Creative nonfiction graduate student Camille Green invites herself onto an ecology research trip to force herself into an epiphany dramatic enough to turn into a memoir.
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Creative nonfiction graduate student Camille Green invites herself onto an ecology research trip to force herself into an epiphany dramatic enough to turn into a memoir.
The story of This film revolves around a few people who are driven into helplessness due to the various departments in Indian society that are inflicted by a poor system. We follow the journey of Jigar, who is going through a court case, trying to get his father's property back. As he goes through this, he makes mistakes, and an innocent woman named Avni ends up paying the price. Along with this, a driver named Shankar, who is living with a horrible past, tries to help Avni and his child.
At the age of twenty, Maria interweaves her time between her role as an actress at the local theatre company and her work as a cashier in a supermarket chain, with the aim of achieving the great dream of pursuing theatre studies abroad. The dichotomy between this wonderful dream world is abruptly cut daily by the reality of the work, populated by rules that are incomprehensible to her. Two events completely change Mary's journey, testing her ideal in life. Is the ability to realise a dream capable of overcoming all the obstacles encountered?
A short drama that takes place on the beach of Israel. It’s about big dreams, small waves, and one father who tries to save the one real thing he has left, his son, but ends up proving once again, all he cares about is himself.
A short mute film about a lone man falling in love with a mannequin.
Chile 2006, a country that maintains the same public policies of the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. After 16 years in a state of democracy, young chileans still do not see any changes in the education system, so they decide to manifest in the streets starting a movement that finally manages to mobilize a nation.
Five interviews of five real people who walk on their own path. Produced as part of The Long Project, sponsored by Vespa.
An Orlando drug dealer's mistake leads to a violent confrontation with his supplier.
Julia is a single mother who takes care of Camila, her 10 year old daughter who suffers from a borderline disorder. After experiencing a crisis where Camila gets hurt, Julia makes a decision which will change her relationship with her daughter and with herself.
Somewhere far away from the village and people, four hundred wind gusts away, Marija and Drevo are dealing with the acceptance of the upcoming loss of their friend.
The past, present, and future come to haunt a man and his wife.
So-Jin, who is training for the physical fitness test for police recruitment, is being stalked by a man, but she cannot find a strong means of confronting the situation. Meanwhile, Hyeon-Sook, who lives in the same apartment complex of So-jin, cannot get away from her violent husband. They work out in a schoolyard for their own respective reasons.
A young IDF soldier critically injured during a Gaza military operation clings to life while his family maintains a bedside vigil. During the long wait, family, friends, doctors, and therapists struggle to temper expectations and cope with the strain of the situation that sees moments of heartbreak, humor, and hope.
After the last student has gone for the night, The New Ballet School comes alive. No one has ever seen what happens in that empty old school building, but one can imagine it is a spectacle discorporate from both time and space.
A surrealist drama about a 40-year-old criminal court judge with a dying father, an unhappy marriage and petty cases to solve - shown as struggle between ANDI, the animal within, and K, his rational side.
An estranged father and son who haven't seen each other in ten years try to settle their differences before the end of the world reaches them.
After being exiled from his village, a Punjabi man discovers that he has a long lost twin brother who was raised Muslim.
Following a tragic event, the lives of 3 men converge in a quest for revenge and redemption.
Karl, a 17-year-old boy who spends most of his time collecting pictures and videos for his blog, finds a new purpose when he falls in love with his fellow student Doro.
The plot unwinds in the Soviet time Sukhumi of the 70s. A young guy Makhaz comes over to the city, and thanks to his brilliant drawing skills easily enters the Sukhumi School of Art. However, as the character claims, he couldn’t make it to graduation because of falling in love. The movie tells a story of hardship he goes through after meeting his beloved one.
Foxy tells the story of Penny Todd, a 20 year old aspiring filmmaker who is desperately trying to keep a "secret" in order to feel "normal" in a world of unachievable societal beauty standards. At the age of ten, Penny lost all of the hair on her body (eyebrows and all) due to an immune condition called alopecia. Since her diagnosis, Penny has chosen not to tell a soul, including her current boyfriend, out of fear of being looked at as strange or "ugly". By hiding this condition, Penny is soon forced to choose between what is more important: giving up on her relationship along with her dream of entering 'Moonwaltz Film Festival', or revealing her condition and opening herself up to potential ostracization, shame, and possibly the loss of her relationship.
Alpar has his first day of work at the border between Hungary and Serbia. Stationed there to save his country from refugees, he is confronted with the reality of being a border guard and is forced to adapt to the merciless customs.
What Happens In Cap Vermell is a story of love and heartbreak, of human relationships, of chance encounters and exceptional characters. A succession of moments linked together that all occur in one place, Cap Vermell, a heavenly, incomparable backdrop where anything can happen.
Young soldiers are roaming the forest aimlessly, shots are heard in the distance. But something isn’t quite right. Soviet troops, the Wehrmacht and American soldiers in Iraq seem to be co-existing in the same peaceful woods. They speak awkwardly about war memories that could never have been their own. And yet they know them by heart. A lighthearted film connecting imagination and storytelling to the reality of war.
A former boxer, who is now a drug runner, is given a chance to come back to the ring.
In a church, a suggestive confession takes place. A priest listens attentively. Who is confessing whom?
Out of the haunting shadows of the sexual underground in Medellin, sixteen-year-old Jhony is excited and hopeful for this upcoming date with the boy he loves.
Made for straight 8's 2018 industry shootout on one cartridge of kodak vision3 200t super 8 film with only in-camera edits and no post-production. Premiered on june 21st 2018 at straight 8's cannes advertising festival screening.
Adam and Adinda, two film students in their final year, decide to enter a film competition with the hope of using the prize money to finance their own graduation project.
