A writer begins to encounter a series of unexplainable events when he's forced to lift the lid on the Pandora's Box holding the demons of his past
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A writer begins to encounter a series of unexplainable events when he's forced to lift the lid on the Pandora's Box holding the demons of his past
Paolo Piangino is a quiet adult man who lives alone with his cat and loves to cry, because his tears are his happiness. When he feels sad, tears comfort him, when he is happy, his tears give him even more joy. One day people in his town are amazed to find that flowers grow out of Paolo’s tears and thanks to his tears Paolo becomes famous. All his compatriots from the town are excited, they all invite him to visit, hoping for some lucky tears from him. But Paolo is soon fed up with all that hustle and bustle. Secretely he steals away and all that is left after him are several flowers. The people in the town, saddened by his departure, cry bitter tears for him. Who knows, maybe one day even their tears will grow into flowers.
After being introduced by a mutual college friend, two unnamed characters form an immediate connection. As their romantic relationship progresses, the honeymoon fades and the two are forced to grapple with their own changing identities and career ambitions.
Moving is always hard, especially when the new neighborhood turns against you.
A man struggles with his condition of singing every time he talks, but finds a glimmer of hope when he comes across a woman who has the same condition as him.
A student film commissioned by Openstudio Amsterdam 2021. SILVER eventually won the award for best film at the Openstudio Amsterdam film competition.
An arborist helps a fourth generation Christmas tree farmer whose evergreens are dying just before the holiday. As she tries to get to the root of the problem before the town tree lighting, they begin to fall in love.
Fable becomes reality when Jason returns to his father's Homeland of the Philippines after his passing and investigates the stories he grew up hearing. Jason wants to honor his father's home. Once he arrives he finds himself living the myths his father told him as a child. The mysterious Magayon, known as the Woman in the Woods, asks Jason to aid her on her quest to return to her home on a volcanic island in the Philippines. This is the start of a mythical adventure that will change Jason's life.
In a near future when women rule the world, a politician visits a "Grooming School" to snag a trophy husband, but her boring date takes a turn when her Stepford-y match stops pretending to be something he's not.
“The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts,” a Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band film featuring ten never-before released performances from the Madison Square Garden MUSE benefit concerts, and full footage of the band’s entire setlist, will be released worldwide for the first time. Edited by Bruce’s longtime collaborator Thom Zimny from the original 16mm film alongside remixed audio from Bob Clearmountain, “The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts” represent the highest quality and best recorded Bruce performances from an explosive, ascendant and rarely-filmed era of the E Street Band.A composite of two performances captured during the multi-day ‘No Nukes’ concerts, the film packs the intensity of a marathon show into a crackling 90 minute run-time.
A script writer's thoughts get the best of him.
At the onset of the pandemic, a Chinese Uber driver in New York struggles to make ends meet as he picks up various passengers on a long and dreary night.
Stargazer follows an estranged, disconnected family on a journey throughout the stars, brought together amidst the loss of a loved one.
Building on the critically-acclaimed success of SOPHOCLES IN STATEN ISLAND, Obie-winner and Ma-Yi affiliated artist Ron Domingo, along with his charming family, move beyond the Greeks to embrace the social protest theater of American playwright Clifford Odets. This time, the homeschooled teenage kids are studying the U.S. Labor Market using the plays of Clifford Odets as the take-off points. The results are both eye-opening and hilarious, as the family comes to grips with its place on the labor pecking order.
Joey's life is a constant switch between a child's vivid imagination and the harsh reality of the Irish suburbs. After building himself a Robot head to protect himself from both problems at home and outside in the real world, Joey is soon forced to face up to adulthood.
Day after day, heartless bodies were found, coinciding with the arrival of dr. Teak in the village. Meanwhile, Sukma, during his ordination, became a lengger dancer—traditional art that was passed down from generation to generation.
Juga (Play), fresh ideas of goodness that appear on the young minds of children that molds their perspective on friendship and team building, just like the ASEAN wat of caring, preparing, and prosperity. It will also give a testifying belief that you don't have to be powerful, famous, rich, old or anybody for you to help others. Whether you are a child or a simple person, you will be able to help others if you want to help.
A mysterious woman is released from prison by the FBI and set loose with a DEA agent to find a lost treasure of gold bullion lost during the Spanish American War. With the help of a Mexican policeman, the three set off on an adventure like no other - guns, snakes, bandits, cartel and double crossing partners!
A random librarian is pulled into a multiversal conundrum in this prequel to Tethered (2020).
Things turn sour when an amateur improv class meet for the first time after one of the group misjudges the situation. https://shortoftheweek.com/2021/11/22/doughnut
After his five-year-old daughter is murdered, a loving family man becomes convinced that the oddball down the street is guilty.
Two undercover DEA agents meet with their kingpin target and a surprise dinner guest.
