New York Stories

The Almond

January 2025 •English

A privileged sculptor's uninspired career takes a sudden turn when he experiences struggle for the first time, and accidentally creates a masterpiece.

Report to Mother

December 1986 •Malayalam

Purushan, a student on his way to Delhi, becomes obsessed with the tragic suicide of a young drummer. He collects many people to go with him to tell the boy’s mother.

The Seed

October 2016 •Ukrainian

The main character buys a special seed from the pharmacy, from which she plans to grow an ideal man. She wanted love. Desperation brought her to the pharmacy, and the pharmacist sold her illegally grain. Having planted the grain, she began to wait. In a barrel, feeding on her care, He sprouted. Still a fragile, unintended sprout, but an ideal man of her expectations. How many shy fantasies she had on this subject. It was only necessary to wait...

The Great Post Office Robbery

December 1992 •Hungarian

The heroes of this crime-comedy attempt to get hold of money by a funny trick. They start operating the new post-office of the housing estate a week before the official opening, pocketing the revenue themselves. The inhabitants of the estate do not understand the trick, and loads of money pour to the swindlers.

When the Bough Breaks

September 2016 •English

A surrogate mother harbors a deadly secret desire for a family of her own with the husband who is expecting to raise her child.

Praho, má lásko

November 2012 •Czech

A short story film presenting four micro-stories of Prague residents and visitors: Panorama, The Lawyer, The Ordinary Timetable, The Secret of the Monument.

Love

May 2013 •Spanish

A young sculptor artist is friend with an equally young and attractive hetero couple. He is in love with the guy and through this love, that he was blinded with jealousy. A jealousy that will lead to tragedy.

The Second Ballad

September 2012 •Portuguese

Friends Tamiris, Rafael and Victor go into a whirlwind of emotions resulting good times, but also regret and loss.

Men Are Such Fools

June 1938 •English

Linda works at an advertising agency, but, unlike the other women in the secretarial pool, she hopes to succeed in the business rather than just find a husband. She rises through the ranks, becoming a copywriter, and attracts the attention of Jimmy, an amorous coworker who wants to marry her. But Jimmy is jealous of Linda's career and of Harry, a radio executive who works with Linda, and their marriage gets off to a very rough start.

A Few Hours of Spring

September 2012 •French

Forty-eight-year-old Alain Evrard is obliged to return home to live with his mother. This situation causes all the violence of their past relationship to rise to the surface. Alain then discovers that his mother has a fatal illness. In the last months of her life, will they finally be capable of taking a step toward each other?

1,000 Shapes of a Female

October 1963 •English

An art dealer asks a number of local artists for paintings centered around the nude female form; a nudie-cutie ensues.

Calendar Pin-Up Girls

January 1966 •English

Nudie-cutie that goes behind the scenes of the making of a pin-up calendar. Imagine that.

Baby

December 2021 •English

A young Black father must learn to navigate parenthood after his girlfriend mysteriously abandons him and their five-year-old daughter.

Fool's Gold: The Story Of The Brink's Mat Robbery

November 1992 •English

A dramatized speculation of what happened in November 1983 when Micky McAvoy and some of his mates planned a heist and were surprised when they discovered they'd stumbled across a large stash of gold. But getting the gold away without getting caught is only the beginning of their troubles. Realizing the riches the gold represents is difficult, and honor among thieves may only be a myth.

Babygirl

December 2024 •English

A high-powered CEO puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern.

One Last Last Heist

October 2019 •English

What Doesn't Float

June 2023 •English

An anthology of New Yorkers at their wit's end.

Suspicion

September 2015 •German

Eva and Max Gruber enjoy a healthy marriage. While she works as a journalist in the cultural sector, he is an independent artist teaching at a local college. The unconventional yet well-liked pedagogue can get his students to enjoy almost anything, even nude drawing. Until one day the police turn up – and accuse him of sexual misconduct. Max and Eva are shocked when the allegation comes at them like a bolt out of the blue. Following several interviews, however, it soon becomes clear that the girl did spend a night at Max’s atelier the previous weekend. Sabine Boss’s TV drama shows how social and media instigation can back a teacher into a corner.

Goodnight, Sweetheart

June 1944 •English

A journalist attacks the campaign of a mayoral candidate who has gained the endorsement of a rival newspaper.

Liberty

June 1986 •English

Drama about how the Statue of Liberty came to be erected in New York Harbor in the early 1880s and the people responsible for its creation.