In 1971, military dictatorship in Brazil reaches its height. The Paiva family — Rubens, Eunice, and their five children — live in a beachside house in Rio, open to all their friends. One day, Rubens is taken for questioning and does not return.
A portrait of a modern family between collapse and new beginnings dealing with the big issues of our times, in a world that is reeling. Tim, Milena, their almost grown-up twins Frieda and Jon and their illegitimate son Dio - this is the Engels family, who seemingly have nothing left to hold them together when housekeeper Farrah enters their lives. The mysterious Syrian woman puts the Engels' emotional world to an unexpectedly wild test.
A female doctor in her late forties has no desire for a permanent relationship. But when a male nurse talks about how random meetings with men sometimes lead to rewarding and non-committal sex, she notices how this is exactly what she wants.
Julia and Tobias discover that their daughter Marielle has suddenly developed telepathic abilities and can see and hear everything they do. This leads to situations ranging from the awkward to the absurd as uncomfortable truths are revealed.
A darkly comic tale of murder and survival, focusing on an eclectic group of characters who abandon civilization for the Galápagos Islands. They are all searching for the answer to that ever-pressing question that plagues us all: what is the meaning of life?
Basel Adra, a young Palestinian activist from Masafer Yatta on the West Bank, has been fighting the mass expulsion of his community by Israel's occupation since childhood. He documents the slow-motion eradication of the villages in his home region where soldiers deployed by the Israeli government are gradually demolishing houses and driving out their residents. At some point, he meets Yuval, an Israeli journalist, who supports him in his efforts. An unlikely alliance develops. But the relationship between the two is strained by the enormous inequality between them: Basel lives under military occupation while Yuval lives freely and without restrictions.
This film by a Palestinian-Israeli collective of four young activists has been made as an act of creative resistance on the path to greater justice.
Synopsis: Alex, Hugo, Alan and Anthony reflect on their past and the relationships with their estranged families. They converge in the Zona Norte neighborhood in Tijuana, Mexico, as outcasts trying to survive the hostilities of society while sharing the dream of another chance at life.
A seventeen-year-old girl experiences a sexual awakening when she falls head over heels in love with her female teacher. She writes this down in her diary, and writes so well, vividly and recognizably that both mother and grandmother think the book should be published. Without taking into account that the girl has only written it to keep the crush alive for herself.
During summer, colorful beach bars and umbrellas line the pristine white dunes of Porto Pino, while in winter, gunfire and fighter jets dominate the landscape. Part of the dunes lies within Sardinia’s largest military base, accessible to beachgoers only during summer. Over the years, the dunes have visibly shrunk. Locals whisper about a legend: Silvio Berlusconi stole the sand and moved it to his scandal-ridden villa in northern Sardinia.
Starting with this rumor, LA DUNA questions: Who owns the land? The film interweaves true stories of expropriation, resistance, and the struggle for identity—featuring a farmer who fights NATO with goat skulls, a fisherman taking tourists to a radioactive island, a livestock breeder who defeats an international real estate consortium, a seasonal waitress envisioning a matriarchal yacht club, and a scattered Sardinian family caught in the "Battle for the Narrative.”
Following the screening Q&A with the directors.
Two men in heterosexual marriages whose unexpected experiences challenge their perceptions of sexuality, gender and identity.