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VIERNES 19 JANUARY | CINE TONALÁ | 6.45 PM
Beyond any cliché, love is indispensable to survive in the reality we live. It is the fuel that propels human beings and leads them to connect in an eternal quest for a better world. This collection of films presents us with diverse stories that portray the virtues, challenges, but above all, the beauty of love… “All we need is love”…
A single mother in Morocco, trapped in a mundane existence, confronts her dreams and fears, leading to the agonising decision to forsake all she knows, even her children.
Anna’s grandmother is forced to leave the farm that was her home for 60 years when Anna’s uncle sells it to clear his debts. Anna (30), her mother Rosi (55) and her aunt Hilda (60) visit the farm one last time to pick up the family’s few remaining belongings. Anna, who returned specially to bid farewell to the farm, takes a trip down memory lane. The farm was her favourite place to go as a child and was where she had the most freedom and her best adventures. Everything is brought into sharper focus as she touches all the objects and looks around for the last time, aware that an era is coming to an end. She wants to hold on to this moment with her senses forever, but it’s time to say goodbye.
CUT follows an enormously talented young tennis player, ALI, who gets home from a training session with the best tennis academy in the country — Team Fireflies.
When Ali’s dad starts prodding Ali about his tennis, we start to understand that Ali’s hiding something.
The pivotal point of the film comes when Ali’s dad finally confronts Ali about being cut from Team Fireflies. Ali denies it but is forced to face the truth as his dad shows him that his contract with Team Fireflies has been terminated. Amid Ali’s fear-induced anxiety, his dad takes control of Ali’s tennis as his new coach, and they embark on a harsh father-and-son journey, that will break Ali down — emotionally, mentally, and physically.
“I’m Going Mad” sheds light on the prevalent mental illness experienced by young male adults with diverse backgrounds residing in the marginalized neighborhoods of Stockholm. This thought-provoking exploration delves into the complexities of coping with one’s mental well-being amidst an environment plagued by gun violence, pervasive depression, drugs, crime and strained police relations, all while striving for a semblance of normalcy in daily life.
Twelve years after leaving the house, Mehran decides to come home due to his father’s death.
Great Kazakh Steppe, 17th century. Times when myths often turned out to be reality. A girl named Inkar is forced to flee after a completely magical ritual goes wrong. The ritual was performed to summon the Jinn to use his power in attempts to defend against Dzungar raids. Now evil spirits want to own Inkar’s flesh, her blood and the hereditary gift of baksy. Along the way, Inkar meets two fugitive brothers, with whose help she hopes to cross the Great Sea. But will the heroes survive this road?
Moral-abiding feminist comedian, Rach, receives a massive blow after a show when she is rejected by the agent she was so hungry for. Rach’s brother Benny takes her out to his work Christmas drinks as a means to cheer her up. But in his world of sales bro’s Rach is pushed to see if she’s got the “tenacity” to survive in their world. Will she flip on her morals and throw her integrity to the wind to step up to their plate?
In the turbulent early 30’s a young German woman is presented with the option to flee to America with her best friend. Her controlling husband seems to make the dream of an independent future impossible but no matter how dark the night – there is always a glimmer of hope (une Lueur d’Espoir).
An Israeli-Jewish couple is expecting their first child.
But after a perfect-all-natural-full-moon-emotional labor, they discover the baby is a far cry from what they (and everyone else) come to expect.
Alex is in the throes of his transition from female to male so when his best friend abandons a joint venture to assert their burgeoning identities he’s forced to confront his anxieties before entering the unknown alone.
Robert is suffering from OCD and is living in a constant lockdown for years, completely isolating himself, spending his days with his obsessions and compulsions.
He is a German “Hikikomori”, a person who never leaves their house.
As the Covid 19 Pandemic hits the world and also has to go into Lockdown, he suddenly starts to feel that he is not alone.
VIERNES 19 JANUARY | CINE TONALÁ | 6.45 PM
Beyond any cliché, love is indispensable to survive in the reality we live. It is the fuel that propels human beings and leads them to connect in an eternal quest for a better world. This collection of films presents us with diverse stories that portray the virtues, challenges, but above all, the beauty of love… “All we need is love”…
After experiencing an intense passion as a teenager and being separated by fate, Nina and Dan meet again twenty years later, right where they last saw each other, and the surprise gives way to an unexpected conflict of feelings.
