Cinematic Era: 2008 Vintage

Master roofer Werner Stegemann lives in an idyllic holiday village on the Baltic Sea. His son Nils has broken off contact with him.

Undeniably one of the most important and influential gay music acts in the last twenty years, Pansy Division pioneered the "queercore" genre long before other gay musicians had the confidence to come out of the closet, and without major record label support or mainstream radio airplay. Using original and archive footage and covering over fifteen years as a group, Pansy Division: Life in a Gay Rock Band is a fast-paced, intimate and humorous account of one of rock's most fearless acts. From their first days in San Francisco's underground music scene to a full-fledged stadium tour with Green Day and beyond, founding members Jon Ginoli and Chris Freeman overcome increasingly difficult line-up changes, prejudice and near-poverty to keep the band together and create music that has truly made a difference.

Promised Land of Heavy Metal is a documentary about the history and philosophy of Heavy Metal and how it became such a big deal in a small country called Finland.

Saravanan, a young boy, is killed by an aspiring politician, Dhanasekaran. When the boy's mother tries to commit suicide, she is stopped by a sage who prophesies that her son will be reincarnated.

The free, almost naive view from the perspective of a child puts the "68ers" in a new, illuminating light in the anniversary year 2008. The film is a provocative reckoning with the ideological upbringing that seemed so progressive and yet was suffocated by the children's desire to finally grow up. With an ironic eye and a feuilletonistic style, author Richard David Precht and Cologne documentary film director André Schäfer trace a childhood in the West German provinces - and place the major events of those years in completely different, smaller and very private contexts.

In an effort to boost ratings on his underground internet website "Breakup.com", an opportunistic producer/star resorts to manipulation of his friends and people around him with disastrous results.

Noelle leaves home and the influence of her mother, Pastor Jones, to attend college in this sequel to the popular Christian-themed drama. But conflicts arise that cause Noelle to question her faith. Between dealing with the conservative aunt she now lives with, pressure from a new friend with a big secret and meeting a boy she likes, Noelle's life quickly becomes complicated.

In the heart of New York City, men are dying in very violent ways. They are being torn up and ripped apart...and eaten. The only connection is that they all die after hiring a prostitute. And searching for love in this city is Jeffrey...Jeffrey is a sad and lonely man. He hates his job, he hates his life and all he wants is a woman to shower with love and affection. Socially awkward and fearing rejection, Jeffrey finds his companionship with hookers. In a bizarre twist of fate, Jeffrey hires this hooker and almost instantly they fall madly in love. Now he has to find out just how much he is willing to accept in the name of true love...She is feeding on the men of New York City...and there is a lunatic that is hunting her down...and caught in the middle is Jeffrey, who only wanted to love and be loved.

Short fan film based on the "Marvel Zombies" comic books. Mary Jane encounters Spider-Man who has been turned into a flesh-eating zombie by a virus. Spider-Man then encounters the Hulk who has also been turned into a zombie.

Just before graduating from university, Miyuki decides to work at a pachinko parlor to repay the kindness of the owner who has looked after her and to carry on the legacy of her father, a legendary nail maker.

Follow Ariel's adventures before she gave up her fins for true love. When Ariel wasn't singing with her sisters, she spent time with her mother, Queen Athena. Ariel is devastated when Athena is killed by pirates, and after King Triton outlaws all singing. Along with pals Flounder and Sebastian, Ariel sets off in hopes of changing her father's decision to ban music from the kingdom.

The story of Hanna, a woman who will not take life’s setbacks and knock-downs sitting down. Instead, she takes them in her stride, picks herself up and marches onward. This is a woman who continually draws new courage from her inexhaustible will to live. Whatever losses and uncertainties come her way, she remains true to herself.

