The shop sales have decreased since they were unjustly accused of selling a meringue in bad condition. Therefore, Mentxu organizes a surprise party to her sister Laura, responsible for the establishment. However, what seemed like a support meeting does not develop as expected. The surprise party becomes an exercise of trust.
When Miren recognises Elena, who is driving a rental car, she starts chasing her on the road.
A man, a woman and their young daughter live together in an apartment in the Basque Country. Domestic chores and everyday gestures are superimposed onto lush, green landscapes. The filmmakers and their stand-ins reinterpret fragments of a diary. Music fills the house while children's drawings come to life. Combining quiet observation and moments of fantasy, This is a film about support, heredity and the invisible little labors which sustain us.
In Ahmedabad, Isabel gives an animation workshop to a group of temporary tattoo artists, the Mehndi. She interviews them about their dreams: to fly, a women's parliament, travel to Switzerland, and claiming independence through rap.
1990 was the year the first letter was written. Through the writings of a broken woman, from this letter and the others that followed, the puzzle of a fragmented mind is built. Clinging to the memories that haunted and comforted her, she tries to rebuild her broken identity, confessing her most secret thoughts to the great loves that she has lost: her husband and her daughter.
Fifty-seven is the number of net-makers working on the Basque Country's coastline, a traditional task the women still carry out as if time had stopped. They weave the nets non-stop with their salty hands, in silence. They form part of the sea and its mystery. A boat in distress breaks up the night, the beam from a lighthouse illuminates the entire scene, a seafarer has been sent off course by the thoughts of water, and hands dance and dance until they melt into the nets.
June finds her first summer job: taking care of Constance, a sensitive little girl who suffers from a lack of affection. The child soon learns to trust her and June gets her hopes up thinking that maybe she can be her nanny for the whole year. But just as her bond with the child grows stronger, she discovers how harsh class differences can be and what rejection can feel like.
Maria Callas made her Paris debut with this legendary performance at the Paris Opéra on December 19th, 1958, for one night only. It was a major social event, attended by “Le Tout Paris”. The repertoire in this performance shows Callas at her best, both in recital and as an operatic actress. Visual elements were as important as the vocal dimensions in her art. Meticulously restored from the recently discovered original 16mm reels and a newly discovered sound source – this is an opportunity to experience this historical performance as never before.
On a handmade set recreating her Casablanca neighborhood, a young Moroccan filmmaker enlists family and friends to help unearth the troubling lies built into her childhood.
Annie just graduated college. As she falls into an aimless summer, she finds herself entangled with Tyler, a woman she meets at a bar and Danny, Tyler's co-worker or best friend or…? Annie can never tell. The film follows Annie through a summer of self-discovery as she, Tyler, and Danny each battle for unrequited connection, ultimately helping Annie find her voice in desire and independence.
Seven stories. One city. A disparate group of characters fill out this darkly comedic anthology of New Yorkers at their wits’ end. When the dailiness of urban life is suspended by an unforeseen conflict, each character must make a decision. While the outcomes vary, a unified sense of the city emerges: New York becomes a mirror to the ego, reflecting our true character, while the rest sink to the bottom.
Founded in 1930 in central France, the Troisgros family restaurant has been holding 3 Michelin stars for 55 years over four generations. Michel Troisgros, the third generation to head the restaurant, has turned over the responsibility for the cuisine to his son César, the 4th generation of Troisgros chefs. From the market to pick fresh vegetables, to a cheese processing plant, a vineyard, an organic cattle ranch to the garden supplying the restaurant, Wiseman embarks us on a mouthwatering and sense-pleasing journey into the family’s three restaurant kitchens.
Days after giving birth to a stillborn baby, Robin’s breasts start to produce milk. Unable to throw the milk away, Robin takes the unusual decision to donate her milk. As her quest for a place to donate becomes more difficult than anticipated, more and more milk starts to crowd her freezer, relationship and life.
After a long trajectory with We Are Standard, Bilbao composer and producer Jon Aguirrezabalaga adopted the name Zabala to produce his most personal project. His new role as alchemist of ultra-organic electronics enables him to play around with the limits of oniric and real concepts, moving into territories with a strange and unusual beauty in total harmony with the found footage which Núria Giménez transformed into the marvellous Mexican Bretzel.
Alberto, a writer paralysed by indecision, constantly abandons his works. He feigns a journey, relocating within his house to spy on friends' reactions. His own tale merges with a sailor's adventures in a foreign port, blurring reality and fiction. Ultimately, he's consumed by his narrative, becoming a universal outcast. In a way, this is a story about impossible returns.