Marcello is a young journalist who dreams of writing a novel, but lacks the inspiration. He becomes Count Krakeus’ assistant.
The Count, living as a hermit in his castle and suddenly feeling he has grown old, decides to accomplish the work towards which all his life and his efforts have lead him : creating a universal language.
A man recounts the profound psychological changes that coursed through him after witnessing his nouveau riche brother fawning over a plate of home-grown gooseberries.
Seunghyuk is a high school baseball player as a pitcher position, even though he has the handicap, a claw-handed person.
Seunghyuk wanted to apply to one of the independent baseball team, whereas the coach suggested him to submit to Seoul PE college which has no collegiate baseball team, as special educational option for disabled students.
Seunghyuk has been conflicting between his eager to be the best player of collegiate baseball leagues and just to be belonged to the ordinary PE college as accepted reality.
However, he has faced the crisis of giving up the baseball because his team lost the game which was the essential factor of admission for the baseball teams in the universities.
In her fifties, unemployed and lonely, Rosa has lost her self-esteem. Mute, her life takes a new turn when she decides to offer a balloon to her young neighbor who keeps losing his. To thank her, the parents invite her unexpectedly and take the opportunity to proudly announce that their child has just appeared in a television commercial. The young boy rushes to show his pay slip to Rosa.
Back home, upset, she starts looking through old photographs, and finds an old photo of her as a child. In an irrational act, she decides to send him to a casting.
Everything seems going well in Stéphane’s life. In her 30’s, she lives and works with a feminist group in Paris and she’s just starting dating Anouk. But one day Stéphane’s mother calls as her health is getting worse. She needs help to look after little Simone, Stéphane’s three years old daughter, in the countryside. Stéphane has to face her future and her commitment.
As teenager Zuo Tong accidentally discovers that his mother may be cheating, he puts her through a harsh mental trial. Amid this process, Zuo Tong gradually realizes that he’s shattering another family with his actions.
Don’t Tell Me You Love Me is an Australian one shot LGBTQ+ film about the cycle of relationships we all face and how each of us grow from heartbreak. It documents the birth and death of a relationship lasting three years, entirely shot in camera across two sets in one continuous take.
A desperate mother, who has been fighting for financial aid to improve the quality of her severely disabled son’s life, is at the end of her tether.
“Morning Star” takes you on a riveting ride through history. Set against the backdrop of 1940s Malta, this true story weaves together the magnetic tale of Christina, a British entertainer, and the fearless RAF pilot, Warby, whose love story unfolds amidst the impending darkness of World War II. Starring Larissa Bonaci and Ben Lamb (The Gilded Age) and featuring rarely glimpsed historical archive footage, elegant design and an original musical score, “Morning Star” promises an unforgettable blend of romance and wartime suspense.
VIERNES 19 JANUARY | CINE TONALÁ | 6.45 PM
Beyond any cliché, love is indispensable to survive in the reality we live. It is the fuel that propels human beings and leads them to connect in an eternal quest for a better world. This collection of films presents us with diverse stories that portray the virtues, challenges, but above all, the beauty of love… “All we need is love”…
During the World Cup, Chang Shuo wanted to gift expensive chocolates to the girl he liked, inspired by two pieces of 99% cocoa chocolates. Financial constraints led him to bet on a World Cup match with his friend Xu Yang. The series of setbacks strained their relationship, but Chang Shuo’s courage to express his feelings and offer the chocolates led to personal growth.
During the World Cup, Chang Shuo wanted to gift expensive chocolates to the girl he liked, inspired by two pieces of 99% cocoa chocolates. Financial constraints led him to bet on a World Cup match with his friend Xu Yang. The series of setbacks strained their relationship, but Chang Shuo’s courage to express his feelings and offer the chocolates led to personal growth.
