Sheltered Daughters

A Fluorescent Sky

October 2022 •English

Hector is a widower who owns a corner shop with his young daughter Cleo. With the threat of a new 'Hypermark' opening, Hector battles for the store's survival while Cleo longs for the world beyond.

Dad's Lunch Box

June 2017 •Japanese

Throughout the three years of high school, Midori ate the bento lunch her dad made for her every single day. And in the very last bento of high school, Midori finds a photo of "the first high school bento" along with a hand written letter from her Dad.

One Wild Moment

June 2015 •French

Antoine and Laurent, old friends, spend their vacation in Corsica with their respective daughters: seventeen-year-old Louna and eighteen-year-old Marie. One evening at the beach, Louna seduces Laurent. Louna is in love, but for Laurent it was nothing more than a momentary distraction. Without revealing her lover's name, Louna confides in her father, who tries by any means to discover who his daughter's lover is. How long will the secret be able to be kept hidden?

The Art of Racing in the Rain

August 2019 •English

A family dog – with a near-human soul and a philosopher's mind – evaluates his life through the lessons learned by his human owner, a race-car driver.

Rosamunde Pilcher: Wo die Liebe begann

September 2006 •German

Diana and Andrew Chelsom have been married and have now lived separated for a long time.Anne Chelsom ,their daughter comes now to Cornwall to spend some days with her mother.By chance Diana meets Andrew in the fruit market and Andrew presents her his new girlfriend Shirley (who is quite younger as their daughter Anne).Other surprise: Andrew has bought a mansion,the Wilson House as gift for Shirley in the wedding day.Anne will also encounter a surprise coming from the past the Doctor Justin Giggs.

Rue des Roses

October 2012 •French

It’s Father’s Day and Mehdi is impatient to see his daughter. He now lives a perfect life with boyfriend Axel, but will his precocious princess accept Axel?

The Young Lover

October 1994 •Korean

Jung-yub is besotted with his stepdaughter Yun-hee and their relationship goes beyond father-daughter boundaries. Yun-hee seeks to escape her father's shadow and biology teacher Eun-woo is her only ray of hope. She tries to take their relationship beyond that of student-teacher. Eun-woo is reluctant at first but soon falls for Yun-hee.

The Facilitator

November 2013 •Spanish

Elena comes back to Ecuador to help her father overcome his illness. She spends most of her time between drugs and alcohol. While visiting her grandpa in the Andes Elena gets involved in the fight for water access in an indigenous community. She gradually understands that among family secrets, corruption and dark perversions commitment and beauty can emerge.

Yö meren rannalla

January 1981 •Finnish

Middle-aged municipal architect Mikko is frustrated with his job and his marriage, so for years he has directed his energy into renovating a turn-of-the-century wooden villa on the seaside. One beautiful summer evening Mikko and his wife Liisa invite old friends to a party in the villa: divorced intellectual Erik who gets along a little too well with Liisa; and noisy building contractor Hessu with his young and sexy new wife Pirre. Their increasingly drunken discussions are interrupted by a surprise visit from Mikko's and Liisa's daughter Jonna and her husband Pete. A conflict between the father and the daughter ensues in front of the guests.

Like Father

August 2018 •English

When a workaholic young executive, is left at the altar, she ends up on her Caribbean honeymoon cruise with the last person she ever expected: her estranged and equally workaholic father. The two depart as strangers, but over the course of a few hilarious adventures, a couple of umbrella-clad cocktails and a whole lot of soul-searching, they return with a renewed appreciation for family and life.

Real Love

March 2019 •French

Forbach, East of France, today. Mario, a man without much ambition, except where love is concerned, is back to square one after his wife left home. He now must raise his two adolescent daughters by himself, while going through some sort of a teenage crisis of his own. 14-year-old Frida blames her father for their mother's leaving and she develops ambivalent feelings towards her new girlfriend. 17-year-old Niki will soon leave home. Until then, she lives the good life. Mario can't help but lose the women he loves. Yet they must all agree to let one another go.

My Sailor, My Love

September 2022 •English

The thorny relationship between a woman and her retired father worsens after he becomes romantically involved with the housekeeper she hires for him.

perennials

November 2022 •English

After a pineapple shows up at her front door, Lia returns to her childhood home in search of her father, who hasn’t been seen in months.

The Bouncer

August 2018 •French

A tough nightclub bouncer struggling to raise his 8-year-old daughter is forced to go undercover after an unfortunate event.

Brief aan mijn vader

October 2023 •Dutch

Homecoming

August 2015 •Finnish

Tiina decides to reconnect with his aged and bohemian father living alone. With her reluctant daughter and new husband, they move in and start to renovate the old house. However, neither the renovation nor facing the past is effortless.

Father

March 2015 •Mongolian

A college student learns that he is soon becoming a father—a single father at that. He wants to fall in love and have fun like his peers, but faces the challenges of raising a daughter alone.

Hemel

January 2012 •Dutch

Divided into chapters, the film first chronicles Hemel's many sexual conquests, but then takes on a different tone as it explores her complicated relationship with her father, Gijs. A dapper auctioneer, Gijs has dated a series of younger women since Hemel's mother's death. But when Gijs starts seeing the charming Sophie, for the first time Hemel feels that her special relationship with her father is threatened...

Rosso di sera

January 1989 •Italian

Alex is separated and has a young daughter, Elo. After a youth studded with failures at university and in political commitment, he leads a mediocre existence alongside Margit, his new partner, and his friends Pais and Capace. Margit invites Alex to Giangi's birthday party who, in the 70s, was involved in the death of his brother during a student demonstration. Alex discovers that Giangi is having a clandestine relationship with Margit.

Sin instrucciones

December 2024 •Spanish