Those who worship the Golden Calf base their lives on materialism, seeking to obtain goods and riches with their adoration. Lies and plundering become commonplace.
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Those who worship the Golden Calf base their lives on materialism, seeking to obtain goods and riches with their adoration. Lies and plundering become commonplace.
It is estimated that one in six men are victims of rape, but only 10% of these men report the crime to the police. This film tells the stories of three men who are now breaking their silence, revealing a unique perspective on male rape in Britain today.
The film humorously recounts the adventures of three young friends, now in full quarantine, who arrive in Valencia to fulfill the last wishes of a fourth friend, and older sister of one of them, who had died a year earlier. The trip, which seems directed from beyond by the dead woman, becomes a double adventure. A comic adventure, in which the ashes, first in an urn and then in a luxurious handbag, take center stage, and a dramatic adventure, that of the reunion of the friends with an old love of youth, their former coach of gymnastics, which will cause a decisive transformation in all of them. A reunion that will serve to close old wounds and overcome personal conflicts and to realize that after forty life has only just begun
Antonionis L’Eclisse as a room installation. The camera, mounted on a model railroad, passes through a dark landscape of screens. The images, showing Monica Vitti, all sprawling into the room and on the surfaces, undermining illusionist effects in this “cinema hall”. Originally made for the Locarno Film Festival's Movie of My Life competition.
Renowned Photographer Chris Floyd captured the tumultuous life of the iconic band The Verve from the inside, as they toured as relative unknowns on their first American tour, all the way through to their farewell tour in 1997 at the very top of their game. Using previously unseen photographs, self shot video from the band and interviews, this is an intimate look at an important moment in popular culture. Chris candidly talks about the relationship he had with the band and reveals incredible insight into his process, as well as explaining his views on the meaning of the relationship between photographer and subject and what can happen when that professional line becomes blurred.
One morning in June 2005, the guards of the National Museum of Fine Arts of Chile, noticed that a millionaire Auguste Rodin sculpture had been stolen. 24 hours after the event a shy art student returns the piece arguing that he had stolen it as part of an artistic project. A documentary that explores the dilemmas of the artist and contemporary art.
Marking the 20th anniversary of the death of Princess Diana in a car crash in Paris in August 1997, this documentary reveals how Diana learned to manipulate and control the photographers who pursued her ever since she started seeing the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, in the early '80s. Contributions from tabloid editors, royal photographers, Diana's friends, and former Press Attaché and her royal bodyguard.
On May 18, 1936, Abe Sada, a former geisha, kills her lover by "erotic asphyxiation", then slices his sex and inscribes his name in his flesh. In an ultra-controlled and militarized Japan, the press is passionate about this transgressive incident, while the murderer defends herself, presenting her crime as an act of "crazy love". Relayed to the West, this murder conveys the image of a fantasized Japan, where all impulses are given free rein.
A new-age worker, a hero
2017 marks the thirtieth anniversary of the year that Dundee United FC delivered on what many believed to be an impossible goal; reaching the final of the UEFA Cup. Tannadice '87 tells the remarkable story of this European adventure, a year in which dreams became reality, and Dundee, a city with a reputation for jam, jute and journalism added a fourth 'j' to its trademark: jubilation.
A piece based on Mangini's photographs of a journey that would change her life: the one she took at the age of 25 to the pumice mines of Lipari, a lunar landscape displaying extreme working conditions that she portrayed in 46 images both beautiful and devastating.
This fascinating new cinema event, British Museum presents: Hokusai, is a groundbreaking documentary and exclusive private view of the forthcoming British Museum exhibition Hokusai: beyond the Great Wave. Filmed in Japan, the US and the UK, the film focuses on Hokusai’s work, life and times in the great, bustling metropolis of Edo, modern Tokyo. Introduced by arts presenter Andrew Graham-Dixon, and featuring artists David Hockney, Grayson Perry and Maggi Hambling, this is the first UK biography of Japan’s greatest artist. Using extraordinary close-ups and pioneering 8K Ultra HD video technology, Hokusai’s paintings and prints are examined by world experts who are at the forefront of digital art history.
Boldly rewriting the opera’s dialogue to accommodate his concept, Mr. Tcherniakov presents “Carmen” as a large-scale role-play, a novel bit of psychotherapy for a numb modern man.
The earthworm has two heads that are arguing all the time.
