Hikawa Maru Monogatari

Hirayama Jirou has lost his mother in the Great Kanto Earthquake and now runs a soba stall with his father. He decides to join the crew of the famous ocean liner Hikawa Maru and finds work cooking in the ship's galley. Through his eyes, the film explores the ship's 85-year history.

2015-08-22 | ja

Abigail

A lonely and elderly widower struggles to come to terms with the loss of his wife and the circumstances surrounding her death. When he visits her grave, he encounters a little girl who shows him the path to healing and fills him with hope.

2021-03-31 | en

AfterSex

Bathed in the gentle embrace of a rainstorm, Nathan, stirred by an intimate moment with Alex, finds himself compelled to voice the currents of his inner discontent. Amidst the flickering city lights, their souls diverge—one yearning for a love that transcends the physical, the other finding solace in the realm of corporeal passion. Can they navigate the intricate labyrinth of their desires and break free from this cyclical discord, or are they fated to bring a sorrowful conclusion to their tumultuous relationship?

2024-03-17 | en

The Grocer's Son

Antoine Sforza, a thirty-year-old young man, left his village ten years before in order to start a new life in the big city, but now that his father, a traveling grocer, is in hospital after a stroke, he more or less reluctantly accepts to come back to replace him in his daily rounds.

2007-06-15 | fr

Netto

Follows the lives of an unemployed drunk and his son as they struggle to adapt to each other.

2005-05-05 | de

URAI

2021-08-15 | id

Wrong Way

In this short film the director reflects on the feeling of being on the wrong path in your life, that you have no control over your own life. But coming to the conclusion, it's life, we all go through it, and without these moments of fall we don't learn to live.

2024-03-12 | pt

Tiffin

Shanti is born into the life of a maid for a lonely grandmother, Nai Nai, who runs a tiffin food delivery business. Over the years, Shanti grows up with Nai Nai's love and affection despite their social and class differences. Tiffin is a bittersweet story that reminisces about the way things were, examines the way things have become and ponders about the future that lies ahead.

2007-10-01 | en

Anantaram

A young man narrates two conflicting accounts of his life, changing the details and incidents in both, as he slowly approaches madness.

1987-10-01 | ml

Lamb

A poor father lives with his blind son, dog and sheep. When he can't find any food, he is forced to make a hard decision.

2002-02-24 | en

Eat Drink Man Woman

Retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu lives in modern day Taipei, with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. Soon, each daughter encounters a new man in their lives. When these new relationships blossom, stereotypes are broken and the living situation within the family changes.

1994-08-03 | zh

Nathalie: The first and last prom

Christine attends her first and last prom accompanied by Martin Fredericksen

2024-01-26 | es

O Fim de Arsênio Godard

In 1883, in Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian Navy rebelled against the country's government (an episode known as the Navy Revolt). Six months of intense fighting caused incalculable material and human losses. Inside one of the Navy ships, a deserter is captured. The commander punishes the French mercenary with the most unlikely of punishments: the torture of silence.

2013-01-01 | pt

O, Brawling Love!

Two rival acting students are forced to reconcile their differences and play lovers Romeo and Juliet in their final school play, vying for a life-changing prize.

2023-08-24 | en

Gourmet Detective: Roux the Day

Henry is hired to authenticate and purchase a long lost and very valuable recipe book. Soon Henry and Maggie find themselves in a murder mystery where secrets hidden within a treasured book have dire consequences for all who own it.

2020-01-19 | en

The Voyage Of Little Sinbad

Story about the adventures and the friendship of two Japanese-Malaysian boys.

1991-07-20 | ja

Return to Paradise

Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave to pursue careers in New York, but Lewis stays behind to work with orangutans. Two years later, Sheriff and Tony learn that, because of their past actions, Lewis has been arrested for drug possession. With Lewis facing a death sentence, the friends are left with a difficult decision: return to Malaysia and split Lewis' sentence, or let him die.

1998-08-10 | en

It's Alright, It's Okay

A gentle yet troubled college student battles with her abandonment issues as her friendship comes to an end and she relies on the guidance of her therapist to move forward into her next chapter of life.

2023-12-12 | en

Following the Sound

Haru, a bookstore clerk, talks to Yukiko pretending to ask for directions. Haru has detected deep sorrow on Yukiko's face. Meanwhile, Haru has been spending days following Tsuyoshi discretely and checking his expressions.

2024-01-05 | ja

The Lens Within Me

An original semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama very loosely inspired by Max Hechtman's adolescence and college experience as a young filmmaker.

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