A squirrel and a bird find a friendship when facing a dangerous fox.)
A squirrel and a bird find a friendship when facing a dangerous fox.)
An adaptation by Fassbinder of his own play, “The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant” is one of the major films of his career, starring Hanna Schygulla and Irm Hermman.)
Candidiasis is a parable about two girls, Candida and Serena, with different expectations concerning their relationship.
The inhabitants of a border village all do business with their neighbors on the other side. The wife of a fat, shy postman talks him into doing the same.
Candide never loved her. Manipulation is his favourite game.
Between dreams and death, Olga and Marilu await a dinner guest.
It’s not wrong to want love – you just need to look for it in the right place.)
“The Living Need Light, the Dead Need Music” follows the musical celebrations of traditional funerals in Vietnam.)
A third grade of a primary school. The children can choose a game they want to play at the end of the lesson. Miriam,a cheeky girl, suggests the game Chinese Whisper and all children accept it enthusiastically. Paul, a black boy, sits next to Miriam while she whispers something to Louise, who sits on her other side. Suspense and gloating increase as the secret sentence is at the expense of Paul.
One beautiful spring morning, in a small village awaiting the Internet and where the mayor’s wife wants a new WC, the schoolteacher and the mayor’s driver are brought together for a trip to the nearby city. They will meet a number of obstacles on their mission.
“The Lurking Fear” interviews Portuguese citizens whose lives where hit by the torture of its fascist political police (PIDE/DGS) and the work of its informants.)
Second feature film by Peruvian filmmaker Claudia Llosa: an intimate and delicate portrait of a young woman and her fear of repression and physical abuse in her country.)
Two railroad workers live in a lineman’s cabin. There is not much to do and days are pretty much the same. One night, a stranger has an accident. An incident that will forever change their lives.
Today is challenge day. That means everybody must do sport. Who doesn’t fancy sport nowadays ?
“The Mesh and the Circle” creates its own sensorial land by editing together an empirical study on manual labor.)
A film inspired by Sami culture.)
Told in real time and shot as a single take, Boxing Day documents the minute by minute events across the course of an afternoon in the life of Chris – a recovering alcoholic and alienated father. Living alone on home detention, Chris is preparing Christmas lunch for his teenage daughter when an old friend turns up and exposes the disturbing truth about his ex-wife’s new boyfriend. The film documents in painstaking detail, the harrowing journey of a family on the brink of disintegration. As the situation escalates inexorably we are drawn into the compelling story of a father who must finally decide to expose the dark and disturbing secret that threatens to tear his family apart.
The documentary focus on the creative processes that brought the Gorillaz band to life, and on their two co-creators, musician Damon Albarn and artist Jamie Hewlett. Bananaz takes you behind the screens on one of the great creative partnerships of our time. As one radio interviewer puts it, ‘It’s a parallel universe – these guys aren’t in the band but they know the animated characters who are’.