1. When Forever Dies
An archival fiction feature about the eternal battle of the sexes, in which two star-crossed lovers trapped in a kingdom of shadows fight to keep their love alive as they gradually fall in hate. Their names are Forever Man and Forever Woman. They are embodied by actors and actresses from long-gone eras, but also by cartoon characters and puppet animations. Together they narrate the story of the euphoric ups and tragic downs of human existence. When Forever Dies, a virtuoso collage of film fragments from the Eye Filmmuseum archive, is an epic ode to largely unseen cinema anchored in the polarizing world of today.
2. Don't Promise Me Anything (Não me prometa nada)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Hua and Ayon, two chinese cousins, are secretly falling in love. Everything goes well, until the day Ayon gets a ticket to China to work in a family business. It's a reason to celebrate, for everyone but Hua. Sometimes a breakup can be like a countdown. In the streets of Tijuca, people celebrate the Chinese New Year while Rio's landscape changes in preparation for the Olympic Games.
3. Christmas in August (8월의 크리스마스)
It's a sweltering summer, but Jung-won, a terminally ill, thirty-something photographer, is already in the winter of his life when he begins a tentative romance with a young traffic cop who doesn't know about his condition. Is their relationship doomed before it even begins?
It has an average vote of 7.813 on TMDB.
4. Gone, But Not Forgotten
Questions about the identity of an amnesiac threaten his romance with the park ranger who rescued him.
It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.
5. A Curtain Raiser (Un lever de rideau)
Bruno, a young Frenchman, is frustrated by his girlfriend's constant lack of punctuality. He decides to end their relationship the next time she is late again.
It has an average vote of 6.5 on TMDB.
6. Daybreak (Le jour se lève)
After committing a murder, a man locks himself in his apartment and recollects the events the led him to the killing.
It has an average vote of 7.6 on TMDB.
7. Unfold
Elias and Susan in New York, between love, exile, and the Arabic revolution.
It has an average vote of 8 on TMDB.
8. Antti Puuhaara (Antti Puuhaara)
In 17th-century Pohjola, young Antti Puuhaara is looking for himself, because he has grown up with no knowledge of his childhood. Two actors, the tragedian and the comedian, who were banished from Tsarist Russia to Karelia, had predicted to the crooked merchant Markki Bohattov that Antti's fate would become intertwined with his own. When Antti falls in love with Bohattov's daughter Darja, the father has to arrange for her to marry the tar merchant Arho Mustahatu.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
9. July 7th, Sunny Day (7月7日晴)
Hinata Mochizuki is a superstar in the pop music scene, and Kenta Yamabe is a very ordinary office worker. One day, the two meet, and then fell in love. However, due to the influence of various external factors, the relationship between the two does not go smoothly.
10. La obra de las máscaras (La obra de las máscaras)
(La obra de las máscaras)
11. Portrait of a Certain Orient (Retrato de um Certo Oriente)
At the end of the 1940s, Lebanon is sliding towards a devastating conflict. Catholic siblings Emilie and Emir decide to leave for Brazil. Aboard the ship to their new home, Emilie falls in love with Omar, a Muslim merchant. For an enraged and jealous Emir, the relationship is intolerable. As the story unfolds against the backdrop of the majestic rainforest, Emir’s actions and the choice that Emilie subsequently makes lead to disastrous consequences.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
12. Cherry Tobacco (Kirsitubakas)
An exploration of the growing friendship between small-town girl Laura, who is persuaded onto a hiking trip by her friend Merit, and Joosep, a middle-aged guide.
It has an average vote of 6.1 on TMDB.
13. Beautiful Missing People
Tensions spark within the community of a small high school when a senior, Tayla Henderson, goes mysteriously missing. A social media account called "beautiful.missing.people" sparks out of nowhere, posting a strange picture of Tayla, claiming that "She's not missing. She's right here. With me."
14. La lluvia nunca para (La lluvia nunca para)
(La lluvia nunca para)
15. Barstool Cowboy
An unemployed Cowboy who can't find love vows to stay on a barstool for three months. Shortly thereafter, he meets a young female art student and quickly forgets his misery. The pair begin to transform each other's worlds while spending time drinking, dancing and examining the mysteries of life. Will the Cowboy finally find love or should he have just stayed on his barstool?
It has an average vote of 2 on TMDB.
16. Palm Springs
A gambler in need of cash plots a romance between his daughter and a wealthy Englishman. The daughter, however, has plans of her own.
17. According to Greta
Dumped on her grandparents for the summer by her indifferent mother, acerbic and self-destructive teenager Greta disrupts the elderly couple's staid life on the Jersey Shore. Eventually, a romance helps Greta face down her demons.
It has an average vote of 6.069 on TMDB.
18. The Full Monteverdi
The Full Monteverdi follows the simultaneous break-up of six couples, from shocking revelation, vengeful anger and erotic longing for reconciliation, as an ensemble film. Vulnerable and disarming, it draws viewers into its emotional journey and intensely moving portrait of contemporary love.
It has an average vote of 3.5 on TMDB.
19. Incoherence ((IN) Coerência)
Recreation of the micro-story "AMORES LOUCOS", by JOSÉ REZENDE JR. . Two young people tired of life meet, due to the voices that guide them inside their minds.
20. The Samurai in Autumn (Јесен самураја)
Vladica lost the only thing that mattered to him - an amateur karate championship. Now he's back in his home town looking for a job, love and redemption.
It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.