Michael Adhikari (2022)

Sembula Cheru

Sembula Cheru is an experimental hyperlink short film. In a 1990s Tamil Nadu remote village, Guru had to struggle for his love from three robbers, which ultimately does a good thing to a stranger.

Bridgeport: The Movie

Every empire needs an emperor. Watch how far Shah is willing to go to claim the crown!

O Fim de Arsênio Godard

In 1883, in Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian Navy rebelled against the country's government (an episode known as the Navy Revolt). Six months of intense fighting caused incalculable material and human losses. Inside one of the Navy ships, a deserter is captured. The commander punishes the French mercenary with the most unlikely of punishments: the torture of silence.

L’Anonyme

The life of a young man who is passionate about music (rap) and the problems of his family accepting what he wants to be.

Ceremony

Ceremony is a personal story about fathers and sons, and the overbearing silence which is passed down for generations. After the death of his grandfather, Oliver (21) and his father (50) bring the urn to a cemetery. Seeing his father in distress, Oliver takes the opportunity to acknowledge their distant relationship, attempting to connect.

Toska

Flavio, immersed in the sadness of nostalgia and regret, faces his daily loneliness, seeking solace in the solitary ritual of smoking a cigarette. Each puff becomes a journey back in time, an immersion in a parallel dimension that brings to light the moments shared with Alberto. The warmth of those hugs, the echo of shared laughter and the tears that bathed their cheeks become present, as if they had just happened. Every blurry image that surfaces, every fleeting glance that materializes and every whispered word that resonates reveal the fragile nature of human balance and the profound gravity of the choices that shaped their relationship. But in that very smoke lies a strange consolation, a sense of acceptance that begins to germinate in his heart. He accepts the end of the relationship, with all its painful consequences, and launches himself into a new future, leaving behind what has been and opening his arms to the unknown that awaits him.

KING GAME

5 girls and 5 guys find themselves mysteriously trapped in a room and are forced to play a psychological game of dare.

And Then There Was You

Natalie and Joshua appear to be the picture-perfect couple, but looks can be deceiving. When Natalie discovers her husband has led a secret life, she is forced to deal with losing everything she loves. Newly divorced and soured on relationships, Natalie is picking up the pieces of her shattered world. In the process of healing, she meets a new man who challenges the boundaries of her trust and her ability to fall in love again.

To Wander the Earth

Redmond, who was raised intensely Catholic, struggles to cope with the loss of his religion throughout different stages of life, constantly seeking penitential fire through masochistic means.

No Way Beyond The Shadow

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Daisy

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CIELO

Santa, an eight-year-old girl from the desolate Bolivian Altiplano, embarks on a rollercoaster journey to take her mother from a life of misery into paradise. The two of them made a pact: when her mother passes, the girl would follow the stars and carry her body across the desert toward heaven, a place they are certain is physically real. Crossing the wilderness, Santa encounters a group of female wrestlers that help her on her way. Also, a gruff policeman who arrests Santa but soon suspects she has magical powers. He decides that to achieve his own salvation he must join Santa on her quest beyond the horizon.

Dangerous to Know

Racketeer Steve Recka, art patron and political power-maker, rules his town and Madame Lan Ying, his beautiful friend and hostess (read:mistress), with an iron hand. He meets Margaret Van Kase, a socialite not impressed by his power nor his wealth, having no money herself, and Steve makes frantic efforts to win her and turns away from the loyal Lin Yang.

Mud Stoves

Vishal, a young man, falls in love with Pooja and marries her. However, his marital bliss turns into a nightmare due to the constant tussle between his wife and mother.

Smruti Chitre

The memoir of a woman married to an orthodox Brahmin philosopher who converts to Christianity, her story explores issues of religious barriers, disillusionment,and romantic devotion.

Nightwatching

An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting The Night Watch.

Dinner

Two school friends who have drifted apart over the course of adulthood spontaneously arrange to have dinner together. What starts off as an innocent attempt to get back in touch develops into a renegotiation of their shared past, estranged relationship and lost future.

Plateau

After the death of his mother, Kareem decides to write a screenplay based on the lives of him and his friends.

Two-Syllable Name

60-year-old seamstress Cida needs to sign a document at her workplace, but can't read what it says. With the help of her granddaughter's teacher, she becomes interested in literacy and, at the same time, starts questioning things that happen at her job.

Connection

A kidnapped woman will be freed on one condition: She must convince her kidnapper that his life is worth living.

Ta Ra Rum Pum

the narrative follows Rajveer Singh, a professional stock car racer whose career takes a downturn following an accident, and his journey of personal and professional redemption with the support of his wife Radhika and their two children.

The Great Leader Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar

A film based on one of the world's greatest pioneers Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar.

PSYCHÉ

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Exotica

In the upscale Toronto strip club Exotica, dancer Christina is visited nightly by the obsessive Francis, a depressed tax auditor. Her ex-boyfriend, the club's MC, Eric, still jealously pines for her even as he introduces her onstage, but Eric is having his own relationship problems with the club's female owner. Thomas, a mysterious pet-shop owner, is about to become unexpectedly involved in their lives.

Aitana Needs a Gun

When two reckless best friends get evicted from their apartment, they embark on a road trip with a pair of German immigrants attempting to trap them into green-card marriages.

Over The Cracks

Odile is getting ready to celebrate her birthday. As her kids and grandkids are on their way to visit her, Jean, her husband, unexpectedly passes away. Unable to cope with reality, she hides him under the bed.

Yourself

A young painter attempts to create his magnum opus, struggling through weeks of mental torment and obliterating his sense of self. Day after day, he is faced with an uninvited guest.

One More Moment

A couple's relationship falls apart under the pressures of city life and their personal demons. Can they work through their issues, face their fears and realise they are meant to be together?

Planes de Futuro

Javier leaves work after a hard night's work, his body tired and his mind still spinning with worry and exhaustion. The walk home is a long one, but he takes advantage of it to talk to his mother, as he usually does whenever he has a free moment. They talk about how he did at work, about simple things, about the family and about what they have to do in the next few days.

Mannequin Mother

Whilst visiting her late mother's gravestone, Emma meets Jon - her half-blood brother, whose existence she's never known of till now...

Walking

In this striking meditation on the Australian migrant community, a Filipino teenager follows his mother through the bleak landscape of Melbourne’s northern suburbs.