Saving Dreams

Nothing Compares

September 2022 •English

Since the beginning of her career, Sinéad O’Connor has used her powerful voice to challenge the narratives she was surrounded by while growing up in predominantly Roman Catholic Ireland. Despite her agency, depth and perspective, O’Connor’s unflinching refusal to conform means that she has often been patronized and unfairly dismissed as an attention-seeking pop star.

The Woman with a Broken Nose

September 2010 •Serbian

The act of a woman with a broken nose, who suddenly jumps out of a taxi and throws herself off the bridge in Belgrade, connects the lives of three witnesses.

The L-Shaped Room

November 1962 •English

Jane is young, French, pregnant and unmarried. Bucking convention, she is uninterested in settling with her baby's father or getting an abortion. After renting a room in a dingy London boarding house, Jane befriends the odd group of inhabitants and starts an affair with one boarder, Toby. As Jane's pregnancy threatens her new relationship, and the reality of single motherhood approaches, she is forced to decide what to do about both her baby and her budding romance.

We Need to Talk About Kevin

September 2011 •English

After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.

Shirley

September 2011 •English

Shirley is the youngest of eight children from a mixed race marriage. By the time she is a toddler the family have moved to the all white area of Splott and by the time she is 12 Shirley has discovered she has an extraordinary voice and can earn money singing in pubs around the docks after her father if jailed for sexual crimes. As a young teenager she begins singing and dancing in 'coloured review shows'. But it is a chance meeting with struggling agent Mike Sullivan that changes her life forever. He promises to make her a star, but has no idea of the personal sacrifice that will mean for the teenaged Shirley.

My Turn

June 2017 •Korean

It's not her turn, but she's pregnant.

Dark Side of the Light

December 2016 •Japanese

Based on an actual murder that took place in 1996 in Shibuya, Tokyo. One day, Emi receives a visit from her ex-boyfriend, Takumi. He tells her that her older sister, Tomomi, has disappeared after murdering her husband, Kohei. Emi is devastated. What pushed her sister to such a horrible deed?

Reseda

November 2019 •English

The story of 4 unlikely housemates. Through years of strife and misadventure, this bunch redefines what it means to be a family.

First Comes Love, Then Comes Murder

July 2023 •English

Despite initially starting out in wedded bliss, devoted wife Candice and her manipulative husband, Ken, end up at odds, so much so that he hires a hitman to kill her and their unborn child. Candice finds herself embroiled in the fight of her life.

Love is in the air

September 2017 •German

Becoming Astrid

September 2018 •Swedish

When Astrid Lindgren was very young something happened that affected her profoundly, and this combination of both miracle and calamity came to shape her entire life. It was an event that transformed her into one of the most inspiring women of our age and the storyteller a whole world would come to love. This is the story of when a young Astrid, despite the expectations of her time and religious upbringing, decided to break free from society's norms and follow her heart.

Scars

September 2005 •Spanish

The story of a dysfunctional couple, whose problems will inevitably deteriorate their marriage and their son's life.

A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song

September 2011 •English

In this modern telling of the classic tale, aspiring singer Katie Gibbs falls for the new boy at her performing arts high school. But Katie's wicked stepmother and stepsister are scheming to crush her dream before she can sing her way into his heart.

Mother's Ghost

May 2017 •English

A portrait of the symbiosis of body and mind between mother and unborn child.

Denmark

October 2017 •Danish

22-year-old Norge lives a careless life as a bachelor in the province. The slacker idyll meets a sudden end when 16-year-old Josephine turns up after a one-night-stand and tells him she’s pregnant

En dotter född

March 1944 •Swedish

Inger lives at home with his parents. She suspects that she is pregnant. A doctor notes her pregnancy and urge her to seek the child's father. The doctor offers her an abortion, but she refuses.

Shit Happens

February 2000 •Swedish

A young couple, Sophia and Freddie has just got their first baby, but this little thing makes their lives way to complicated and difficult for them to handle. They both have jobs, Sophia is an actress and Freddie a balloon-flier, which makes it tough to be home with the baby and such. They also have to deal with Sophia´s family, which includes a depressed dad, a close to senile mother, and two eccentric sisters. The family life is nothing what Sophia and Freddie expected.

Obvious Child

January 2009 •English

A romantic comedy about an unplanned pregnancy, an abortion, and a great first date in an unlikely location.

Eggshells

November 2022 •English

A short film about domestic abuse (coercive control, gaslighting, domestic violence).

Bridget Jones's Baby

September 2016 •English

After breaking up with Mark Darcy five years earlier, Bridget Jones' happily-ever-after hasn't quite gone according to plan. Fortysomething and single again, she decides to focus on her job as top news producer and surround herself with old friends and new. For once, Bridget has everything completely under control. Then her love life takes a turn - while a weekend away at a music festival, she meets a dashing American named Jack, who is everything Mark is not, and spends a night with him. A week later, she runs into newly-separated Mark, and has a one-night dalliance. In an unlikely twist, she finds herself pregnant, but with one hitch - she's not sure of the identity of her baby's father - Mark or Jack.