To mark the artist Fernando Botero's 75th birthday, Peter Schamoni made a documentary film about his moving life. Fernando Botero is immediately recognizable by his colourful and exuberant works. Schamoni convinces us that, behind the cliché of the naïve, Fernando Botero is an artist who also devotes himself to serious and profound themes. Schamoni not only accompanies Botero to Tuscany, where he creates his sculptures, and to his Parisian painter's studio. The film also takes us on a journey to Colombia, where Schamoni lets the viewer take part in the world in which the artist lives and works, in the highs and lows of his life.

An adaptation of Aesop's Lion and the Mouse, this film shows how selfless kindness can come back to us for good.

A reporter, Saleh finds himself stuck in a kampong after his tyre of his MG was punctured by a strange keris, (with the bone of a hand attached). Within his short stay in the pekan kecil, he finds out that when there is a full moon, each virgin man will disappear from the village.. He meets the beautiful and mysterious Cik Putih, sister to the mechanic Jongkiding, and immediately feel smitten. At the same time, rumours abound quietly in the village of a vampire who is on the hunt for men and their blood. People start disappearing again starting from Cik Rogayah. Who has been kidnapping them? What is the secret of the village that Saleh still doesn't know about?

Huda, Rian, and Syahid are friends living in Islamic boarding school. They lost someone in their family and aspire to different things in their lives.

A group of thieves plans to steal a gold elephant carriage from the Mysore Palace. However, things take a turn when a police officer attempts to foil their plan.

The kidnapping 77-year-old man in Argentina forces his daughter to return to Buenos Aires after years of exile abroad.

In 1960, Moroccan Jews began migrating en masse to Israel, encouraged by immigration officers of the new state. The film tells the drama of the story of two families, one Jewish and one Muslim, joined by a close friendship but whose destinies are separated. Selected by Morocco as a candidate for the 2008 Oscar for Best Picture Foreign Language.

A non-fiction ghost story, featuring the last generation of Gaelic storytellers on Scotland's Isle of Skye.

Thomas Donnhofer has turned his estate into a therapy center for horses. But some people are a thorn in the side, for example, Mayor Federer, who pursues other plans. Mayor Federer is only too happy to support the interest of a large hotel chain in Donnhofer's estate. Even privately, Thomas Donnhofer has to worry: his relationship is at stake.

An impressionistic compilation of archive newsreels and interviews with the legendary film director.

Ben, Gwen, and Max are at a museum observing an exhibit of crystal eggs when thieves decide to strip it bare. Ben transforms into Diamondhead, but even for him it proves hard to fend off the thieves and protect the eggs from breaking.

Molested Malini, a photo journalist, meets Rajat, a young man who hails from a wealthy family, and falls in love with him. Things take an ugly turn when she gets pregnant.

In all its beauty, youth can be so naive that we cannot discern the important things… Love is the most wonderful and the most destructive thing in the world, all at the same time…

Rocky begins by quarrelling with his girl friend Maria who reckons he jerks off for the wrong reasons. Rocky’s pal Tommy has picked up a sexually transmitted disease and Mange has lost his scratch lottery ticket. At the same time it turns out the gala program of martial arts on TV only shows kicks on the thighs. An ordinary day in Rocky’s life...

A funny adventures of two fifth-graders.

A powerful bond between two roommates is shattered when a malevolent entity transforms one of the women into a demonic murderess, in order to stop the bloody cycle of death, a terrified roommate must face her greatest fears.

An indie film about greed and corruption among small-time criminals in the streets of Manila starring GMA contract artist Sherwin Ordonez in his first mature role.

Live in Concert is the first live concert CD and DVD from country music superstar Martina McBride. The show was recorded September 29, 2007 at the i wireless Center in Moline, Illinois during McBride's Waking Up Laughing Tour. The concert was originally taped for a PBS Great Performances special that aired during the month of March 2008.