01 Unsainted 02 Disasterpiece 03 Nero Forte 04 Before I Forget 05 The Heretic Anthem 06 Psychosocial 07 The Devil In I 08 The Chapeltown Rag 09 Wait and Bleed 10 Vermilion 11 All Out Life 12 Duality 13 Spit it Out 14 People = Shit 15 (sic) 16 Surfacing
Idealist Vicky is desperate to find a way to convince her whirlwind summer love, Stacey, that theirs wasn’t just a holiday romance. She fights passionately for young love and picture-perfect moments, convinced Stacey is just scared or in the closet.
After losing his wife in a tragic fire, a secondary school teacher takes it upon himself to make a spectacle of his suffering - by writing and directing a play about his life for his students to perform.
A young Caribbean immigrant mother struggling to make ends meet at her dye factory job finds a release through her abandoned dream of dance.
Eleven bodies are found dumped on Long Island between 2010 and 2011; journalists Alexis Linkletter and Billy Jensen investigate corruption at the highest level of the Suffolk County Police Department and why the case has never been solved.
Would the apocalypse really be all that bad? Teenage Freddie certainly doesn't think so, as he boogies his troubles away on a gorgeous sunny hill...
On August 21st, 1976, Lynyrd Skynyrd took the stage at Knebworth Park in England as part of a daylong festival that also included among others Todd Rundgren's Utopia, 10cc and headliners The Rolling Stones. With Ronnie Van Zandt's all-in vocals and their famed triple guitar attack featuring Gary Rossington, Allen Collins and Steve Gaines, Lynyrd Skynyrd delivered an electric performance in front of a crowd estimated between 150,000 and 200,000, which has gone down as one of the band's greatest performances.
On June 25, join Daniel Howell as he celebrates YouTube Pride 2021 by taking a journey through his past, and asks - what would have been different if Dan was proud? It's going to be an emotional and metaphorical rollercoaster with music, surprise guests and of course a lot of inappropriately self-deprecating humour. Most importantly, it will be a celebration of acceptance and everything Pride stands for.
Gjoko Muratovski interviews Dan Perri, an extraordinary Hollywood title designer and a protege of the legendary designer Saul Bass. In a career that spans for more than 50 years, Perri has designed the opening titles for iconic films such as Star Wars, The Exorcist, The Nightmare on Elm Street, Raging Bull, Wall Street, The Color of Money, Taxi Driver, The Warriors, Caddyshack, and many more. In this interview Perri highlights many behind the scenes stories and shares his experience of working with directors such as Martin Scorsese, Robert Altman, Oliver Stone, and others.
Jimmy Voss, a sports writer from New York City, is sent to Iowa to cover the final (1993) season of six-on-six girls' high school basketball. He discovers a small town's love for a game that appears from the outside, to be all but dead.
After an employee’s cruel boss sends them up to a forest to chop down a Christmas tree, the Ghosts of Christmas and a little magic intervene.
After her mother is hospitalized due to a car crash, Lily, a girl of eight goes into a fairy tale told to her by her grandmother in search of a talisman to save her mom.
Just as news of a virus started trending, young Gen-Zers were uploading bright, shiny plans for 2020 online. South African singer/dancer Cassandra announced she'd landed her dream gig onboard a cruise ship. American single-mom/stripper Jessica started a diary of her makeup brand. Tina was pulling out of Germany to vlog her solo cross-continent camper-van adventure. Born with smartphones in hand, this generation was already accustomed to sharing every emotion, thought and meal online, so filmmakers Udi Nir and Sagi Bornstein seized the moment, hit YouTube hard and created a fascinating trip back to the pre-COVID future. Seven people, from India to San Francisco, navigate the emotional spectrum of pandemic denial, shock and acceptance in real time. Plans and partners dramatically change, but so do their ideas about resilience and value in the modern world. Take an addictive look back at a not-so-distant past, when optimism was a given and the future was unmapped.
Drawn to the expressiveness of hip hop and breakdance, Esther (Naian González Norvind) tests the boundaries of her restricted existence as a young married woman in a Hasidic community in 1990s Crown Heights.
Three track star sisters face obstacles in life and in competition as they pursue Junior Olympic dreams in this extraordinary coming of age journey.
A Cuban-American documentarian rides out a hurricane at her parents’ house with her boyfriend. Tensions rise as she takes advantage of being locked in and attempts to interview her emotionally reserved father about his dark past in Cuba.
Fireboys is the untold story of young men incarcerated in California who are offered a way out: by fighting wildfires. Immersive and personal, this coming-of-age story examines a correctional path that is both hopeful and destructive.
The magnificence of hummingbirds, a description of the most outstanding species in their natural habitats, interactions, notable characteristics, extravagant species, great photography, natural sounds and great music.
Two sisters pontificate on the lives they could have led while observing the current guest, a listless writer, staying in their family’s vacation home in upstate New York.
