LibraryAware May 2025

Autumn

(Portuguese) When their son leaves for London, a Portuguese family's quiet life unravels across four seasons. A daughter coming of age, a father in crisis, and a mother facing an empty nest must each confront how difficult it is to let go.

De Las Muertas

(Spanish) After a long search, the authorities manage to capture Angel, who is accused of killing several women. A few months after his imprisonment in the maximum security prison of Malagua, he is visited by reporter Julio Bocanegra; who, following continuous rumors that the authorities imprisoned the wrong man, seeks the truth before the serial killer kills again.

Fallen

(Swedish) Veteran Stockholm inspector Iris Broman's life is shattered when her husband is gunned down in front of her. To escape the tragedy and rebuild her life, Iris moves to the southern Swedish town of Ystad, living in her half-sister's seaside cottage and taking up a new position as head of the cold case team in nearby Malmö. On the same day Iris starts her new job, a skull is found in a local forest and the cold case unit becomes the focus of attention. Life is turned upside down for the locals, lives are intertwined, and truths are confused. A distraught father desperate for answers is convinced the skull is that of his 16-year-old son Benjamin, missing for 18 years. His pain is deep, and Iris can identify with him, but is this really Benjamin? And as it stirs her own feelings of desperation for answers, she struggles to stay away from the investigation of her husband's murder

Holy Cow

(French) After the tragic death of his father, 18-year-old Totone is thrust into the unexpected and very adult role of looking after his younger sister and their failing family farm in the Jura section of France. He assumes even more responsibility when he enters a cash competition for the best Comte cheese made in this western part of the French Alps. A "verité" look at the hardscrabble life of French agriculture, it is simultaneously a moving love story and above all an ode to the love of cheese.

Hukkle

(Hungarian) There is something dark and mysterious occurring in a small Hungarian village, but exactly what that is remains a secret, barely perceptible among the rhythms of everyday life. A youth drives the milk cart and spies a young woman sunbathing. An old woman plows her field, and a farmer's sow is fertilized. But there is also a strange ritual that involves the villagers and the mailman, who presents items to every new widow when her husband dies something that happens with regular frequency.

Men of Deeds

(Romanian) A middle-aged police chief goes on with his job and modest life in a small town, dreaming of having an orchard, managing regular drunken conflicts at the local bar and largely ignoring the mayor's questionable deeds and the dubious things that happen in the village. But when a man is murdered, he jumps to the other extreme, trying to be what he has never been before: the justice seeker who arrests everyone guilty.

Their wonderful time

(Mandarin) When female game designer Song Lingling was accidentally possessed by the NPC she designed, she was forced to embrak on a hilarious cohabitation life with "the client," Xiao Ran. As they worked together to fix the game's bugs, they also strove to fix their own "personal bugs." From being quarrrelsome partners to genuinely apprecating each other, along with friends like Zhang Yunfei, they embarked on various adventures between the virtual and real worlds, developing a cross-dimensional romance! In the end, they all harvested valuable friendships and love.