Cinematic Era: 2009 Vintage

Christopher de Bellaigue explores the fraught but intimate history of Britain's relations with Iran, including Britain's role in the overthrow of several Iranian governments.

The Genome Chronicles is an epic investigation, unbounded by traditional notions of time, into the relationship between image and memory. Fusing personal archival material of Donald Rodney with newly shot footage and material from Smoking Dogs Films personal archive of images and textures to create a poetic personal landscape. Conceived as a “song cycle” in ten distinct but interrelated parts, The Genome Chronicles is organised by music from a variety of genres such as Tibetan chants, Indian Ghazals and post-punk noise pieces. The film uses this montage of sounds to explore overlapping concerns on the ethics of image making, on legacy and inheritance and on the unspoken perils of patrimony and kinship.

Neil Affleck Returns To Give A Talk And Chat About The Film That Sky Rocketed His Career [Film] Including Various Interviews With Director George And The Cast And Crew Of The Film Adaptions.

The fifteen date Radio:ACTIVE tour took place throughout November 2008. A live concert DVD was filmed at Wembley Arena on 27 November 2008 and released on 11 May 2009.

Long Hair Hobo, one of the artist’s favorite characters, springs to life in brightly colored and joyous clay (an enchanted palette in a savage world), his limbs and clothing beating to the rhythm of the music. He comes face to face with his alter ego, who is transformed, melts and changes into a rainbow before morphing into a lake. Long Hair Hobo is wonderstruck at the sight of this magnificent visual feast intercut with images of fields and greenspace, in what is a masterful integration of the real and virtual. An eloquent testimony to the impossibility of an unchanging identity, this work reveals the uncertainty and instability that accompany human beings throughout their lives.

Master of Puppets (with Jason Newsted) / Enter Sandman (with Jason Newsted) / Train Kept A-Rollin' (Tiny Bradshaw cover) (w/ Jason Newsted, Jeff Beck,… more)

Standup special recorded in 2003 at the H Bar & Restaurant in Hollywood, California.

Concert of Karel Gott to celebrate his 70th birthday.

Actor Kevin Bacon narrates this chronicle of the brave volunteers who journeyed to New Orleans to rescue the quarter-million dogs, cats and other pets who were stranded when their owners were forced to leave them behind during Hurricane Katrina. Often facing danger themselves, the rescuers provide nourishment and shelter for these animals, even as they confront the herculean task of trying to reunite them with their displaced families.

Baionarena is a live album and DVD release in 2009 by Manu Chao and Radio Bemba. It was recorded during summer 2008 in the Arena of Bayonne during the Fêtes de Bayonne, hence the name Baionarena which also happens to mean the one that belongs to Bayonne in Basque.

SOLD OUT! And it’s hardly surprising as it remains the most user-friendly major festival, and the one that features an array of the most commercial A-list acts around in the UK right now; We can’t wait to get our ass along to one of our favourite and best organised festivals here in the UK. They always deliver the goods and this year is no exception so turn on your radio and you’re likely to hear all the act’s that are playing. So here’s the detailed lineup by stage:

Ethan is a hardcore alcoholic due to the fact that his wife has left him. One night, in desperation, he calls a fantasy escort company. The girl who is sent over happens to be a real vampire. The two end up forming a strong connection with each other.

A film poem - without words

The film tells the story of a young woman who fights with all her might for her dream of owning her own business – and in the process finds true love.

Winter 2009. Following a suicide attempt by her depressed mother, Clément (26 years old) agrees to go to the sea with her in the family apartment so that she can get better. Only Clément also has his own life: a rather possessive girlfriend and above all a new job waiting for him. How is he going to "save" his mother, who tries to become the director of her son's life through all kinds of emotional blackmail? How can he cut the umbilical cord with his mother when she is suffering and depressed? Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

The story of an enigmatic Scottish sheep farmer who, in his day, became the greatest racing driver of all time, before being tragically killed in a race.

