Plastic Chairs follows Dylan, a recovering addict forced back into a support meeting by his sister after a near-fatal overdose. There, he meets Tom — a man further along the same path, who recognises his own past in Dylan and quietly offers understanding rather than judgment. As stories are shared and silences linger, the film observes the difficult, often invisible act of choosing to stay. Plastic Chairs is an intimate short film about relapse, accountability, and the courage it takes to show up for yourself when it feels impossible. Chloe Webb makes her directorial debut.
Lucas arrives home with a mysterious box he bought from a street vendor. His roommates Mario and Inma don't know what to expect when they click on what's inside the box.
Two brothers argue over what to do with the old house left to them by their late grandfather.
Southerly follows Ada, a young and impulsive musician who flees Melbourne's 2020 lockdown for a coastal property in rural NSW. There, she meets Josh, a washed-up musician living across the road. Sensing an opportunity to reclaim what has already been a disappointing year, Ada persuades the reluctant Josh to help her record music.Through uneasy collaboration and shared isolation, Ada and Josh are forced to challenge each other as well as themselves, ultimately finding the opportunity for the change they both need.
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After the mysterious death of his father inside their newly built house, Nguyễn Văn Ân lives with his mentally deteriorating mother as a series of unsettling supernatural events begin to unfold. In an attempt to uncover the truth, Ân starts documenting everything through a vlog series titled Spiritual Stories in My House (Chuyện tâm linh trong nhà mình). During his investigation, he discovers an ancient talisman buried beneath the foundation and gradually realizes that the house is connected to a Lu Ban curse ritual passed down among construction workers — tied to a rumor that after nine ordinary houses, a mysterious “tenth house” is chosen for a dark purpose never meant to be revealed.
Lágrimas Holandesas
Ceremony is a personal story about fathers and sons, and the overbearing silence which is passed down for generations. After the death of his grandfather, Oliver (21) and his father (50) bring the urn to a cemetery. Seeing his father in distress, Oliver takes the opportunity to acknowledge their distant relationship, attempting to connect.
Isolated from everything and everyone, Marc suddenly gets a surprise visit from someone he hasn't seen in years, and their relationship rekindles as they spend a day in a place they have known all their lives.
Jone and her boyfriend Iker are clearing out her late father’s house. Among the objects and memories, Jone uncovers hidden truths that shake her world. Los Vinilos is an intimate portrait of grief, love, and the secrets that shape us.
Flavio, immersed in the sadness of nostalgia and regret, faces his daily loneliness, seeking solace in the solitary ritual of smoking a cigarette. Each puff becomes a journey back in time, an immersion in a parallel dimension that brings to light the moments shared with Alberto. The warmth of those hugs, the echo of shared laughter and the tears that bathed their cheeks become present, as if they had just happened. Every blurry image that surfaces, every fleeting glance that materializes and every whispered word that resonates reveal the fragile nature of human balance and the profound gravity of the choices that shaped their relationship. But in that very smoke lies a strange consolation, a sense of acceptance that begins to germinate in his heart. He accepts the end of the relationship, with all its painful consequences, and launches himself into a new future, leaving behind what has been and opening his arms to the unknown that awaits him.
Falling behind in class, a parent-teacher conference sends Caius down a pharmaceutical rabbit hole that impacts him for the rest of his life. As he grows, Caius must navigate the complexities of mental health treatment at a time when he's still discovering what 'normal' is.
Adrift in the cold streets, drug dealer Cristo is forced to come to terms with his past, present, and future.
Based on a true story, this film immerses us in the life of Zoe, a young transsexual prostitute who, while living on the margins of society, she maintains an unbreaking hope for love and building a better future. Her journey, marked by violence, discrimination, and loneliness, finds a guiding light in Gina Rodríguez, a trans woman who takes for her the mantle of a maternal role, protecting her and teaching her how to endure in a hostile world. The fragile stability that Zoe had won breaks abruptly when Gina is brutally stabbed. This tragedy not only makes her face the pain of losing a loved one, but also makes Zoe rethink the meaning of her own life, trapped between fear, fury, and the need for justice.
Set in France in 1916, three British soldier's are facing the firing squad for cowardness. As they await their fate they have to overcome their own differences and class as in the eyes of death all men are equal.
Alice, a recently widowed director, is alone on her grief after her daughter leaves home. Alice clings to the only structure she has, a fragile foundation at risk of collapsing: an essay film project, about first loves, dependent on funding. Suddenly we enter in another dimension, another place and without prior notice we are in the film conceived by the director.
Four friends have a quiet dinner, talk, laugh and tell anecdotes; a simple question can change everything.
Struggling to connect with his dad emotionally, DJ is faced with molestation from a close friend of the family. Everything unfolds after a tragic accident.
An ordinary morning. A swimming pool. Two women. The reflection of the water distorts the words as Melina and Renata try to save what still remains. But what is the weight of loving something that no longer fits in the same place?
Justin is caught up in the mundane routine of everyday life. Can anything break him out of the cycle, or like most of us is he doomed to repeat it forever?