Cash and Curry is a fast-paced, comedy-drama, set in multi-cultural London. Raj and his friends are tired of being "errand boys" at the bottom of the food chain. Ambition, leads Raj and his friends into the middle of a gang war between two of the biggest drug lords in London: Gabbar and Isaac. Realising the consequences of his actions, Raj seeks refuge in the countryside with an old friend, Tony. Based in an old abandoned farm, Tony runs the largest pirate DVD manufacturing operation in London. To elude capture, Raj and his friends are forced to submerge themselves in farm life. Meanwhile, Gabbar and Isaac are hunting down Raj and his friends - but who will find them first

A 16mm film experiment conducted in 1967 and 1968 in Philadelphia which feature small parts of the Alphabet and the Grandmother.

In a remote deserted hotel overlooking a beach, a series of mysterious murders occur, horrifying the hotel's staff and the residents. As a group of friends try to flee the hotel, suspicions are raised when they discover that their car is broken and their cell phones are not working.

A psychological thriller set in the world of the black market human organ trade.

This is a story about a young couple whose newly planned life was destroyed by the impact of the Great Purges of 1934–1938 in Mongolia. The main goal of this movie was to provide a testimony for the many Buryats and Mongolians who were persecuted during the Great Purges initiated by Joseph Stalin. In 1937 and 1938, many people, and even entire families, were killed after being wrongfully accused of conspiracies. The movie was shot on location near the Buryat village of Dadal in the Khentii province of Mongolia. The acting and other participation of many local villagers was a great addition to the authenticity of the film

Fergus takes Thomas to Glasgow and begins a misguided mission to make a man out of him. Over the course of the day they embark upon a booze fuelled trip around the bars and brothels of Glasgow, all the while tensions simmer between them, before they rise and boil over.

Follows the creative process of Ruby, a prolific writer, abandoned wife and protective mother. She writes about Mario, a taxi driver and father figure to a street child. As she tries to resolve Mario's story, she seeks refuge in her own creative output and the line between reality and fiction is blurred. Mario's past becomes entangled with her own inevitable future.

The Junkyard Willie Movie: Lost In Transit is a rather raunchy and tasteless independent comedy film based on the Touch-Tone Terrorists prank calls CD's (as heard on Howard Stern and Crank Yankers on Comedy Central and MTV2). This movie also features Mary Carey (Sober House, Celebrity Rehab, California gubernatorial recall election candidate) and rock star Randy Ratchett (Toxic Sludge). Lost In Transit has received numerous awards, accolades and nominations including "Best Effort to Pilot an Aircraft While Intoxicated", "Best Lap Dance for a Nervous Hillbilly", and "Best Impersonation of an OBGYN." The Janitor's Guild calls it "A masterpiece", while Handicapped Boxers of America call it "Cruel and Unusual"

2008 release

Cemal comes to Istanbul from a small Kurdish town after finishing high-school to pursue higher education. He feels isolated and out of place in the crowded city and soon meets a group Kurdish students who are against the repressive Turkish political system.

Pretty Floriane does not believe in love anymore, since she has learned that her boyfriend is really married and does not even think about leaving his wife. Surprisingly, the charming townspeople Sebastian comes into their lives: The handsome contractor was actually just passing through - but after a car breakdown, he hired himself in Florianes small country inn. It does not take long for an intimate love to develop between the two. But then it turns out that Sebastian also has a girlfriend who is ready to fight him.

The Tangled Up Tour was the fourth concert tour by British all-female pop group Girls Aloud. It supported their fourth studio album Tangled Up. Tour dates were announced in November 2007. Girls Aloud performed twenty-four shows at arenas across the United Kingdom and Ireland, making this tour their third to reach arenas. The tour commenced in Belfast on 3 May 2008 and concluded in Birmingham on 4 June. Girls Aloud also performed eleven open air concerts over the summer.

A woman responds to several prompts while facing a camera.

Piper Penguin yearns to one day fly like other birds. Unfortunately, he's earth-bound, and his penguin friends do little more than ridicule his dreams. But Piper has a plan to get airborne that involves lots of duct tape, trash and ingenuity.

Without one eccentric first-generation Jewish immigrant from Transylvania, the New York City Marathon simply wouldn't exist. Ehrlich's fun, loving, and inspirational tribute to the late Fred Lebow shows how one man's imagination, determination, and love for running created one of the world's most popular sporting events.

