Playground

Whispers fill the silence around her, each one a subtle accusation, a reminder of guilt and blame. As a grieving mother struggles to navigate the weight of loss, the whispers grow louder. Will they ever let her find peace?

In 2020, during the pandemic, five friends from Rio Grande do Sul face the difficulties of adolescence. Through art, they seek to find themselves amid the chaos of Covid-19 and mental health problems, finding themselves again after an event that changes their lives forever and tests the meaning of 'growing up'.

Two women–a literature professor and a painter–start to rely upon their friendship as an alternative to their unhappy relationships with the men in their lives.

17-year old Sarah, filled with adolescent angst, is an extreme person who in her rehearsals with a theatre group is transformed until she is almost in a trance, and her performances at home or elsewhere verge on excess. A cold, intellectual father, a timid mother, a younger sister and an older brother who has left home complete the picture: a silent time bomb.

A son in denial of a serious illness. A mother facing the unbearable. And between them a doctor fighting to do his job and bring them to acceptance. The three of them have one year and four seasons to come together and understand what it means to die while living.

ECHO

During an evening after high-school, friends Josh and Robbie come to realise their outlooks on life are not as similar as they once were.

Quem de mim se foi?

Two friends, whose paths diverged after primary school, unexpectedly cross paths in a library. The encounter forces them to confront their shared past.

During a year, a very content couple approaching retirement are visited by friends and family less happy with their lives.

A lonely young widow lives with her son following an immutable order: while the boy is in school, she cares for their apartment, does chores, and receives clients in the afternoon.

Gypo Nolan is a former Irish Republican Army man who drowns his sorrows in the bottle. He's desperate to escape his bleak Dublin life and start over in America with his girlfriend. So when British authorities advertise a reward for information about his best friend, current IRA member Frankie, Gypo cooperates. Now Gypo can buy two tickets on a boat bound for the States, but can he escape the overwhelming guilt he feels for betraying his buddy?

The film begins with what initially seems like a simple event – a fifth-grade student, Azqar, losing his diary. A few years later, in the ninth grade, the emotional turmoil of a teenage girl who loses her diary again serves as the backdrop for depicting the contrasting and dramatic moments of her high school life.

College friends whose lives are at a crossroads decide to spend a year in Europe, working in Thai restaurants, and trying not to get deported.

A young man struggles with contemplating mortality a year after the passing of a loved one.

For a poet with a gift for crafting words into barbs, Stevie Smith lives a relatively conventional life. Sheltered in a London suburb, she spends her days engaged in tedious housework, crafting verse and conversing with her aunt. But while her body may be committed to drudgery, Stevie's mind is constantly trying to break free, which causes her to rail against religion and middle-class values, and prevents her from finding happiness with a man interested in her.

A young Māori boy's fascination with war comics hits closer to home than he ever imagined.

Harry Coombes is a retired teacher in his 70s who has lived in the Upper West Side of New York City all his life. When his building is torn down to make way for a parking garage, Harry and his beloved cat Tonto begin a journey across the United States — visiting his children, seeing a world he never seemed to have the time to see before, making new friends, and saying goodbye to old friends.

A mushroom embarks on an epic adventure to find its purpose in life.

Prequel to the Henry James classic "Turn of the Screw" about the events leading up to the deaths of Peter Quint and Ms. Jessel, and the slow corruption of the children in their care.