A tour agent in Greece wakes up from a nap to hear a roaring forest fire approach the village where he lives. His clients in the tourist resort react in such irrational ways to the fire he is unsure if he is cut out for the job and if he will be able to deal with the tourist's expectations and prejudices long enough to make it to the end of the season.…
The father of a young boy tries to get his life in order and hopes his itinerant existence will not burden his son with the same rejection he felt when he was growing up. When he sees that his constant swapping of romantic partners creates more turmoil than he intended, he can only hope that his son is stronger than he is.…
Healing from a broken marriage, a young man re-visits Greece where his sorrow and nostalgia is lightened by a Greek friend who is escaping a noisy wedding in the town square. With food, drink, music, and dancing, they find comfort in their common heartbreak.…
When Mussolini's government imprisons homosexuals on an island in the Adriatic Sea, a professor falls in love with a country lad, but the arrival of the Second World War separates them and they don't know if they will see each other again.…
A young man attending university has the opportunity to be an extra in a film with his boyhood hero as the star. When he meets the actor in person and is invited to his hotel room, his attitude to his idol changes.…
Two boys grow up together but when they move out of home into an apartment, one of them falls in love with a girl and proposes to her, resulting in consequences neither could have predicted.…
The Emperor takes all male cruises to the Norwegian fjords on his ship and likes to be entertained in the evening by his guests. When one of his Generals who is wearing a pink tutu, takes on too much for his age and has a health crisis, there is a risk that the Emperor's scandalous secrets will become public.…
A city dog is taken to the country to live with her sister on a ranch. As she adapts to her new life, her stupidity and cunning are rewarded at the expense of her well-trained and obedient sister who doesn't understand what she has done wrong. Written from the point of view of a dog.…
While walking across a city bridge, a man looks down into the water. The movement below reminds him of childhood swimming lessons with a favourite aunt. The green depths under the bridge bring back memories of learning to dive and living with the knowledge that some are triumphs and others are disasters.…
While flying through the air in the middle of a vehicle accident, a young man, barely old enough to drive, remembers another accident from his childhood and the circumstances that led to it.…
A young woman is involved in a serious traffic accident that causes her to miscarry. Looking for a change and a rest, she travels to Mexico where she encounters a man who changes her life in a way she did not want or intend.…
A story told from a cat's point of view, which charts the changes in a cat's life, both where and how he lives, and what happens to the humans who look after him.…
A group of friends gather for a wake at the home of the deceased man. Those closest to him hope the dead man's valet will have news of a windfall for them. Their hopes dim when an ex-wife, who appears to have a special rapport with the valet, arrives with her son.…
Two bored young men in a small town, already on a risky teenage path, kill a man because they are tired of shooting bottles. Attempting to leave not only the murder but their lives behind, they flee the country. Only one of them makes it to the end of the earth where he considers returning to his bad habits.…
An English woman who works as a tourist rep in Spain meets a divorcee on holiday and returns to live in the Midlands with him. Since she was born on the south coast of England, she misses the sea so finds a job in Malta, where she meets a local man and moves in with him. Her alcohol consumption displeases her traditional lover so she leaves Malta to work with tourists in Greece. In an messy attempt to drown her sorrows she falls on difficult times and flies back to London to straighten out her life. When a work stint with an imperious artist goes wrong she flies back to Malta hoping to start again in a place where she was once happy.…
A gender-neutral person with social anxiety has shut themselves away more than usual during lockdown. Only one man online is worth caring about but after he at first cultivates, then rejects the protagonist, an unaccustomed and uncomfortable trip to be sure of the reason for the break-up, becomes necessary before it is too late.…
A young WW1 veteran befriends a Salvation Army Lieutenant who helps him see life through a different lens. When the young veteran is accused of murder, he is forced to incriminate himself on a lesser charge. In prison he has time to reflect on the right path to take.…
The aging musician has retired to his house in the south of France to escape high taxes at home and has married a local woman who was once his housekeeper. As taught by her mother, his wife keeps him well fed and watered as well as protecting her breadwinner from the frivolous distractions of the outside world. As a friend and a photographer I have been assigned to take pictures of the impresario for his next offering but I find myself being the referee in a bloody altercation between the unreconstructed Englishman and his slow burning wife.…
Two brothers are at odds about how to proceed with their ranching inheritance. This modern version of the Cain and Abel story demonstrates how siblings can be so different that they seem not to be from the same parents. As the ranch family deals with one tragic blow after another, one of the brothers emerges in possession of all he ever wanted. However his victory is hollow because his bullying behaviour has led him to betray the vision of his hard working grandfather, and has made the world an unlivable place for him.…
A visit to a friend on the other side of the world turns into a disagreement about whether following the rules is the right thing to do. Juliette and Carol had once been close friends but during the visit it becomes clear that their experiences and the intervening years have caused them to take different paths. When Carol considers going underground to escape the inevitable health controls required for her young son, Juliette must decide whether to run with her, or go back to the restricted but stable life that she had once considered leaving behind.…