Emily accidentally tells her school nurse that her dementia-stricken grandpa almost got them killed, a rookie child-welfare agent is sent to their house to investigate. A botched extraction ensues and Emily is taken and placed with Sylvia, a new foster parent.
This film is set in the Valley of the Witches area within Ghibli Park and is the first original animated short film created by Studio Ghibli specifically for the park.
Marc Isaacs makes a deal with The Synthetic Sincerity Lab, an AI research project affiliated with the University of Southern England. There, researchers are investigating the possibility of teaching AI characters authenticity, using characters from Isaacs’ documentaries to do so. In return, they allow Isaacs to film the process.
Andrea, a ten-year-old girl, discovers that the family of Riccardo , her classmate and a planet enthusiast, is keeping a secret to shield themselves from their pain. Families are like planetary systems, made up of celestial bodies orbiting a star. But what happens when a planet disappears?
While Mixel tries the best he can to help along with Martin's parents, Charlène and Martin have escaped the flames and appeared somewhen else, where twists and turns won't end. Why is everything happening? To find that out... they must go Back to the Toaster!
In an attempt to make the most of their limited fun during the summer of the Covid-19 lockdown, a science nerd and her boy-crazy best friend decide to build a spaceship to escape the quarantine before the summer ends and they start at different highschools, but as the lift-off draws near, they find that building a rocket may prove easier than maintaining their friendship.
This feature documentary charts Rod Quantock’s five-decade career and his tireless efforts to communicate the perils of neoliberalism and the urgency of climate change through humour. His journey illustrates the building of the thriving comedy landscape we take for granted today, showcasing a man who has remained steadfast in his pursuit of truth in an hilarious fashion.
Full of tenderness and love, Selma and Nori look forward to their first child together and a future as a family. But one morning, Nori finds himself confused and injured in the park, with no memory of the last few hours. The mysterious circumstances surrounding his amnesia and a miscarriage put their relationship to the test.
Ebony, who finds herself unexpectedly pregnant after a U-Haul marriage, has to referee between her new wife, August and best friend-turned-child’s father, Justin, while finding her footing as a mother-to-be.
The Nizhny Novgorod Youth Theatre troupe is rehearsing William Gibson's play "The Miracle Worker." In search of authenticity, the actors find themselves behind the scenes of blindness and deafness. They enter the real world of a boy named Petya, his mother, and his teacher. Episodes from the play about the education of a deaf-blind child unexpectedly echo real life, but reality is always more complex and profound than fiction.
When Peter Watkins’ banned nuclear war masterpiece "The War Game" reached Toronto in 1967, it found an unlikely home at Cinecity, a new cinema determined to challenge audiences. Drawing on archival research and eyewitness accounts, this documentary explores the film’s enduring impact and the role Cinecity played in shaping Canadian film culture.