Viva a Vida! is a Brazilian comedy-drama that follows Jessica (Thati Lopes), a young woman who works in an antiques shop and dedicates her life to work and bills. One day at work, Jessica comes across a locket identical to the one left to her by her deceased mother. Surprised to find the jewel, she teams up with Gabriel (Rodrigo Simas), who may - or may not - be her cousin, and...
Taratoa Stappard’s brooding debut feature plunges us into the dour moors of 1859 North Yorkshire, where the British Empire’s reach casts long and twisted shadows. Mary Stevens (Ariāna Osborne), a young Māori teacher from Aotearoa (New Zealand), arrives in search of family truths, only to find the man who summoned her already dead and no clear path home. Stranded in an unfamilia...