Promise

Tora-san returns to his family's home to attend an elementary school class reunion. After he embarrasses himself by getting drunk and insulting all his ex-classmates, he resumes his travels. In Kyushu he meets an outspoken 18-year-old girl who becomes enamored of Tora-san and follows him around. One of Tora-san's old friends is terminally ill and makes Tora-san promise him to marry his wife once he is gone.

East-Berlin, 1961, shortly after the erection of the Wall. Konrad, Sophie and three of their friends plan a daring escape to Western Germany. The attempt is successful, except for Konrad, who remains behind. From then on, and for the next 28 years, Konrad and Sophie will attempt to meet again, in spite of the Iron Curtain. Konrad, who has become a reputed Astrophysicist, tries to take advantage of scientific congresses outside Eastern Germany to arrange encounters with Sophie. But in a country where the political police, the Stasi, monitors the moves of all suspicious people (such as Konrad's sister Barbara and her husband Harald), preserving one's privacy, ideals and self-respect becomes an exhausting fight, even as the Eastern block begins its long process of disintegration.

November 1947. The United Nations votes the partition plan for Palestine. For some, it is a dream becoming reality; for others, it is the beginning of a catastrophe. Seventy years after this historic vote, the land of Palestine remains an open wound, a battleground for two peoples torn apart by their shared history, a source of inextricable tension in the region and even beyond the borders of the Middle East.

A desperate photographer kidnaps his own newborn daughter after his deceased fiance's ex-husband manipulates the law to gain custody of the child.

With each others' promises to go to the same college, Zi Wen and Zhang Xuan had a close but subtle relationship. Zhang Xuan's talent and Ziwen's unspoken secrets disclose the story of its own. A story unveils the conflicts between friendship and the dark side of the protagonist.

It consists of Konstantin Georgievich Paustovsky's three short stories about the origin of feelings, the expectation of happiness and love...

Yuma Nakahara is the CEO of an IT company and he is a workaholic. He is focused only on expanding his company. He receives a phone call from his former co-worker and friend Kouhei, but Kouhei doesn't say anything. Yuma gets the sense that something is wrong and heads to Kouhei's hometown of Shinminato, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. In Shinminato, Yuma meets other people and becomes involved in the Shinminato Hikiyama Festival. His outlook on life begins to change.

There was a promise of a new world, of an alternate reality with infinite opportunities based on the cybernetic revolution. 25 years later, what's left of that dream? Art, music, cinema, videogames, technological bodies, robots, artificial intelligences... the evolution of all of that catapult us to the digital life, to our current life.

A rich student's fiancee has her face destroyed by a car accident, and refuses to return to him fearing the loss of his love.

30 years ago, Blood Monster was caught by Mentor. Blood Monster promised that he will turn over a new leaf and Mentor makes a promise with Blood Monster. 30 years later, Bond gets married to Mindy. Bond leaves Mindy awhile to attend to business in the mainland. While Mindy walks around, she gets lost in foggy weather and she decides to stay in an old building. There, she is raped by Blood Monster and drained to death. Her spirit flows back to her house and she wants to stay with Bond and takes revenge by becoming a blood-feeding ghost. Her relative Cousin and Cousin's boyfriend Chak note Mindy's strange behaviour after her 'return'.

"The title (how important is a good title) is perfect because, in effect, the video is that: a promise of something that is announced and does not materialize (because the image is always "coming undone") but that has the happiness and fulfillment of imminence. And I think, now, then, in that definition of Adorno about art: "a promise of happiness". This video is a promise of happiness that is all the happier to the extent that it continually remains ahead, in the future." - David Oubiña.

Sarin has been friend with Chalanda since they were small until they grow up. Sarin joins the military but comes home often. Chalanda marries a military officer for the sake of her parents, but she cannot stand the cruelty of her husband. Sarin has to interfere.

The fear of a 28-year-old man who’s about to become a father forces him to reflect on his childhood and adolescence as a son. The wounds, the legacies his father left him and a dilemma between duty and desire.

I can't keep my promises - failure to abstain from drinking, being late every time! The woman who finds it difficult to keep her promises struggles to keep her promise with her friend,,, but someone is hindering her.

A short film by Taku Furukawa.

An old woman has died and her widower with dementia confesses to killing her. After this, the story goes back in time to show the events leading up to her death.

Even in the 25th year, the class reunion does not promise to be a highlight, something is missing. Maybe a great woman? The three former schoolmates remember Sachiko Sato and the tender love affair between her and her classmate Hiroshi, which then suddenly broke up. So why not invite Sachiko? The search for her turns out to be more difficult than expected. And if it really comes, how will Hiroshi react?

The story is about a factory guy, a young worker Volodya Kalinin, who decided to get a summer job at a pioneer camp as a counselor to "earn some money", and at the same time to relax. But the new case required a lot of effort from him, pedagogical imagination, skill, in short, there was no time for rest. As a result, mutual understanding and true friendship with the guys arose.

Frustrated by a corrupt system, Yves leaves his home in Cameroon to try his fortune in Europe. But to get there is more difficult than expected. Yves has been on the road for eight years – and is close to failing. Back home are the people who mean the most to him: his sister Annie, who has been holding the family together since Yves left, his little brother, waiting for Yves to take him to Europe, and his father, who expects him to lead the family to a better life. A film about family, the dream of Europe and the impossibility of giving up.