The Manila Lover

(2019)

Fragile soul's inner turmoil unfolds as he grapples with personal demons while pursuing a seemingly mundane goal, unveiling the profound human struggle within life's simplicity.

A psychic medium has his Grand Psychic Seance interrupted as an audience member refuses to let him end the show without getting to speak to her deceased ex-husband.

Follow the rebellious girls of a Catholic boarding school before Christmas, a time of war and scarcity.

A lonely widow's quiet life is upended when a teenage boy accidentally kicks his football into her garden.

A woman watches time passing next to the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up, but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn't understand that his master has abandoned him. Two living beings facing abandonment.

Zhala wants a real Swedish Christmas, with a visit from Santa Claus. But as a newly arrived refugee, single father Ahmed finds it difficult to fulfill his daughter's Christmas dream.

On Christmas Eve, an elderly couple receives an unforeseen visitor. In an instant, the past resurfaces, unveiling a fragile journey through alienation, belonging, and the hope of reconciliation. A short film inspired by Selma Lagerlöf's A Christmas Guest.

Julius returns home to find his mother has replaced him with Albert, a lodger who now occupies his old room-and her affections. As Julius struggles to adapt, hidden tensions resurface, unveiling a dysfunctional family dynamic.

At Christmas, Grouchy Smurf behaves badly to everyone and it takes the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future to teach him to appreciate Christmas.