Wojtek is a mysterious new student at school. This is why he is a prey designated for Thomas and Philippe, two students in search of entertainment. Not finding the words in front of his assailants, Wojtek will go back to his physical education course to express the substance of his thoughts.
On an island off the coast of Guadeloupe, two sisters, Myriam and Vanessa, have planned to stay for a few days in the family house, where the sweet memory of their grandmother is still vivid. But Vanessa is not aware that a particular guest is expected for lunch. When she catches sight of her father, a cold and quiet man that she didn't want to see anymore, it is too late to escape the confrontation. Around the table, unsaid things, provocations and blunders will lead each individual to face their own ambiguous feelings.
The rise and fall of the Sandinista revolutionary dream estranged a daughter from her parents. Thirty years later, the daughter takes a camera to tell their story and, indirectly, the story of Nicaragua.
A group of children, fed up with continual harassment from fellow students, decide to challenge them to a life or death match during lunch break. Years later, an elderly man recalls how the outcome of that battle, went on determine the course of his life.
Realized for the Telethon research awareness campaign. The protagonist is a researcher, a scholar who has spent her entire life looking for a possible cure to defeat thalassemia, in honor of a childhood friend.
From Jean Monnet's idea of a transnational European army to the abolition of customs borders, seven years behind the scenes towards the Treaty of Rome. A docu-fiction "embedded" in the great and small histories of Europe.
A collection of twisted tales of terror from Director Mike Tack. Experience psychopathic killers, monsters. scarecrows, cowboys and cosplayers in this unique collection of officially selected film festival favourites.
Jon Richardson, one of Britain's most cautious men, is sent on a mission by his wife Lucy Beaumont, to investigate the things they are most scared about.
Ireland, 1847. A destitute young widow desperate to save her dying son, must make a choice, but is the cost of survival worth the price of her humanity?
From the Arturo Toscanini Auditorium in Turin, the RAI National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Maestro Marc Albrecht and featuring violin soloist Daniel Lozakovich, performs works by Heinrich Marschner, Max Bruch, and Robert Schumann.
Juan, a young guitarrist that has inherited his father's business, meets Sofía, a girl who's about to get married. Together they start a road trip through Northern Chile, where they could seek answers to their destinies.
A little girl is being held by a very mysterious kidnapper. The only way to escape from his clutches is to ask for help.
Very often in life, no words are needed to express human feelings. Many issues appear to stand between the two protagonists in „We Need to Talk“, while still uniting them in the end. Within a few minutes, the short film will create different illusions of what they need to talk about for every spectator.
Emma is a single, happy and independent young woman. One day, she receives at home a wedding invitation with this simple question: will you bring a plus one? Emma will then try to create her own perfect man by herself, but is living in a relationship really the best for her?
The story of Dani and Mickie, twins marked by misfortune at an early age and how the decisions made by each affected the rest of their lives in a shocking way.
A man paints. Immersed in his work, the environment around him evokes images from which he cannot separate himself.
A documentary about three young trans people; it provides deep insights into how they deal with their trans identities on a daily basis. They talk about their fears, problems and experiences and how the protagonists defend themselves against transphopic attacks. The film is supposed to show trans-identity as something omnipresent and serve as an aid in finding one's identity.
A woman wakes up in the middle of nowhere to see in a mirror her reflection ten seconds ahead of her time. When she wakes up again the nightmare has just started over.
A young pickpocket works in the streets of Lyon. Every night he brings his booty to a strange man with a masked face. Then, hé starts asking for more than money ...
Festivalhalle Moers, Moers, Germany
Irmela had one and only goal over the past 30 years: to erase each and every single trace of hate around her.
In conversations with his friends and colleagues, among them Bernd Upnmoor, Helmut Herbst, Alexander Kluge, Klaus Wyborny, Daniel Kothenschulte and Helge Schneider, Ulrike Pfeiffer takes us on a journey into the broad expanse of Nekes' cabinet of wonder and his cinematic works. At the same time, this documentary provides an insight into the history of experimental film in Germany.
A Tyrolean farm boy helps his grandfather on the farm. He drives over the snow in the morning on his little bicycle tractor, collects bottles, boils eggs, feeds the cows in the barn, milks them. Every day the ritual of the previous day repeats itself. Until suddenly it doesn't work anymore.
Somewhere, on a remote island, a Harpy is hatching her egg, but a vicious creature is going to steal it from her. She will have to defend it at any cost.