From Where I

Takeuchi Kaoru is a young man with a special ability. He can experience the thoughts of others, just by copying their writings. Kaoru lives with his mother with Alzheimer's disease. He wants to become a writer, but, due to his special ability, he has a hard time writing his own work. Taking care of his sick mother also doesn't help his writing. One day, his mother gets into an accident. Fujiwara Tomomi, who went to same school as Kaoru, appears in front of Kaoru. Tomomi is a young yakuza and he makes an offer to Kaoru. The deal is if Kaoru takes a university entrance exam for someone and that guy gets into a top university, then he will make a lot of money. But, Kaoru gets involved in something unexpected.

In a cold, grey, dystopian world, a widowed father rabbit challenges absolute authority by trying to infuse an ounce of wonder, and a little bit of hope, magic, and possibility into his daughter’s life after the mysterious disappearance of her mother. A story of resilience, love and hope in the face of darkness.

How to find support in this complicated world that is constantly changing? Especially when you are not eighteen yet, you are burning, full of energy for achievements, but you have no support of a close, dear person who will always be with you, no matter what happens.

With the civil unrest after the murder of George Floyd, Oprah talks to black leaders, activists and artists about systemic racism and the current state of America.

Successful at work, Fernanda is an example of women of the third millennium, free to make their choices and independent. Yet in her personal life she finds herself struggling to find a husband. Like other women of her generation, Fernanda put her personal life on hold to devote herself to her career and now suddenly feels her love life situation has become an emergency. Being single at 39 is quite different from being single at 29, after all "the fertile egg has an expiration date"!

Filmmaker Lucy Kaye creates intimate portraits of diverse individuals in three Northern English towns, in this insightful and compassionate documentary. Filmed across Wakefield, Halifax and Middlesbrough, the film brings together stories of loss, migration, friendship, and mutual aid, to convey a strong sense of place and lived experience. Exploring our relationship to the places we live and our sense of belonging, the film challenges stereotypes and gives a vital voice to those not often heard. From Where We Stand is a thoughtfully observed film that feels truly collaborative, and an authentic portrait of Northern England post-Brexit.

Where do ideas come from? Using seemingly unrelated archival material, filmmaker Joysi Olijhoek uses a split-screen to probe this question. And, it's not just the images that are recycled: the voiceover consists of various excerpts pondering the origin of ideas. Meanwhile, we witness the emergence of a new idea.

Leo gets abducted and carried around in the trunk of a car. The man who is holding him captive has a sinister plan. He gets Leo to bury corpses for him. In the process, Leo gets to speak with his ego and gets glimpses of his higher self. Will Leo get out of this alive?

Without knowing it, Johnny, a young rock musician, finds himself involved with a Parisian drug gang. Realising he is being set up, he throws the drugs into the Seine and takes refuge in the Camargue with his family and his fiancée, Gigi. Meanwhile, the dealers are hot on their heels.

A CHILDHOOD. A NEIGHBORHOOD. AN ODE TO LIFE One-of-a-kind autobiography narrated and filmed with great sensibility and beauty. Its exceptional cinematic quality offers a visual treat to a Quebec rarely seen before. This poetic take on childhood memory transcends simple nostalgia for a sincere celebration of life. Claude Demers returns to the working-class district of Montréal where he grew up, and immediately wonders: Why? The rest of Where I'm From forms the answer. Demers tries to relive all the experiences he had for the first time as a child, or at least understand them: the first novel he read and the power of language. His first awareness of death. The question of what is normal and what isn’t. The idea of wanting to leave, of having to leave.

Yoni is a gay Israeli who lives in London and works for “EL AL”. Yoni realises that the only way to live his London fantasy is to find local housemates. Random encounters keep reminding Yoni where he’s from.

Summer 1994: Christian grows up under the violent hand of his father. When his mother dies, his aunt Juli fights to ensure that Christian can attend secondary school. In the process, he gets caught in the middle.

The cold, the snow, winter in black and white, all to reinforce missing the warmth, colours and scents of Tunisia.

I​t's past midnight. Zhao goes down to smoke, leaving his drunken wife to murmur her erotic dream upstairs. Neighbour Lee jumps off the building in front of Zhao, and his suicide reveals a sex video taken by phone. Sanqing falls in love with her tutor. She wants to strengthen her relationship with Professor Sun on a seaside trip, but finally realises her efforts are in vain. Hai Long is an old acquaintance of Sun. He tries to bring Sanqing and his client Wang together, giving Sanqing the opportunity to take revenge In the dark tunnel on the island, Wang tells Sanqing a nightmare that reveals the whole story.

A handful of prisoners in WWII camps risked their lives to take clandestine photographs and document the hell the Nazis were hiding from the world. In the vestiges of the camps, director Christophe Cognet retraces the footsteps of these courageous men and women in a quest to unearth the circumstances and the stories behind their photographs, composing as such an archeology of images as acts of defiance.

Drey is nineteen and a student in Paris. After a six months absence, she comes home to her housing estate in the countryside, her friends, her family and her boyfriend. But what was supposed to be a pleasant visit slowly turns into a confrontation.

A mother's love is tested for strength by the physical and emotional demands of a newborn child. When a dragon awakens, a backup plan is required…

Yunjeong, currently working on a scenario for a dramatic film, is heading to Gangwon-do Province for a part-time job dealing with supplemental filming for a documentary. Yunjeong arrives at Goseong, which was devastated by a massive forest fire in April 2019. There, Yunjeong interviews locals and faces a disastrous fire scene.