After a lion kills the village leader, the expected rains fail to arrive, so a group of warriors are sent to hunt the lion down and kill it in hopes that the rains will come at last.
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After a lion kills the village leader, the expected rains fail to arrive, so a group of warriors are sent to hunt the lion down and kill it in hopes that the rains will come at last.
Julia is a hard-working girl with two jobs and a boyfriend, Istvan, who is a rock musician and always in trouble. When cocaine dealers threaten to kill him over a debt, she tries to help him come up with the money. This starts an unfortunate chain of events at her daytime job at the hotel, and brings her and the hotel manager, O'Ryan, closer together, or so it seems. Then, in his unrequited love for Julia, O'Ryan goes a step too far, way too far, and from there, things get very ugly!
Skye just wants to have a date with his crush, Annabelle. Only one problem stands in the way - twin brother Leif... but not quite in the way Skye thinks.
A group of five so-called friends, ban together in an attempt to make their lives more eventful. In the course of their night they are thrown into a world of deceit, betrayal, and murder. Who knew growing up would be this complicated.
Pistolteatern in Stockholm, Sweden, was a leading experimental scene in the mid 1960s, comparable to the Living Theater in New York. In the years 1964-67. Pistolteatern produced theatre plays, exhibitions and happenings at a very high pace. The name, Pistolteatern, comes from two of creators, PI Lind and STaffan OLzon.
Lola goes to cover the press conference of the Cervantes Prize Award to María Zambrano. Captivated by the personality of the thinker decides to launch a film about her.
This film is a record of the Tea-Horse Road, the caravans of the Nujiang River Valley, and the aboriginal peoples who live there -- Mm. Ding who has a family with 15 members speaking 6 languages, a pastor who was jailed for 15 years for his believing, a 104 years old lady who walks through 3 centuries, a village head whose wife run away, a caravan who shares one wife with his elder brother, a young lama in the Buddhist temple who feels lonely sometimes, a 82 years old caravan leader whose story is a legend of the Tibetan caravans¡ Written by BDI Films Inc.
Made just three years after the end of the French-Algerian War (1954-1962), Gillo Pontecorvo's The Battle Of Algiers instantly ignited discussions of this complex historical period. Using the film as a point of reference, this 2004 documentary attempts to reconstruct the Algerian experience of the battle for independence.
The Singing Biologist is a sexy musical about a charismatic young jazz singer who mixes music with science to explore the boundaries of love--with a biologist, a Brother, and a boy wonder. Rose prepares her biggest show for a prestigious theater and recruits biologist Shandra to join her troupe. Shandra's smitten colleague Dana insinuates himself into the bargain by supplying the band with music he's composed from DNA. In a heady dance to the opening curtain Rose meets Brother Hugh, a biology and ethics teacher, in an online chat room and they blithely launch an experiment in romantic tragedy; the theater management plots against Rose's company; and the lives and loves of her colleagues play to the insistent backbeat of human nature. This unprecedented feature takes an intellectual twist, ambitiously wringing ethics, religion, science, and love into an inquisitive romance that puts flesh on the premise: It takes a rockin' scientist to sing a modern love song.
Born in a lonely wasteland, three characters live together: a man, a lame girl and an old man. An invisible premonition haunts the place and the characters who live in it. The man and the girl decide to leave; one of them stays: the old one. The characters flee to a place without a destination, a place that they themselves do not know what it is. The old man, alone, under those black hills, decides to make a resolution before that place and before himself.
The influential, provocative, and often radical art-making practices of Vito Acconci have earned him international recognition. Acconci has been a vital presence in contemporary art since the late 1960s; his confrontational and ultimately political works have evolved from writing to conceptual art, bodyworks, performance, film, video, multimedia installation and architectural sculpture. This catalogue presents a complete selection of a wide range of Acconci's works (accompanied by a text on each project), an interview with the artist, an extensive bibliography, and includes a DVD with three 20-minute videos in which Acconci narrates.
After more than 40 years of absence, Socrates spends some days in Corsica, accompanied by his son Antoine, to see his cousins. But Antoine discovers his father's secret before his birthday party.
Where do dogs in all their amazing diversity come from? Tradition says that thousands of years ago someone tamed a wolf pup, thus creating the first of our best friends. But many scientists disagree. On "Dogs and More Dogs," NOVA goes to the dogs—and to leading researchers—to find out the truth. Narrated by John Lithgow, the program ranges from a wolf research facility in rural Indiana to the Westminster Dog Show in New York's Madison Square Garden. NOVA makes a fascinating detour to the city dump in Tijuana, Mexico, where viewers get surprising insight into the origin and evolutionary strategy of our canine companions.
Paul Pritchard, David Limb, Jamie Andrew & Pete Steane - four disabled climbers tackle Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa.
A father wants his son to become a basketball star, by all means, in order to alleviate the loss of his eldest son, died ten years earlier.
