Da Lama Ao Caos

Northern Lights

October 2016 •English

Emma approaches adulthood, she tries to live an ordinary life and keep up to her late mothers expectations. However her anxiety weighs over her, stopping her from enjoying the last few youthful years.

Passing Time

October 2023 •English

From the music of Uruguayan composer Florencia Di Concilio, English filmmaker Terence Davies does a cinematic reading of his own poem about his late sister, delivered over a single serene shot of the countryside near his home in Essex. This short film is part of the 2x25 Project of Film Fest Gent and the World Soundtrack Awards. The project commissioned 25 composers to compose a short piece of music, after which 25 filmmakers made short films that are the ultimate symbioses of music and cinematography, fitting completely within the DNA of the festival. The result: 25 exceptional films where the music inspired the form, narrative and texture.

On Top of the Earth

January 2007 •French

Sophie is both attracted to boys and girls. She is torn between Nicolas and Mathilde.

Heartless Disappearance Into Labrador Seas

September 2008 •English

When a marriage is threatened by a long excursion for work, domestic trouble is buffeted by family and friends.

Stealing Beauty

March 1996 •English

Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy visited there four years earlier and exchanged a kiss with an Italian boy with whom she hopes to become reacquainted.

What's Up with Cinta?

February 2002 •Indonesian

A popular high school girl strains her relationship with her close-knit clique when she begins falling for a reclusive, lower-class schoolmate.

For Colored Girls

November 2010 •English

About existence from the perspective of 20 nameless black females. Each of the women portray one of the characters represented in the collection of twenty poems, revealing different issues that impact women in general and women of color in particular.

The Notebook

May 2004 •English

An epic love story centered around an older man who reads aloud to a woman with Alzheimer's. From a faded notebook, the old man's words bring to life the story about a couple who is separated by World War II, and is then passionately reunited, seven years later, after they have taken different paths.

Songs from the Second Floor

October 2000 •Swedish

A monumental traffic jam serves as the backdrop for the lives of the inhabitants of a Swedish city.

Overload

August 2022 •English

A spoken word piece about an autistic person experiencing sensory overload in a world that rejects their existence.

When You Finish Saving the World

January 2023 •English

Evelyn and her oblivious son Ziggy seek out replacements for each other. As Evelyn tries to parent an unassuming teenager at her shelter, Ziggy fumbles through his pursuit of a brilliant young woman at school.

Febre

Invalid date •Portuguese

Where is the Final Destination?

March 2025 •Persian

A single tree that has witnessed events, a girl who loves Forough, and a boy who reads Sohrab.

Hovering Over the Water

October 1986 •Portuguese

Laura Rossellini, a widow from Rome, vacations on the Algarve coast one hot summer. One day while sunbathing, she finds a wounded man named Robert drifting in the surf on a rubber raft. She takes him home, and, after he is revived, learns his story. As they talk, their mutual attraction grows, until a group of armed men suddenly arrive looking for Robert.

The Cat and the Moon

October 2019 •English

Nick comes to New York to temporarily live with a jazz musician friend of his late father's named Cal while his mom is in rehab. During his time in the city, he befriends a group of kids who show him what New York has to offer.

Stolen Poem

March 2004 •English

Two girls go from home to business stealing mail and packages in search of something mysterious.

Kaiyoppu

January 2007 •Malayalam

After reading the works written by Balachandran, a publisher encourages him to publish a book. However, he struggles a lot as he faces a writer's block.

Tough Spot

May 2025 •English

Based loosely on a true story. Grieving his father, Mark is determined to power on and build his future, transforming his pain into song. In Loving Memory of Andrew Chappell.

Ginger & Rosa

October 2012 •English

A look at the lives of two teenage girls - inseparable friends Ginger and Rosa -- growing up in 1960s London as the Cuban Missile Crisis looms, and the pivotal event the comes to redefine their relationship.

Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop

July 2021 •Japanese

After meeting one day, a shy boy who expresses himself through haiku and a bubbly but self-conscious girl share a brief, magical summer.