What makes men and women lie to others or to themselves? A dramatic movie almanac about the bitter side of love.
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What makes men and women lie to others or to themselves? A dramatic movie almanac about the bitter side of love.
At the height of her career, the well-known comedy and TV star Gaby Köster suffers a serious stroke. However, the multi-award winning artist does not give up, fighting back despite many ups and downs.
A man must confront the dark origins of his complex eating disorder to move his life forward.
Alex is fifteen years old. Back from boarding school for the weekend, he reconnects with his little country village and his family, a family which seems to care more for its dogs than for Alex. This of course annoys him. He's better off without them. He's better off down at the cross-country motorbike track with Kader and the turning bikes. But he's obliged to take his grandmother's dog with him and it disappears into the forest.
Carmen, by Chloë Sevigny, is the 13th commission from Miu Miu Women’s Tales, the short-film series by women who critically celebrate femininity in the 21st century. Carmen has a loose, voyeuristic, improvisational mood that reflects Sevigny’s interest, making a short-film about process, being a woman, celebrity and ego.
Matt, a 18-year-old (senior) boy, is in a relationship with a girl in his class, but realizes that something is not right. After a while he realizes that he finds his swimming partner Lander more interesting than his girlfriend Lize. These feelings make Matt feel different. He no longer knows how to stay with himself, especially when his father teases him more and more about the fact that he still hasn't slept with Lize. In the end, Matt chooses to take steps for his own happiness.
A drug addict awakens to find the girl he is with dead, and must rush to escape the consequences.
This adaptation of three tales by E.T.A. Hoffmann, with a sprinkling of Goethe’s Faust, portrays the German poet as both narrator and hero recounting his love affairs with Olympia, Antonia and Giuletta. Robert Carsen’s spectacular production highlights the melancholy genius of a man marked by life, with a coherence and dramatic sense remarkable for a work that leaves numerous questions unanswered. Under the baton of Philippe Jordan, Stéphanie d’Oustrac, Ermonela Jaho, Kate Aldrich, Yann Beuron and Ramón Vargas and Stefano Secco in the main role, interpret the legendary airs of this work whose brilliant mystery will continue to dazzle opera houses for countless years to come.
The dance drama reveals the inner world of poet Li Bai through the conflicting choices and trade-offs he made during key junctures in his life. The drama highlights Li's passion, talent and bold nature, and portrays the struggle between his devotion to contribute to the rule of the country and his wish to retreat and enjoy the beauty of nature. The dance drama "Li Bai" will also bring to life the scenery, dance and music of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), showing typical artistic aesthetics from ancient China.
In a surreal and dystopian world, teenage siblings Julie and Julian take refuge in a secluded forest cabin to avoid becoming infected by a mysterious and deadly plague. When a stranger comes in need of help their lives are changed forever.
Late on Christmas Eve, Father Francis Mellon is awakened by a stranger seeking confession. But as he hears this man tell his story, something stirs inside him.
Alex is struggling to find his place in the world, ending up as a bareknuckle boxer and bruiser for the mob. However, when he falls in love with Lily, he decides to give up that life, but that life isn't quite ready to give him up so easily.
After the fall of the Berlin wall, now in his old age, the composer Edward Kazasyan discovers that his late wife, the singer Lia Ivanova, who survived communist labor camps, was forced to work for the secret services. Their dossiers in the State Security archives and her diary from childhood reveal the complicated fate of the singer, who strove the conquer the big stage while juggling a "second life" imposed on her by the system. Torn by doubts that his life was contrived and false, he once again relives their love and career in his loneliness, trying to find his place in this living puzzle.
An impoverished and alcoholic peasant is threatened with eviction and struggles to survive an endless and unbearable drought. In his habitual state of drunkenness, his only salvation seems to be the prostitution of his daughters.
A seemingly perfect couple suddenly end their relationship, much to the chagrin of the parents, who try to speak to their children in their language.
