Two brothers, raised by a chess master, must battle head to head in the world's most competitive chess tournament.
Evan Williams
Owen Williams
Paul Williams
Leah
Marcus
Bree
Two estranged brothers, who could not be more different from one another, choose different paths in life and are eventually reunited by an unexpected twist of fate.
When Krisha decides to join her estranged family for a holiday dinner, tensions escalate as she struggles to keep her demons at bay.
The plot revolves around three men waiting to be deported in a prison. To escape the monotony, they form chess pieces from their bread rations, with which they then play against each other. Grünstein, a Polish Jew, proves to be a real talent, because although he is a beginner, he manages to defeat even the experienced player Lodeck, a German sailor, with his "Grünstein Variant".
When his wife sees him helping his boss' lover, a low-level manager finds his marriage in shambles.
A young woman stuck in NYC for the night after a canceled connecting flight comes and stays overnight with her estranged cousin.
Gulabi is a transwoman groomed by her patriarchal father to join the military. When her father disowns her, Gulabi ends up living a life of prostitution in Kathmandu.
Nine-year-old Frankie and his single mum Lizzie have been on the move ever since Frankie can remember, most recently arriving in a seaside Scottish town. Wanting to protect her deaf son from the truth that they've run away from his father, Lizzie has invented a story that he is away at sea on the HMS Accra. Every few weeks, Lizzie writes Frankie a make-believe letter from his father, telling of his adventures in exotic lands. As Frankie tracks the ship's progress around the globe, he discovers that it is due to dock in his hometown. With the real HMS Accra arriving in only a fortnight, Lizzie must choose between telling Frankie the truth or finding the perfect stranger to play Frankie's father for just one day...
A shocking car wreck that takes the lives of two family members unlocks a series of secrets, lies and regrets, as the people left behind can't move forward without looking at the past.
A troubled Southern man talks to his suicidal sister's psychiatrist about their family history and falls in love with her (and New York City) in the process.
Dyah and her son travel to the city to make a dead certificate for her husband, Wiji Thukul, who is an Indonesian poet. Dyah's journey turned into something strange since her family holds into belief that he is still alive.
A young, idealist American gets a job as a train conductor for the Zentropa railway network in postwar, US-occupied Frankfurt. As various people try to take advantage of him, he soon finds his position politically sensitive, and gets caught up in a whirlpool of conspiracies and Nazi sympathisers.
Based on the game of Chess that delves into the conflicts and confrontations of people between the rich and poor class and high and low strata of society. How does an ordinary boy, from the community of sanitation workers, become a grandmaster?
Joe and Lucky travel around New England painting barns in exchange for an advertisement on one side. The meet Madge, who is cruelly treated by a her father who plans to marry her off to someone she despises.
One night, while trampling the emotions memories of Federico, a chain of decisions leads even point of no return. And when I least expected it, not knowing when your clock showed, his life changed forever ... for eternity. Regardless of the name, neither good nor bad he did, or how others judge them, only their decisions will make the difference when you get ... the Zero Hour.
In the wake of their parent's separation, three siblings spend the summer in the south of France with their estranged Grandfather. In less than 24 hours, a clash of generations has occurred between the teenagers and the old man. During this turbulent summer, both generations will be transformed by one another.
Akira, Takeshi, Yasu, and Shun are a gang of four close friends, all of whom were core members of their high-school ekiden team. Although they were stars back in those days, having slacked up their efforts subsequently, their daily life is lackluster now that the age of forty is just around the corner. They talk at a favorite local tavern just like they used to after Akira comes home giving up his dream to become an actor. Thinking back, they have never accomplished anything but ekiden, and they have unknowingly acquired a tendency to run away from problems in life in general. The phrase they cannot help muttering to themselves is how brilliant they were in those days… Feeling dispirited, they think of participating in the Shimanto Dragon Ride. A challenge for the four men in their late thirties begins…
After commiting a terrible crime by accident, siblings Joel and Ana decide to escape to a new life to avoid consequences, needless of a forgiveness they would never be given.