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The Badri family has escaped the noise of the capital Beirut and lives secluded in the idyllic mountains. Life is peaceful until the government sets up a garbage dump near the house. The young Lebanese director Mounia Akl looks into the family's everyday life and mirrors the explosions at the port of Beirut and the garbage crisis in the growing conflict.

An ambitious young carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.

Passionate for climbing, Allegra is victim of a terrorist attack, in which three of her friends lose their lives. She isolates herself after crushing fear towards people and a burning desire for revenge start devouring her. In order to be able to go back enjoying her life, she will have to face her inner struggles. In doing so, Arad – a young refugee from Middle East – crosses her path. Allegra’s greatest challenge will be regaining trust, especially when the element of diversity is involved.

Chronicles four years in the life of Julie, a young woman who navigates the troubled waters of her love life and struggles to find her career path, leading her to take a realistic look at who she really is.

Jedes Haus hat eine Geschichte, die Brunngasse 8 aber hat ein Geheimnis. Der Dokumentarfilm «Brunngasse 8» erzählt von diesem Haus in der Zürcher Altstadt und seiner ältestesten Bewohnerin. Silvana Lattmann wohnte lange Zeit in den Wandmalereien, die um 1330 von Juden in Auftrag gegeben worden waren. Die schwarze Maus besucht Orte und Menschen, die von den Bildern, ihrer Geschichte und dem Schicksal der jüdischen Familie erzählen können. Der Film gibt Einblick in das Zusammenleben zwischen Juden und Christen im Spätmittelalter und fragt auch nach dem Umgang mit Fremden heute.

The story of Alana Kane and Gary Valentine growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.