A teenager from a wealthy family is about to be kidnapped. Her father does not trust the presumably corrupt security company and asks a friend to take over the job for a short time. He reluctantly agrees.
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A teenager from a wealthy family is about to be kidnapped. Her father does not trust the presumably corrupt security company and asks a friend to take over the job for a short time. He reluctantly agrees.
Larry Dean's stand up special filmed live at The Glasgow Stand.
After their hunger strike in Berlin's government district, 5 climate activists reunite. While Lina has joined the "Last Generation," her comrades prepare for the eviction of Lützerath, a village facing demolition for mine expansion. How far will they go for their ideals?
The brilliant self-taught pianist Erroll Garner left his mark on jazz forever. His song Misty, which he allegedly composed between two concerts on an aeroplane, immediately became one of the great jazz standards and is still one of the most covered ballads in the world today. Who was the man behind the ever-friendly smile from the ghettos of Pittsburgh, whose talent brought him to the biggest international stages?
Gara temporarily lives with her great-aunt Joana because her parents cannot take care of her. At night his late great-uncle, Miquel, appears to him. Nobody believes in the young woman, except Joana, the only one who knows the truth about her husband.
Hannah expected it to feel different hosting a fugitive in her home. Gratitude, connection, friendship...but no. She takes great efforts to offer Yulia a warm, open-hearted retreat, but for weeks the two women remain strangers to each other. Hannah wants to change that. But for that to be possible, she has to understand that she cannot force affection and trust and that true mercy is not linked to expectations.
Best friends, Pip and Posy lead their animal pals through various fun interactive games and songs in this joyful compilation of episodes from the pre-school children's animated series.
A unique documentary on chameleons living on the island of Madagascar, the world’s largest chameleon concentration, revealing incredible never-before-seen images and behaviors. Discover their incredible abilities such as: sleeping techniques, dancing, camouflage, 340° peripheral vision, catapult tongue, seduction, fluorescence...
The story of people who refused to participate in the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war due to their beliefs.
On both sides of the Mediterranean, a battle is being fought over the preservation of Marshal Lyautey's legacy. In 1912, Marshal Lyautey became the first Resident-General of the French Protectorate in Morocco. There, he was a soldier, peacemaker, administrator, builder, urban planner, writer, and protector of the arts and monuments. A century later, the Lyautey Foundation, chaired by Claude Jamati, the marshal's great-grandnephew, is working to preserve his castle in Thorey-Lyautey near Nancy. In Morocco, the Casamémoire association is campaigning to ensure that his architectural legacy, unique in the world, is not sacrificed under pressure from property developers. Through their struggle, this film reveals the complex history of a man who left his mark on the memory of Morocco and France.
I enjoy religion, I appreciate belief systems and how they offer structure to people's lives. I also appreciate how spirituality manifests itself in Asian cultures as this almost earthbound presence guiding people through every day life and when they need an extra bit of help they need only ask whichever deity holds dominion over their desire. Here is an experimental film I made with videos from my iPhone. Shot across Taiwan and South Korea. An experimental film I made with videos from my iPhone. Shot across Taiwan and Korea. My aim was to explore success in how it pertains to every day life, the satisfaction of small moments, spirituality, superstition, and daily rituals.
Set within a remarkable 18th century sheltered almshouse complex hidden beside London's River Thames, and towered over by luxury apartments and sky-scraping office blocks, Waterloo Sunset is a film about the elderly residents who live there, regeneration, changing society and growing old in Britain today. Poignant, heartbreaking, yet incredibly uplifting; it casts the spotlight on the nation's invisible minority who are growing in number year by year, with, at its centre, the story of 74 year old crooner, Shamus, who still dreams of pop stardom.
Buzz waits outside the apartment building of his anonymous Grindr hookup, imagining all the depraved ways this night could end. Horrified yet horny, Buzz buzzes the buzzer.
The gruesome death of a young woman confronts target investigators Hanna Landauer and Lars Röwer with an unusual challenge in the frozen Swedish north.
Celebrating 50 years since ABBA won Eurovision in 1974 with Waterloo, through the extraordinary and entertaining story of how international stardom almost didn't happen for the group.
The humid Mumbai air clung to the mother’s skin as she hurried towards the beach. Slum life offered little, but the chaotic symphony of the waves was disrupted by a sight that made her heart skip a beat. Partially hidden between rocks lay a khatla (bed), its wooden frame broken, but still intact.
The first episode in a series of “adaptations” of poet Bernadette Mayer’s book Utopia that artist Beatrice Gibson envisions to undertake over the next decade, producing a series of small, quotidian films that together, and over time, will constitute an epic. This first film is drawn from Chapter 4, entitled “The Arrangement: of Houses & Buildings, Birth, Death, Money, Schools, Dentists, Birth Control, Work, Air, Remedies, and So on” and was shot at home during the pandemic.
A man attempts to regain the life he used to lead after being mysteriously forgotten by everyone he’d ever met.
Stevie, a pea pod, has an accident at the gym and goes through an existential crisis since he can no longer be sold in the supermarket.
A documentary that explores AIDS activism in Frankfurt, focusing on activists, affected individuals, and organizations fighting the epidemic, raising awareness, and advocating for policy changes. Directors Lou Deinhart, Evi Rohde, and Zoë Struif incorporate 1980s/90s theatre productions, news footage, and protest recordings into their research. Alternating between present-day encounters and historical media, they interview numerous witnesses, constructing a collage of diverse memories rather than a single narrative, highlighting grassroots movements' struggles, solidarity, and impact.
This is a story about two siblings, thrown together again in the wake of their grandmother's death. Shell is gender transitioning - but older sister Jess wants everything to stay the same.
