Cinematic Era: 2012 Vintage

A documentary on the life of the legendary ballet reconstructionist, Pierre Lacotte and his wife and longtime dance partner Ghislaine Thesmar.

Argentina, 1976. With the beginning of the military dictatorship, a young police officer is accused of belonging to the ERP guerrilla group. He is tortured by his former colleagues and held as a political prisoner for two years. He survives the brutal prison conditions and is released on parole, but a few months later decides to escape the country. Denmark grants him asylum, and he lives in Copenhagen for fifteen years. When he returns, now a democratic country, he discovers that some of those who tortured him were not only still police officers but high-ranking officials.

Puentes Amarillos: Aznar Plays the Music of Spinetta is the 7th live album of Argentinean musician Pedro Aznar, recorded on a free concert in Plaza Italia, Buenos Aires, Argentina on April 29, 2012 with over 50,000 people as a tribute to Luis Alberto Spinetta, who passed on February 8, 2012. Aznar covered Spinetta's career in 26 songs, interpreting both, songs from his former bands as well as a soloist, and a joint composition (Alas de la Mañana), and a previously unreleased song (Lenny Blues).

An obscure passage in the Book of Isaiah describing the fall of ancient Israel has, since September 11, 2001, been eerily re-enacted in the United States exactly as it originally occurred in the time of the great prophet of Israel leading to the nation’s demise.

Badhshala is a story of torture inside an army barrack during maoist insurgency.

Christmas Eve at the 14th precinct. While his colleagues go on duty, Dirk Matthies takes off. He has logged off from everyone to escape the Christmas hustle and bustle and enjoy a cozy solo evening on board his ship in peace and quiet. But then something bangs on the ship's planks which, on closer inspection, turns out to be what Dirk least wanted to see that evening: Santa Claus himself is there - and looks quite confused. After a moment's hesitation, Dirk agrees to drive the chaotic old man to his first job.

This film speaks of archaic peoples, their customs and mores, in an attempt to make the last snapshots of their traditional lifestyles before they are gone for good.

A young boy kills small animals and his father can’t handle it. A handful of small animals are killed, and in the end even the father gets blood on his hands. This is a macabre, comical story of a moral dilemma with no easy answers.

From the Sea to the Land Beyond is a film about the British coast made from 100 years of our film heritage stored in the British Film Institute collection, edited by Penny Woolcock with a soundtrack by British Sea Power.

Tracklist: 1. Intro 2. We Owned The Night 3. Stars Tonight 4. The Road To Here - a brief of when they were starting out 5. Love Don't Live Here 6. The Red Piano - choosing the right shade of red for the piano 7. Just A Kiss 8. Rebuilding Through Music - helping the folks of Henryville 9. Dancin' Away With My Heart 10. From The Ground Up - a brief on putting on a show and their crew 11. Our Kind Of Love 12. Touring The World - a look at their European tour 13. Perfect Day 14. Club LaBellum - fans and a quick look into their lives 15. American Honey 16. Coming Full Circle - part of a jam session 17. Hello World 18. Evolution Of A Song - their childhood musical influences & songwriting 19. Wanted You More 20. Connection With The Fans - more fan appreciation 21. I Run To You 22. Lookin' For A Good Time 23. The Next Chapter - hoping and planning for more success 24. Need You Now 25. We Owned The Night (Credits) - audio of song plays while showing only credits

AMERICAN EMPIRE is an indictment on the country that has supposedly nurtured us, but is slowly destroying us. Beginning with the founding of the Federal Reserve our economy is controlled by a system of debt and inflation. It has become an economic empire that is destroying our planet and all its natural resources driven by a relentless need to amass money and power. How can we let this happen! How can we as a people, allow these so called officials get away with it? Who is benefiting and why? Their actions have affected our food, our health, and our very freedom! We have become both the enablers and sadly, the victims! This no-holds-barred documentary dares to lay bare the real truth behind the AMERICAN EMPIRE!

When the Myers house is torn down, having remained vacant for nearly fifty years, Michael leaves his hometown in search of a new place to call his own. On Halloween night, with both his parents out of town, one teenager and his friends are about to discover that when evil finds a new home...it will do anything to claim it.

2012 release

In Georgia, in the middle of a desert, on the hottest day of summer two water-melon sellers cross paths.

Stunning, stylish neo-noir about choice and coincidence... and how they define the trajectory of life. Killian commits armed robbery, gets caught, serves 4 years, gets out and returns to his life. Then he meets a mysterious girl who changes everything.

