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A listless suburban matriarch has a torrid affair with a punching bag, upsetting the delicate ecosystem of electronic ennui in her household.

Century

When going through memories of a warm summer afternoon, a woman unearths true feelings about intimate moments spent with her partner. "Tender Hearts" focuses on the subtleties of relationship violence, coercive sex, and confusion felt trying to connect these feelings to someone you trust.

Tender Hearts

To get over his Sunday boredom, a young Atikamekw spends time with friends, reminiscing about his dogs.

The Lord’s Day

Three middle school boys navigate the collision of old friendships, budding masculinity, and the desire to fit in.

Splintered

Throughout the movie, we will watch a life of a character whose face will never be seen. We will look on the world from his eyes and will witness the oppression he has experienced. He's only two years old. His excited parents forces him to communicate by saying ‘Talk’. When he's six, he becomes chatterbox. But this time her parents are pressing him for ‘Don't talk’. The dramatic moments that follow us throughout the film continues in the form of ‘talk or don’t talk’. Our hero can't stand this pressure any longer and he's detached from life.

Don't Talk

Becca is about to have her Bat Mitzvah, but her Nana insists she does one thing first: get a "real bra".

The Bra Mitzvah

While Karen is bracing for her stepson with opioid addiction to return home from jail, she encounters her friend and former life coach Joyce, a self-described Joymaker, who is homeless and dying from AIDS and from whom Karen learns how to welcome her stepson home.

The Joymaker

In the Catholic Church, homosexuality is considered to be an objective disorder. Yet for a gay Catholic priest, coming out publicly is an act of faith.

The Longest Walk

Misha (10) is an unusual child. They say “the head in clouds” about such people. A violin virtuoso, he does not just play music, he sees it. Every sound, every note is a colour. The melody is a colourful pattern. Misha perceives the world delicately, but cannot get along with agemates. They dislike this strange timid guy, especially because the adults emphasize his talent and praise him. He is a genius and a future star for the teacher but a sissy for the boys. There is a very important day approaching in the music school – the competition where the famous producer will be present. The teacher asks children to prepare themselves thoroughly but everybody understands the producer will be there because of Misha. His parents manage to persuade this busy man to come. And only Misha does not think about the victory at all. He is just fond of music in its every form. Misha hears a very beautiful song in the subway crossing. This is the song of the vagabond. People pass by the dirty vagabond but the boy is fascinated by the song, though his mother doesn’t let him hear it till the end. Misha is compassionate about the vagabond. In the night the boy crashes the money-box to give him all coins. But there is nobody in the crossing in the morning. Meanwhile everybody waits for the producer to come to the music school. The ambitious Misha’s mother dreams to make him the star by all means. And it doesn’t matter for them whether he wants it or not. He is so small to understand the importance of the success in the modern world. The teacher is at last ready to shine her pedagogic talent – it is she who brought up the genius. She doesn’t notice that her obsessive praise intensifies the envy and provokes the conflict. The class leader Denis wants to win too but doesn’t believe in the chance – everybody admires only Misha. Denis thinks Misha gets everything so easy. It is unfair. The boys led by Denis and Sveta the blogger decide to teach Misha a lesson. They trap him in the toilet and pour the boiling water over his hands so he cannot play. Curious Sveta usually shooting everything for her blog, shoots this too. But having seen the awful act of the boys she is afraid but she doesn’t say anybody a word about it. And Misha’s parents with the teacher, caring only about the producer, do not even notice anything wrong. At last Misha is on the stage. Everybody waits for the virtuosic play but the boy just stands with his violin in hands. Colours and sounds disappeared for him. This is a grandiose failure. The producer is disappointed. Ashamed parents leave the hall silently so the producer cannot see them. The teacher asks the producer to listen to other children because there are, so to say, plenty more pebbles on the beach. Denis who got the first prize, for example. But he angrily leaves the school, he spent so much time in vain. Only Sveta thinks about Misha. She regrets that she did not say anything to the adults like a coward. But it is too late. Misha leaves the school silently. He does not care about his fiasco. The most awful thing for him is that the music and colours disappeared, the world became grey. But suddenly he hears the vagabond’s voice in the subway crossing. Colours come back again step by step. He comes to the vagabond, takes his violin and plays, despite the hurt of the burn hands. Suddenly Misha sees Sveta. She is listening to them and crying. The boy’s music doesn’t leave anybody indifferent. He seems to fly over the people and his music overwhelmed the city.

The Important Day

Freshly retired, a man doesn't know how to occupy his days. For fear of being killed by boredom, he gets involved in the crazy project of building a boat in the cellar of his suburban house.

Charon

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