Renee Summers has just been released from a mental institution when her fiancee and psychiatrist, Jeffrey Morgan buys her a secluded cabin to rest before she faces her friends and family. Renee soon befriends her only neighbour Michael Richards who is not all that he seems to be. She also uncovers a deadly secret! The former tenants of the cabin, a mayan family, were butchered to death and dumped
Epitomising all the glamorous hedonism of the Roaring Twenties, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald were a legendary couple, but their relationship was notoriously volatile and though both passionate and tender it was also mutually destructive in many respects.
A handsome young man from Bangkok is sent to an upcountry town to try and stamp out corruption. He falls in love with the local beauty, the eldest of three sisters. However, the course of true love never runs smoothly, and the couple have many obstacles to overcome. Not least is the girl's shotgun toting, over-protective father who demands a dowry of one hundred million baht.
A Japanese actress (Yuka) comes face to face with a slew of restless spirits when she signs on to star in a horror film -- the true story of a crazed professor's murderous rampage that left 11 victims, including his young daughter, in its wake. But the film being shot at the very site where the grisly killings took place. Takashi Shimizu (The Grudge) directs this darkly mesmerizing tale of crime, punishment and redemption.
Astigmatism an experimental digital film written and directed by independent filmmaker Jon Red. Shot on mini-digital video it stars Robin Padilla and tells the story from the point of view and through the eyes of Bien an assassin who suffers from astigmatism.
The story of the adventures of a young man – overly ambitious and cynical, who wanted to make a career but ended up failing.
A recently deceased man wakes up to find his memory erased. He must discover the unfortunate circumstances surrounding his death while keeping ahead of an unstoppable supernatural force determined to collect his soul.
Soon a man will find out that his destiny is already written and that he can't do anything to change it.
Bank, a hot-blooded young guy, was grieving the loss of his recently drowned younger brother. Deciding to join a teenage group led by Num for extreme sports, the games provide Bank with friends and distraction, but when proceedings spiral out of control into danger, Bank decided to quit. Though Bank's gone, the extreme games continue. Now, Bank must do everything within his power to save his friends from the madness.
Failed Rugby player, turned medical-taxi driver, Feodor, makes friends with the strange mute child he has to drive to and from the children's psychiatric hospital.
Faced with the prospect of losing his job, Santa Claus has to overcome a variety of challenges and sweet temptations throughout the year.
Rani (Ghosh) is a housewife with a successful husband, Tapas, and a kid. Living a routine existence, Rani looks after her family and attend her dance classes. One day her old friend from college Abinash (Ghosh) comes into her life. Abinash is a renowned musician today and has been travelling around the world. Abinash says to Rani that he has had relationships with a few women, but cannot offer himself up fully because the memory of Rani stands in his way. He asks her to spend a day with him so that he can get over her. Abinash also has a girlfriend Tina who is in love with him. Rani, torn between principles and passion, succumbs to Abinash's persistence. This creates havoc in her personal life while Abinash, his goal complete, moves away from her.
The story of two women, Glenda and Maita, both breadwinners and both work in a motel. One works as a receptionist for it, the other uses it for her profession.
Milo 55160, Heaven's loneliest and busiest bureaucrat spends his days processing disoriented, confused and angry Newly-Deads. One day he meets a boy named Will, a Near-Dead, someone struggling to stay alive on earth. When Will mysteriously disappears, Milo embarks on a journey through the afterlife that changes him, literally, forever.
A documentary for viewers of all ages about the thinking and feeling side of animals that are all too often viewed as food. Jeffrey Masson leads viewers through the personal journey he underwent while writing The Pig Who Sang to the Moon. It brings Masson to animal sanctuaries around the country where caregivers and the animals themselves tell their harrowing stories of rescue and escape. Masson delves into the rich ancestry of these curious and intelligent animals and interviews top experts in animal behavior who offer scientific perspectives on these amazing creatures.
A spirited multi-cultural romantic comedy that asks, very tongue-in-cheek, if true love is indeed just like they show in the movies!
This is a short story about an old Spanish man, who is about to sell his shop in Barrio De Llavapies, in Madrid set in 2003 on the 1st of February. This film shows life from the viewpoint of two ethnic groups an immigrant who has a run in with an old white Spanish man who has racist views and is meant to one of the last white shop owners in this Barrio.
Portrait of Jean-Claude Droyer, a famous French climber and mountain guide. He is known for having participated in the rise of free climbing in France in the late 1970s. Trained at the climbing schools of Fontainebleau and Saussois, he distinguished himself in 1965 by solo climbing the Pentecôte route at Glandasse. He also made first ascents in the Verdon Gorges, winter ascents in the Prealps and the Mont Blanc massif, notably in 1971 the first solo ascent of the Directe Américaine on the west face of the Drus. The film was selected for the "Les Écrans Documentaires" festival in 2004.
A schoolteacher takes in a 16-year-old immigrant boy who has found himself without a foster family.
The documentary shot in a Laz village called M3’anu is about the lives of women living in the region. The documentary focuses on women who have a great endurance without being crushed under the heavy load they carry on their backs, the difficulties of living conditions and the heavy load brought by taking care of their families, nevertheless, they do not give up their songs and smile on their faces.
