The Night That Holds You

A boy traverses through thoughts of past, present, and future on a contemplative trip through the city.

An isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as seasons and years pass by.

A woman returning from an overseas volunteer posting takes the ferry home to her mother. A bittersweet tale on love, family and global warming.

A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.

After a series of unexpected UFO crash landings on the planet Earth, a large portion of life slowly and mysteriously went extinct. We follow a man that struggles for survival, as he gathers items needed for the impending winter. Outside of personal video logs and the philosophical ramblings of a former human survivor, the man seems to wander the world without contact from other humans.

Indulging in frivolous passions and contemplating the essence of being, a young woman reflects her feelings that seem to be doomed and rejuvenating at the same time.

A pleasant drive through a countryside is filled by melancholy as unpleasant memories surface.

A woman meditates on her life in an 80-minute unbroken zoom shot.

A switchman at a seaside railway witnesses a murder but does not report it after he finds a suitcase full of money at the scene of the crime.

Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the locals, who include a doctor and three couples, await a cash payment offered in the wake of the shuttering. Irimias, a villager thought to be dead, returns and, unbeknownst to the locals, is a police informant. In a scheme, he persuades the villagers to form a commune with him.

As the sun begins its descent, time seems to stand still.

Contemplative and almost without dialogues, the film shows the routine of inhabitants in a city: a young woman who lives alone; an eldery that lives in the street, next to the river; a police officer; customers in a bar; two students. Little by little, through flashbacks, the plot connects these characters.

"Protected by the mountains that surround the neighbourhood, on the outskirts of the city of Sabará, Brazil, a group of young people are having fun on their motorcycles on a dead-end viaduct known by the residents of the region as ramal ferroviário".

A grieving young inventor finds solace in repairing an antique typewriter.

We all have dreams and most of people give up before achieving them. Le rêve is about mistakes don't matter. The important thing is to get up afterwards, to fight to get back on track and make our dreams come true.

In a rainy afternoon drive, a man embarks on a journey through his memories. As he questions his faith, the line between past and present begins to blur, leading him into a maelstrom of fragmented images.

A filming exercise becomes a memory of young Nico's crush and fall for his classmate, Iris.

"When the wax that inhabits the soul is deeply and abundantly, tenderly and sufficiently kneaded, every thing that is transmitted through the channel of sensations will be engraved in the heart of the soul” - Socrates

For Sarah, her past has become a blur but she can’t shake the feeling that something horrible is locked away in her memories. Drawn back to her childhood home by a strange force, Sarah pieces together her past to unveil the truth behind the fate of her younger sister.

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