Broadway. Hollywood. Vegas. Nashville. ...Branson, Missouri? Set in the entertainment capital of Middle America, the story of BRANSON documents the lives of several performers.

Works in Progress is a poignant, romantic comedy feature film that follows the lives of two recent small-town college fine art graduates and a successful, yet unfulfilled insurance professional during a magical summer in "the big city." Works in Progress is set in the present day (with brief flashbacks) in rural western Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri.

Marcial is a simple country boy with a normal family and normal life, except for one small detail: his infant daughter, Mary, six years old, is autistic. But this disease really is no problem too big for the family of Martial. Despite the humility in which they live, Mary has a seemingly happy life. But everything changes the day that the autistic girl disappears and the media invade the peaceful village where the family lives. The mystery of the disappearance of the girl and the shadows that journalists spread over the father's attitude makes it a hell deeper anguish in which the family lives.

Thirteen-year-old Hrvoje has a special talent – he is extremely good at getting into trouble...

Jumbo, Matsun and Mickey formed the delusional band Familiés. They become DJs and develop the fictional radio show ‘Famirez Tonight is All Night! and they develop a fictitious radio show ‘Famirez Tonight is All Night! They confidently transmit their loose talk and cool songs as popular stars.

Mohamed, a Pakistani tailor, exploits his Indian assistant, Singh, in an extremely tiny shop in Barcelona. Two years later, Singh sets up his own business and lives a ruinous romance with a Russian woman, while his real wife waits for him in India. In the meantime, Mohamed is still in his tiny tailor shop exploiting a new and much closer assistant: his brother Alyas. The internationally awarded short The tailor has now become a feature triptych based on three universal concepts: work, couple and family.

Right before tsunami happen in Indonesia, there was a time glitch in various parts of the world, including in Jakarta. At that time, three friends who back to Cibubur, West Java suddenly moved to Bukittinggi, West Sumatra.

Jason DaSilva documents his life with multiple sclerosis.

At an isolated fishing village of Malaysia, a woman’s relationship with her young daughter descends into a path of self-destruction and abuse when she begins to receive a series of strange and mysterious letters from her long-absent husband.

Laly and Julia's girls-weekend-out with their flings rapidly turns from an idyllic escapade into a hellishly long nightmare when they discover that the guys' intentions are anything but good. When they realize they might be in trouble, it will be too late before the terror unleashes and forces the girls to survive the night all alone, with no others there to help them escape.

A man keeps his undead wife chained in the basement, desperately searching for any spark of humanity left in her.

Boo and Baa are in the garden raking leaves. They think it's strange that the wheelbarrow whines. Then they discover the cat that has climbed up the tree and cannot come down. Boo and Baa try different ways to help the cat.

The life of Professor Eva Senn, a successful science journalist and award-winning non-fiction author, quickly falls apart at the seams. First she is left by her husband Kurt after 30 years of marriage. Shortly afterwards, she loses her driver's license for drink driving. As if that wasn't enough, she hits student Lea Freudner while trying to reverse her friend Marie's badly parked car to make way for the bus. The accident has dramatic consequences: The young woman is paraplegic and Eva is to blame. For Eva, the path back to a normal life is almost impossible. Remorse and helplessness become constant companions. Then Eva meets the lawyer Peer Gutenberg, who lost his wife two years ago. He not only provides Eva with legal advice, but also tries to cheer her up. But Gutenberg always remains a little opaque and seems to know more than he lets on. Is he playing a double game?

Everyone has one or two bizarre or psychic experiences. This year's contest will spotlight such ghost stories that lurk in everyday life and decide the scariest story in a contest format. 2009 Edition.

2009 release

Documentary on the Wenchuan earthquake.

In a world frighteningly similar to our own, Dawn and her girlfriend Sam are madly in love. But unbeknownst to Sam, Dawn is hiding a terrible secret, one powerful enough to destroy all they hold dear.

