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Edee, in the aftermath of an unfathomable event, finds herself unable to stay connected to the world she once knew and in the face of that uncertainty, retreats to the magnificent, but unforgiving, wilds of the Rockies. After a local hunter brings her back from the brink of death, she must find a way to live again.
A withdrawn man's quiet birdwatching routine is disrupted by a lost dog, unearthing memories and forging an unlikely bond that challenges his isolation.
After the end of a relationship, a young Belgian woman remains alone in an isolated house and turns silence, repetition, and solitude into forms of existence and resistance to forgetting.
A young painter battling depression finds solace in her art and alcohol, but her inner thoughts eventually surface, forcing her to confront them. Through this introspection, she undergoes a transformative journey.
“TheMinxFlavor!” is a poetic and visual dive into the meanders of solitude. Made with modest means, this film transforms familiar places into dreamlike spaces thanks to a retro aesthetic and the omnipresence of purple, symbol of mystery and introspection. Each shot reveals the complexity of a universal feeling, captured with sensitivity and creativity. A unique and sincere work, shot with passion, which invites an intimate reflection on our own emotions. Watch it now on the YouTube channel TheMinxFlavor!.
Leonor desperately search for her son Perico, without realizing that she is wrapped in her Alzheimer's disease.
Silent Breaths Beneath Electric Glow is an evocative exploration of beauty and solitude, set entirely within a neon-lit aquarium. Through mesmerizing visuals of luminous marine life and the soft hum of electric currents, the film captures the quiet poetry of existence behind glass walls. Each frame radiates a dreamlike melancholy, celebrating the fragile connection between life and its artificial surroundings. A meditative journey through light, color, and the silent breaths of a world suspended in electric glow.
Ilraan walks from one place to another, hoping something will make sense. It never does. The ruins stay ruins. The forests stay quiet. The shores keep their distance. Each place gives him less than the one before. He does not find peace. He finds more questions. And the more he looks, the less the world explains itself. It just keeps showing him his own unease. Somewhere in all of that, he stops believing the world has any shape worth trusting.
Once a dream wove a shade, and pitying I dropped a tear. But I saw lights near, that light the ground while the soul wanders.
Left to her own devices during an August heatwave, a seven-year-old wild child and her companion have an adventure filled with squirt guns, cicadas and rain dances.
After a catastrophe destroys most of humanity, recluse Del lives in his small, empty town, content with the utopia he has methodically created for himself, until an interloper, young Grace, disrupts his solitude.
The Nomad wanders through the city of Evry, guided by his imaginary compass, which he believes will lead him to a place where he can forget all his fears.
A boy lost in grief finds himself trapped in the quiet chaos of his own mind, seeking refuge and release through art and music.
Elias is an I.T. technician preparing for an overnight gig. He thinks he's totally alone in the building and is about to find out he's wrong.
Hussein is a terminally ill yet charming architect who enjoys a solitary routine in his old family home, and a variety of female visitors. Not realizing his past is about to catch up with him, Hussein's sister and her grandson move into the house, disrupting a well-established lifestyle, and forcing him to re-examine his ideas about life, love, and family.
Exploring the duality between friendship and loneliness, this intimate narrative short tells the story of David, a bright young boy struggling with a broken home life, as he tries to reconnect with his childhood best friends as they search for something to do in their small suburban town.
You are in the countryside. Just you and your girlfriend. You hope that with the silence of an isolated house in the woods you will find inspiration to write your next book. There is something wrong. You don't like this place. It tortures you. It's not just in your head.
Antoine - a grieving loner - spends his days in a cafe on Place Clichy watching people. Every day, he sees a woman he calls Albertine get out of the subway and go to the movies. Today, he takes it upon himself to talk to her. Thus began Antoine's down-going.
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
A successful photographer gives up everything to devote himself to writing and discovers poverty.
94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.
The story of a woman who is suddenly visited by her estranged ex-husband. The ex-hubby wants to buy her country house, which she received in the divorce settlement. Instead he finds himself locked in a cage in the cellar.
Esther is at the end of her career as Head Seamstress at Dior Avenue Montaigne workshop. One day, she gets her handbag stolen in the metro by a 20 years old girl, Jade. Instead of calling the police she decides to take care of Jade. She sees in her the opportunity to pass on her skills, the craft of dressmaking, her only wealth. In the frenetic world of Haute Couture, Esther will give Jade la beauté du geste, a way to reach beyond herself.
The story of golf icon and legend, Bobby Jones, who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.
Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.
Mouse desperately wants to join The Midnight Clique, the infamous Baltimore dirt bike riders who rule the summertime streets. When Midnight’s leader, Blax, takes 14-year-old Mouse under his wing, Mouse soon finds himself torn between the straight-and-narrow and a road filled with fast money and violence.
Gentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl.
Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning, she has returned as a multi-millionaire for a visit. The town lays out the red carpet expecting big things from Carla, only to learn that her sole purpose is to see Serge Miller killed...
Michel is a young technician in the fledgling TV industry and is due for military service in two months at the time of the Algerian War. Juliette and Liliane are inseparable best friends, and aspiring actresses, who hang around outside the TV studio. Michel invites them in to watch, flirts with them both, and dates them separately and together. When Michel goes on a holiday to Corsica, just before he is drafted, the girls follow.
In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, and neglects her daughter and husband. Lawyer Jim Train is devoted to his career, not his family. Helen Christianson wants to find a new spark in life, while Annette Jennings tries to rebuild hers.
An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
A bourgeois couple, modern yet conventional. One night by accident, a young prostitute barges into their lives. Hounded down, beaten up, threatened, she will continue to struggle, with the help of a well off lady, first for her survival-her resurrection-then for her dignity and freedom. Stormy encounters for everyone involved.
Because he wanted to protect his little brother, Teddy, a young man without a history, is accused of the murder of his father and sent to a closed educational center, waiting for his trial for parricide. He then plunges into a brutal universe of which he does not know the rules.
Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American suburban surroundings, the family is plunged into the despair of an archaic '80s Britain and their unaffordable new life in an English manor house threatens to destroy the family.
Julie is a new mom and children's book author, who escapes into the bright Crayola-colored world of her creation in order to leave behind the darkness caused by her post-partum depression.
A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
Liane, 19 years old, daring and fiery, lives with her mother and little sister under the dusty sun of Fréjus in the South of France. Obsessed with beauty and the need to become “someone”, she sees reality TV as her opportunity to be loved... Fate smiles upon her when she auditions for “Miracle Island”.
A young woman who is passionate about ballet dancing and experiences a trauma, and then she meets other women who have experienced similar situations and they find a creative way to pursue their passion.
