ISSAC is an intense psychological thriller which constantly treads the lines of reality and fiction. Issac, A young reclusive mortician who inherited his stepfather's mortuary business meets a friendly waitress, Cassi. The two create an instant connection and after a night of terror, they pursue a revenge murder together. This film mixes a realistic story with surreal imagery, showing how one in isolation may operate due to the circumstances he has been given. Issac inevitably makes a choice and never questions the morality of his decisions.

　　World War II is around the corner, but the only thing Sally Bauer can think of is the ocean. Her dream is to swim across the English Channel. Her father has tried to exorcise her obsession with swimming since she was a toddler, without success. An unwanted pregnancy forces her to abandon her dream – and herself. The child’s father does not want to be involved, so as a woman in the ‘30s in Sweden, Sally has no choice but to do what is expected of her: to be a mother. There is no place left for her dreams and Sally is pulled into bottomless darkness, until her sister Carla saves her. With renewed purpose, together the sisters begin to dismantle the conventions they are constantly facing. In late August 1939, Sally stands on the shore at Dover and takes her first step into the English Channel. She swims across the open and icy sea for 15 hours, waving to the Navy who are readying for war. A couple of days after Sally swims ashore at Calais, Poland is invaded.

　　Beginning with a pivotal encounter between two men in Goiás in the 1980s, director Daniel Nolasco weaves a narrative that spans across time and, perhaps, multiple dimensions, driven by the intense forces of desire and love, as well as the suffocating weight of repression and silence. Nolasco, who was featured in Olhar’s Focus section during the pandemic, continues his distinctive and undefinable journey with a radically queer cinema that refuses to look away from the often paradoxical physical expressions of both desire and violence.

　　劳伦兹曾是百老汇作词家第一把交椅，却在与理查德拆伙后事业跌落低谷。前搭档新作的首演之夜，他故作大方献上祝福，新仇旧恨交织下，终究不欢而散；他转向忘年好友伊丽莎白寻找慰藉，又不禁怀疑友达以上的关系是否只是自作多情。偌大派对就像如今的百老汇，早已没他的容身之处。过了今晚，美国音乐剧的黄金年代就要展开，他的盛世却再也回不来，当最后一曲〈蓝月〉响起，即便成了终曲，也要忘情歌颂。

　　北印度村庄的两个好友为寻求尊严而竞逐警察职位，但在愈发绝望的追逐中，他们的友谊逐渐崩裂。

　　Nimet who can not have children, is constantly under the social pressure of not being able to start a family and thus feels incomplete as a woman. Furthermore, upon learning that her beloved younger sister Öznur is fertile, she starts developing envious thoughts. “Unfruitful Times” is the story of the emotional loneliness of those who can not find courage to break the mold of the society and change their lives.

　　徐大燕，虽自幼生得标致，但却因为性格强势，持家精打细算，容不得他人占自己家半点便宜，闻名村里村外，导致已到婚嫁之龄未嫁在家。不平常女子人生也必然不平常，成家后的徐大燕，凭借精密与能干使得原本穷破的家，日渐变得富足与温馨，更是在其短暂的一生留下诸多感人事迹。

　　As bacteriologist Lena (38) drives past a burning car, she hears a scream of a dying woman. Lena does not tell her boyfriend how much the incident distresses her, just as she does not talk about the stillbirth she recently had. Instead, she throws herself into her work, intrudes into the life of the deceased, begins an affair with the widower and gradually takes on the role of mother to their son. Her persistent insomnia causes her to lose control between dreams and reality. Finally she accepts the help of a whisperer and then finds her own way to cope with her loss

　　本片根据社会活动家约翰·戴维森的人生经历改编。他年少时被诊断出患有妥瑞氏综合征，会不受控制地抽动身体或口吐恶言。妥瑞氏综合征迫使约翰与同龄人疏远，而他则不懈与这种鲜为人知的症状作斗争，积极为妥瑞氏人群发声。

　　一名年轻女子在回家途中遭绑架，并被锁在绑匪家的阁楼里。一年后，在绑匪坐轮椅的母亲的帮助下，她制定了逃跑计划。

　　An epic mosaic of lonely people with crossed destinies who will set their sights on Arthur Morhan, a psychoanalyst on the verge of a breakdown.

　　一位单亲母亲带着两个女儿在乡下生活数年后重返台北，在热闹的夜市摆起小吃摊。面对新环境，三人以各自的方式努力适应，既要维持生计又要守护家庭完整。当传统观念根深蒂固的外祖父禁止左撇子小孙女使用"恶魔之手"后，这个三代同堂家庭深埋的秘密开始逐渐浮出水面。