Genre: Romance
About Time [short film]
After years of no communication, a pair of exes find themselves together once again. Unable to connect, they take an edible, which acts as a catalyst for an evening of old wounds and new revelations.
All We Imagine As Light
The lives of three women living in working-class Mumbai are explored in this soulful study of the transformative power of friendship and womanhood.
Compensation (1999)
Newly restored, this bold, original Chicago drama follows two love stories, set nearly a century apart, that echo each other in salient ways.
Grace [short film]
In the lead-up to her baptism, 16-year-old Grace ponders God, her relationship to friends and family, and the idea of sin and repentance while staying under her grandmother’s roof. Set in the American south of the 1950s, Grace looks at the constants of adolescence, regardless of place or time.
Grand Tour
1917. A British civil servant flees his post in Burma to avoid his fiancee. Undeterred, she embarks on a journey across Asia to find him.
Long Good Thursday (Mielensäpahoittajan rakkaustarina)
A rural curmudgeon grappling with old age finds his routine turned upside down when a free-spirited artist enters his secluded life.
The Man Without a Past (2002) (Mies vailla menneisyyttä)
In this touching deadpan comedy, a welder, who finds himself in Helsinki and experiencing total amnesia, sets out to rebuild his life with a ragtag group of outsiders.
Mistress Dispeller
In this real-life docudrama, a woman in China desperate to save her marriage hires a professional “mistress dispeller” to break up her husband’s affair.
My Favourite Cake (Keyke Mahboobe Man)
Widowed Mahin, 70, lives alone in Tehran. Out to tea one afternoon, she’s inspired to break from her routine and revitalize her love life.
My Senses Are All I Have to Offer [short film] (As minhas sensações são tudo o que tenho para oferecer)
Lourdes and her girlfriend Lana can communicate telepathically using “sensory pills.” After dating for some time, Lourdes brings Lana to meet her parents at their country house, where they confront their relationship and the limits of their telepathy.
The Other Way Around (Volveréis)
A couple decides to throw a party to celebrate their amicable breakup. Their loved ones are skeptical, but they say it’s what they want. Is it really?
Songs of Love and Hate [short film]
The heartbroken host of a love advice radio show traverses through the mountains of Nepal. Testimonies from his audience about their problems haunt his journey in this deeply contemplative work that overflows with sadness and yearning.
Super Happy Forever
A heartbroken Sano returns to the seaside resort where he fell in love with his wife five years earlier in this unconventional, affecting romance.
Viet and Nam
Coal miners in love find solace in one another as a mother searches for her husband’s remains in this haunting tale of longing and memory.
Winter Portrait [short film]
A misty afternoon returns a Mapuche couple to their wedding video. In their civil ceremony, they are noted as one of only two couples married in the indigenous language of Mapudungun.
Wishing on a Star
In this surprising, poignant documentary, an Italian astrologer promises her clients happiness if they follow the stars on a special birthday trip.
You can’t get what you want but you can get me [short film]
At once intimate and mundane, this creative slideshow follows a developing relationship between two long-haired trans men through a year ‘s worth of texts and pics. Over that year, they meet, date long-distance, get acquainted with each other’s families, and manage recovery from top surgery.
Yuck! [short film] (Beurk!)
Leo lives in a world where those who want to kiss someone have glowing pink lips. At summer camp, he pokes fun at kissers alongside his friends. But his lips have started to glow as well.