Interweaving the personal and the collective, this film follows the echoes of a painful past—the burning of Kurdish villages in 1990s Turkey—and explores how these memories, captured through a family album, ripple across generations.
The film centers on Takuji Takahashi, the third-generation chef-owner of Kinobu, who honors the deep roots of Japanese cuisine while boldly reimagining its future. A practitioner of Noh theater for over 20 years, Takahashi brings its disciplined intensity and calm precision into his high-pressure kitchen, crafting dishes that are as delicate as they are inventive. As a trained sommelier, he also collaborates with a Japanese winemaker to develop wines that pair seamlessly with his cuisine.
In a small kitchen rich with memory, Lucia teaches her daughter Mariana how to make pollo guisado, a cherished family recipe passed down from generations upon generations.
As they cook, Lucia shares stories of her childhood, weaving together food, family, and culture in every simmering pot. What begins as a lesson in cooking becomes something much deeper—a quiet ritual of connection, memory, and love. As time passes, Mariana finds herself returning to the recipe, now carrying the weight of legacy in her own hands.
In a forgotten corner of medieval England, Adalira, haunted by the spirit of a unicorn, embarks on a perilous quest with her sister Edith into Acre Hollow - only to be ensnared by ancient folk magic and a descent into something more monstrous than myth.
On a quiet afternoon, four desperate youths invade the house of a lonely old woman in search of money and food. But their improvised theft quickly spirals into something far more sinister: a silent human hunt.
Manuela suffers from a lung disease that forces her to wear a respirator to provide her with oxygen. She’s socially isolated and manages her internal rage by drawing comics. One day, her apartment complex hires a new janitor: Hakim, a penniless immigrant whom Manuela befriends.Whitewash looks at the pressure felt amongst Iranian immigrants in Canada to change their given names to Western names to increase their chance of getting a job, and the consequences that develop due to this act of cultural and identity erasure. The film examines the extent of discrimination against immigrants and asks how race can contribute to the rates of unemployment for some communities in Toronto and what it will take to create equality in the workplace.
The Haunting Within begins with a woman (Shannon Sullivan) waking in her pajamas on an empty street—no memory, no direction, just the creeping sense that something is wrong.
A Muslim girl living in central China begins to question the religious and familial restrictions that shape her life. In an attempt to challenge the taboo of altering the body, she decides to get a tattoo — but her rebellion against the idea of “sin” unexpectedly gives rise to another kind of “sin” that visits her in return.
What Remains of Him is a tense, morally charged short film about obsession, vengeance, and the haunting cost of grief. Ten years after witnessing his mother’s death in a hit-and-run, David has spent every waking moment preparing to destroy the man responsible
After narrowly avoiding a car crash, a sleep deprived drifter decides to find a place to get some shuteye. But when he finds every hotel is booked, overnight parking is restricted, and people just keep telling him he needs to move his car, getting a good night's rest proves harder than it sounds.
In the summer of 1998, eight-year-old Mostafa shares dreamy movie nights with his father and dreams of filmmaking. A birthday video camera fuels his passion, until a tragic accident shatters his world. Clinging to memories, he turns to film, while his mother urges him to let go.
A surreal birthday spirals into chaos when a cousin ends up dead. As lies unravel, the party becomes a darkly comedic descent into family, guilt, and denial
Martha is searching for her lost dog in the dark countryside of Cornwall. She stumbles upon an isolated farmhouse, where two strange and cryptic men reside. As the night unfolds, Martha uncovers their disturbing secret.
Leave No Traces documents the journey of a cargo ship at sea, a continuous process occurring in the background of daily life. The film follows its route through open waters, ports, and industrial zones.
Alex has a degree in computer science, but enters the job market just as automation is eating away all his potential career opportunities. After being mysteriously hired for a job through Craigslist, he begins to question where the job came from.