Olli (15) is a lonely skunk who makes trouble whenever he can. He spends his days by riding his motorcycle and hanging around in the park. He lives with his grandmother because his mum was diagnosed with cancer and therefore has to stay in the hospital. Insecure about her future she suggests to throw a party in the hospital for Olli's upcoming birthday. But since Olli has no friends to invite, he first tries to find excuses to cancel this party. However, he doesn't want to let his mother down so he starts a search for people which he can invite to his sixteenth birthday party...

The film plots a broad graph of the life of Pu La Deshpande from birth till 60 years of age. In this travel we meet some real and some ficititious characters which have inspired and shaped his personality. We also see some events which were milestones in his life

After attempting suicide, four people from different walks of life find themselves in Los Angeles for a second chance at living their dreams.

According to an ancient proverb, “every dress has its reverse side.” Based on this, Bernardo Atxaga explains the origin of his texts, the underbelly of his novels and poems, in this documentary. Topics include: a passage from the life of so-called “enfant sauvage” Victor de l'Aveyron, an old photograph of the school at Asteasu and its message, the prevalent mood in Bilbao around 1970 and the influence it had on writers of the period, the literary consecuences of a man's insipid illness.

A Canadian Jew wanders through an African culture where "the dead are not dead." Embarking on a road trip across Cameroon's most joyous funeral celebrations, the foreigner befriends his guides and becomes increasingly haunted by memories of his own ancestors.

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At 68, a formerly enslaved Black Loyalist enlists men for the Coloured Corps, an instrumental company in the War of 1812.

After Pedro's murder by the military, the complaint filed by his father is unsuccessful. However, the man finds the solidarity of two members of the terrorist group Sendero Luminoso, who try to recruit him and his family to join the organization. Although they reject the proposal, the intelligence service members assume the opposite and make the father disappear. His wife and son search for him unsuccessfully in different police stations and barracks. They also ask the bishop of the city for help, but he justifies military actions in response to terrorist acts.

Venom And Eternity For Dummies (2012) is a tribute to letterist poet Isidore Isou (On Venom and Eternity). The film utilizes excerpts from Kaganof's own first feature Kyodai Makes the Big Time (1992).

It's hard to believe Paul McCartney - the mariachi-singing ex-Beatle - is turning 70 years-old next month. After a three-hour performance in front of 200,000 people at Mexico City's historic central square, the Zócalo, the ex-Beatle proved that not only is he as talented as ever, but he is as eternally charming and energetic as one would expect from the former mop-topped demigod. McCartney amped the crowd at the Zocalo by yelling "¡Viva Mexico, Cabrones!" -- a sure fire way to get the crowd up onto their feet -- and made sure to pepper Mexican slang into a few of the songs performed that night. For good measure, Sir Paul also waved the Mexican flag. During the concert, McCartney was joined by a traditional Mexican mariachi band for the Beatles' classic, Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, an evening highlight that will not be forgotten anytime soon by the masses in attendance.

"Laurinha," the documentary, brings back from oblivion and silence the great Laura Alves, one of the best Portuguese actresses of all time. In this documentary, we get to know a woman with boundless energy and unafraid to speak her mind. We discover her life, the people she shared moments with, her family, and her loves. We also explore what motivated her immense dedication to her work and confront her tragic, premature end, marked by illness and loneliness.

A television film based on the short story by Mahasweta Devi.

Born from the ashes of punk, the goth tribe has been evolving rapidly for 30 years. This subculture, initially niche, has grown into a social phenomenon that is flourishing around the world. In Europe, the community includes tens of thousands of people. Marilyn Manson fills concert halls, Jean-Paul Gaultier draws inspiration from gothic aesthetics for his collections, Tim Burton incorporates the movement's codes into his films... Yet the goth community remains relatively unknown. Media coverage of the phenomenon has often been content to perpetuate clichés, without revealing its richness. For over a year, the directors of this documentary traveled to Paris, Strasbourg, and across the Rhine to meet with goths. Over the past decade, Germany has become the center of gravity for this movement.

At 18, right after the Second World War, Birgitta Stenberg bought a one-way ticket to Europe. Far from Sweden, she plunges into a wild life with bohemians from around the world. She falls in love, gets exploited, takes drugs, and exploits others. Her life is forever shaped by these years and these people. A life on the fringe. In The Wild Ones she travels to places like New York, Paris and Rome, returning to former lovers of both sexes. They face their choices and the consequences. Was it truly free to live like that? Was it worth it?

On May 27, 2007, Hugo Chavez's government closed down the pioneering television channel in Venezuela, RCTV. 5 years later, the real protagonists tell their story...

