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As dusk closed in, a streetlight in a park was turned on. Moths flew towards the light. Suddenly they stop the motion. Under the streetlight. . . playground equipment appears. . . A child strayed among them. . .
A young businessman befriends a troubled homeless girl on the streets of Sydney and is drawn into her secret fantasy world. Over a lost weekend they try out new personalities - from hippies to grunting cavemen. But as these games bring them closer together they are forced to confront the frightening reality of each other's lives.
Paul Merton goes in search of the origins of screen comedy in the forgotten world of silent cinema - not in Hollywood, but closer to home in pre-1914 Britain and France. Revealing the unknown stars and lost masterpieces, he brings to life the pioneering techniques and optical inventiveness of the virtuosos who mastered a new art form. With a playful eye and comic sense of timing, Merton combines the role of presenter and director to recreate the weird and wonderful world that is early European cinema in a series of cinematic experiments of his own.
A day in the life of a young man starting a career in in-office motivational speaking.
Kavich Neang’s first film is a short documentary following Sory Chan, a 14-year-old boy who is living in Phnom Penh apart from his family. A student of Cambodian classical music, Sory lives with his mother’s friend after his mother fled a debt she couldn’t afford to pay back. Each evening after class, he carries a scale outside in a popular part of the city and asks people to weigh themselves for a small amount of money. In this urgent film, we witness Sory’s day in class, his nightly routine and a particularly difficult conversation with his mother who he meets on the street.
A frustrated film director struggles with love and life, helped my a wild film crew.
In a small Texas town, two unlikely characters cross paths into what can only described as a chain of events that will change their lives forever. Deece an anti-social yet moralistic, hard working local and Buck the pastor of the local church who has been taking advantage of his female flock.
Adam is a young boy living with his family in dark catacombs below the ground. One day he discovers a new comer in their underground building and makes friends with him. When new comer suddenly vanishes without a trace, Adam starts to realize that things are not like they seem.
The British Railways modernisation programme of the 1960s radically changed the rail network, and the British Transport Films unit and the TV news were there to capture it. Compiled here is never before released colour footage of Southern steam at Waterloo (with Nine Elms depot), all the major London stations, The Blue Pullman and early diesels, The Golden Arrow and Night Ferry service, goods and mail, steam on the Metropolitan Railway and building the Victoria Line.
A man waits on the top of his house's roof with his friend. They are talking to each other until this friend realises something quite strange.
Mai, a university student, has an incredible memory due to an illness she suffered as a child. Her boyfriend Minoru, who noticed Mai's ability to remember everything in an instant, persuades her to use her special ability to play mahjong. Mai is reluctant, but she learns that Minoru has been losing a lot of money at mahjong and is in debt to a man named Akaboshi. Akaboshi sees Mai's ability and suggests that they make some money together.
A young boy struggles with life on the streets of Vancouver's dangerous and soul-consuming lower East side.
After celebrated careers , legendary dancers Marge Champion and Donald Saddler became friends while performing together in the Broadway Show Follies (2001) . When the show closed, they decided to rent a private studio together where they have been choreographing and rehearsing original dances ever since. They are both 90 years old. KEEP DANCING seamlessly blends 9 decades of archival film and photographs with present day footage to tell a story through dance of the passing of time and the process of aging.
Auctioneer Clara wants to move from Carinthia to London with her yuppie friend Robert.
(Long Synopsis) "This action-packed, fantasy-fueled family adventure – inspired by the revered literary Christian classic, The Pilgrim’s Progress – overflows with outrageous characters, special effects … and a moral message. In The Wylds, young Chris (Solomon Ray) is a runaway living with a group of other misfit kids in a junkyard, all under the watchful eye of a Dickens-esque character who forces them to steal to survive. When Chris is caught pilfering at a church, the pastor protects him from the police, then challenges him to find his estranged father. Chris bravely chooses to leave his family of thieves and ventures into the wilderness in search of a better life. Traveling through a post-apocalyptic future – his only hope lies in reaching a heavenly paradise that will surpass his wildest dreams – he outwits bandits, escapes swamp monsters, battles evil robots and learns valuable life lessons about choosing the right path."
A naked man, his body covered with bruises, is running in the woods. He stops suddenly: who is this mysterious woman calling for help? And who are these men who are trying to shoot him?
Kaspar is a young filmmaker willing to develop his projects in cinema. He passes his time drawing, writing and making up his own imaginary world, that day by day seems to be getting more and more real. He shares his thoughts with Helix, a young photographer interested in death and the capture of images, with Schulz, a doll maker who is obsessed by the theories about creation and dummies, and with Bertolt, a fellow filmmaker that never got over the failure of his first movie, destroyed by a short-sighted production team.
