When the first snow falls in the valley, it is urgent to prepare its reserves for the winter. Alas, during the operation, a small ladybug is trapped in a box - to the Caribbean. One solution: reform the shock team.

Xuan Mo is an ordinary high school girl till the day she was unexpectedly possessed by a female marshal from an alien civilization. Her outstanding ability amazes everyone around her. However, the highly intelligent female marshal has no clue how to act as a human being and has to learn everything from scratch. When her human life gets more enjoyable, someone discovers her secret.

On a long drive from the mountains to the city of Chiang Mai, Captain Phasut's car turns over in an accident that kills him and his wife Namping. Their six-year-old son Tawan was fortunate not to be travelling with them that day. Namping's older brother and owner of a coffee estate, Khunkhao, is rocked by the news. He's quick to take care of the funeral arrangements. There, Thofah—Phasut's younger sister—comes to take Tawan to Bangkok on behalf of his grandfather, Athit. Khunkhao's not ready to let Tawan go live with a grandfather and aunt who he's never met, though. Thofah will do whatever it takes to complete her task.

This short animation tells the story of Saoussan, a young girl struggling to adjust to life in Canada after being uprooted from her wartorn homeland. She has come to seek a quieter and safer life, although memories of war and death linger, memories that are awakened when the children at her new school prepare for a scary Halloween. From Far Away speaks to the power within us all to adapt like Saoussan and to welcome a newcomer.

A teenage boy, struggling to discover what man he wants to be, is forced to spend time with his Father than he has not seen in 10 years.

Aus der Ferne is a personal travelogue, a documentary about a trip through Turkey. Thomas Arslan, who filmed the journey himself, undertook the trip in May/June 2005. The route takes him through Istanbul and Ankara to Gaziantep in the southeastern part of the country, from there further eastwards via Diyarbakir and Van to Dogubayazit near the Iranian border. The film describes moments during the journey that differ from the usual motifs that inform the image of present-day Turkey – from impressions of day-to-day life in such Western cities as Istanbul and Ankara all the way to regions in the country’s easternmost territory that were locked in battle until recently.

Catalyst in the story of crossed paths is a 1957 Ford Fairlane being driven through Portugal’s Alentejo region to a new owner. Film’s overly protracted opening has car’s drivers (Filipe Cochofel, Antonio Pedro Figueiredo) joy riding the night away until the roadster breaks down. Momentum picks up at sunrise with their attempts to fix the car. A retired mechanic-turned-beekeeper with a heart condition (Canto e Castro) does the trick and convinces Figueiredo to take him cross-country on a motorbike to look up an old friend. Cochofel and the mechanic’s alarmed niece (Maysa Marta) follow in pursuit. The old man dies peacefully on the road, but Figueiredo, having wholeheartedly grasped his deliverance mission, keeps going.

The hero of the film, the famous director, screenwriter, playwright Vasily Sigarev, tells stories from his life, which, when slightly transformed, become the stories of his plays. For the residents of his native Verkhnyaya Salda it's everyday. For the capital's theaters - an unprecedented reality of provincial life. For the audience - and laughter and horror. For the playwright - numerous prizes and endless pain.

Daniela would like to live far away from here in the future. Here, is a poor part of town in Montevideo, where Daniela lives in a small house with her son, husband, mother, sister and brother-in-law. They are better off than most of the people living in that neighborhood. They all work and the father provides them with whatever they need. He is one of the millions of emigrants from Latin America whose salaries are essential to the survival of their families. The movie carefully approaches Daniela’s world, tells her story, a girl immersed in daydreaming, who is also a down-to-earth mother, beloved daughter and young wife – and about the pain of emigration.

Adam returns after several years leaving his hometown of Toraja. All the feelings that he had before he departed years ago resurges as he meets his mother. Trying to be honest about he felt all these years, his mother surprises him instead.

Imagine that your father is a Palestinian Arab, and he had fought against Franco in the Spanish Civil War. Imagine that you have siblings, and you cannot talk to them because you do not speak the same language. Imagine that you have a family, but you were raised without parents... The film reveals the extraordinary story of a Palestinian family.

A couple's love has made the time stand still. Isolated in a static world problems in their relations start coming to the surface.

Three siblings, brother Dinu and two sisters Anu and Buri meet on a seashore one morning after their mother's death. They reminiscence about their mother and her relentless journey in search of 'home'. Gradually as they dwell through their personal memories of 'mother' they unknowingly enter into unknown dark zones of mother and their own lives. The spirits of their ancestors too become part of their stories as the two sisters preform their memories. Dreams, fantasies, memories and reality starts to overlap to form a complex image of 'mother' in search of home.

"A Home Far Away from Home" was filmed between 1992 and 1993, recording the life course of a group of babysitters from Wuwei County in Anhui Province who have traveled to Beijing. The five rural girls -- Zhang Jufang, Xie Suping and Liu Chunhua -- all came from Wuwei County, Anhui Province. According to local customs, when a daughter grows up, she has to go outside and go out for herself. The most appropriate work is to work as a nanny. "A Home Far Away from Home" records these girls' lives in the following year. This is a bumpy life of a year. Looking for a job, being fired, and then looking for a job that suits you, looking for a place to live in a place far away from your hometown, and facing difficulties alone. In addition to the living conditions of the five rural girls, the film also extensively recorded the phenomenon of the "migrant worker tide" in the early 1990s, and made various manifestations of its background, problems and development direction.

Our gang is off for an exotic vacation of a lifetime. However, after the locals mistake Nia as a mythical savior, their vacation turns into an Indiana-Jones-style adventure!

Iwan Rabcynski, born in St. Petersburg (Florida), writes Russian melodramas under the pseudonym "John F. Romanoff. He gets his inspiration in Brooklyn, his chosen home. His new novel, which is meant to be autobiographical, begins with his Russian great grandfather in St. Petersburg in 1882 and follows three generations as they survive the country's political upheavals.

Video collage of footage filmed during travels and home visits. By treading through different spaces from shifting perspectives, the work explores the poetic linkage between images and memories.