Woe to the Young

The Edukators

October 2004 •German

Three activists cobble together a kidnapping plot after they encounter a businessman in his home.

The Science of Sleep

June 2006 •French

A man entranced by his dreams and imagination is lovestruck with a French woman and feels he can show her his world.

2 States

April 2014 •Hindi

A man and a woman come from two very different cultural backgrounds, and decide that they won't get married until they convince their parents. As feared, differences between the families pose a hurdle.

God Forbid a Worse Thing Should Happen

February 2002 •Croatian

The adventures of a small town Croatian family during the 1960s. The decade will leave eternal marks on all of their members, but most of the story focuses on the youngest one, a boy, Frula, who discovers the love and fashion of the time.

Head-On

March 2004 •German

With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.

Rebecca

March 1940 •English

Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.

Merv

June 2023 •English

Following his latest romantic humiliation, Simon is unexpectedly summoned to his grandmother's house to meet her new boyfriend, Merv. The man he encounters there upends his understanding of love, loss, and Chinese takeout.

Asterix at the Olympic Games

January 2008 •French

Astérix and Obélix have to win the Olympic Games in order to help their friend Alafolix marry Princess Irina. Brutus uses every trick in the book to have his own team win the game, and get rid of his father Julius Caesar in the process.

A Nos Amours

November 1983 •French

Fifteen-year-old Suzanne seeks refuge from a disintegrating family in a series of impulsive, promiscuous affairs. Her fulsome sexuality further ratchets up the suppressed passions of her narcissistic brother, insecure mother and brooding, authoritarian father.

Loving

April 2017 •Spanish

Laura and Carlos love each other as if every day was the last, and perhaps that first love intensity is what will tear them apart a year later.

Будь что будет

October 2019 •Spanish

Tatiana, a saleswoman at a furniture store, is planning her wedding to Oleg, the ideal man in every way. But the romantic idyll is shattered by a tragic accident in which Oleg dies. Tatiana is unable to recover for several months, and to make matters worse, the driver of the car that killed her fiancé manages to avoid punishment. Tatiana faces another problem in her life: she loses her job and is left without a means of support. But she has to keep going for the sake of her 10-year-old daughter. One day, she is invited to an interview at the country's largest construction company and offered the position of head of the design department. But she has no idea that it was no coincidence that she got this job.

Vision Quest

February 1985 •English

After deciding he needs to do something meaningful with his life, high school wrestler Louden Swain sets out on a mission to drop weight and challenge the area's undefeated champion, which creates problems with his teammates and health. Matters are complicated further when Louden's father takes in an attractive female drifter who's on her way to San Francisco.

Jeans

April 1998 •Tamil

The father of twin brothers wants to get them married to only twin sisters. But one of the brothers falls in love with a woman does not have a twin sister.

Sleeping with Other People

June 2015 •English

Can two serial cheaters get a second chance at love? After a one-night stand in college, New Yorkers Lainey and Jake meet by chance twelve years later and discover they each have the same problem: because of their monogamy-challenged ways, neither can maintain a relationship. Determined to stay friends despite their mutual attraction, they make a pact to keep it platonic, a deal that proves easier said than done.

Έμπαινε Κίτσο!

January 1968 •Greek

Close-Up: an odyssey

April 2021 •English

Join Lucy as she embarks on a spiritual journey to Mars in this psychedelic short film full of music and mischief.

Maldeamores

June 2007 •Spanish

A three-part look at the ironies of love, with stories that involve a young boy, a hostage situation, and a divorced elderly couple caught in a love triangle.

A Short Film About Love

August 1988 •Polish

19-year-old Tomek whiles away his lonely life by spying on his opposite neighbour Magda through binoculars. She's an artist in her mid-thirties, and appears to have everything - not least a constant stream of men at her beck and call. But when the two finally meet, they discover that they have a lot more in common than appeared at first sight...

Sixty Six

November 2006 •English

A boy's Bar Mitzvah looks set to be a disaster when it coincides with the 1966 World Cup Final.

Wake up Vassili

April 1969 •Greek

Vasilis is a poor conservative man who works in a company and tends to buy the lottery very often - but with no luck. His life will turn upside down when his younger sister turns out to be an anarchist and gets involved with a leftist rebellious man he already knows and hates. Eventually, in an ironic twist of faith, the two of them will earn millions and gain the exact lifestyle they used to fight against and Vasilis will lose his mind.