Etheria Film Festival Showcase 2020

THE WIDOWERS is a comedy about grief. It centers on best friends Jake and Jonathan, whose wives have died in an accident. When Jonathan drags Jake to a grief counseling retreat for young widowers, they meet an odd group of fellow mourners, navigate comically bizarre therapy sessions, and face a dark secret that could destroy their friendship.

"The Illustrated Family Doctor" is a dark comedy, that centres on the story of Gary Kelp, a young man who condenses reference books for a company called the Info Digest.

A Japanese middle class family is about to make a journey on a hot summer's afternoon. But their annual holiday is haunted by mishaps.

At video store Akaba you can find Forti, the guy who likes movies, Doc, the guy who knows everything about movies, and Nic, who wants to make movies. Along with them you'll discover the comedy and tragedy behind the counter of a crazy video store.

This teen/twentysomething drama takes us on the afflicted journey of Ewan McKinnis the greeting card writer, whose true love Charlotte Hart has left him alone with his inability to commit to anything but scotch and pot. Upon receiving an invitation to her wedding mere months later, Ewan returns home for the wedding, bearing the decision of winning her back or letting her go, only to have a sixteen year old Lolita, Amy Collins thrust into his path. Amy has her own heartbreak to cope with, and the two, turning a blind eye under intense scrutinisation, become unlikely allies in their search for some ease and some answers.

Taiwan highways are crammed with millions of cars everyday. One day, the government closes the highways for 12 hours. All the cars are forced off their usual routes... Youthful Jade steals a jeep. On her way, she picks up the car's cell phone and calls the owner to bug him. Two of them gradually establish an ambiguous relationship. A trigger-happy man avenges his father's death and hijacks a bus. The bus driver gradually develops a sympathy for the killer, and begins to assume a father's role. Full of resentment towards his boss, a limousine chauffeur has given himself a day off to look for a girlfriend who had ditched him.