In The Company Of Men

Scientist Xiao Ran did his best to invent a companion male humanoid robot that is just like real people on the basis of the popularity of artificial intelligence. He put all his energy into his work and ignored his girlfriend Zhou Shiqing and his family. Thinking is uploaded to the development system, this software is named "Xiang He".

In 1897, actor, director, producer and theatre company leader Kawakami Otojiro set off on a tour of the USA with his wife Sadayakko and theatre company members, but in a foreign country where he could not speak the language, he had to struggle against a succession of adversities, including lawyers absconding with the proceeds and actors going on strike. One day, however, Otojiro arrives in Boston on his arduous tour and sees a packed house for a performance of The Merchant of Venice by the famous British actor Henry Irving. In just one night of rehearsals, they concoct a Japanese version of The Merchant of Venice, and perform the play to a foreign audience with bullshit dialogue and a reckless performance that can be cut short by "Sucharaka poko poko" when they get stuck on a word.

After enduring horrors during the War in the Eastern part of Ukraine (2015), three young Ukrainian war veterans return home, both stronger than before and full of scars. They try to find out how to belong in this old but new reality and win their private wars, try to understand how to live civil life. But in February 2022 full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine started and they are faced with new challenges of reality. What experience do the heroes gain in these wars, and how are they initiated by accepting death?

BEEWILDERED COMPANIONS is an immersive ethnographic study on the socio-material entanglements of humans and honeybees in times of globalized diseases. Triggered by the migration of a small bee parasite from Asia, the culture of beekeeping in Europe today is deeply shaken. The search for new and better practices is also a struggle of different imaginaries regarding the ontological status of the honeybee as domestic or wild. Can and should a serious disease be controlled by medication or breeding? Or is it better for humans to give up control, as in the long lost craft of tree beekeeping? Only in the deep forests of Bashkiria the tradition is still alive. The cultural appropriation of this knowledge in Central Europe could be an important pillar for a sustainable solution to the crisis. Three multisensory-observational and three plurivocal-discursive chapters juxtapose the diverging inner attitudes with the corresponding practices of animal care.

A military comedy in which Annemarie is the center of attention.

A woman working as a hotel receptionist was harassed by her superior. This docu-fiction depicts sexual harassment affects not only the victim and the perpetrator, but everyone around them.

A heartwarming and humorous documentary about lesbian love. Five elderly Swedish women discuss their lives during a period when homosexuality was considered a perversion. They trace their personal development from self-loathing and forbidden love to a hard-won sense of emotional liberation and social openness. An internationally acclaimed and awarded documentary.

In the outskirts of Lima, a young prostitute tends to his father, a fallen-from-grace artisan. However, he feels that his efforts are never enough. The young man tries to break free but his dependence is stronger.

Young Aoyagi Seiji’s life fell apart when he lost his wife to an illness, and his life seems to be on hold even as he continues to work for Ariake Pharmaceuticals, toiling through passionless days with only memories of his beloved to sustain him. Ariake Pharmaceuticals announces a merger with another company, Healthy Foods, to form a new company “Ariake Foods & Pharmacy,” leading to a spate of new projects and prospects. Additionally, Ariake Foods & Pharmacy announces a memorial performance to commemorate its founding: “Swan Lake” by the Shikishima Ballet Company. As general producer—a job completely outside of his expertise—Aoyagi strives to direct a ballet performance to success. His life, once on hold, starts moving again...

Young love blossoms between a salesgirl and a handsome man on the French Riviera.

Zhenya is finally accepted into the ranks of a local cool group of teenagers, which he has long dreamed of getting into. Soon, he goes fishing with them and decides to hide the inflatable boat as a joke. Angry guys beat an innocent boy, after which Zhenya understands that it is better to refuse such a friendship…

Myung-sook hears from a woman that her only daughter is about to undergo breast cancer surgery. In the hospital room she visits, she encounters a woman who does not know whether she's her daughter's friend or her lover...

Familial disputes surrounding a traditional business. Grandfather Sonndorfer allies himself with his grandson Otto, in order to bring his arrogant son Max on the right path. Between the fronts is Emmerich Liebling, the intriguing messenger.

1961 Toei comedy

A short film about a man in Paris and a woman in Seoul getting closer by phone.

The mob kills a model's boyfriend and she goes to the police for protection. A spunky female cop and her two partners investigate.