Ridho, who is studying overseas, is called home by his father, Rhoma Irama, to continue his struggle of giving "a new style" to Dangdut music. But Ridho is undecided about going back to Thufa, his love from junior high school or to stay with his new love, Haura, an Australian college student who is researching dangdut music. Meanwhile, Thufa is asked by Delon, a talented young singer, to get engaged. Their lives are complicated by Bruto, an obsessive fan of Rhoma Irama, the king of dangdut of Indonesia.
Four women, who struggle to make ends meet, find INR 30 lakh and decide to keep it. However, they get in trouble when the police link the money to a murder and start investigating.
An old cheese maker is becoming increasingly overwhelmed by his work, especially since his business is on the verge of bankruptcy. Initially reluctant, he takes in a sick Arab man who is in Switzerland illegally to earn money for his daughter's eye surgery. The two grow closer, and the old man finds new courage to face life.
The story of a Soviet military serviceman and a male Georgian dancer. An anti-violence film about the awakening of human instinct in an invader
When their new TV-shop time machine mysteriously vanishes with Gaus and Roms aboard, it reappears a thousand years in the past, right where Oslo’s Tusenfryd now stands, dropping them into a brutal Viking-era feud between the Badejarls and the Granbarkebirkebeiners. Tasked with settling which clan will wield the cursed, all-powerful sword Tyrfing, they must broker peace (or chaos) while Brumund back home monitors the saga via their “Time-Phone.”
Behind the scenes of Rupert Glasson's 'Coffin Rock'
A group of college students experience the ultimate close encounter of the most ferocious kind in the deserts outside of Roswell, New Mexico in this documentary styled horror film.
Alfredo is a man captivated by the fetishism that human eyes cause him, his obsession will be taken to the limit, when he meets Jessica, the new neighbor.
Deadly events unfold around a man racing to his final and most significant act.
Nicole Wagner finds out by chance that her son cannot be the son she once fathered with the scaffolder Grille. Nine years ago there was a mix-up with an infant named Sebastian, the son of the academic couple Callenberg, who live at the other end of Freiburg in very different circumstances to Nicole and Grille in their middle-class environment. Grille is inquisitive about the unknown son, unlike Nicole, who is very upset, as are Sven and Britta Callenberg. But what can be done? The children are anchored in their families, they are loved and nobody wants to make them unhappy. The parents reserve the right to leave everything as it is. But their thoughts about their biological son do not subside...
Shivaramu is a married man who leads a miserly life. However, when he loses his government job, he is forced to join a politician's liquor company to fulfil his wife's greed for money.
A portrait of the writer and poet Steven J. Bernstein (aka Jesse Bernstein), one of Seattle's most celebrated and troubled voices. His angry, surprisingly fresh, lyrical writings are about sensitive souls, drifters and drug addicts, people alienated by a society that refuses to understand them. Bernstein was an integral part of the legendary Seattle rock scene of the late 80's and early 90s, and in 1991 was dubbed the 'Godfather of Grunge.'
100 pounds overweight, loaded up on steroids and suffering from a debilitating autoimmune disease, Joe Cross is at the end of his rope and the end of his hope. In the mirror he saw a 310lb man whose gut was bigger than a beach ball and a path laid out before him that wouldn't end well— with one foot already in the grave, the other wasn't far behind. FAT, SICK & NEARLY DEAD is an inspiring film that chronicles Joe's personal mission to regain his health.
A finnish short film about immigrant people coming to Finland to pick berries.
Some hundred million years ago, crocodiles were the ruling T. rexes of the waters. They galloped on land, ambushed prey at the river's edge - even terrorized dinosaurs. These swift predators evolved through the ages into the modern crocs we know today. Now, armed with newly discovered prehistoric crocodile bones, Dr. Paul Sereno is determined to bring the ancient creatures to life - and tell their fantastic untold story. Learn about a croc that pursued prey across land, a supercroc that locked its jaws around dinosaurs, even a croc with a startlingly canine face. Blending art, forensics and biology, a team reanimates a lost world of strange Cretaceous crocs that paleontology forgot.
Angela, an elegant young woman, spends his nights fantasizing about her neighbor, the sensual Anna Maria, a fortune teller to bewitching charm. One evening, Angela finds Anna Maria's body savagely mutilated. In shock, she accidentally breaks the crystal ball of the latter. A crystal that has the real ability to read the future. But will she use her new gift to escape the violent death which has been promised?
Little Love is a ten minute short that explores the complications of friendship and relationships. Set in contemporary Los Angeles.
The emotional journey of an orphaned young boy who struggles with the loss of his parents, eventually discovering the enduring value of love, friendship, and family as he rebuilds his life.
On his way to his rendez-vous, a man starts attacking people.
