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Gordon’s film Picture Window, directed together with Manuela Dalle, was inspired by Chantal Akerman’s film “Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles”. This reverent nod to what some refer to as “the greatest film of all time” stars Gordon herself, going about her day.
A boy named Noddy, who likes to play games very much. His favorite is hide and seek because everyone likes it. But Noddy is always the first one to get caught. Every time he gets caught, he puts up a long face. Because once he gets caught, he can only stand aside and look at everyone else playing. Noddy hates to lose so he tries to observe carefully every time. Learn to run like everyone else, to cheat like everyone else, to fool around like everyone else and not to get caught. Gradually, Noddy plays hide and seek better and better. One day, he finds the safest place and hides inside quietly and patiently without making any noise. He sees other kids getting caught one by one. Noddy finally succeeds; no one can find him.
Yukko, who majors dance in an arts university, continues to live together with her ex-boyfriend, recognizing each other as "good partner". Recently, she is bothered by her possibility to study abroad, as well as presence of her classmate Tabe, who is close to her seniors at the university. From another perspective, her senior Taki, who has graduated from the university, has been duped by his ex-girlfriend, who is getting married with other guy. Taki, who can't see future ahead, is still unable to move on from his university days.
After their late grandmother's house is sold, two estranged sisters, tasked with cleaning it out, must withstand a weekend alone together while confronting the grimness of their relationship.
Sevastopol. The submarine comes to the port to unload ammunition and fuel, evacuate the wounded to Novorossiysk. While unloading, a gasoline leak is detected, ventilation is needed. But it is impossible to do, since at dawn an air attack on the city and port begins. The boat is forced to lie down on the ground until dark. 14 hours at the bottom under the roar of bombers, of depth charges and poisonous gasoline vapors slowly spreading through the boat.
A shy 17-year-old girl playing classical piano discovers soul music through a strange friendship with an old rocker in a summer that will change her life.
This rich and nuanced portrait of the remarkable, elusive Rothschild family uncovers the story behind the family's phenomenal economic success. The film tells the dynasty’s incredible saga, from the confines of the Frankfurt ghetto to the halls of royal palaces, all the while emphasizing the importance they placed on family unity and the profound role Judaism played in their lives, later using their influence to assist oppressed Jews throughout Europe. A definitive work of documentary cinema with a thoroughly engaging narrative, The Rothschild Saga brings their mysterious and fascinating history to life.
After suffering a devastating tragedy, a broken young man embarks on a strange journey to a radical Swedish healing program that turns people into fruit.
A boy wakes up with a toy in his hand. Which leads himself to the forgotten historical incidents and other people's shared memories.
Hole in the Head is an experimental feature film in which the protagonist re-stages his family's home movies in order to recall a traumatic event. Melding new with old technologies and a film-within-a-film structure, Hole in the Head proposes a hauntological discourse on autofiction, trauma and private ritual.
Etienne is taken by his friends to a prostitute for the first time. Three troubled teens on their way to win their acceptance into manhood. Though several unexpected occurrences take Etienne on an unforeseen journey into himself.
Lexi, a 19-year-old girl, poor, with a life full of difficulties, writes lyrics and music in a notebook. Before an important meeting that can change her life and in which her notebook would play a crucial role, Lexi loses the notebook.
Medical student Keity wants to become a surgeon like her mother and grandmother. But after her first operation takes a dramatic turn, she has to accept an internship at the morgue. Between her dead patients, her unconventional colleagues and seeing her grandmother’s spirit, will she tough it out?
The film is about the relations between the inhabitants of Russia and the Caucasus, and about their influence on each other. Young Georgian Georgi Iobadze tells the audience the story of the Vainakhs (a group of peoples of the North Caucasus and Georgia) in the period from 1813 to 1913.
When lovers become enemies, friends become foes. A night of fun for a philandering man proves to be a deadly secret in this scandalous drama.
When a young Naxal Revolutionary (Activist) and a Policeman, from contrasting walks of life, meet at a point, it creates an extraordinary moment. An important question is being asked, which turnarounds the whole perspective.
