College Hopefuls

A young Czech boy is freed from a concentration camp and ends up working for the army against the Germans.

Set at the end of World War II, the American military is bombing Japan. Kaede and Mitsue band together to take the children under their care to safety. They find shelter and a modicum of safety at an old temple.

A story about high school students whose holidays were overshadowed by the outbreak of war. Enrolling in the militia, they not only staunchly assist the Soviet troops in the rear, but are also ready to defend their native city with weapons in their hands.

Australian filmmaker Sophia Turkiewicz investigates why her Polish mother abandoned her and uncovers the truth behind her mother's wartime escape from a Siberian gulag, leaving Sophia to confront her own capacity for forgiveness.