During the World Cup, Chang Shuo wanted to gift expensive chocolates to the girl he liked, inspired by two pieces of 99% cocoa chocolates. Financial constraints led him to bet on a World Cup match with his friend Xu Yang. The series of setbacks strained their relationship, but Chang Shuo’s courage to express his feelings and offer the chocolates led to personal growth.
The volcano and the baby shows what goes on in the head of a woman who is unable to give birth to a child. This lack obsesses her, she is assailed by strange and disturbing fantasies. This dive into her imagination will give her access to the torments of the History, said great, which undoubtedly made obstacle to the achievement of her desire of maternity. This discovery will be for her an opening towards life.
Rushing from the chaos of her student job, up the never ending staircase of her apartment building, Danielle, a West African-French student, calculates that she has enough time to change from her work clothes before her final sociology exam in 20 minutes. Her under maintained shoebox apartment has other plans. Yanis, a young concierge, comes to help and tries to fix the ancient door lock that has trapped her. As time trickles past the two strangers find an unexpected solidarity, with only a door to separate them.
Dana and Fox are dating for the first time in a diner, after matching on a conspiracy theorist dating app. Both paranoid but playing the game of seduction, they discuss and soon find out they don’t exactly share the same theories. While eerie events start to occur around them, they wonder what the purpose of their meeting is…
Two young women head home after dining out only to be targeted by thugs, and their only hope to escape is in one of them revealing a secret that’s hard to believe.
Sister Wives is a deeply compelling love story that tells the tale of two young Mormon women living in a strict, fundamentalist, polygamous society. Kaidence and Galilee find themselves bound to one another, under the same roof, in the same marriage, as they develop scary, new, exciting feelings for each other. In a harsh, regressive, watchful community where being queer is considered a cardinal sin, they begin having thoughts of leaving the only life they have ever known behind. Sister Wives will offer a vital perspective to the canon of coming-out films; at its core, it is a story of female friendship, of allyship, a story of exploration, both physical and psychological, as together they find the courage to dream in tandem, of a world beyond the walls.
An old man, a fervent catholic and a devoted husband, tries hard to make his dementia ridden wife remember him, at least by calling his name one more time.
A teenager “Aljadel” who must come to terms with her grief around the passing of her best friend, when forced to attend a lecture on shrouding the dead at her middle school. While watching her friend being shrouded she gets triggered and this leads her to make a sudden eruption.
Clermont-Ferrand 2024 Official Selection competitor “Mother” tells the story of Vitaly Ivanov – a miner on the Ukraine/Russian border who discovers a ringing phone – and tragically so much more – in his backyard. “Mother” is based on the true-life story of the miners of Rozsypne, Ukraine who combed the fields in Donetsk to retrieve the bodies of the victims of the MH17 disaster.
VIERNES 19 JANUARY | CINE TONALÁ | 6.45 PM
Beyond any cliché, love is indispensable to survive in the reality we live. It is the fuel that propels human beings and leads them to connect in an eternal quest for a better world. This collection of films presents us with diverse stories that portray the virtues, challenges, but above all, the beauty of love… “All we need is love”…
When Sofia, suitcase in hand, arrives home she finds her ex lover has moved in with a woman in the house they share.
The collision between cultures explodes in one household as they all wait for Javier’s immigration papers. Ábreme looks at immigration, mental health and the secret magnetism hidden in aversion.
Dimitri needs to find a decent apartment for his daughter Juliette, who suffers from asthma if he doesn’t want to lose joint custody of her. With his back against the wall, he decides to go and ask his father’s help, with whom relations are strained. When he refuses, Dimitri employs a stratagem that will backfire.
Peter is a young priest. His mother, Mary is slowly succumbing to dementia in a Sanatorium.
Mary does not want to live a life where she will not recognize her children and she will not know who she is. She knows that her condition is irreversible. She wants to end things, but she cannot do it alone.
Can Peter grant his mother’s last wish? A wish that goes against everything he believes in?
After a national writing competition, Lin Xi is selected by a well-known author who gives her private lessons every week, but the cruel truth is that during the lessons the author never really teaches her anything…
Eyes are magical spheres that make up dreams and retain memories. In our eyes, the visions of the within and of the beyond overlap. New worlds come to be when our gazes meet.