Film with a soundtrack featuring laiyaraaja, S. Janaki and more.

When Ben unwittingly puts out the campfire that was needed to roast marshmallows, Grandpa Max tells Ben must start the fire again without using the Omnitrix much to his displeasure.

Hip-hop star Emmanuel Jal returns to Sudan where he served as a child soldier.

The always calm and collected Hakuryu rides into Hakata to save his old friend who is caught in a turf war. Hakuryu's chivalrous spirit is a powerful force as he sharply cuts his way through the bloodthirsty Hakata yakuza and the war between the yakuza and a huge organization. Nanshu-gumi and Awami-gumi are the two major forces controlling Hakata. However, the Awakai-gumi, suffering from financial difficulties due to the closing of a coal mine, joins forces with the Hamamoto-gumi, the largest organization in Kobe, and begins to target the Nanshu-gumi's territory. After much deliberation, Hiroi, a young leader of the Nanshu clan, calls on his old friend Tatsuya Shirakawa and decides to fight to protect the clan and Hakata.

The most famous thing about Bitlis, as evoked by the song "Bitlis'te 5 minare" (Five Minarets in Bitlis), is the unique atmosphere of this small city, famous for its parched lands, historical fabric, and tobacco. Medine is an elderly woman living with her three adult children—one an imam at a mosque, one a worker at a cigarette factory, and the other a student at a tutoring center—and is overwhelmed by their troubles. The unexpected return of her fourth child, who was involved in pirated CD sales in Istanbul, escalates the problems and pushes the family into an even more untenable situation. In this distant and suffocating city, everyone—from the wounded cow roaming the hills to the imam at the mosque—has an issue related to pride. As the camera draws closer to its characters and events, it reveals that things are not as they seem, sparking our curiosity to understand the truth.

Alisa is a successful entrepreneur. She has money and plenty of business matters that constantly demand her attention. And she also has two children — yet hardly any time left for them. Arseniy is a composer, passionately devoted to music. He certainly never imagined he’d have to take care of someone else’s kids. But life happens. And sometimes, people who are so different and seemingly unable to understand each other end up discovering something in common — something that unites them forever.

Norman Wisdom lives with his carer on the Isle of Man. But when she quits, his children are lost: should they force him to leave his beloved island?

Daniel is a scientist who just got married to April, an attractive, immature and extroverted youth who reveals a side of herself which he has not yet seen, unleashing conflicts with the inhabitants of her hometown.

June 28, Pacquiao will try to add his fourth world title to a resume that has left him universally rated the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, now that Floyd Mayweather Jr. has -- at least for the moment -- left the stage. Yet as accomplished as Pacquiao has become, all men have their limits. The question is: Has Pacquiao finally reached his? When Pacquiao slips into the ring to challenge WBC lightweight champion David Diaz, he will be facing a 135-pound opponent who began his career weighing 142 and has worked down from there. In other words, when these two first became professionals there were 36 pounds between them.

Documentary on New Line Cinema, made by the studio for its 40th anniversary

Under an Eastern European totalitarian regime, a prominent dissident writer survives repression by resuming a submissive sexual relationship with her former lover. After their split-up years ago, he had joined the Secret Police in order just to take her back and provide the protection she needed. Struggling to preserve her humanity, she falls in love with a young platonic dreamer, a kind of rebel without cause, whom she initiate in literature and reinvents as a character capable to meet her own desires of freedom. BEYOND AMERICA is a love story and an action drama altogether, with archetypes of an aggressive, totalitarian society.

Held captive in an underground prison by a sadistic sicko who fancies himself a surgeon, 4 women fight for their lives, knowing the exact time they're scheduled to die thanks to a crudely carved set of numbers on each of their bodies. None of them can remember how they got there, but if any of them figure out the secret to their imprisonment, they stand at least some chance of surviving.