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- Dancer Elena and sign language interpreter Dovydas meet and form a beautiful bond. As they dive into a new relationship, they must navigate how to build their own kind of intimacy.
- Etero, 48, single in a Georgian village, encounters gossip. She unexpectedly falls for a man, caught between a relationship or independence. She navigates her emotions while grappling with societal norms, searching for happiness.
- Lia, a retired teacher, has promised to find her long-lost niece, Tekla. Her search takes her to Istanbul where she meets Evrim, a lawyer fighting for trans rights, and Tekla starts to feel closer than ever.
- As a train weaves its way up to the arctic circle, two strangers share a journey that will change their perspective on life.
- A newly formed family confronts challenges while pursuing individual goals and facing the intricacies of modern life, relying on love, trust, and resilience to guide them.
- A hypnotherapist sees Vera throw off the trappings of civilized behaviour. For a event She attends with André, Vera's behaviour holds a mirror up to the faux-authenticity, virtue signalling and hypocrisy of her fellow entrepreneurs.
- A passionate coming-of-age tale set amidst the conservative confines of modern Tbilisi, the film follows Merab, a competitive dancer who is thrown off balance by the arrival of Irakli, a fellow male dancer with a rebellious streak.
- As she nears the end of her pregnancy, Itto and her in-laws find their lives turned upside down by a supernatural event.
- Follows ten year-old Johnny who stands out in different aspects way beyond his age. Things change when his new teacher sees his potential, believes in him and wants to open a new world to him.
- Janik and Samuel are very close. After high school, they plan to go to Turkey in search of Samuel's father, whose name they only know. However, shortly before their departure, Janik makes a mistake that calls everything into question.
- Seventy-year-old Mahin, solitary until now, chooses to revive her love life. A chance encounter becomes an unforgettable evening.
- Jan, a nurse and father in Nuuk, Greenland, was sexually abused by his father as a teen. He tries to connect with Greenlandic culture through sex, embracing the term "Kalak." He must eventually confront his abusive father.
- When two generations of Israeli women fall for a German woman and a Palestinian man, chaos follows. What happens with lovers who don't fit--but do belong together?
- Yuri fights to save his home town - which he shares with his namesake, Yuri Gagarin - from demolition.
- Investing a series of murder by a police offer Guillaume, following his sibling's unusual management of his father's business.
- When British aid worker Hana returns to the ancient city of Luxor, she meets former lover Sultan. As she wanders, haunted by the familiar place, she struggles to reconcile the choices of the past with the uncertainty of the present.
- Mina's life is turned upside down when she learns that her husband was innocent of the crime for which he was executed, so she starts a silent battle against a cynical system for her own and her daughter's sake.
- Fei works illegally to support family, but they reject his lifestyle. Through Long, Fei finds hope, until encountering Xiaolai, his past love, who makes him confront his guilt.
- Follows four recent high school grads as they travel throughout Italy when they come to an abandoned village. They test the boundaries of their newfound freedom away from the demands of their parents and professors.
- Pepe the woodcutter's life in his idyllic Finnish village is torn apart over the course of a few days, but he is seemingly fine with it all. As though he knows some profound truth about existence.
- Bound is about the women that are practicing the art of Japanese bondage known as shibari. Featuring performers, apprentices and casual practitioners, the documentary offers an inside look at this fascinating world from their unique perspective.
- A young actress, passionate about her profession, gets ready for a rape scene. Play Rape is written and directed by Anna Paavilainen, and it is part of the film anthology Force of Habit (Yksittäistapaus).
- When Herra, a Czech woman, falls in love with Nazir, an Afghan man, she has no idea about the life that awaits her in post-Taliban Afghanistan, nor about the family she is about to join.
- While going through an emotional breakdown, Vera, a small town zoo veterinarian, causes the escape of a tiger.
- Michael Okeke, a Nigerian student living in New Delhi wants to get his MBA and settle in India - but his part-time job gives him a dubious double life in a city notoriously difficult for outsiders.
- Home videos shot by Ernaux and her family from 1972 to 1981 and feeds into the themes of her work over the past 60 years.
