The Leisure Seeker

Young love is poisoned by a generations long feud between two noble families.

Joseph Greer is a wealthy businessman in New York City with all the trappings including a prim-and-proper secretary, Jenny McFarlan, who takes dictation during working hours and, at night, minus her eyeglasses, serves as his nightclub companion and mistress. Then his daughter,Beatrice, whom he has never seen, shows up and moves in with him. Beatrice is a grown-up flapper who loves jazz, pool parties, flaunting prohibition and carrying-on in general. Most of her carrying-on is with the family chauffeur and her father does not approve, says so, and fires the chauffeur. His parental-guidance technique backfires as Beatrice ups and elopes with the chauffeur. Later, the father has some problems with his business associates and loses his business and most of his fixtures and disappears. But Beatrice locates him and there is a happy reunion between father and daughter, especially since daughter has brought along Jenny to cheer him up.

Marshall Brooker is a relic hunter for hire. On his latest job, he discovers an ancient mask that seems to possess supernatural powers. Instead of turning it over to his employers, he attempts to hold it hostage until the price is raised. Unfortunately for him, the man paying for his treks into the jungle is Roman Stalnik, a heartless collector of relics, and a man who already knows their power. Now, Brooker must find a way to protect his family and get out alive, before the occult cabal funding Roman gets their hands on the relic.

When the word gets out of a mysterious Bigfoot-type creature, two researchers come to a small town to study and hopefully discover the true nature of the beast. With some help from the locals, the two men to learn that the creature may be a very angry and murderous missing link.

An elderly couple go about their routine of cleaning their gabbeh, while bickering gently with each other. Magically, a young woman appears, helping the two clean the rug. This young woman belongs to the clan whose history is depicted in the design of the gabbeh, and the rug recounts the story of the courtship of the young woman by a stranger from the clan.

On a pilgrimage to Mashad from Tehran, a couple's transportation breaks down, far from any major town. The husband, a photographer, seeks help at a nearby village and encounters a teacher who offers to help. Whilst the husband and teacher go off to find a spare part, the wife, who used to be a teacher, takes over the teaching lessons in the village. It is clear that the children live there, in this strange deserted place, without any men, save the teacher and an old signal guard. As the day draws on, the children help to bring a new hope and life into the wife's heart.

A former communist militant and a "live and let live" man form an unlikely friendship on a park bench, sharing their life stories with humor and heart.

The portrait of a man confronted with absolute solitude after an unexpected tragedy. How can one continue to move forward when everything around us has collapsed?

At the strong insistence of his father, Ushimatsu Segawa conceals his origins from a “buraku” area of low-class “untouchables,” leaving his hometown to serve as an elementary school teacher where he excels and is loved by his students. But he constantly struggles with the secret of his low-birth status and is disturbed by all of the discrimination levelled upon his class. It prevents him from pursuing a romance with Shiho, whom he meets at the temple where he resides, but who descends from a samurai family.

An aging woman and her nurse develop a friendship that inspires her to unearth unacknowledged longing, and thus help her make peace with her past.

George Cabot Jr., the son of a department store owner, enrolls Kristina Nielsen, the store's sports clerk, at a university to use her as an advertisement for their fashion department. She falls for Larry Taylor, a teacher, and gets expelled.

Hojas de Sauco

A depiction of the real story of actor Masaya Oki and his relationship with his adoptive father who adopted him as a son when Masaya Oki was 23 years old. In these days homosexuality was seen as unusual and hidden away from public. A 31 year old actor checks into a hotel in Tokyo, leaving a note with the words "Dad, wait in Nirvana..."

Three different couples navigate the joys, awkwardness, and turmoil of a modern-day small-town relationship.

A man returns to his hometown and a series of dark secrets are revealed.

Luisa’s washing machine has stopped working. After the initial misfortune this will represent, it will actually become her perfect alibi to slip away from her slow daily routine. To her husband, the absence of the washing machine will become a greater absence, Luisa is not home anymore dutifully fulfilling her housewife’s chores.

In a village affected by climate change and scanty rainfall, a blind farmer strikes a deal with the debt recovery agent to save his son from a debt trap.

Two brothers develop a sexual attraction to one another amid the unkind world around them.

Courtney Snow, an author with writer's block, still haunted by the suicide of her best friend while they were in prep school, finds herself teaching at the very same school while trying to get back on her feet. She encounters a young student, Laurel, who seems in every way to be the reincarnation of her best friend from years ago. Laurel seems to know things about Courtney that only dead friend would have known. Is she losing her mind or is it all a cruel hoax?

A woman trapped in a marriage with aging husband she doesn't love, fatally falls in love with another man and gets pregnant.