The Bus Stop

Tara is denied electricity bill support by Social Services, who tells her to simply get a free grill instead - a task that leads Tara into uncomfortable situations. Inspired by true events, "Grill" offers a satirical look at how a rich country in Scandinavia deals with poverty.

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After her brother's death, a teenage girl must find healing by recounting memories of music and origami.

In this coming-of-age story, a once-close mother-daughter relationship takes a tumultuous turn as they navigate the challenging journey of growing up. As the daughter blossoms into her own person, clashes between the two ignite like never before, creating an explosive dynamic that forces both to confront their own vulnerabilities and ultimately find a new understanding of each other.

A baby polar bear searches for his missing mother, while a force much colder than the frozen tundra searches for him.

Origini

Leo is an average guy in his early twenties, living a chill life, until he notices something strange while taking a shower. Being diagnosed with testicular cancer, he is confronted with his vulnerability and the finiteness of life.

Gilberto leaves his home on the last day of his father's life, travelling around the city in search of the places that were meaningful to him: his old house, the museum where he worked, and the streets of a very lively city. This escape becomes a reconstruction of the father, a journey through memory and a farewell.

Mira, mid fifties has a set schedule every day. Mira wakes up, brushes her teeth, drinks tea, does yoga, and goes to the market every day. She wears the helmet everyday everywhere, in the house, outside the house. Why? Is she crazy, senile or just over the edge?

After adopting a new dog, the owner quickly realizes he's signed up for more than he bargained for.

Hans is thirty, a Kreuzberg resident, a bike messenger, an ex-boyfriend, a son. “Luftleerer Raum” chronicles a typical day in his life. He works, hangs out with friends. But in reality, he’s trying to escape a sad truth by hiding behind the illusion of everyday life.

The night in a big city. A young woman walks alone on a bridge, her gaze unfathomable. She stops, hesitates briefly, then jumps to her death. Under mysterious circumstances, Mara survives the jump and wakes up dazed in hospital. The doctors are strangely reserved when she calls her boyfriend Janis. Mara flees home from the hospital, but finds a completely changed apartment where another woman has taken her place and throws Mara out of the apartment. It slowly becomes clear that no one recognizes Mara, she seems to have completely "fallen out of the world".

Zaina's bake sale hobby turns into a lifestyle choice that could force her to choose between her father and a young man.

Psychology Counselor

Impatientes

Set in a quaint town in Maharashtra - Palghar. We follow Jeet, a young documentary filmmaker as he spends the day with Mrs. Deshpande & Tulika, her young niece. Mrs. Deshpande is a widowed science professor grieving the death of her young son. The unlikely trio strike a friendship as they express some of their deepest fears. A few unexpected and uncomfortable conversations take place that changes their outlook towards life forever.

Inspired by Katherine Anne Porter’s short story “The Rope," this slice of life film portrays the struggle of a writer in dealing with his darkest fears after his wife's tolerance finally breaks, showing him their life’s stark reality.

In hopes of building a closer relationship, a girl sits down with her mother, seeking to hear her experiences and aspirations growing up. What starts as a revisit of her mother’s past turns into a revelation about love and the weight of unspoken needs.

Doretha goes out for her evening drink at her local watering hole when a news story dredges up old memories.

Living out of a motel, 15-year-old Tommy makes a drastic decision in order for her siblings to escape the heat before the summer’s over.