The Second Ballad

Love Hurts

October 2020 •French

Sam is a shy, mysterious and inconspicuous teenage girl, who falls in love with Troy, leader of an ultraviolent teenage gang, who does not feel physical pain, nor knows what love is. Together, against everyone and everything, they will face a series of obstacles trying to separate them, meanwhile figuring out what love and pain are. Debuting at Curtas, French filmmaker Elsa Rysto presents a love story mediated by ultraviolence, in a modern variation on the classic story of Bonnie and Clyde – or of the more contemporary Mickey and Mallory from “Natural Born Killers”. “Love Hurts” is a simple yet sensitive narrative about the so-called growing pains.

Befikre

December 2016 •Hindi

What starts as a crazy one-night stand ends up in a relationship. But Dharam and Shyra fall out of love just as quickly. Where will life take them now?

Da wo die Liebe wohnt

April 2003 •German

Hansi is elated and looks forward to a happy life when his childhood sweetheart Regina marries him. However, he is unaware that his rival is conspiring to cause a rift in his family.

jalousie

August 2019 •German

Bid'ah Cinta

March 2017 •Indonesian

Relationship between Khalida (Ayushita) and Kamal (Dimas Aditya) not getting approval from both families which hate each other because of their differences. Their families have their own understanding about Islam. The dispute between H. Rohili, Khalida's father and H. Jamat, Kamal's father having effects on their relationship. Would love erase all the hate between them?

Sacred Vow

October 2016 •English

Doug and Amber were madly in love and married during their college years. Driven by the "dream" of a prosperous life together - Amber worked two jobs to put Doug through school. Soon after they shared in his business success and celebrated the birth of their precious, beautiful daughter. Fast forward 15 years - Amber has continued to be committed to her husband and their marriage, but Doug has fallen into the traps of an unfaithful spouse, convincing himself that he wants more out of life. In the midst of this turmoil, tragedy strikes, but the series of events that follows just might give this couple a chance to survive and once again regain the love for one another that was pledged in their sacred vows, 15 years earlier.

Let the Sunshine In

September 2017 •French

Isabelle, Parisian artist, divorced mother, is looking for love, true love, at last.

El buen mal

December 2014 •English

I didn't worry about it, until the symptoms got worse. The doctors said I had no cure, I'd be sick for the rest of my life. I wish they had been right.

There Was No Sorrow

March 1983 •Russian

Taiga Story

October 1979 •Russian

A hunter, returning to the Taiga forest, finds a dying girl in his cabin. He stoically nurses her back to life, but the differences between them may be too great for them to remain together. Based on the short story 'Dream of the White Mountains' by Viktor Astafyev.

PYRAMUS & THISBE

December 2016 •Estonian

In this modern adaptation of the classic Greek myth two young lovers bound by a tragic fate plot to escape their homes to start a new life somewhere far from their families.

Is It a Sin to Worship You?

July 1990 •Tagalog

A woman had a one-night stand with soon-to-be-married man and becomes obsessed with him, stalking him to the point of threatening suicide to get his attention.

Teenage Kicks

June 2016 •English

Miklós is at the age when everything feels high-stakes. He is coming to terms with his own sexuality, and when his best friend Dan reveals that he has a new girlfriend, this puts an end to their plans to run away together.

Unpaused

December 2020 •Hindi

An anthology that brings five unique creators and filmmakers to tell stories about love, happiness, friendship, new beginnings, second chances and a glimmer of hope - set and filmed in the times of the COVID-19 lockdown.

Call Me by Your Name

July 2017 •English

In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family's villa in Italy. One day Oliver, a graduate student, arrives to assist Elio's father, a professor of Greco-Roman culture. Soon, Elio and Oliver discover a summer that will alter their lives forever.

Laal Rang

April 2016 •Hindi

The lives and friendship of two men involved in blood theft and trading are affected by greed, girlfriends, cops and an unexpected death.

Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

October 2016 •Hindi

Ayan falls in love with his soulmate, Alizeh, but she doesn’t reciprocate the feeling. Later, a relationship with Saba helps him realize Alizeh’s value in his life, irrespective of their relationship status.

Happy Journey

November 2014 •Marathi

Niranjan, after years of shouldering family responsibilities, becomes distant from his family. However, he happens to meet his sister's spirit and the two set out on a trip to rekindle their bond.

Warning Labels

April 2015 •English

Two workers for the Center For Disease Control meet for drinks, only to discover that love is the most hazardous thing of all.

Bröllop, begravning och dop - filmen

October 2021 •Swedish

An independent sequel to the TV series. Here we follow the families Öhrn and Seger and take us through autumn and winter on our way to Christmas celebrations and to a New Year's Eve which inevitably means an end to the old and a beginning of something new… A film about love and death and everything in between.