Raktdhar is based on a real-life incident, which involves the death of a eunuch who is brutally raped. One of her friends, a fellow eunuch, (played by Shakti Kapoor) avenges her death in a meticulous way by entering politics and changing the system and eventually becoming the Chief Minister of the state.
After the death of her parents, a traditional and conservative young woman, Iman, has to take care of her younger sister, Noha. When her sibling is faced with a marriage proposal, Iman has to ask her uncles to meet the groom and his family, as customs in Arab societies require the presence of a man from the bride’s side for the marriage agreement. But Iman decides to disregard the tradition.
Krzysztof, an introverted 10 year old, faces his father's decision to hide a Jewish boy from a nearby village in the family's house. As the new boy prompts the father's attention, Krzysztof develops a flammable jealousy towards the other boy which reaches a dangerous peak and leads him to an irreversible act.
A pilot is trapped in a crumbling, abandoned airport. Naeem Mohaiemen's first fiction film is based on when his father was stranded without a passport in Athens' Ellinikon International Airport for nine days in 1977.
The true story of Virginia Christian, a 16-year-old African American girl accused of murder in the Jim Crow South.
Nikos and Elena know each other since they were children. The film follows them in six different phases of their lives. In each one, however, something always prevents them from becoming a couple. How will their story end?
Yoan lives haunted by his nightmares. The anguish for the absence of his father and the visions of spirits that besiege him at night, prevent him from falling asleep.
A young man returns to his hometown after it succumbed to a volcano eruption, during his staying he will meet two women with he will create a strong bond -almost like, a family.
After being widowed, Chela moves to a city where she doesn’t know anyone, to be closer to her daughter, but she ignores her. One day she meets her neighbor, Elena, who invites her to have a meal. Soon they will become great friends. What Chela doesn’t know is that Elena, in reality, is Jaime.
Assi, a screenwriter and poet, is stuck in his personal life. He is full of doubt, disturbing thoughts, and existential restlessness. He is sentenced to community service due to a drunken-driving motorcycle accident in which he was involved. For his community service, he is sent to work with juvenile delinquents in Beersheba - the desert city in southern Israel - who are under house arrest and must attend sessions with Assi in the neighborhood shelter as a condition for their parole. Their extreme personalities, their riotous energy, and their charm awaken in him curiosity and attraction; together, they break through the boundaries of the rehabilitative framework.
A burnt-out globetrotter, disconnected from his family, wanders into a psychedelic adventure in Kathmandu.
In a climate of tedium and loneliness, three sisters live together in a country house. The unexpected arrival of a stranger will alter the timeless universe in which they find themselves, awakening the pulsional instinct previously contained in a struggle manifest between body and gaze.
Yochi, a selectively mute Mayan kid, tends a nest of endangered parrots in the pine savanna of Belize. When his beloved older brother, Itza, returns from the city, Yochi learns that he has become a poacher.
A young couple seeking for refuge. A beautiful couple - but it can't be what may not be.
Three adult brothers, Hein, Pé and Roemer, live with their elderly mother Hillie. This eccentric family lives in an old, crooked house that is on the verge of taking its last breath before toppling over. Every year, it is pulled straight again by its four inhabitants. This procedure has worked for decades, until suddenly Mother takes off to the sunny South. The nestlings are left to deal with each other - and themselves. As the relationship between the brothers gets more distorted, the house starts leaning over faster as well.
The drama is inspired by Cankar's work "In the Gorge".
Lesbian mumblecore drama So Long follows two women as they grapple with their post-breakup lives. Kicking off at the point of relationship meltdown, we follow 20-somethings Emily and Ray as they traverse the uncomfortable world of the newly single. From weird new housemates to a disastrous one-night stand, terrible jobs and creepier dudes, filmmakers Caitlin Farrugia and Michael Jones utilise naturalism and improvisation to explore a relatable slice of life. Shot in Melbourne, this study of fresh singledom captures the grinding pain and quiet triumph of rediscovering who you are outside of a relationship.