A woman takes a walk to buy cigarettes in the early hours of New Year’s Eve.
Go with Grace is a quiet exploration of the aftermath of assault
A teenage girl struggling with her nightmares goes to talk about them with her therapist.
Detective Pierrot is a man. There is no doubt about it…
But he’s also a private detective and that’s quite discreet.
Like every morning, Pierrot had received the newspaper…
‘Les Nouvelles’ is the New Caledonian newspaper which provides information, personal messages, relates facts, and reproduce in very small print, announcements of everything and about everything.
Pierrot didn’t know anyone so he stays a long time at the nearby café to get some news.
He didn’t know anyone close enough to have personal confidences, so he wasn’t interested in the personal messages of others either.
He started reading the information printed on the right page, in the bottom corner, between the price of gasoline – which didn’t interest him because he doesn’t have a car, and the weather – which didn’t interest him either because it’s only precise on the weather of yesterday…
What he was about to read would definitely upset the schedule of his day…
‘There is nickel in tap water! And more…’
Alsie rents a dad for one evening.
Alsie is unhappy and alone, but luckily she can order the feeling of security and comfort in the internet nowadays. However, the evening with her rented Daddy does not go as smooth as she envisioned it. To really feel comforted she will have to open up and make herself vulnerable…
Cheol-gyu, who is living a successful life, is visited by his old hometown friend, Young-hun. Young-hoon, who is about to get married, asks Cheol-gyu to be HamJinabi. Cheol-gyu hesitates at the request of a friend who has not contacted lately. But… The marriage partner was Soon-i .Hearing the name ‘Soon-i’, Cheol-gyu feels that he cannot refuse the request. He goes to the bride’s house to be a hamjinabi with his friend ‘Nak-gyun’.
During Halloween, a cow destined for slaughter escapes and the hunt for her is broadcast live on television as holiday entertainment. Meanwhile, Yusef, a young man working at a waste recycling plant, finishes another dreary workday. After experiencing a series of setbacks, he is overwhelmed by frustration and despair. While wandering through a cemetery, Yusef stumbles upon a freshly dug grave and lies down in it. The moment of serenity is shattered by the appearance of Boq, a strangely talkative man who approaches the grave and extends his hand towards Yusef.
In a remote village, a guy with memory loss meets a local priest. The priest, having discovered that the guy is stuck in the hustle and bustle of life and is not making any attempts to find out his past, begins to instruct him to search for the truth about himself. The priest manages to persuade the guy to go with him to the regional center to see some specialists, but a random acquaintance with the priest’s daughter changes the course of events – the young people fall in love with each other.
Yoni and Emily, two perfect strangers, spend a once-in-a-lifetime evening together, on a passionate and unforgettable night drive. A drive that could change their lives forever.
VIERNES 19 JANUARY | CINE TONALÁ | 6.45 PM
Beyond any cliché, love is indispensable to survive in the reality we live. It is the fuel that propels human beings and leads them to connect in an eternal quest for a better world. This collection of films presents us with diverse stories that portray the virtues, challenges, but above all, the beauty of love… “All we need is love”…
One evening in Los Angeles, a mysterious psychologist (THE WOMAN) and a guarded cop (THE MAN) lock eyes in a Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous meeting.
Afterward, they share a charged conversation, in which they discuss their recoveries and their interest in each other, then spend a heady and unexpectedly intimate evening together back at the Man’s apartment.
When the Man worries that he’s compromised the Woman’s sobriety, she reveals that she’s not actually in the program. Feeling betrayed, he grows angry and pulls away, and the Woman passionately defends their right to connect with other people however they can, reeling him back in.
The Woman comes home at the end of the night to a radically different life from the one she presented to the Man. In a private moment, she reveals that she stole something important from him — the latest in a string of objects she’s taken from men — casting a very different light on the evening.
A week later, the Woman attends another Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous meeting — either one step closer to acknowledging that she belongs in the program, or pulled even deeper into the dangerous game she’s playing.
It’s James birthday, her girlfriend videotapes the day, just another birthday… or is it? A New Day has begun!
