“Rojin's Dream” chronicles the journey of a disabled couple aspiring to start a family. Faced with the challenge of biological limitations, they turn to adoption in hopes of providing a loving home.
Since I was little, I often heard stories from my grandfather that had a profound impact on my memory because when I was a teenager, my grandfather suffered a stroke that left him unable to speak. Because I was studying abroad, my grandfather and I were separated by miles. The stories my grandfather told me left a lasting impression on me, and I always remember them because I miss him and want to fulfil my promise to him, which makes me long to return home.
Years after the invasion, Cal endures in her underground bunker waiting for signs of human survival. After receiving a radio message telling her the coast is clear, she must decide whether or not she thinks the message is genuine.
Chicago is known, famously, as “the city that works.” But who keeps it working? In a new 60-minute special, CHICAGO WORKS, Geoffrey Baer meets (and helps) the industrious workers across the city and suburbs who operate the Chicago’s moveable bridges, deliver millions of packages, care for the city’s animals, process recycling, operate the Wrigley Field scoreboard, and more. Along the way, he learns why the 2.6 million residents of “the city of the big shoulders,” as Carl Sandburg described it, are regarded as hard-working, tenacious, and resilient with a well-deserved reputation for Midwestern realness and approachability.
The Manggarai Water Gate is a silent witness, absorbing the traces of time that flow with it. It reflects the two eras of colonialism and independence, like a wound that never fully heals, like a current that never stands still. On its banks, two teenagers read the city from what is left behind: drifting trash, fragments of memories, and whispers of change.
A young couple wanders through different corners of a polluted city while struggling with the contradictions of love, desire, and loneliness. Through sarcasm, memories, and emotional tension, they confront each other only to reveal that the real conflict lies not in the other, but in what they cannot accept within themselves.
A group of five high school students become close after a chance meeting in their school parking lot. Over time, their friendships develop and reach a certain stability. Suddenly, the group is disrupted by the untimely death of one of its members. The remaining four are forced to learn what it is to lose something important to you and how to cope with that loss.
The only person who loves cookies more than Santa Claus is Caspian. After Caspian is accused of stealing from Santa, the two cookie connoisseurs clash.
Two unacquainted daughters are forced to kill time together through demystifying pregnancy and watching an adult sitcom as they await their fathers’ return from a night of endless gambling.