A young girl's trauma lingers as an assaultive manifestation in this disturbing southern gothic vignette.
Joe Buffalo, an Indigenous skateboard legend and Indian Residential School survivor, must face his inner demons to realize his dream of turning pro.
Frenemies and veteran comedians Dana Gould and Bobcat Goldthwait, having learned very little from their near-fatal car accident, get back on the road and journey throughout the American South. The documentary captures the duo as they carefully navigate highways and their decades-old contentious friendship; reflecting upon their careers and relationship with comedy. Buckle up.
A Woman with No Name retrieves her husband's bones from a gang of mythical Chinese Cowboys.
Three people from a former theater club get back in touch for the first time in 20 years during the COVID-19 pandemic. Each of them have led completely different lives, but an absent woman continues to cast a shadow over them. This story takes place over one night, and explores the themes of isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic and connections between people.
Written by Basco and his brothers Darion Basco and Dionysio Basco and their sister Arianna Basco, the feature is set in the brothers’ hometown of Pittsburg, Calif., a working class suburb of Oakland. Starring Basco and his brothers (including Derek Basco), the dark romantic comedy weaves together four vignettes, narrated by their sister, Arianna Basco. The story follows the brothers and their shenanigans. One of them ventures off to a cockfight for reciprocity while one flies to old Manila where an old flame is rekindled. Another brother delves into the hidden sensuality of Filipino cuisine, while the last brother, struggles to heal deep wounds and finds love in an unexpected package. All this, leading to a shotgun wedding in the backyard of the family house.
Hunter, a young autistic man who has just relocated to New York City, finds himself in the middle of a hot and sweaty New York summer struggling to adjust. He retreats inward and spends his days listening to music alone and exploring his richly imaginative inner world which contains his only friend, Imaginary. One day, on a tour of a community ceramics center called The Annex, Hunter meets Marley. Hunter is immediately drawn to Marley but struggles to talk to him, let alone ask him out on a date. Imaginary knows Hunter needs, "someone special. Someone real". Hunter will ultimately have to find the courage to approach his crush on his own and find his way into a new community. This courage, as courage does, may come from the most unexpected of places in this big city.
A soul-battered New York chef begins unraveling during a trip to Hong Kong.
Four lifelong friends convene over winter break for their last Christmas at home together.
Stage play "Hypnosis Mic -Division Rap Battle- Rule the Stage -track.4-" footage will be released! The stage plays were held from FEB 5 through MAR 7, 2021. Special Feature / Bonus Track: Bonus video footage
William Moran gets caught and imprisoned by a gang in Mexico and he is met by an interesting woman named Karen.
A comprehensive and fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the restoration process of restoring 3-strip Cinerama for the 1962 film "The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm".
Two has been Vegas icons plot to scam the beauty pageant world by producing a fake beauty pageant on the Las Vegas strip. All hell breaks loose when the two are consumed by greed, fame and fortune.
In a world where culture has nearly ceased to exist, one lone Mexican-American struggling to carry on her traditions unknowingly summons a dark and ancient creature to protect her.
Birds from six continents on a zoom call gossip about the deaths of Egyptian filmmaker Shady Habash and Egyptian queer activist Sarah Hegazi.
This elevated horror tale follows the emotionally unstable Emmy, who is led to Ireland where a Stranger guides her investigation of a family curse and its sinister origins.
Legendary conductor and pianist Daniel Barenboim speaks more candidly than he has ever done before about his life and music. Told entirely through interviews with the maestro, the film starts with his earliest musical experiences as a child piano prodigy in Buenos Aires, before following his meteoric rise to fame, including his encounters with other musical giants such as Nadia Boulanger and Arthur Rubinstein, who gave the 14-year-old Daniel his first vodka and cigar! We also learn of Barenboim's move to Israel when he was a teenager, where he lived a double life as a musical genius and an ordinary schoolboy. He then talks with unusual intimacy about his relationship with cellist Jacqueline du Pre and her long battle with multiple sclerosis. The film also charts Barenboim's stellar career as an orchestral conductor, his move into opera and the founding of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra with Edward Said.
Legendary drummer Mick Fleetwood enlisted an all-star cast for a one-of-a-kind concert honouring the early years of Fleetwood Mac and its founder, Peter Green. The concert was held on 25th February 2020 at the London, Palladium. The bill included Billy Gibbons, David Gilmour, Jonny Lang, Andy Fairweather Low, John Mayall, Christine McVie, Zak Starkey, Steven Tyler, Bill Wyman, Noel Gallagher, Pete Townshend, Neil Finn, Kirk Hammett and many more. Legendary producer Glyn Johns joined as the executive sound producer and the house band featured Fleetwood himself along with Rick Vito, Andy Fairweather Low, Dave Bronze and Ricky Peterson.
Dreamed Vengeance is a fictional dramatic film in which the spirits of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King appear in modern day America. They begin their journey toward a bright future filled with hope.