- After losing a film job to her nemesis Kristian, Hanna teams up with her sister and counterculture friends, to create a parody romance on Instagram between herself and young actor Ekku.
- In the process of searching for her beloved lost dog Marcel, a mother reconnects with her neglected young daughter.
- Nilo (Bahar Pars) is a feminist writer, living an orderly life with her husband and 13-year-old daughter Laura (Nadja Rosenberg). When her irresponsible sister Maya (Zhala), whose projects constantly tend to bomb, both "kidnaps" Nilo's Volvo and daughter and heads south, Nilo tags along. The goal of the trip is Portugal, where the sisters' complicated mother (Susan Taslimi) recently diagnosed with cancer lives, together with Maya's son, who it has finally become time to take responsibility for.
- Fifteen year-old Xian goes to live with her father while her mother, a doctor, takes a job in Africa. Soon, she becomes fascinated by her father's stepdaughter, a swaggering, liberated and slightly melancholic young woman.
- A film by seven directors shows us moments in women's lives that usually remain hidden. Force of Habit follows the lives of various women throughout one day.
- Encounters on a rail line crossing north to south thru Paris and its outskirts: A cleaning lady, a scrap merchant, a writer, a nurse, a follower of hunts and the filmmaker herself.
- When Home stops feeling like one, wandering becomes routine. Time, space and emotions implode, blurring Lisbon with Bangkok. Past, present or perhaps future intertwine in a story that begins when L meets K.
- Odile is getting ready to celebrate her birthday. While her children and grandchildren are on their way for the evening, Jean, her husband, dies suddenly. Unable to face this reality, she hides it under her bed.
- The deep rift between tradition and modernity, and between gendered reality and self-determination.
- Three women find themselves at a crossroad in their life, while a mysterious natural phenomenon turns their world upside down.
- Teenage girls take their shirts off at a party together but they attract an audience.
- Selva (13) lives in a coastal town in the Caribbean. After the sudden disappearance of her only motherly figure, she is left to take care of her grandfather who doesn't want to live. Between shadows and wild games, she must decide if she will help her grandfather die, even though that means going through her last moments of childhood alone.
- 1983. Frank, an angry kid from the streets with "no future". The state banned their music because their words are political. Frank escapes to a psychiatric ward where Hanna, a young enemy of the system, joins him.
- Does "no" actually mean no? Boudoir (Buduaar) is written and directed by Reetta Aalto, and it is part of the film anthology Force of Habit (Yksittäistapaus)
- In an international conference, a young PhD student discovers that nobody listens to her. Let Her Speak is directed by Ulla Heikkilä, and it is part of the film anthology Force of Habit (Yksittäistapaus).
- A couple's romantic evening changes when a stranger gropes the woman. No Big Deal (Pikku juttu) is written and directed by Alli Haapasalo, and it is part of the film anthology Force of Habit (Yksittäistapaus).
- The festive spirit of an office party is ruined, when a woman accidentally reveals that their colleague had harassed her at the previous office party. It is part of the film anthology Force of Habit (Yksittäistapaus).
- The first rape trial for a young prosecutor turns into a grueling day not only for him, but also for the victim who is undergoing her third hearing on the matter. The short film is part of a film anthology Force of Habit (Yksittäistapaus).
- An environmental specialist goes to a job interview but the interviewer is more interested in her 'exotic' background than her skills. Dream Job (Unelmaduuni) is part of the film anthology Force of Habit (Yksittäistapaus).
- Sonja is tired of her body being a problem for others.
- Shame related to the body grows and finally falls off on the dance floor. The film is written and directed by Sonya Lindfors and Aino Suni, and it is part of the film anthology Force of Habit (Yksittäistapaus).
- A young girl tries to make it to school wearing high heels. A Stop (Pysäkki) is a short film written and directed by Elli Toivoniemi, and it is part of the film anthology Force of Habit (Yksittäistapaus).
- Eight-year-old Katya vacations with grandparents as Chechen war unfolds and their marriage crumbles. Amidst turmoil, Katya confronts realities of life with childlike innocence, grappling with complex issues surrounding her.