The tranquility of a small seaside town is disturbed by a strange event: some vagrants try to rape a girl. A young man jumps to her defense. Intre cei doi se infiripa an idila, pana cand his past seems to sail over the present with cynicism and impatience. A strange mystery floats between them, until the day he is found dead and the girl decides to unravel the mystery of his disappearance.
Jesse is a cannibal whose sister is awaiting a heart transplant. Unbeknownst to her, hospital administrator Sandy has sold her sister’s place in line to a man named Jake. When Jesse is told that the heart is no longer available, and then learns her sister has died, she freaks out and goes after the people responsible for her sister’s death.
Gopal and Anjali, who are looking for jobs, pretend to be married to rent a room. A series of misinterpretations lead to funny situations involving Sukumar, a rich couple and a bunch of other people.
DVD featurette about the making of Martin Scorsese's "After Hours."
God creates the universe... with the help of his son.
Djam, a Greek girl, is sent to Istanbul on a mission to find a motor-boat part of her uncle
A woman gets locked in the office for a whole night and is offered late take off and spend a peaceful and peaceful time in the woods.
The shoreline at Salthill, Galway on a summer's day, followed by the sounds and lights of a fairground ride at night to music by Arovane. V.D.
The Agent goes up against international assassins while trying to save the world from an evil criminal madman.
39th movie in the series
Behind the scenes material with; audio bloopers, recording, discussions and friendly chatting with the master mind Arjen Anthony Lucassen and his many friends.
The Pumpkin of Nyefar is a short directed by Tod Polson and Mark Oftedal. The story was co-written by Maurice Noble, who began his animation career at Disney in the 1930s, and eventually designed many of Chuck Jones’s classic Warner Bros. cartoons including Duck Dodgers in the 24th Century and What’s Opera, Doc?. The film is narrated by June Foray (the voice of Rocky in Rocky and Bullwinkle).
Spanning four centuries on a joyful voyage of music and heritage, Seeking Salvation traces the history of the Black Church and considers its future in a changing society.
Voyeuristically exploring a relationship between two young men, which falls into the gray area between the sexual experimentation of adolescence and the world of adult emotions, Between the Boys glimpses into one of the few remaining taboos of current times.
The strange relationship of a man and a woman, the latter having surprised the erotic antics of this one with a stranger, missing since.
A ripened body is not satisfied with just one man… “Chaste Wife: Carnal Desire.” Kanako lives an elegant life as the wife of a company president. However, her husband is more than 20 years older, and she feels dissatisfied with their sex life. At that time, she is invited to a home party by Ruriko, her senior from her university days. However, what she sees at Ruriko’s house is a scene that could be called humiliating for the chaste Kanako…
A Ryūkyū man dressed in a traditional bashōfu (芭蕉布 / banana plant cloth) kimono lies on the beach looking out to the sea. As he lies there, we witness the passage of time on the islands. At first there is peace and time seems to move slowly. Only the music and the occasional movements of the man indicate the passage of time. Finally a man carrying water passes by, followed by other people representative of times past: market vendors, peasants, the red-cheeked god dancing at a matsuri (festival). But as the film progresses, the islands prove to be the meeting place of many cultures.
Shot over 14 months, this film records the everyday lives of children at a boarding kindergarten in Wuhan, Hubei Province. It shows how they experience an education overburdened with social and historical background. It catches their moments of laughter and happiness, their struggles against setbacks that they do not always understand, their thoughts about issues that arise both in their own and in the adult world. It is a film that makes everyone laugh, but the naivety of the children is always shown from their own perspective. Deep insights are embedded in the seemingly light-hearted scenes and not only about childhood. For the film is also a metaphor for the adult world. As the opening line of the film says: "They are our children, but maybe they are us ourselves."
During the Bangladeshi war for independence in 1971, a group of people flee from their villages towards a safe border.
Profile of the life, work and ethos behind one of Britain's most controversial and prolific human rights campaigner: gay UK activist Peter Tatchell.
Mark Avgeris (the new giant of action Dimitris Polydouri) is the Greek wrestling champion. The syndicate pushes him to participate in match-fixing. When he refuses, his wife (Angela Metaxa- "The Remaliah of Athens") falls prey to wild rape and murder. After the devastating this blow, Mark falls in heroin, wanders in dirty Athens and do everything for the dose. The syndicate of murderers but not yet say his last word. They want the champion back, whatever the cost. Meanwhile Marco with the help of a cop (played by the cult star Notis Pitsilos) cuts the pinch and is becoming a merciless avenger.
CASPER and PHILIP two friends in their mid twenties, share a flat and spend most of their time chasing after girls. They chat girls up together, then flip a coin about who gets to pursue her. PHILIP always wins, but CASPER is the lucky one with the ladies. Then MARIE turns up. She is French, beautiful and leads the guys on, playing their game. Through a fun series of events the quirky romance triangle turns into a scheme, to rob the house where MARIE does Au-Pair work.
Orient is engaged to be married and all is going well until his male ex-lover helps him buy an African statuette as a wedding gift. Can the statuette be trying to bring the boys back together?
A short documentary about Skammen