Dad is trying

Juken no Kamisama

November 2024 •Japanese

35 year old Umezawa Isamu works for a major trading firm and is a single dad to his only son, Hiroshi, a 6th-grader who hates to study but loves to play baseball. Ever since his wife divorced him on a whim 5 years ago, his days have been a constant struggle to keep up with work and household chores. One day, Isamu sets out on the task of finding his son a prep school for junior high entrance exams, but he becomes desperate when finding that most schools have already closed off applications. It is at such a time that Isamu hears about the Goddess of Exams. Rumor has it that she was accepted at all of the 17 topnotch junior high schools with top scores 2 years ago and that whoever she tutors makes it into the school of their wish 100%. Isamu finds out that the girl's name is Sugawara Michiko and begins a frantic search for her. When Isamu finally finds Michiko and pleads her to tutor Hiroshi, she demands, "If you want me to tutor your son, kneel down at my feet and beg."

Charles in Charge

November 2024 •English

Charles, a 19-year-old student at the fictional Copeland College in New Brunswick, New Jersey, works as a live-in babysitter in exchange for room and board.

Kacperiada

November 2024 •Polish

Mamy to

November 2024 •Polish

Speechless

November 2024 •English

Maya DiMeo is a mom on a mission who will do anything for her husband, Jimmy, and kids Ray, Dylan, and JJ, her eldest son with special needs. As Maya fights injustices both real and imagined, the family works to make a new home for themselves and searches for just the right person to give JJ his “voice.”

Outnumbered

November 2024 •English

Partly-improvised sitcom looking at the trials and tribulations of bringing up three young children - a regal five-year-old girl with a talent for interrogation, a seven-year-old boy who could fib for Britain and an 11-year-old who is gearing up for his scary first day at secondary school.

Undercover Dads

November 2024 •French

Each week, host Jean-François Baril introduces a very... umm... special Nanny into a family's home.

Chicken Soup for the Soul's Being Dad

November 2024 •English

Being Dad is an intimate, entertaining and revealing portrait of nine men who are tackling fatherhood, one of the most important roles in the world. Each episode of this new docu-series drops viewers into the lives of three dads who are facing challenges that are simultaneously unique and universal: a single dad re-enters the dating scene; an over-protective dad struggles with his autistic daughter’s growing independence; gay dads deal with the emotional complexities of adoption. While the featured fathers are different ages, races, and religions, they are all bound by the singular belief that raising their children is life’s greatest gift.

Une garderie pour tous

November 2024 •French

MaPa

November 2024 •German

Metin is a young man who has lost his girlfriend and the mother of his baby daughter. A couple of month later at his 30th birthday he struggles more badly than tough everyday life as a single parent.

دهن حُر

November 2024 •Arabic

Tisícročná včela

November 2024 •Slovak

Little Nanay

November 2024 •Tagalog

True Love is Delicious

November 2024 •Thai

Chomjan is a prickle-fish vendor who sells her pickled fish using her family's secret recipe in order to support her sister, Methinee, study abroad. Her main helper is Gloy, an orphan who loves her like a sister. When Methinee returns, she brings along a boyfriend who is unaware of her true lifestyle. Ashamed of her life and poverty, Methinee asks Chomjan to lie about her occupation in order to not embarrass Methinee in front of her boyfriend and his family. A request which brings Chomjan a lot of sadness.

Princess in the Palace

November 2024 •Tagalog

Internsheep

November 2024 •Bengali

Shuvro, a fresh graduate, joins AgenZ, as an intern, deeming it as the last phase of his race to success. Little does he know, his journey will be full of chaos, surrounded by a myriad of characters who never fail to make every day an adventure. The craziness that lies within the not-so-black-and-white world of a marketing agency, makes him question his life, his relationships, and his existence.

You & Me

November 2024 •English

Three people experience tragedies they feel they will never overcome. They attempt to find hope and love again in the future, but worry that the past always hold them back.

El Soffara

November 2024 •Arabic

Shafeeq, a tour guide, steals Tutankhamun's time travel whistle. A golden opportunity to get a do-over for his life and achieve his dreams.

Gatos en el Tejado

November 2024 •Spanish

This is the story of Manolo Beltra, a mid-aged, unbelieving foul-mouthed but cherished. He is a TV presenter, famous for his participation in a program called "El humor es algo maravilloso". With life more or less settled, a series of events will break this situation and he will have to rethink his way of thinking and deal with his existence.

Много мой човек

November 2024 •Bulgarian

"My Very Own Man is a comedy series for the whole family that follows the lives of three masterminds. Miroslav, played by the beloved Bulgarian actor with a charismatic air and an affinity for comedy Bashar Rahal, is a conservative and happily married man. Viktor (Yulian Malinov) is desperate because he is getting divorced, and Peter (Kaloyan Katincharov) is a highly desirable bachelor. Along with the never-ending renovations they are busy with, the boys of the sympathetic brigade realize that the most urgent need is to repair the relationships in their own families. The fresh humour in "Very My Man" is dedicated to current issues in life in Bulgaria today. It is also provoked by the way we cope with stressful everyday life, connecting pieces of the past, beliefs from the present and dreams for the future. The series tells a story of family and love at any age, and the imagery is close to real life and will not leave the audience indifferent.