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Three adults at a small Sunday lunch table: a young woman, her mother and an older man, with three plates, a blue serving dish and a paper bag of bread.
C129 minGratis

Family Drama

The Third Plate

Clara prepares a familiar Sunday lunch for her mother. An unexpected companion and an afternoon film reveal how much of her mother's life she has been assuming rather than hearing.

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A boy and his mother sit beside a long painting of the sea, with a red sail and three birds, while his grandmother smiles from her chair. Two books hold the paper flat.
A18 minGratis

Vida cotidiana

The Long Picture

A boy paints a long sea picture for his grandmother's birthday. The paint, a small bag and a windy doorway make the journey across the street harder than he expects.

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At night beside a river, an alarm technician holds a torch near his van while an older woman in a blue coat offers him the key to a dark stone mill with a bell near its roof.
B226 minGratis

Misterio

The Bell in the Empty Mill

An alarm technician hears three notes from a locked mill at nine. A boot print, a repaired wire and a blue sleeve lead him towards an answer that the woman holding the key does not want in his report.

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A girl offers a blue ball to a small white dog with brown ears on a red blanket beneath a kitchen table. Her mother holds a plate near the sink, and an empty basket stands by the door.
A17 minGratis

Vida cotidiana

The Dog Under the Table

A girl makes a soft bed for a new dog, but it carries the blanket under the kitchen table. A blue ball, a noisy pan and a basket that will not fit help her find a comfortable place for them both.

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Ada and a ranger watch a young penguin walk between cardboard panels toward a box with air holes beside a stopped blue bus. A fish shop with a blue door and red basket stands behind them.
A214 minGratis

Aventura

The Penguin's Quiet Path

On her first morning helping in a fish shop, Ada finds a penguin beside a parked bus. She must find her voice, keep the bus still and help a ranger open a quiet route to the beach.

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A tired woman in a dripping grey coat faces the night receptionist at Bell House. A green stone rests on the wooden desk beside a warm lamp, with harbour lights beyond the window.
C235 minGratis

Fantasía

The Sea at the Night Desk

On her last night at a coastal hotel, a receptionist meets the sea in a grey coat. The visitor wants a room where she cannot hear herself, and every attempted solution uncovers another unfinished promise.

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In a small alterations shop, a seamstress examines a pale green silk dress while an adult daughter in a cream shirt and black trousers stands beside her grey-haired mother.
B223 minGratis

Family Drama

The Shape of Sunday

An urgent alteration brings a seamstress between a mother’s wedding dress and her adult daughter’s plans. Before Sunday, all three must decide what can change—and who gets to choose.

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Inside a badminton hall, a young player in a red shirt and his adult female partner in a yellow shirt stand on the same side of a net, leaving space between them. A white feathered shuttle hangs above the court, with opponents beyond the net.
B118 minGratis

Sports fiction

The Space Beside Me

Rafi hopes to impress a badminton coach before tomorrow's team trial. His partner borrows his spare racket for an evening of doubles, but his strongest shots keep leaving her no room to play.

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Outside a glass-fronted civic enquiry centre in drizzle, the first waiting resident protects a folder with his hat and holds a blue number-one card. A bicycle courier and other residents wait behind him; the opening ribbon and a young organiser face the real queue.
C229 minGratis

Ficción literaria

A Place at the Front

Corin prepares the perfect opening for a civic enquiry centre. When residents arrive expecting decisions, his reassuring numbers and confident slogan become promises the clerks cannot fulfil. Writing an honest report proves less simple than admitting failure.

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A handmade paper giant in a blue coat receives a paper flower inside a market hall. Four adult shoes show beneath the coat, revealing its two performers.
B224 minGratis

Aventura

The Giant at the Door

Nell brings a giant paper puppet to a summer fair, but it will not fit through the entrance. Getting it inside solves only the first problem: two missing bolts force her and her assistant to invent a different performance.

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Two adult sisters face opposite directions in a worn blue rowing boat on a quiet river. One rows with two oars. A small rectangular repair marks the hull; willow trees, an island and a two-chimney farmhouse sit beyond.
C128 minGratis

Family Drama

The River Between Us

Two sisters deliver their mother's last rowing boat to its buyer. A failed shortcut interrupts the journey and exposes the different stories they have told themselves about leaving and staying.

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At sunset, Lila pulls a two-wheeled cart carrying a tied wooden chair up a grassy hill. A row of varied wooden chairs faces the golden sky above the village.
A214 minGratis

Fantasía

The Chairs on the Hill

On her first evening in charge of the village hall, Lila finds that twenty-nine chairs have walked up a hill. Dinner starts at seven, and one chair cannot make the journey alone.

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A female inspector holds a clipboard beside a sunlit kitchen wall bearing an independent male shadow with a hand against its chest. A portable lamp lights the passage and teal fabric rests on the counter.
C126 minGratis

Fantasía

The Shadow Who Stayed

Nora must certify an apartment as vacant, but its former tenant’s shadow has refused to leave. A new tenant arrives, and a borrowed lamp reveals how difficult it is to offer someone a choice.

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