Hanna lives in a New Age Christian community in rural Denmark and longs to have a child. But her sheltered life starts to unravel as the unexpected arrival of her younger brother Jakob stirs up long-buried memories of their troubled past. Will his arrival threaten Hanna’s dream of becoming a mother? And will the members of the community be able to live up to their own rules and beliefs, when they are confronted with the question: who gets to decide over love?
Pablo is in crisis. One morning, when he hits rock bottom, his phone rings mysteriously. It's Ana, the girl who broke his heart more than fifteen years ago. Over the course of a day, Pablo will be able to settle some pending accounts.
Cristina, a 35-year-old secretary living in an alienating and hostile Bucharest, is trying to understand what it means being a bills-paying, ready-to-settle, social-ladder-climbing adult while still desperately wanting to be a good child for the single mom that raised her. She is also a character in a novel that a theatre director is turning into a feature....See more details
It’s 1992 and Rimantas loves to plays rugby, doesn’t want to study at school, and dreams of becoming rich. One day he meets a girl who likes literature. To get her attention, he starts reading books.
Ángela, a deaf woman, is expecting a child with her hearing partner, Héctor. The baby’s arrival disrupts their relationship, forcing Ángela to face the challenges of raising her daughter in a world not made for her.
Chatila and Reda are Palestinian refugees living in Athens. They are saving to pay for fake passports to get out of Greece, but then Reda loses their hard-earned cash to his dangerous drug addiction. Now Chatila hatches an extreme plan so that their dream can get back on track...
Just as he does every year, Gerrie flies from sunny Portugal for a three-day visit to the Netherlands, the drab country of his birth. He has his usual errands to run and he visits his doctor for his annual check-up, accompanied by his eccentric grown-up son, Dick. Dick desperately yearns for quality time that his father stubbornly avoids, but what if this might be Gerrie's last visit?
Palestinian teenager Nasser and his older brother Yassin have been living in a Greek refugee camp, awaiting a decision on their asylum application. They pass the time recording comedy sketches, fantasizing of making zombie films and moving to Sweden. Nasser, however, feels increasingly trapped in this no-man’s-land....See more details
Director of Photography: Alexandru Mavrodineanu Editor: Alexandru Mavrodineanu, Eugen Kelemen Cast: Ciprian Panaite, Oana Panaite, Mihail Ristea, Roxana Ristea Producer: Alexandru Mavrodineanu Production: Almafilm Production FILMOGRAPHY Love Hurts (doc, 2025), Caisă (doc, 2018), One Night for Love (sm/short, 2016), The Birdman (doc, 2014), Music in the Blood (sm/short, 2010), The Boxing Lesson (sm/short, 2007), Oven Baked Apples (sm/short, 2005) Love Hurts is an intimate documentary about the fragility and power of love, which tells the true stories of two couples over two years of suffering, separations and reconciliations....See more details
When a burned Quran is found on a film set, the shoot takes a dark turn and the crew is thrown into turmoil. Caught in the crossfire of accusations, 24-year-old intern Elif is drawn into a dangerous game of secrets and lies, finding herself at the heart of an all-absorbing conspiracy.