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Solar Lands

At the beginning of the 20th century, the Nicaraguan poet Rubén Darío fulfilled a dream of youth, travelling to Spain and touring Andalusia. It was a journey in search of the sun and a light that would heal him from his chronic bronchitis and the sadness in which he was submerged. An expedition in search of beauty, to the lands of the sun. Solar Lands presents this little-mentioned moment in the life of Darío, but it also helps us to learn about his life and the main characteristics and importance of his complete work from the hand of specialists and high-level women and men of letters. The actor Pedro Casablanc gives voice to the verses of Rubén Darío in this beautiful documentary, which was Laura Hojman's first directing work.

Solar Lands

NR 2019
The Hardness of Avocado

One day, Mizuki Maehara, an actor, suddenly broke up with his girlfriend of five years, Midori Shimizu. With a single-minded desire to somehow get back together, he asks around for advice about his lost love and decides to wait until his 25th birthday, which will come in a month. However, no matter how long he waits, he hears nothing from Shimizu... This is "30 days of love and obsession" of a man who is going right and left with faint hopes of getting back together with Shimizu.

The Hardness of Avocado

7.0 2019
Schnitzel de Luxe

Gunther and Wolfgang, two long-time unemployed friends spot an opportunity when their favorite Schnitzel shop is closing up and they want to run it themselves. Only problem is they need 10,000 euros advance payment. Like so many German unemployed they come up with the nuttiest plans, the craziest schemes and the daftest ideas to get the cash. When an old friend of Wolfgang's wife turns out to have made quite the fortune, they embark on their adventure to make a quick buck. Unfortunately, their best laid plans don't exactly work out. A story about friendship, human kindness, ambition, love and trust and obviously Schnitzel.

Schnitzel de Luxe

6.0 2019
Northern Ballet's Victoria

The extraordinary story of Queen Victoria, brought to life by Northern Ballet and choreographed by Cathy Marston. Victoria’s diaries revealed intimate details of a life so fascinating that her daughter Princess Beatrice tried to rewrite history, removing any detail that might embarrass the royal family. The ballet is the story of Victoria’s amazing life, seen through the eyes of her youngest child and lifelong companion Beatrice as she relives her memories of her mother as a secluded widow before discovering sides to her that she never knew.

Northern Ballet's Victoria

NR 2019
Sagi no Ko

Set in Nagoya, Japan in 2019, the story follows Mitsuyo, an elderly woman who receives a fraudulent call from someone posing as her daughter. Having been scammed before, she alerts the police, leading to the arrest of 14-year-old Kazuto, a receiver in the operation. Kazuto works for Daisuke and Toyama, who believe scamming the wealthy is a way to return "dead money" to society. When Toyama is arrested, Daisuke attends his trial to ensure silence. There, Mitsuyo testifies, revealing that years ago, she was deceived by Daisuke himself, leading to her husband's suicide. Confronted with the true consequences of his crimes, Daisuke realizes that phone fraud not only steals money but also destroys families and lives.

Sagi no Ko

NR 2019
Spirit of the Forest

The son of a lumberjack, at his father's behest, cuts down his first tree. The annual rings on the cut surface remind him of a fingerprint. Realizing that he has made an irreparable mistake, the boy runs away into the depths of the forest, where he encounters a living tree that transports him to the Spirit of the Forest. This mysterious creature explains to the boy the true essence of the relationship between man and nature and returns him to his family. Now the boy must convince his father and other lumberjacks to abandon the work they have been doing all their lives.

Spirit of the Forest

NR 2019
The Fairest Encounter

"Meet in the most beautiful place, and lose at the same time." Ouyang Zhengdong (Wang Dong ornaments) who worked hard in Beijing experienced the death of his mother and his girlfriend, Si Tong, and his body and mind were tortured to become a "body". His character was distorted and divided. The indifferent president of normal work, when the night comes, he will go dead and destroy himself with alcoholism, and his assistant Chi Feier (Xiao Han ornaments) witnessed all this, secretly fell in love with this man, eager to appease, but found Ouyang Zheng There is no place in the depths of the East, and the joy of a night after drunkenness only regards her as a substitute. Chi Feier chooses to wait, Ouyang Zhengdong chooses to redeem herself through the distance, and inadvertently hurts in this long distance. The grassland pursues the ideal of the rich family, a golden child, a tribute (Gongmi), causing her to lose her memory.

The Fairest Encounter

NR 2019
War Game

In an imagined battle between the United States and the fictional Latin American country of Cubuchilia, an American soldier has control over water resources and news media on both sides of the war. This depressed white soldier profits monetarily by the continuation of the war, and therefore ensures the battle endures through his power over the water and news. Inadvertently, he causes all the soldiers on both sides to perish, and thus the war ends. He then, through his media control, presents himself as the hero of the conflict and the savior of the United States.

War Game

10.0 2019
Corner Film

2019, 16mm film, black/white, silent, 11 minutes. Los Angeles premiere! The 2018 film document of Douglas Dunn’s Corner Dance (1972) for solo dancer, performed by the choreographer in a freestanding corner installed at his studio loft in SoHo was shot on 400 ft. of expired 16 mm color negative film stock with a 100 ft.–capacity spring-driven hand-cranked Bolex H-16 Reflex camera. A black-and-white work print was struck from the color negative. The length of each shot was determined by the camera’s fully wound spring-driven mechanism, allowing for a maximum length of approximately 18 ft. of film to advance, i.e., 28 seconds at 24 fps (frames per second).

Corner Film

NR 2019