Gelak is an illegitimate child, living with her mom Samdan alone in a distant Tibetan village, where women are not allowed to join the Sang Offering to the Sacred Mountain. Samdan has always relied on men for a living, and Gelak has been treated as a vicious witch by the villagers. Fed up with the prejudice she has to face growing up, Gelak decides to challenge the traditions and fight for herself…
A college student starts teaching at a rural school as a volunteer. As a girl from the city, she tries to adapt to local living conditions. It's not easy. One little boy in particular causes her a lot of trouble. All she thinks about is leaving this God-forgotten place. But she gradually discovers the beauty of the mountain landscape, where she can read poetry to her students in nature under a 100-old tree. She also finds a connection to her five students and tries to fix their difficult lives. At the end of her volunteer work, the teacher must say goodbye to her beloved students.
An immersive story that takes us into the heart of a slum near Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh, where we witness the transformation of young girls who join a local surf club and dare to dream of freedom and escape from a life of drudgery and abuse. The film captures the raw emotions, the family dynamics, and the complex pressures of poverty, juxtaposed against the freedom of the waves. A coming-of-age story in a developing country.
When 9-year-old Samay, living in a remote village in India, discovers films for the first time, he’s absolutely mesmerized. He goes to the cinema every day to watch more films, and even befriends the projectionist, who, in exchange for his lunch box, lets him watch movies for free. But when the cinema switches from 35mm film to digital, he and his friends move heaven and earth make their own film projector.
Thu 09.09.2021 | 17:30
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