
Filmmaker Gustave Demoen, the best friend Cyriel left behind, spends a year closely following his parents in the idyllic setting of their rural home, acting as both confidant and observer. As the seasons pass, we come to know Krista and Tom, who, full of love for their son and for each other, find ways to ease the weight of daily life through small, everyday rituals.
“Trust your gut" is one of the most common pieces of advice you’ll receive during your lifetime. And as a person inclined to trust my intuition above all else, it’s the most common advice I find myself giving in real life and in my online socialising. But what happens when your gut is trying to warn you that something is seriously wrong without you being able to identify what triggered it in the first place? How can you act on a feeling or make it go away when you don’t have a clue about what could be wrong? How can you trust your intuition when you don’t know what makes it act out in the first place?
In My Octopus Teacher, documentary filmmaker Craig Foster models healthy masculinity by showing us a trusting, gentle, and emotionally fulfilling bond with an octopus.
With 'The Last Movie Stars,' filmmaker and fanboy Ethan Hawke cracks the facade of Hollywood's last golden couple, but reveals a couple who were committed to each other before all else.
In this short film, writer/director Nikita Hattangady focuses on Jai, a starving artist rooted in the latter category. Though unhoused, he works hard.
"Be good. It doesn’t mean you can’t be tough. It doesn’t mean you always have to be nice. Just be good."