An elderly woman's dementia takes over more rapidly than expected as she tries to remember her past.
Valentine Gallardo, a Mexican matador is torn between the love of his life and his love for bullfighting after having a near-death injury in his last fight. Valentin has to come to terms with what is truly important to him, family or fame.
A married businessman and his search for his old love and decides to marry her, which causes his life to change drastically.
In an interview with a humble postman, a mysterious death becomes the focus of his life as he was the first to discover the corpse. His days of innocently delivering letters in the Desert Hills now feel empty without the presence of the Sand Woman, whose death might turn out to be more violent than it seems.
When a soul-shaking viral video shudders through town, a jobless father struggles to keep hold of his existence.
Three women in a developing suburb of Mumbai - a domestic worker, a government pre-school helper and a software professional - struggle to realise their dreams and claim autonomy in a chaotic, patriarchal and unforgiving urban landscape, as their lives intersect in small, unexpected ways.
Through landscapes fueled by silence, resentment and brief moments of joy, Ale, a seventeen-year-old woman, will try to protect her two younger siblings from the seething truth, their mother has left them and is not coming back.
Following the closing arguments in a murder trial, case is about to be closed as a guilty verdict with a unanimous decision. But a Jr. Lawyer casts considerable doubt on elements of the case which shall derail the total conflict threatening to question the delicate law system which will decide one girl's fate.
Huw Stephens presents an exciting selection of short films from emerging artists and film-makers from across the UK. Topics are fresh, varied and thought-provoking, including a behind-the-scenes look at a zoo closing for the night, an honest account of farming the land, and a powerful love letter from a son to a mother who has cancer. Expect to be moved and challenged by these short dramas, observations and dance, made by a new generation of storytellers. Yew; Echdo; King of the Pit; Two B or Not Two B; Lucky House; Everything Is Fine; The Jacket; Cages; It's Always Been; Mary Lost Her Battle; Between the Dog and the Wolf; From His Perspective
a dark story unfolds as teenagers living on a commune are ordered to commit a life altering task by their abusive leader.
Alone at night, a woman lays in bed as she reveals a traumatizing nightmare to her beloved cat.
Hoping to find some measure of acceptance, Howard, a farm boy who feels misunderstood by his rural family, resorts to stealing a cursed old man's wish-granting box. Despite many warnings, he remains blind to his blessings.
Akira moved to LA with his mother when he was a child. The reason for this was the accidental death of his father who was a stuntman. after growing up, akira became a professional motocross racer and participated in the national motocross championship. but his mother suddenly dies. akira is so shocked that he leaves the world of motocross behind and retreats to his home for a while. he then decides to return to japan to seek revenge against gou, the man responsible for his father’s death.
The world is divided into two parts: 'The Building city' where the rich live, and the 'Hachon' where the poor live. Living in the 'Building city' with her family, Yuji dreams of moving to 'Hachon' one day. If she goes there, she might meet Seojin, who suddenly disappeared. Yuji's parents can't accept a reduction in wealth and are obsessed with their present lives. Yuji's siblings are also troublesome. Yuji's empty daily routine is shattered one day when a huge tornado hits both the city and the countryside.
Sergio, Mali and Luz reluctantly agreed to spend Christmas in the country with their mother; in part because of the guilt they feel about saying no when she has just come out of the hospital after a heart attack, but also because it would be nice to escape from their frustrations for a while.
Code Switch follows a Black trans person as they navigate the barbershop, illuminating the complexity and dynamism of gender expression.
Amid swirling, salacious rumors, Marilyn Monroe schedules a "tell-all" press conference. She's found new purpose after meetings with President Kennedy and Fox Studios mogul Darryl Zanuck. Powerful conspirators, however, want her silenced.
After a sudden terminal cancer diagnosis, a teacher and her factory worker husband work to save their marriage from the teetering edge of divorce.