This documentary reviews and summarises the development of homosexuality as an issue in the past three decades in China. We interviewed thirty prominent figures in the gay community, who have experienced the changes of views and life-styles regarding homosexuality.

Clear Channel neglects its emergency system, disaster strikes, and people die. Pentagon pundits profit from the same war they promote. Fox News gets a court ruling that news does not have to be true. And Radio Talkers rule. Media Policy is killing people in this country. Literally. And it is killing our democracy, too. Corporate financed policymakers have stacked the media policy deck against We the People. Until now. We the People are taking the media back.

A look behind-the-scenes of famous croatian singer Severina. Filmed in Belgrade, during “the Hail Mary tour” (in 2009).

Neurobiology has shown in the recent years that contrary to the traditional boundaries between animal and plants, plants can feel, move and even think. Over the recent years, a small but growing group of researchers from Austria, Germany, Italy, UK, Japan, South Africa and the USA, has developed a new scientific field of research: the neurobiology of plants. Their discoveries question the traditional boundaries set between the animal and the vegetable kingdom: plants are capable to develop the cognitive process claimed by humans and animals. If plants can move, and feel... Could they possibly think ? In a creative and captivating scientific investigation style, through spectacular specialist photography and CGI, and re-creating scientific experiments, this documentary is bound to change your own perception of plants.

At an isolated fishing village of Malaysia, a woman’s relationship with her young daughter descends into a path of self-destruction and abuse when she begins to receive a series of strange and mysterious letters from her long-absent husband.

A seduction, home decoration, a drunken dinner party and the living room couch.

Thursday’s 24 hours are almost up. In a world in which people live only for the length of a day, she is running out of time. But Thursday has a plan. She finds out that she will be reincarnated as Tuesday and packs all that she has created into a trunk in an effort to continue her work when she comes back in her next life… Thursday’s Fictions has the raw intensity, epic dimensions and fantastical imagery of legend or myth. Director/Choreographer Richard James Allen has created a rich world filled with intriguing ideas and stunning imagery. Thursday’s Fictions follows the plight of seven characters as they each come into contact with the mysterious trunk Thursday has left in their care. They grapple with the passion, beauty, dreams and nightmares which it contains, embarking on a magical journey encompassing sumptuous dance, original orchestral music and lavish design. It is a film whose images, sounds and ideas will resound far longer than the seven days its story traces.

Capitalizing on a rash of sightings of the legendary creature called El Chupacabra, Spanish for The GoatSucker, a touristy hiking company creates a GoatSucker hiking tour. The pleasant hike turns into a nightmare when disturbing events cause the group to suspect that The GoatSucker may be more than just a legend.

A woman in a loveless marriage seeks to escape her mundane life through a bizarre ritual.

Sergio is a drama teacher for children. Through his classes we learn something about him and his students. Pain is above fear. Children can only act as children. A child cannot act as a policeman, an old man, a prostitute, for example. The great advantage of a child is that he is the only one who can act as a child naturally. Therefore, their greatest competitors are animals.

After years of underground atomic testing, one of the animals living within the Wisawa caves (a system that stretches from Phantom Lake to the Deadlands) has undergone a radical and unimaginably horrible transformation! While exploring the caves, Dr. Vincent Edwards and colleague Rosemary Bennett stumble across evidence in the disappearance of local children. After reporting the find to the local sheriff, Dr. Edwards and Rosemary are tapped to lead a rescue attempt. Along with the sheriff and small-town farmer Stan Johnson (the children's father), the rescue party quickly comes to the realization that if the caves don't get them, whatever unseen terror lurking in the shadows just might!

Naga lives with his stepfather, Vishwanath Gowda, and his half-siblings. His life takes a turn when his stepfather makes Naga in charge of his estate, which enrages his half-brother.

In the short film 'Jennifer', filmmaker Stewart Copeland explores his relationship with his mother through a recorded conversation between eighth-grade students and astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

A short documentary about Suspiria by Dario Argento.

A son comes out to his father 10 different ways.