Stories of families who live in the Zanjan city in the 1980s. Family atmosphere of those years of war and its impact on their lives A family tradition in the 1980s they live in the city. Families who affected by the war between Iran and Iraq.
A young musician named Ansel has an unexpected encounter with Niall, an endearing, deaf dancer.
A film trilogy telling the vicissitudes of a Turkish family, their quarrels, dilemmas, conversations and everyday life interspersed with ups and downs. The core of history is a gentlemen's duel for the title of the main character between Wąsacz and Jid and their competition for the favor of the main heroine. Then, indirectly, their friend Siwy joins the fight for this title.
James, a veteran who has lived mostly in isolation for 2 years, except for his weekly baseball coaching job, starts receiving a free trial from a local newspaper, and notices that his horoscopes keep coming true. He soon begins a relationship with the newspaper delivery girl, Faith, the two of them falling in love. But before long, James becomes too engrossed by living by his daily horoscope, which wears on his relationship with Faith. He meets the writer of the horoscopes, a cult leader named Holly Adams, devoting himself to her as a disciple, as the world around him begins to crumble.
Jeane, an office intern, struggles to separate the lines between dreams and reality. Her day begins to unravel as Jeane finds herself fighting to keep both her job and sanity while she deals with the likes of a spiteful coworker and a bloodthirsty sphinx.
Billy and Shelley are best friends, but their friendship is greatly tested when Shelley's boyfriend, Adam, secretly comes out to Billy - the only other gay man he knows.
A trans themed short film, created by an all trans cast production team. On remote northern Iceland two strangers connect and realise they have a lot more in common than previously assumed. Filmed in Iceland in 2016, made in under 48 hours.
Krzysztof becomes a quarry manager. On his first day of work, there is an accident.
Emanuelle is training on her stationary bike, but she can't get her mind off the image of Laura. The more she pedals, the more her memories turn to desire.
Director Tso-chi Chang made this film with his fellow inmates in prison. It tells the stories of eight prisoners, whose sentences together add up to more than a hundred years. What kind of incidents will touch their hearts and help them find direction in life?
The film which is set in the background of early nineties of Kozhikode portrays the life of Harischandran (Vinay Forrt), an anarchist and a drunkard, who is an employee at the Aakashvani radio station. His life changes totally when he starts anchoring the programme named "Gandhimargam" and starts following Gandhism
A cute love story which encounters obstacles that challenges their love.
In a country ravaged by civil war, the President and Major meet with their enemy to sign a peace agreement. A conspiracy unfolds...
A short fiction film about life in Kyiv for young woman Renata, in the context of the current war. The story explores the tensions caused by war and how they affect the daily lives of citizens.
A lonely spinster's failed attempt at arranging flowers summons an ominous shadowy figure who sends her into a psychedelic netherworld to confront her own mediocrity.
The official remake of Malayalam movie Oru Vadakkan Selfie, Meda Meeda Abbayi tells the story of a carefree guy and the various problems that he faces after secretly taking a selfie with his neighbor.
The film tells the story of an old colonial house and how its inhabitants save it from the hands of money hungry promoters in modern day Calcutta.
It tells the story of Syrian youth's struggles over travel and immigration concerns.
New father Jussi wakes up to sounds in the hallway and encounters a homeless alcoholic Pentti. Things are not always as they seem at first glance.
In an alternate reality where memories are literally worn about one's head, a jilted lover wrestles with the image of his ex.
In a post-apocalyptic future, the planet is devoured by disease. In order to survive, two brothers can only count on each other. They work as a team until one of them, K, gets seriously injured. R, the youngest, has to make significant decision for both of them.
A story of a young fencer on his way to manhood, wrestling with fears and a feeling of guilt, after the loss of an important adult.
Down on his luck, Martin Buchanan does what little he can to alter the direction his life is going.