Misplaced

The God of Wood

2010

Yao and Moroccan Rachid arrive illegally in Valencia, Spain, and separate. Yao sells pirated DVDs in the street and wanders disconsolately around the barrio until he glimpses divorcee Maria Luisa working in her boutique. High-strung and irritable, Maria lives with her gay son, Rober, who, like many other things in life, is a disappointment to her. Rachid, meanwhile, is doing just fine working as a hairstylist in a beauty salon; Rober is hopelessly in love with him. When Yao starts sleeping in Rober's flat, a confrontation between him and Maria suddenly becomes inevitable, and when it comes, what could have been an embarrassment is actually handled with grace.

The Woman from Rose Hill

1989

Julie is a young woman from Rose Hill who arrives in rural Switzerland to marry her older pen-friend Marcel. She feels unhappy until she meets Jean, a younger man. However, his father disagrees.

The Illegal

1979

Deceived over and over again by the whole world, a woman does not want to give up in the face of life's adversities.

Cynthia: Kaijoken Tanjou Monogatari

2003

Based on the real-life story of Yoshitomo Kimura, who suffered a spinal cord injury in 1987, resulting in paralysis from the chest down. His wife works as a clinical lab technician and struggles to encourage his will to live. After attending a motivational workshop featuring a wheelchair-bound man, Kimura resolves to rehabilitate himself. He eventually regains enough mobility to work from home, but still faces daily challenges—especially if he falls alone at home. That’s when they decide they should adopt a dog to assist him. They welcome a rambunctious Labrador puppy named Cynthia (シンシア), hoping she might become a trained service dog.

Edna and the Dog

2025

Lonely and forgotten, Edna (72) finds herself at the beach. An unexpected meeting with an abandoned dog, black as death yet full of joie de vivre, will revive her feminine body and upend the symbiotic relationship with her daughter Yael (40).

My Last Friend

2012

When a popular doctor takes his own life, leaving behind a video will and a series of films of his life, everyone who knew him is forced to reassess their own life, creating a mirror of contemporary Syrian society.

أسير العيون

1949

Mohamed, a carefree Bedouin, falls in love with Laila, a brave warrior. After proving his courage in a duel, he wins her hand. When a jealous rival kidnaps her, Mohamed rescues her and they marry

Greenhorn

2013

Yuzo (Ito Takeshi) abandons his family and lives with his mistress Saeko (Masaki Sawa). Despite being on the verge of turning fifty and still in part-time employment, he prefers to chase dreams rather than face reality. One day, Saeko falls for a young man she meets on the street, and disappears.

Molester Romance

2004