Soccer is an alien world for Walter Vismara, an unfamiliar terrain he's always avoided. But when his job hangs in the balance, he's thrust into the role of goalkeeper by his soccer-obsessed boss. Forced into a relentless routine of practice sessions and taunts, Walter finds himself trapped in a nightmare. His troubles escalate when he discovers his beloved in the arms of his archenemy, adding a personal dimension to his challenges. Determined to prove his worth, Walter devises a plan: to play the fool outwardly while secretly honing his skills. As he navigates this comedic yet challenging journey on the soccer field, will Walter emerge victorious and finally earn the respect he deserves?
Based on the real practice of sin-eating. A Sin-eater was a historical occupation in 16-19th century England, Wales and Scotland where individuals were called to funerals to consume a meal in front of the deceased. By eating the food, they symbolically absorbed the deceased's sins, allowing the dead to be absolved and enter heaven
Clara and Saffie have an imbalance in their friendship, Saffie goes through a realisation and comes to terms with the fact there’s something wrong with their relationship and finds the strength to move on.
Désirée never met her older sister, Stella. The two girls, in fact, daughters of the same father, lived separate lives due to family disagreements. But when Stella learns that Désirée has moved to Rome from Naples to study, she finally decides to meet her for the first time. All those lost years are condensed in the time of two meetings, so intense as to induce Désirée to withdraw from that relationship. Yet, a few months later, the sight of a flower is enough to rekindle his memory. The memories of those days are a testament to their bond of love.
We Are the Champions isn’t just a Queen track, it’s the sound of victory itself. This documentary traces how Freddie Mercury’s vision of a communal anthem leapt from News of the World into stadiums across the globe, becoming the ultimate soundtrack to triumph. With Brian May and Roger Taylor reflecting on its creation, and with decades of archive footage showing fans, athletes, and nations singing as one, the film makes a case for why this towering arena ballad still rules the winners’ podium.
A look at Britain's beloved canal network via a fact-filled cruise along the first superhighways of the Industrial Revolution. In the age before mechanisation, a frenzy of canal-building saw a new army of workers carve out the British landscape, digging out hundreds of miles of waterways using picks, shovels and muscle.
In the last days of their tumultuous relationship Julian and Lara are confronted with a life changing event and now must bear the consequences.
A short documentary film that starts from the story of Montxo Rejano and approaches people excluded from society who live like shadows, in a kind of limbo, in a kind of eternal night and condemned to perpetual waiting and to subsist in a world without light. They once had lives like everyone else, but in the cold and the dark it's very easy to forget that.
For the past 3 years, La Flèche d'Or, an associative and cultural venue in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, has offered shows and activities based around solidarity. Every month, the artists of the "Soirées Habibi" perform cinema-themed drag shows. The film follows the preparations for the last cabaret of the season.
Amongst the grounds of an English garden, plants, animals, and birds are observed as Winter starts to turn into Spring.
Pasquale Lojacono moves into a large flat with his wife Maria following a special agreement with the owner: in exchange for free accommodation, Pasquale must dispel rumours that the house is haunted by ghosts. The protagonist begins to receive regular sums of money from spirits who, according to him, are particularly generous and supportive towards him. As time goes by, however, it turns out that the source of his fortune is a ghost who, having become Maria's lover, wants to silence him and plan an escape with her. Added to this unusual love triangle are the doorman, his sister and the lover's family, each of whom, in their own way, exploits the rumours of ghosts for their own gain under the gaze of Professor Santanna, who observes and comments on the inexplicable events with Pasquale from the window of the flat opposite.
Shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion, 4 Ukrainian girls were forced to leave home and proceed their paths abroad, now living two lives at a time. The attempts to settle down in a foreign country are constantly interrupted by internal doubts, fear for the family back home, chats with friends who joined the army, and feelings of constant uncertainty about the future.
Far from relegating its dreamtime visions to a nostalgic prelapsarian past, Indivision fuses its depiction of nature with the new means of communication and creation engendered by the internet. The mute Lina, who writes keywords and questions all over her body, emerges as a paradoxical teenage warrior for our troubled times: she believes herself to be a superheroine, gifted or cursed, who holds the fate of the whole world in her hands.
The story of the Colegio Menor San Pablo de Teruel and the influence of its students on the development of Aragonese sentiment. The documentary, which focuses on the experiences of figures such as José Antonio Labordeta and Joaquín Carbonell, shows how this group of young people revolutionized Teruel society through cultural and educational activities.
A social media influencer has arranged to produce a video for his social media page on The Devourer, an urban legend. He intends to stay in a house with the host to conduct further research. Nevertheless, he has become aware that the host may not be who he claims to be.
A detective investigates a number of both recent and cold case killings; is there a connection?
Who are Kendrick Lamar and Drake? How did they rise to the top? And how did the generational rappers and global icons get into a such a deep and personal rivalry?
As Charly, a young trans man, is laid to rest under his birth name, Tom, Louise and BB, his queer pals, decide to pay their last respects in his own image in the place where they used to meet: Charly’s childhood home. But Victor, his brother, and his wife Iris turn up unexpectedly…
In this rags to riches origin story, Lady Camden struggles to manage the demands of her freshly minted international fame, while Rex is forced to come to terms with the troubling childhood he left behind in Camden which drove him to so desperately seek joy, fantasy and escape through the performing arts.
The Violin follows a delusional composer as he merges ambient sounds looking for Inspiration to compose his masterpiece.
Shakespeare’s Othello is revisited exactly as it was written, brought into the present through the power of dialect alone. Iago, Othello, and Desdemona are regrettably still among us, in contemporary events told through a great classic. Set in the early 2000s, it is a timeless story where good and evil intertwine in a maelstrom of deceit, betrayal and mad jealousy.