Dania is a famous model and advertisement star who is always being chased by journalists. In her daily life, Dania, who is also a student, is surrounded by her four best friends, Visi, Lintang, Angel and Indira.

Set months before the recent social movements that rocked Chile and the world, we are introduced to Ulises Morales, an exemplary citizen of Santiago who believes that Chilean citizens have lost their values and sense of social responsibility. He is a contemporary reformer that in times of change pursues a single mission: to give thousands of Chileans and Latin Americans the power to change their destiny, to become aware and accountable as a new social order emerges.

It's a 3D movie about a breakup. Marty moves into a hotel for a month. It's a painful dance.

A man steals the Mona Lisa from the Louvre in 1911. His 84-year-old daughter thought he did it for patriotic reasons. A filmmaker spends more than 30 years trying to find the truth.

The story follows a 16-year-old girl who is experiencing her first love during Japan's Taisho period (1912-1926).

Police officer Tom Faber was found shot to death in his car behind the stadium. Inspector Hastert (André Jung) from the criminal police leads the investigation and searches for the murderer together with Olivier (Jules Werner), the brother of the murdered man, who is also a police officer. After an initial clue that led to the drug milieu, a prostitute appears who is said to be in a relationship with Tom and who has given him a key to a place where something important is hidden. It turns out that in a locker in the sacristy of the National Library is a file with documents that indicate Tom was on the trail of an influential businessman's sordid dealings before his death. But Olivier still doesn't see what lies behind the dead end of the investigation...

A motion picture soundtrack based on the life of Lexington, Kentucky songwriter and musician Paul K.

The Restaurant & Bar Utage is filled with customers because of the manager Haru's cuisine and service. One evening, a regular customer, Kayo, visits the restaurant, excitedly sharing that she was hired by the famous patisserie Makoto Ono. While other regulars celebrate her accomplishment, Haru's face clouds for some reason.

4AD and Jagjaguwar have collaborated on a live session that captures a truly unique Bon Iver performance, featuring Justin Vernon and Sean Carey. On recent tours fans will have become accustomed to seeing Vernon flanked by an eleven-piece band, with the swell in numbers lending a grandiose element to even his most delicate songs. Sidestepping expectations, the idea Vernon presented for this session was to provide a wildly different experience.

The Crystal Text is a fleeting, poetic impression of the the fragmented emotional world of Young Moon's music. Amazingly, all of the visual effects are created within the camera, rather than through digital manipulation. The resulting film explores the rhythms inherent in the combination of music and film, as it evokes both memory and gesture to create an audio and visual dialog with the audience.

In a world where people hate you without exception and kill you mercilessly, it's no wonder this cockroach is suicidal. A cockroach, frustrated with being the target of hate, sets out to kill himself, but on this particular day he finds himself in a world of kindness that throws off his plans.

If the world as you know it falls apart, will you rise up to fight? This one-hour documentary follows citizen militia, survival and prepper groups in Arizona, Florida and Indiana who are preparing for the worst. After what they consider to be inadequate government responses to tragedies like Hurricane Katrina, these groups believe that disaster will strike - and they must be ready to protect themselves and restore order.

A documentary that takes a look at the film and media industry of New Mexico and its impact today.

The life cycle and uniquely long annual migration of North America's monarch butterfly is examined in this nature documentary.

Two ladies in a room: A casting agent and an actress. This hybrid documentary deals with empathy, acting and authenticity. Marie starts: When I enter into a role, I imagining that every individual has a core, with the same potential emotional life.

An old woman, incapacitated due to an accident has reach a dead end in her life. Pedro who has patiently taken care of her for years is immersed in her frustration. A short film that takes up the drama of two people bound together by fate and offers us a unique psychological perspective of an old woman and his son. Told with an incredible economy of means and with precise and beautiful pictures, "AIDA" is certainly a story you should see, one that touches a string in everyone's life.

The film follows the birth of Jorge Mautner up to his 17 years. He was born in Brazil shortly after his parents fled the Holocaust. Raised by a nanny who introduced him to Candomblé, Mautner became a precursor of the Tropicália, contributing to the construction of the identity of Brazilian music.

The untold story of Australian animator, Yoram Gross, comes to life in this new film that follows the artist and his family through his childhood in Nazi occupied Poland, in Israel, all the way to Australia, where he found his fortune and happiness through children animated features and the popular film series Blinky Bill.

In this short horror/thriller from director Mark Bessenger (Bite Marks, The Last Straight Man), a man calls into phone sex lines looking for a potential romantic partner. Vic, a college student, is interested, but is too nervous to accept, prompting the mysterious caller to take matters into his own hand.

What do they all share in common? What are they searching for?