Set in the wake of Covid, a struggling family is forced from their home, and when an the family’s embittered teen is asked by his younger sister to do something kind for their mother, he resists until he sees her in a new light.
In the 17th-century village of Eyam, two sinners – Colette and Finlay – confront the danger of their pre-marital pregnancy in their parish town. As the black death descends on their village, all sinners are persecuted in a desperate attempt to cleanse Eyam of the plague.
Harbouring a now lethal secret, Colette and Finlay must make a fateful choice: flee the quarantined town in a daring escape, risking isolation and rejection from neighbouring civilisations, or stay and confront the weight of their forbidden love and the deadly consequences it might bring.
Thirteen years old Ben-Zur tells his friends stories about his fake girlfriend that lives in a faraway city. When they decide to go after him to her house, he will do everything to prove to them that he is a man.
After years of dreaming of a past love in black and white, he appears to her one night in vibrant color. Is this real life or just a dream, and does it matter either way?
Two parents face an impossible choice when their family camping trip turns deadly.
In the midst of his climb to become a successful filmmaker, a young director named Hartley battles with his childhood trauma, his pursuit of happiness eclipsed by inner struggles. Following the triumph of winning an award for his latest film, his anguish intensifies while alone in his hotel room leading to harrowing and comical attempts at suicide. His journey is a compelling exploration of the profound impact that past wounds have on the pursuit of success, even in the face of external validation.
Alice and her family are the stars of a promotional advertisement for the Norman brand company. During one of their ad performances Alice is hit by a falling stagelight which awakens her to the reality of this advertisement world. Desperate to escape this fake world Alice ventures deeper into the world of advertisements to find her way out.
Mildred, a lonely elderly woman, is given the responsibility to take care of her grandson’s goldfish. Her clumsiness leads to the fish’s death, but in a shocking turn of events, the fish suddenly becomes a half human half fish creature. Mildred comes to bond with him and fills the void left in her life by the unfulfilling relationship with her daughter.
When a young girl asks the moon to send her a friend, she comes face-to-face with the older version of herself, and must learn to love who she is.
When Clint, a former Marine, reunites his old squad for one final job, the operation takes a deadly turn. Now on the run, Clint must unravel the mystery of who betrayed them and why, before time runs out.
VIERNES 19 JANUARY | CINE TONALÁ | 6.45 PM
Beyond any cliché, love is indispensable to survive in the reality we live. It is the fuel that propels human beings and leads them to connect in an eternal quest for a better world. This collection of films presents us with diverse stories that portray the virtues, challenges, but above all, the beauty of love… “All we need is love”…
Marcia, a devout 50-year-old Catholic, faces her personal demons, including alcoholism and prejudices, as she struggles to understand the emptiness consuming her. Her journey of self-discovery is guided by an unlikely friendship with Paula, a homosexual nurse. In the hospital, they confront their own prejudices, leading to an intense showdown. On the brink of a transplant surgery, Marcia realizes that she suppressed her sexuality for years, leading her to turn to alcohol abuse.
When twelve-year-old Erik is forced to choose which parent should have to move out during an ugly divorce, he struggles in the aftermath of his decision and how it ends up altering his relationships not only with his parents, but his two younger brothers as well.
Rubén’s routine and lonely life changes forever when, on his way home, he finds a
photograph of him at the Metrobus station.
Jelena is a photojournalist on an investigative editorial team in Belgrade that campaigns for basic democratic rights. Her journalistic work is her passion, but the atmosphere around her has been threatening for some time and she is increasingly becoming a target of right-wing populist groups. When one day the editorial office is violently attacked and shortly afterwards her daughter Lara is threatened, Jelena decides – much to the relief of her mother Branka – to leave the country for the time being. And so she leaves her lover Nikola behind and sets off for Hamburg with her daughter. In Germany, she continues to pursue her vocation, but soon encounters fierce hostility and hate attacks there as well. She takes every risk to uncover the truth …
Once, ‘Color Troopers’ ruled the ’90s as the beloved show of every child. Now, decades later, the original cast reconvenes for a dazzling anniversary episode. Ryan Reiff, the iconic Red Trooper, hungers to rekindle his fame through daring stunts and a leading role. However, his former co-star, Kai the Blue Trooper, stands in his way. As egos collide and long-concealed truths surface, the line between hero and villain blurs. Will Ryan’s obsession launch him back into stardom or plunge him into ruin…
After receiving a mysterious letter, a wayward son returns to his childhood home to wrestle with a dark family secret.
