Heart of a Boy

El Encuentro

February 2017 •Spanish

Threshold

September 1981 •English

Celebrated heart surgeon Thomas Vrain supports the research of an offbeat scientist who has invented an artificial heart. Against the advice of the Ethics Committee, Dr. Vrain decides to perform the first artificial heart transplant.

Heartless

April 2005 •English

Comedy drama about a vain barrister who undergoes a personality change after having a heart transplant. Believing that this could be linked to the character of the donor, he travels to a village in Scotland to find out more about him, and there falls for the man's widow.

Canary

Invalid date •English

Canary is a heartwarming tale about a small bakery in the beautiful coastal town of Cornwall. The bakery, run by a young couple named Lily and Jack, is a staple in the community, known for its delicious pastries and friendly atmosphere. However, when a large chain bakery moves in next door and threatens to put the couple out of business, Lily and Jack must fight to save their beloved bakery

Cat Cafe

October 2018 •Japanese

In Akihabara, Sakura Sakuragi (Yurika Kubo) runs cat cafe "Mocha." She listens to her customers’ troubles there. The various customers that enter her cafe also take comfort in the cats that reside there.

The Intruder

May 2005 •French

An emotionally cold man leaves the safety of his Alpine home to seek a heart transplant and an estranged son.

Annie's Point

January 2005 •English

A recently widowed grandmother is determined to grant her husband's last wish of setting his ashes free over the idyllic bluff they called Annie's Point. The charm of this tale lies in her journey.

Das Wunder von Kapstadt

October 2022 •German

The true story of an operation which was a revolution, not only for the world of medicine. Frankfurt 1967. A young doctor called Lisa Scheel is trying to get a foothold in the male-dominated world of transplant surgery. But after she is passed over by her main professor in favour of a male applicant, on the spur of the moment Lisa heads off to Cape Town. Here, she starts work for Dr. Barnaard, who, like his colleagues in Frankfurt, is planning a heart transplantation. Together with the surgeon Hamilton Naki, who due to apartheid can only join the team secretly, Lisa is a major contributor to the first heart transplant in history.

Heart of a Stranger

December 2002 •English

What happens when you receive someone else's heart and wind up with the transplant donor's personality traits and memories too? Jill Maddox, a middle-aged concert violinist, is about to find out! After her surgery, Maddox starts chugging beers, blasting modern music and donning barely-there miniskirts. She is acting like the 22-year-old guy whose ticker she inherited. Even weirder — this is a true story! (Based on the book “Change of Heart” by Claire Sylvia and William Novak.)

Green Pools

December 2022 •English

When her mother dies, Khadra embarks on a journey to bring her nephew Sammy to the funeral.

Swan Song

August 2021 •English

An aging hairdresser escapes his nursing home to embark on an odyssey across his small town to style a dead woman's hair for her funeral, rediscovering his sparkle along the way.

A Gift of Miracles

February 2015 •English

A pragmatic PhD candidate must let go of her logic when she finds a list of items to give away written by the late mother she never knew. With the encouragement of her enthusiastic new mentor, she attempts to return everything on the list and begins to encounter unexplainable coincidences that lead her to understand the world’s smallest marvels have the greatest meaning.

Bianca

July 2012 •English

Bianca, a middle aged, elegant and beautiful woman, is bewitched with the craving for wealth, a desire she would go to any length to satisfy and secure. A home breaker, husband snatcher and conniving selfish gold-digger saddled with the burden of two male children, Sunny and Chuks from her first marriage, traverses the city in search of the man who can afford to tend to her craving after divorcing her husband.

Aayushkalam

April 1992 •Malayalam

Balakrishnan who is sick and has a heart disease, gets a heart transplant from a man who died in a recent car accident. The operation is a success but, Balakrishnan starts seeing the ghost of Aby, who lingers around for Balakrishnan to help him find his murderer so that his soul can rest in peace.

Odd Dog

November 2020 •English

Greyscale animation presents a short film about a young boy who pleads with his mother to get him a dog but his mother prefers a cat. Years later, the boy runs into what looks like a cat on the street. Can the cat win the boy over with his crazy dog-like antics and become the boy's "odd dog"? This award-winning animated short has screened at film festivals all around the world and was successfully funded on Kickstarter. It is based on the Director’s son and their cat and was lovingly made by so many incredibly talented artists.

The Wasteland

September 2011 •French

Two lovers talking on a beach in France. One hides the fact that he is in need of a heart transplant. He knows that someone has to die so that he may live. But to find out who it was that died so that he may live.

Dear Ike: Lost Letters to a Teen Idol

August 2021 •English

In this animated documentary, Los Angeles filmmaker Dion Labriola recounts his all-consuming childhood quest to contact his teen idol, Ike Eisenmann - and the magical turn of events that led him toward his goal (some 40 years later).

To Be First

August 2007 •English

The year is 1967 and the race is on to make medical history. Dr Christiaan Barnard, a brilliant and ambitious South African surgeon and three surgeons in America are attempting the impossible: the world's first human heart transplant. The Americans have trained and prepared together for this day for years, and Dr Barnaard is driven by a fierce determination to succeed. And succeed he does, giving Mr Washkowski an unbelievable extension of life, never before done, never before thought possible. This breakthrough in medical history, paved the way forward and made Dr Barnaard a legend.

Rusty's Birthday

November 1949 •English

A lost dog tries to find his way back to his beloved master in the final film of the Rusty series.

Apple Pie

December 2023 •English

A young, adopted daughter suffers from the remoteness of country life and yearns for the American dream. On the day of her making decision to go, the foster grandma leads her to seek the true love from the home. She finally realized a warmth from the noisy home and feels trilled to stay.