
Jérôme was sexually abused as a child by a priest. In a deeply personal film, he tries to search for clues in his memories and come to terms with the complicity of his former social environment.
Second short film by Andrea Campos, about a teenager who tries to combat her mother's compulsive alcoholism with the help of her stepfather. Kind of experimental.
An examination of Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients diagnosed with hysteria, using the radical technique of hypnosis.
Nicholas Nickleby, a young boy in search of a better life, struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his coldheartedly grasping uncle.
Le Banc
A short film, based on a series of poems, about childhood, the break with parental, and war.
Haunted by memories of his father murdering a family, Arlis Sweeney prefers to keep to himself, focusing his energy on his work. One day, the traumatic past that eats away at him returns when he meets Kay Davies, a woman connected to the bloody event. Against all odds, Arlis and Kay fall in love; however, when his father, Roy, reappears in his life -- with the coldhearted Ginnie in tow -- Arlis must deal with his past demons.
Two nieces, Tilda and Harriët, meet again after a long time. But now, a rat named Erebos has come between them.
While her mother is expecting their second child, young Thi befriends club waitress Ngoc who has just moved into their family′s house as a tenant. As their friendship grows, she finds out that Ngoc is an undisclosed sex worker. Meanwhile, the story is silently observed by an art book featuring female nudes by painter Tamara de Lempicka, stolen from a bookstore.
Cecilia embarks on a challenging new chapter, balancing the roles of both partner and carer for her husband, Albert, who is living with young-onset Alzheimer’s disease.
A man on the verge of marriage is haunted by traumatic memories from his childhood.
At an all time low in her personal and professional life, young architect Charlotte stumbles upon a mysterious structure in her backyard.
A depressed young man finds comfort in reliving the memories he had with a video game from his childhood.
Way Back Then