Two men head out to go fishing. One of them thinks himself the obvious expert in the area and tensions rise beneath the surface. When a woman joins up from the beach, the course of events takes an unexpected turn in a visually appealing film with supernatural features.
Booker he returns to South Central L.A. after several years away. Confined to the interior of his car, he interacts with the people and places he once knew, floating between moments of nostalgia and the subtle realities of a subconscious search for identity.
At school, they preach that all evil will return in the next life. But nobody looks when Bhyal's classmates blackmail him to make wheels for their toy bus. Bhyal, who lives with his mother on the outskirts of the village and works as an iron smith at night is an ‘Untouchable’. A cinematic examination of the caste system in a small mountain village in Nepal.
In 1970s Singapore when families were pressured and incentivised to have no more than two children, a newly pregnant Teochew mother contemplates keeping her third child despite facing overwhelming financial constraints, social stigma and state disincentives.
Su Jinfeng, a local citizen, contracted a deserted island in the sea from his village. He has been planting coconut trees and picking coconut fruits on the island for several years. On this day, Su Jinfeng suddenly encountered a dinosaur while working in the coconut grove. He was frightened and fled for his life. Afterwards, Su Jinfeng was puzzled and brooding about the encounter with dinosaurs, and immediately informed a media of the information, hoping to attract attention and solve the mystery of dinosaurs. Media editor Lin Peilun was overjoyed when she heard the news. As a media person, she knew that if the situation was true, the prehistoric civilization of dinosaurs would be an unprecedented major discovery for the contemporary age. She may even be the first to report the incident..
A boy and a girl, in completely different stages of life, meet in a laundromat where they converse and confide with each other.
It is on the way to Laura's funeral that one truly learns who the deceased was.
JJ has been inspired by Master Chen and his lion dance troupe, Ba De. He leaves his village to chase his lion dance dreams in the city of Kota Kinabalu and is dismayed when he discovers that Master Chen has passed away and the troupe has lost its pride and glory. The troupe is now led by Master Chen's daughter, Jia Hui, who is struggling to carry on his legacy. JJ wants to help her restore Ba De's reputation by participating in an upcoming lion dance championship. JJ may have no knowledge but his passion, perseverance and his Kadazan culture leads Ba De to a whole new level of lion dance experience.
An introverted millennial goes on a holiday with his sister’s artist group where he is challenged to push his boundaries. Can he hold his own against the group and their manifestation of colours, cries, sexual gestures, and creative excesses?
A young woman goes to a bar after school where she craves an older man's affection.
The story follows the encounters of Victor and Tanya at the end of their junior year. The two of them grow closer and closer during the summer vacation, despite the danger surrounding them.
A suburban high school, structures, students and teaching staff are the exemplary mirror of a social and economic depression that seems irreversible. To worsen the situation, a few meters from the school, between the houses of the neighborhood, the "Zoo", a center of assistance to migrants became over the years a permanent refugee camp. A professor is called to hold a remedial course for six students suspended for disciplinary reasons. But when the clashes between the population and migrants break out, the situation quickly gets out of hand.
A group of teenagers go out to a den in the woods for a night of drinking, unaware that their behaviour touches on issues of ritual, folklore, mysticism and UFOs.
Flynn, a former spelling bee champion, meets a running coach named Cosmo Walgreen and together they embark on a journey to discover what's next for Flynn.
Four siblings reunite at their father's mourning hall. Their grudges through out the years gradually emerge. However, before the pineapple which the youngest brother holds, whether they forgive each other doesn't seem to matter anymore.
Expecting parents learn about a new prenatal test from their private practice doctor.
In the old American South, a black teen with a white adoptive family becomes curious about her roots after hearing birds for the first time.
Detective Miriam Leaf investigates the disappearance of three women. The missing women are academics who'd been studying "lady of the lake" stories across the American south. The case turns dreamy and strange when Miriam starts having visions of Judith, a powerful ghost of the lake.
Unknown actors Chung-gil and Won-seon are close friends. Chung-gil introduces Won-seon to a director he knows, but something unexpected happens.