Canvas is a 2010 Malayalam film directed by Shaji-Rajasekharan starring Kalabhavan Mani, Kannan and Altara. Manaf Hussain (Kalabhavan Mani) is a painter cum dramatist. Ramu (Kannan) is his assistant. Madhuri (Vidya) is a Bollywood star who has found inspiration in their play and has agreed to be a part of it. The story that Manaf decides to adapt for the stage is that of Yayathi's, the celebrated king of the Lunar dynasty who falls in love with both Devayani and Sharmishta. The movie talks about the relevance of the story and how it could serve as a metaphor for the modern times.
This handsomely-produced documentary by the BBC chronicles Diamond’s success story, from shy Jewish Brooklyn kid to singer-songwriter and magnetic stage performer, sometimes called “the Jewish Elvis”. Filled with a vibrant soundtrack and rare archival footage, this complex portrait features interviews with musicians such as Robbie Robertson and Neil Sedaka as well as Diamond himself, who speaks candidly about his struggles. A must for anyone who adores Diamond either as an artist or as kitsch!
Part documentary, part personal essay, this experimental film combines archive imagery with the striking wintry landscapes of Alaska to tell the story of immigrant experience coming into the UK from 1960 onwards.
A private detective goes into the woods to investigate a disappearance.
As a young boy, Fa'aye spent his days alongside his father deep in their lands, surrounded by towering bamboo and learning the ways of Atayal culture and knowledge. Now an elder, Fa'aye is caught between the trappings of the present day and trying to maintain a meaningful connection to his traditional territory, which has now been privatized by the state. With his young grandson in tow, Fa'aye is determined to return to the forest and reassert his duty to care for the bamboo despite the serious legal ramifications of his actions. The Crying Bamboo Forest is a remarkable first feature film that reflects the struggles and challenges currently faced by many Indigenous people living in Taiwan.
John le Carré speaks with unprecedented candour about his life, and about his career as both special agent and celebrated author.
Dishevelled private eye Nico Beamonte's latest case comes from God himself ... possibly. He wants Nico to find the mysterious Black Panther. But who, or what, is the Black Panther? And what has this got to do with a cryogenically frozen Mariachi singer and a 1950s flying saucer? Surrealism, Mexican-style - as if film noir had collided with props left over from a Ray Harryhausen film.
Separation Anxiety traces the friendship of three twenty-something childhood pals, Quinn, Jess, and Bailey on the morning of Bailey's funeral. As the people who loved Bailey the most grapple with the possibility that his fatal accident might have been something more purposeful, flashbacks from the last days of Bailey Palmer begin to unravel what was really going on. Quinn and Jess find themselves forced to deal with truths they aren't ready to face, about Bailey and each other.
The president of a boutique record label struggling to survive in the declining music industry tries to balance her career with her personal life.
Sebastian James is a courier by day and DJ by night. When he fails to deliver an important package for his boss, public relations guru Julian Gold, Seb finds himself an unwitting participant in an economic power-play with a Saudi Prince as the Saudi government attempts to divest from the US dollar. As Seb begins to fall for the Prince’s daughter, his friends are dragged into the conflict. Throughout his struggle, the dark powers that operate in Washington, DC (modern-day Babylon) are revealed, and the Achilles heel of the US Empire is exposed.
Separated at the birth of his mother who has only time to entrust to a member of his family, Guillaume de Villon, when he should have been killed, François will as well go to the ill-known taverns of the Latin Quarter that the Court of the Duke of Orleans, passing by the benches of the university. This marvelous poet at the same time as a scoundrel of morality will have a life where fights, robberies, imprisonments and final banishment will be linked. Leaving Paris, Villon will disappear.
Victor, a young unemployed person victim of a sadly commonplace redundancy plan, tires himself out on a tatami of freestyle wrestling with his colleagues.
Sayed is a defeated human being living in the slums of old Cairo where he is constantly bombarded with government propaganda. He crosses paths with an ancient Egyptian porter carrying a throne and wondering in search of his lost king. Now Sayed wants to be seated too 'even for 5 minutes to see how it feels'. This political allegory is a study of the inherent self-imposed oppression in third world nations.
A retired boxer is willing to do anything to return to the ring and conquer the woman who never wanted to reciprocate him.
Max Burns and his friends Dean and Tom make a bet who can kiss the better looking girl on Saturday night. Max seeks a stereotype trophy blonde and along the way befriends a barista, Allison a plain-jane artist. Max and Allison's budding friendship shows promise, but, peer pressure, hijinxs and a bet winning mystery woman put Max in a compromising position.
25 years after-the-fact, actor Joseph Pilato talks about performing in the George Romero classic Day of the Dead, whilst sharing stories about his career and his thoughts on the remake and the world of horror movies.
The duets roll on with performances from Josh Pyke, Beccy Cole, Mark Lizotte, Missy Higgings and more...
French comedy