Familiar

A woman falls down into a timeless place where her subconscious tries to process the trauma that crushes her. The woman will reach a painful awareness.

Bambanti questions the prejudice of the rich towards the poor when a servant's son is suspected to have stolen the employer's missing gold watch.

Mariam, who lives with her husband Abdul and three daughters, is in the final month of her pregnancy. The girls, who are unable to attend school due to the Covid pandemic, need at least a smartphone if not a computer to attend online classes, and they're already four months behind in rent. The only way for them to survive is to get the money for illegal surrogacy, but the baby's parents have disappeared. Mariam paints a portrait of migrant workers who move to Mumbai for a better life but are unable to escape from poverty. Alleyways just wide enough for one person to pass continue to endless steps and shacks; not even a small portion of the sky is visible through colorful flags and ladders. The film shows a family living calmly, embracing each other in the midst of endless despair. It is a recipient of the 2022 ACF post-production fund. (PARK Sun Young)

Ted Watson (Michael Robertson) suffers from social anxiety and uses his piano for comfort. His teacher, Ms Wilson (Cat McInally) helps him face his fears to attempt to make more of his future to make his father (Steven Wren) proud.

Paloma is a young psychiatrist, who is hired to work as a director of a clinic in Galicia, and is attracted to Mario, her very first patient. He suffers from a rare form of amnesia, commonly known as Korsakov's syndrome. As a result, both his short and long term memories are affected, and he has temporary lapses of perception. However, Paloma finds Mario to be a fascinating individual, not just a regular patient. Intrigued, she decides to explore Mario's past and, through their dialogues, their relationship takes an unexpected turn.

A film within a film, "Looking for Oum Kulthum" is the plight of an Iranian woman artist/filmmaker living in exile, as she embarks on capturing the life and art of the legendary female singer of the Arab world, Oum Kulthum. Through her difficult journey, not unlike her heroine's, she must face the struggles and sacrifices, and the price that a woman must pay if she dares to cross the lines of a conservative male-dominated society.