After his mother’s death, Cipri takes over the family business: the California Hostel. There, he meets Maribel, a guest with a broken heart. Both try to cope with their pain as life at the hostel goes on.
Veteran British animator and Oscar-winner Bob Godfrey describes how he got started in Animation and the losses of one era ending and the excitement of a new one beginning.
Marc Isaacs makes a deal with The Synthetic Sincerity Lab, an AI research project affiliated with the University of Southern England. There, researchers are investigating the possibility of teaching AI characters authenticity, using characters from Isaacs’ documentaries to do so. In return, they allow Isaacs to film the process.
Longtime resident Cynthia Yee embarks on an open-hearted walking tour of Boston’s Historic Chinatown in all its vibrancy—welcoming neighborhood newcomers while boldly confronting ghosts of her past with the help of an unexpected local compatriot: optimistic college student Gwen.
Freshly fired, grieving his Pop Pop, and stuck in his parents' house, Johnathan is down bad. That is, until he stumbles upon a wild revelation: he's a descendant of Johnny Appleseed. With nothing to lose and a legacy to claim, Johnathan sets out to follow in the American folk hero's footsteps.
Ecological interdependence, co-creation, resilience and collaboration in nature – these are the topics dealt with in this documentary film, viewed against the backdrop of our increasingly threatened environment. Beyond the poles of nostalgia and techno-futurism, the film’s impressive images provide an insight into natural processes and systems. Dead forest in Central Europe is becoming living forest again. Floating beds in Bangladesh are taking on climate change. In the dunes of China’s desert regions, thousands of people are working on the largest renaturalisation project in the world. In the Danube Delta between Romania and Ukraine, old dams from the Soviet era are being dismantled so that a European wetland can once again become a biodiverse natural landscape. Nature as a role model and a potential game changer for future-oriented, innovative adaptation strategies? This film highlights some successful approaches to tackling our current ecological challenges.
In the final phase of a trauma study, Maddy films her first nights alone since the incident, but as she records, the feeling of being watched returns...
In the quiet English suburbs of Oak Valley, something is afoot… When a local couple’s irreplaceable dining table mysteriously vanishes, the village becomes the centre of a gripping criminal investigation. Detective Inspector Armoire is on the case (and grateful for something to do), but can he find the culprit? In a series of local interviews and dramatic reconstructions, Laura Eccles, Oak Valley’s local community librarian, reveals the truth behind the missing furniture in this exclusive exposé.
A poor girl named Mira enters a competition to hunt the Men’sia Kijank, a mythical creature believed to be a child-abducting monster. She is driven by the desire to cure her ailing mother. However, during the hunt in the Kelam Mountain forest, she is confronted with a dilemma when the creature appears before her in the perfect image of her mother. This encounter leads her to the realization that not all humans are humane, and not all monsters are monstrous.
The Freaks of Laurel Creek (TFOLC) would be a half-hour young adult animated fantasy dramedy that follows three dysfunctional teens who must learn to work together and embrace their inner "freak" as they investigate the mysterious cryptids plaguing their quiet Appalachian town.
"Still With Us" is a fictional documentary-drama that follows the story of Violet Kingsley, a young woman whose life is drastically altered by a car accident that leaves her in a coma. Through interviews with friends and family, as well as videos recorded by them in the hope of her recovery, the film explores the profound impact of the event. It is a reflection on friendship, memory, and the attempt to keep the presence of a loved one alive.
When Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, it triggered Europe's largest movement of refugees since World War II. According to the UN Refugee Agency, roughly one third of Ukraine's population is displaced. This film follows three Ukrainian girls, Iryna, Sasha and Masha and their families over the course of a year as they attempt to build their new lives in Estonia.