Following the death of his father, Lyle Bennett sets out on an extreme weight loss journey in the hopes of reaching health and happiness. His goal will push him past his physical limits and test the strength of his mental and emotional stability.
The sisters Rosalie and Bianca stick together, come what may. In fact, they have no other choice - their mother has died and left them with a pile of debts. Taking part in a design competition is supposed to help. The organizer is the famous fashion czar Paul Petit. Just like the two budding fashion designers Rosalie and Bianca, the designer Rosenschmelz and Leon Bär also throw themselves into the contest.
At the tip of Brittany, the island of Ouessant—a grassy heathland swept by sea winds—is the last land before America. Given its geographical situation, it is a place that opens wide the doors of imagination. A Girl from Ouessant is an invented and, at the same time very documented, cartography of the island. This methodical statement starts as the diary of Éléonore Saintagnan, the resident artist-filmmaker at the Créac’h semaphore station, an ideal site for observing the surrounding area. Then, the account shifts towards a playful mise en scène, peopled with sailors’ wives, kelp burners, stories of little black sheep or countless shipwrecks… Drawing on the regional archives filmed in black and white dating from a time when the island lived mainly from fishing, the game begins.
Following her partner's funeral, a young woman and her newly-inherited greyhound explore the awkward weight of grief in a honeymoon suite, leaving the weight of another death.
Laure is spending her holidays at her father’s house in the countryside, she is bored. Until intriguing presences trouble her loneliness.
Cedric goes to the wake of his deceased lover, James. While trying to gather the courage to tell James' mother, Carol, about their relationship, both Cedric and Carol journey through their memories with the departed. The film tackles grief and the many forms it takes.
After the death of Alban’s brothers in the fire that burnt down their home, the entire family suffers from a shock, mental disorder and extreme poverty. Of all the family members, Alban has been affected the most by this tragedy.
What began as a grassroots, interpretive film class at a Manhattan senior community center soon blossomed into a shortened spin on New York’s story of love and the passing of time, Annie Hall. Created by artists and filmmakers Ellie Sachs and Matt Starr, the project was a way to engage seniors in a meaningful way while exercising memory skills.
The commissar of a town, has to investigate a child book confiscated from a seven-year-old girl, for allegedly being of communist origin.
A bullied boy tries to join a boys football team.
A young woman is obsessed by memories of her lover, who had vanished the previous summer.
The downfall of a couple triggers the birth of a new love between two strangers.
Twenty-one-year-old Liane has just learnt that she has been accepted to participate in a reality TV program. Convinced that her real life is about to begin, she gets rid of everything around her in order to radically embrace this great upheaval.
Unfolds the story of Hiroo Onoda who was an Imperial Japanese Army intelligence officer, who fought in World War II and holdout to surrender until 1974 for thirty years.
A short film based on the short story "De Binocle" by Dutch writer Louis Couperus. It tells the story of a nervous man who on one evening while going to the opera becomes the victim of his own obsessive thoughts.
A Kurdish mother and daughter who fled as refugees to Iceland get the news that their Immigration visas will expire in the next 48 hours.
A young, South LA black girl experiences a series of events that intersect racism and sexism during the Fourth of July holiday.
Pruebas de Fuego are six stories about how much life can change in just 10 minutes. A couple of lovers, a husband who loses his son, an ex-convict who leaves prison, a young man in love, a wife locked up in his house and a nurse with his dying mother.
Nava tries to convince her sister to get back with her husband, while her own fiance is cheating on her.
Underground-Amateur-Splatter-Ecke, self-called "disturbing short film" directed by Dominik Heit
A hungry heart, a celebration of the body, both exposed and concealed at the same time, like baroque paintings: guilty, ashamed or further alienated from our voyeur gaze. A secret dividing the actors and their scenic world from the public who has come to witness it; an episodic narration around what is unutterable; two friends travelling in the same boat and playing lustful and sadistic games. The characters in Heart of Hunger can act, feel and experiment, but they cannot testify as to the relationships that determine them. They lose each other, they find each other; the heart is a lonesome hunter.
A woman is obsessed with the fact that her house help has been bewitched, but when she continuously tries to seek answers to this problem and all attempts fail, she decides to take matters into her own hands.
Set within the world of competitive gymnastics, Pommel is a coming-of-age drama about the tumultuous relationship between two young brothers as they compete for recognition and approval in an up coming gymnastics competition.
A man with a perspective like no other on the planet. The leading structural engineer of the World Trade Center oversees its construction, haunted by its fall ever since. A guru in high-rise design. Driven by his values as a pacifist and activist and the woman engineer who emboldened, expanded and ultimately saved the man she loved. About fulfillment, fragility, and a fighting spirit.
Fon has been harboring a secret love for her best friend for as long as she can remember. Fearful of jeopardizing their friendship, she chooses to keep her feelings hidden. However, seeing her best friend and her boyfriend's intimate moments makes her feel very uncomfortable. How long will she be able to hide her feelings? Will Fon be able to turn her friendship into love?
Ciana and Zefinha have always lived for each other. Surviving is a daily challenge and knowing how to forgive without remembering the past will be essential to moving forward.
Hannah was kicked out of home at 16 by her mother, Agatha. She has spent this time finding peace within herself. When Hannah's brother Mark contacts her after 15 years to donate a kidney to Agatha, she finds herself feeling like she's 16 again. She's bound by the notion of family and feels compelled to help her mother, but can't shake the feeling that it isn't the right thing to do.
Sunday, at the South-East Asian entertainment complex First Square in Taichung, two Filipinos, Jane, a domestic caregiver, and Randy, a factory worker, make acquaintance. In the precious hours of their day off, together, the two companions in foreign land spend a lovely Sunday.