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Obachan Julia
Naeko Uyezu
Clara
After the loss of his mother, a boy uses his imagination to escape reality, creating and playing characters. As a result, despite their grief, his family needs to do everything they can to deal with the boy's fantasies.
'Smile.mp4' is a heartwarming Malayalam Short Film that seamlessly blends the contrasting styles of French New Wave (fluid) and Classic Hollywood filmmaking (static) to tell a poignant tale of change and acceptance. Just as these two distinct cinematic approaches converge in this short film, so do the lives of Diya and George, illustrating that harmony can exist even between seemingly disparate elements.
After a recent and violent breakup, Jules is in deep mourning with a friend who doesn't seem to understand him and a girl. A story that mixes color, black and white, chronology, and perceptions to offer a profound dive into the feelings of grief.
A glimpse at a grandparent's extension of care through the sharing of mango.
In the bustling, nostalgic lanes of North Kolkata, Sumit Dasgupta, a 40-year-old software engineer, lives a routine-driven life with his teenage daughter, Mohor. Ever since his wife, Supriya, passed away unexpectedly a year ago, Sumit has been struggling to balance his demanding job and single parenthood.
Thea, a wandering soul, is searching for hope and meaning. As she journeys, the unsuspected loss of a dear friend has her on the verge of falling deeper into darkness and despair. Will she find the light she's been unknowingly looking for?
Two people sacrifice truth for each other, only to discover the other did the same.
A woman's story of love and redemption during the Christian youth revolution that swept across America in the 1970's.
Ace car racer RV and his wife have the world at their feet. But he has an accident and his world is turned upside down. Can he reclaim his lost glory?
This is the story of Guido and Gael, two brothers who inherit their father's passion for piano. From an early age, Guido shows remarkable talent, becoming the focus of their father's unfulfilled dreams of musical success, while Gael grows up under their mother's protective care. Years later, Guido works as a classical piano session musician dreaming of fame, while Gael studies Law like his mother, though his passion for jazz piano never fades. When Gael brings news of an audition that could launch a career, Guido dismisses it, until he learns Gael has signed up. Their father, determined to secure Guido's success, enters him into the competition as well. As the brothers prepare, Guido under his father's pressure, Gael balancing studies with his mother's support. This clash of styles and talents builds toward an audition that will ultimately bring reconciliation and harmony between them.
A film about people on having different perspective on life. It's a journey in a car of two different people having a conversation on difficulties of life.
Is a deep family story, with an enticing insight into troubles and consequences that arise when a brother returns home.
In the last days of their tumultuous relationship Julian and Lara are confronted with a life changing event and now must bear the consequences.
In summer 2025, the Van Drayens gathers at their secluded estate, The Château, for their annual family dinner. But as the patriarch reveals the contents of his will, simmering tensions erupt, threatening to tear the family apart.
Two brothers united by the game, and broken by the passion
Mark Stevenson, a determined young inline speedskater, is eager to establish himself in the sport. Upon learning that the circuit will finance and send a race team to race the prestigious European Grand Prix 24-hour race to beat the circuits biggest rivals Tropen Racing. Mark Stevenson and his friend Jake Flyer embark on a journey of rigorous training and seek out a seasoned coach who is struggling with life. Their aim is not only to win the race but also to bring order to their lives. Amidst the backdrop of business, sports, romance, and adventure, the narrative delves into the intricate world of inline speed skating.
Dika, who had left his hometown for seven years, had returned home to commemorate the fourty days of his father's death. But suddenly he is asked to be a lecturer and imam for Friday prayers as his father often did in the past by his father's acquaintance who is a member of the mosque's prosperity council. Dika, who had forgotten his father and felt unloved by him, tried to get his mother to leave his hometown and the house where his mother and father had lived. However, at the last moment, Dika can again remember the expression of love from his father.
On a rare day off, a mother and her son make the most of their time together, until an unexpected call turns everything upside down.
Admiral Frank Beardsley returns to New London to run the Coast Guard Academy, his last stop before a probable promotion to head the Guard. A widower with eight children, he runs a loving but tight ship, with charts and salutes. The kids long for a permanent home. Helen North is a free spirit, a designer whose ten children live in loving chaos, with occasional group hugs. Helen and Frank, high school sweethearts, reconnect at a reunion, and it's love at first re-sighting. They marry on the spot. Then the problems start as two sets of kids, the free spirits and the disciplined preppies, must live together. The warring factions agree to work together to end the marriage.