Emile is a contract killer. A hired killer who travels by bicycle and who kills in exchange for a few tickets left in a small mailbox lost in the middle of the fields. This time, the man to be slaughtered is named Gaston Pouget and lives at 7 rue des Peupliers: a shed on the edge of a highway. Only here, when arriving on the scene: – SURPRIIISE!!! Emile is surprised by a birthday in honor of Gaston which should, a priori, arrive soon. Emile was not invited.
22-year-old Zura’s mother left home, leaving him and his father behind. Since then, Zura’s father suffers from depression, and is busy drowning his sorrows in alcohol. Zura is forced to take care of him, while his soul longs for peace and freedom. An encounter with a captivating girl named Daniel will send Zura into an eventful evening, from which there will be no way back.
During a bloody clash between separatist forces and Moldovan combat troops in the 1992, during Transnistrian war, two separatists rushed to a tractor brigade in a Transnistrian village in order to find a tractor or other means of transport to transport the wounded and dead to the hospital. Here I find the guard Nicodim Calestru, a simple peasant who refuses to give them the horses and carts of the collective farm.
After the Ataman solder forcibly takes away horses and carts, he gives to guard Nicodim an receipt for requisition, specifying that the horses and carts will be returned after the end of the war.
This, of course, does not happen. More than that, after the conflict is ended, the district police open an investigation, accusing the guard of stealing from the public property.
The guard Nicodim is faced with a dilemma: to pay a large sum of money that he does not have or to go to prison. Finally, He decides to go to Ukraine, in search of the solder who gave him the receipt, in the hope of recovering his lost horses.
A father, pursued by ruthless foes, uses games to distract his daughter from danger, inadvertently preparing her for their perilous journey. He relies on resourcefulness to protect her and strengthen their bond.
Greg, an emotionally broken man struggles to battle his inner demons some decide to take a more physical approach and make it challenging for Greg to overcome it.
A badass homeless comedian takes vengeance on people he doesn’t think are funny. This story also highlights the importance of friendship and how to navigate hardships in an apathetic society.
To live forever and be immortal. To live forever to be like God. Or perhaps, to be God. After 14 years spent in the psychiatric clinic for children and adolescents, at the age of 25 Ari finally has contact with the outside world, but only as an observer. As such, he knows vices and virtues of humankind, which leads him to despise it, elevating and exorcising his transcendence. Isolated in his mountain home and increasingly enclosed in a world where there is no distinction between good and evil, Ari catapults himself back in time. A timeless time of doctors and nurses, white rooms and iron cots. A time punctuated by conversations with Dr. Harris, his attending physician or perhaps his alter ego. Thus disgusted by the superficiality of man, to purify his soul, Ari feels the need to sacrifice human lives in the name of God, to atone for the seven deadly sins.
Fate vs. Elena is the story of a jaded millennial psychic who doesn’t believe in fate until a premonition turns her life upside down.
VIERNES 19 JANUARY | CINE TONALÁ | 6.45 PM
Beyond any cliché, love is indispensable to survive in the reality we live. It is the fuel that propels human beings and leads them to connect in an eternal quest for a better world. This collection of films presents us with diverse stories that portray the virtues, challenges, but above all, the beauty of love… “All we need is love”…
The Granada, a nightclub owned by the famed salsa singer Tony “El Tío” Lopez is closing down. El Tío’s nephew had no intention of attending the closing night, until the girl next door asks him to save the last dance for her. Now all he needs to do is learn how to salsa dance.
As Teddy (William Servinis) sparks a cigarette, fellow soldier Frank (Jack Hewitt) appears. Older and less worn by the war, Franks has come to say farewell one last time. For the pair this means lighting a cigarette in the comfortable quiet. As the truth of their relationship comes out, they share an embrace covered by the darkness of a tunnel. Like all things must, the tunnel comes to an end, and so does Teddy and Frank’s time together. Though Teddy fights the goodbye, Frank departs, once again leaving Teddy alone in the compartment.
