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Not in Textbooks 3(ja)

The third work in the "Not in Textbooks!" series, which is a live-action movie of a popular love comedy manga by Kazuto Okada from "Sundome" starring Ayaka Morikawa from the former AKB48. It depicts the love pattern that the main character, a high school girl Aya Shirakaba and a homeroom teacher, Arihiko Tairaku, living together for a long time. One day, Okubo, a senior student who noticed Aya who is very popular in the school with excellent looks, abducts Aya. Tairaku heads to the rescue and falls into the worst situation. On the other hand, in the school there was an incident in which May Yayoi took the students hostage.... Morikawa played the role of Aya Shirakaba, Ryouma Baba played the role of Arihiko Tairaku, and May, an English teacher longing for Tairaku, was the debut performance of the rising gravure idol Anna Hongo.

Not in Textbooks 4(ja)

The fourth in a school romantic comedy that features a popular comic by Kazuto Okada starring Ayaka Morikawa and Ryouma Baba. One day, a love letter arrives under the Japanese language teacher, Tairaku Arihiko, at Otome High School. Around the same time, an incident occurred around the student, Aya Shirakaba, who was living with him...

Outage(es)

With a storm going on outside, Lucia and Regina are forced to confront each other about what is really happening between them.

Annie Laurie(en)

In late 18th century Scotland, Annie Laurie and William Douglas love each other, but their clans are on opposite sides of the country's civil war. Their love is made immortal through the title song of this film.

Carnival in Paris(en)

In this short, the janitor of a Paris museum's Egyptology department agrees to help a girl hide from the police.

The Lovers(en)

The separation of a long married couple goes awry when they fall for each other again.

Half Pint(en)

A boy experiences his first crush and heartbreak with a bike-riding ice cream woman.

Rites(en)

A man suffering from severe OCD attempts to summon dark forces to help him move on from a recent tragedy, only to quickly realize he may be in over his head

Honeybunnies(fi)

A private detective engages in a sexually-charged relationship with a real estate broker.

Gravity(en)

The cinematic kiss is probably one of the most archetypical images to be found in film history. It is usually a reassuring and sometimes climactic element in a movie's storyline. Not in Nicolas Provost's 'Gravity' though: with stroboscopic effects, more than a dozen kissing scenes, most from stereotypical 1950s romantic dramas, are edited together and superimposed. Narrative is subverted as the kissing is isolated from its context entirely; the action slows down and flickers back and forth. Every now and then, shots from different films overlap and match; protagonists merge and diverge again a few seconds later. The sugary and dramatic soundtrack of romantic film music contrasts with the deconstructed images; together, they form a dazzling 6-minute vertigo where love becomes a passionate battle.

Split Time(fr)

A man, a woman. About thirty. Attractive and dreamy. Single. They cross each other a billion times without meeting. They are nevertheless made for each other.

The Daytime Doorman(pt)

After exchanging glances between "good mornings" and "good afternoons", Marcelo realizes it's time to try to go further with Márcio, the doorman in his building. Two worlds will collide through these men's bodies.

Out of the Closet(en)

A couple facing the breakdown of their relationship. One of them, who is deep in the closet, is unimpressed that his boyfriend has turned up out of the blue, just before his female fiancee is due to turn up.

Iris(de)

éclore(en)

A tale about the search for new sensorial experiences and territories. It’s a teaching and learning experience through body exploration and manipulation: two strangers dance with their passion, desire, gestures and contact.

Rosinha(pt)

A short film about love and sexuality in the old age, and the struggle to overcome social conventions.

Old Man Blues(en)

A woman sundered from her sweetheart sings the title song as a duet with a personified Old Man Blues, in fog-shrouded woodland.

Because of You(en)

A female ex-con falls in love and hesitates to reveal her past.

Civilized Eagles(es)

The love story between a peasant woman and her employer.

Dream Girl(en)

Humans use technology to improve their lives, to forge connections, to create time that doesn’t exist, to replace real interactions. When we devise a second version of ourselves on social media, do we lose a piece of our true selves in the process? Do our digital connections threaten our real life relationships? What happens if the filtered characters we’ve imagined take on a life of their own?