Johnny Kapahala, a teen snowboarding champion from Vermont, returns to Oahu, Hawaii, for the wedding of his hero -- his grandfather, local surf legend Johnny Tsunami -- and to catch a few famous Kauai waves. When Johnny arrives, he meets his new family including "Uncle Chris" (the 12-year-old son of his new step-grandmother) who resents the upcoming marriage. Chris's only interest is to join a mountain boarding crew led by a teenage bully. When Johnny's grandfather and his new wife open a surf shop that also caters to mountain boarders, they are soon embroiled in a turf war with a rival shop owner who wants to shut their business down.
Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disowned his son for marrying an American. But after the death of the Earl's remaining son, he decides to accept Cedric as his heir.
A bedtime story leads Littlefoot and his grandparents on a journey to a new land, where Littlefoot discovers someone who vanished before he was born: his father! Now Littlefoot must decide between two worlds. Will he leave to be with his friends in the Great Valley, or stay behind and start a new life with his father?
Vada Sultenfuss has a holiday coming up, and an assignment: to do an essay on someone she admires and has never met. She decides she wants to do an assignment on her mother, but quickly realises she knows very little about her. She manages to get her father to agree to let her go to LA to stay with her Uncle Phil and do some research on her mother.
A plover chick has not learned to fly when his family migrates in the fall. He must survive the arctic winter, vicious enemies and himself in order to be reunited with his beloved one next spring.
This remake of the beloved classic follows the raucous exploits of a blended family of 12, the Bakers, as they navigate a hectic home life while simultaneously managing their family business.
The Avengers gather to celebrate their latest victory, but their celebration is quickly interrupted by the mysterious disappearance of Black Widow's father, Red Guardian. As the Avengers investigate, they discover that Red Guardian isn't the only one missing when they meet a dangerous new foe quite unlike anything they've ever encountered before.
Christopher Robin, the boy who had countless adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood, has grown up and lost his way. Now it’s up to his spirited and loveable stuffed animals, Winnie The Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, and the rest of the gang, to rekindle their friendship and remind him of endless days of childlike wonder and make-believe, when doing nothing was the very best something.
Mater and Lightning McQueen are ready to rock! When Mater's garage band, Mater and the Gas Caps, records a hit song, Mater becomes a rock legend. Then Lightning joins Mater's band for the rock concert of the century!
This Christmas, Damian Wayne wants to be a superhero like his dad – the one and only Batman. When Damian is left home alone while Batman takes on Gotham’s worst supervillains on Christmas Eve, he stumbles upon a villainous plot to steal Christmas and leaps at the chance to save the day.
The film follows the journey of Kitty, the imaginary friend to whom Anne Frank dedicated her diary. A fiery teenager, Kitty wakes up in the near future in Anne Frank's house in Amsterdam and embarks on a journey to find Anne, who she believes is still alive, in today's Europe. While the young girl is shocked by the modern world, she also comes across Anne's legacy.
12-year-old Dre Parker could've been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother's latest career move has landed him in China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying but the cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre's feelings make him an enemy of the class bully, Cheng. With no friends in a strange land, Dre has nowhere to turn but maintenance man Mr. Han, who is a kung fu master. As Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and parries, but maturity and calm, Dre realizes that facing down the bullies will be the fight of his life.
American Daphne Reynolds heads to Europe in search of the father she's never met. But instead of finding a British version of her boho mother, she learns the love of her mom's life is an uptight politician. The only problem now is that her long-lost father is engaged to a fiercely territorial social climber with a daughter who makes Daphne's life miserable.
As Po looks for his lost action figures, the story of how the panda inadvertently helped create the Furious Five is told.
The Toa Metru return to their glorious city of Metru Nui to finally accomplish their mission, only to find the city in ruins, overrun by the dreaded Visorak horde. Captured by their new enemy and transformed into hideous Toa Hordika, our heroes must find a figure out of myth to be cured of their mutations and fulfill their destiny before the beast within overtakes them.
When the Rugrats find themselves stranded on a deserted island, they meet the Thornberrys, a family who agrees to help them escape.
A star athlete reluctantly returns home to take over his father's duties as Ultraman, shielding Tokyo from giant monsters as he becomes a legendary hero.
A routine tow lands Mater in Tokyo, where he is challenged to a drift-style race against a nefarious gang leader and his posse of ninjas. With the help of his friend, 'Dragon' Lightning McQueen, and some special modifications, Mater attempts to drift to victory and become Tow-ke-O Mater, King of all Drifters.
When thrill-seeker Cricket tricks his family into taking a "road trip" in space, chaos in the cosmos quickly ensues. Despite growing frustrations between Cricket and his dad, Bill, the two must learn to appreciate each other's unique perspectives in order to prevent Big City from being destroyed by an interstellar disaster.