Mrs. D., an exhausted French teacher, is struggling to manage her daily life: some students are lagging behind, the school program is pushing her to move faster, and there are even those who judge her work harshly. But Mrs. D. doesn’t want to deviate from her mission for anything in the world. Caught between dream and reality, she will not rest until all her students, without exception, have understood the rule of past participle agreement.
Maxine is a young screenwriter struggling to write an authentic story. In navigating her relationship with her best friend, a Mexican man named Leon of ambiguous legal status, she finds that the best stories are often the most truthful – and with that truth will come loss.
An 8 year old girl adopted from China leads her father to a deeper understanding of what she faces in a new culture and what she longs for from her home country.
A young man who hasn’t left his bedroom in 8 years is assigned a mannequin and has a week to find a romantic partner or face public execution.
INDAH AND THE SPIRITS an Indonesian Fantasy Film
Artsy punk Indah is distraught over the loss of her grandmother and ventures to the underworld to see her one more time but Yuda, a fun-loving spirit, won’t get out of her way
Jin seeks solace in the woods of Pennsylvania amidst the Covid pandemic. Surrounded only by trees, her thoughts become increasingly fraught with desperation and danger.
After New Year’s celebrations, a family’s Christmas tree is carefully stored in the pantry, awaiting the next holiday season. When the long-awaited moment finally arrives, it is replaced by a larger and more modern Christmas tree. Thrown in the trash, the tree is found by an old lady and makes another home’s Christmas less lonely.
“Dad” takes the audience into an intimate conversation between father and daughter. The ambivalent relationship is discussed in front of and behind the camera while the father tends to his gardening. What will he harvest? The filmmaker asks, “Why is my dad the father that he is?”
In the mysterious 1950s Siren Salon, a young woman in an abusive marriage must decide how many inches–and people–she’s willing to cut off.
In Athens 2023, 18-year-old Petros is fatally beaten by the police on his way home. His parents, Eleni and Konstantinos, grapple with doubt as they sit in the courtroom, anxiously awaiting the judge’s verdict, seeking justice for their son’s untimely death.
VIERNES 19 JANUARY | CINE TONALÁ | 6.45 PM
Beyond any cliché, love is indispensable to survive in the reality we live. It is the fuel that propels human beings and leads them to connect in an eternal quest for a better world. This collection of films presents us with diverse stories that portray the virtues, challenges, but above all, the beauty of love… “All we need is love”…
A depressed psychotherapist plans to close his practice, but his last patient prompts him to step out of his comfort zone and accept help.
A composer meets with her composition teacher to help put the final touches on a new piece she is writing for string quartet.
For most of her life, Fiona was a pre-professional violinist training to become a soloist. After experiencing a great loss, she grapples with what it means for her that she no longer plays – hasn’t even touched her violin in months. Amidst the identity crisis that ensues, Fiona finds new meaning in music, friendship, and her interpretation of joy.
Two sisters who haven’t spoken to each other in years, meet next to their mother’s grave on the day of remembrance.
The memories of their childhood and teenage years shed light on complicated time of their lives as part of the Svetlov Family.
A girl tries to survive a plague that creates duplicates of the infected.
A chance encounter between a vulnerable hipster and a charismatic hustler goes awry when a vial of white powder gets involved. Set against the pulsating background of an underground music show, Honest Work is a darkly comic look into the pits of hedonistic pursuit.
This is the day. Speed dating in the aquarium. Time to break the routine and find someone for yourself. Sara, in search of love, wants just one thing: a phone number. Well, alright, a shoe size too. And a registration number. Date of birth, body temperature, the number of teeth… Numbers don’t lie.
A birthday ceremony preparation gets upside down as something horrible takes place.
The romantic relationship between two influencers is put into question after one of them deletes their social media.
Young twins Leo and Lea are haunted by the phantoms that inhabit their family house in Venice, they start a quest to unveil the mystical history that exists in La Laguna.
