A documentary about Ufology in Portugal. Everything started at Fátima or maybe before. Many are those who dedicate themselves to the cause. The UFO’s are not only manifestations of literature and Hollywood cinema. In Portugal many persons search for evidences and ways to communicate with extraterrestrial intelligent life.
Over the images of a country airport in the region of Saint André, a man asks if planes are allowed to land there. For he plans to build an international convention center not far away, which will have wired translation booths‚Ķ There is something suggestive about the manner in which this man plans, prepares and sets up a space, simply by stating his projects.
The assailant is AryoshiJun. The victim is Kazuki Shiro. Both were serving time for murder. Both were imprisoned on the same day. The murders are unrelated. Their arrival: a total coincidence. Q: Who had the strongest motive? Q: Was the victim insane? Q: The assailant’s motive? Q: Was the victim killed?
In a futuristic society, the war on drugs has essentially been lost. The most dangerous narcotic, Substance D, causes split personalities in people who abuse it. A gifted detective (Keanu Reeves) who gets addicted to the drug while working undercover develops a personality that becomes a dealer, which leads to problems when he is basically assigned to investigate himself.
In daily lives we might come cross certain characters whom we don’t know. Even though they become a part of the larger mise-en-scène which is life. This film is about two such characters who pass each other everyday: a man and a woman. In an urban space, they have only met as strangers, and till the end they remain so.
From Far Away is a documentary dealing with a journey through Turkey. The director made this journey from May-June 2005. The route led through Istanbul and Ankara to the south-eastern part of the country, to Ganziantep; then further to the East on through Diyarbakir e Van to reach Dogubayazit, near the Iranian border.The film depicts scenes from this journey, offering a different view of contemporary Turkey: fringe impressions of everyday life in the western cities like Istanbul and Ankara, then onto the eastern regions which until recently were the front lines of internal conflict.
A husband and wife remain sexually active in later life to the disgust of their son, but who is it that has the problem?
The reminiscence of a night spent walking the streets of the eternal city, following the steps of two young men: Vlad a street kid from eastern Europe and Cosimo the new boy in town. Both of them wander the city from side to side seeking redemption, deliverance, or may be just a hideout. They will find that they’re looking for is the feeling that bonds them together.
Forrest does not live here anymore.
A sequel from Henry Fool (1997). Fay Grim is a single Mom from Woodside, Queens, New York, maniacally preoccupied with raising her 14 year old son, Ned, so he won’t grow up to be like his father. His father, Henry, is missing. Seven years earlier, he accidentally killed a vicious neighbor and fled– never to be seen or heard from again.
Fengjie, China, 2005. Painter Liu Xiao-dong goes to the region of the Three Gorges to make a series of paintings in oil. He paints 12 laborers at work dismantling installations in the region that will be flooded to build an enormous dyke. Fengjie with its 2000 years of history is soon to be destroyed. After the completion of the Three Gorges Project, the town will be completely submerged. During his stay with the laborers, the artist is gradually taken by this hard reality.
Johnnie To returns to the characters of his international success The Mission with this action-packed thriller. It’s 1998, and the Portuguese colony of Macau, a city along the Southern coast of China, is about to be handed over to Chinese authorities under a long-standing agreement. As the people of Macau ponder how their new leaders will deal with the criminal underground that’s long been part of the city’s support system, a pair of hit men from Hong Kong arrive in town to execute a gangster who has turned his back on the syndicate to make a new life for his wife and children‚Ķ
It is said that Floripes, an enchanted mourish girl, wanders about the village of Olhão, every night, sad and doomed. Hostage of her enchantment, she represents the fear and suffering of this fishermen’s community, whom, dazzled by the spell of the fair and mysterious woman, would die when attempting to cross the seas. This myth is the excuse to evoke their dreads and our greatest fear – death.
Five More Minutes is an exploration into grief. Two women spend an afternoon recreating time with one of their mothers. What begins as play-acting is broken open into a world where the sweetness of love and the agony of having to say goodbye exist side by side.
France, summer, 1944: The public punishment of women accused of having affairs with Germans during the war…
The leaflet promised a fantastic day of fun in a bus tour that would take us sightseeing around the country. The trip, only for people over twenty-five, would also include a delicius lunch, presents and a demonstration of items for your home and health. An outing not to be missed, said the the pamphlet.
One night in Bangkok, Jon meets a mysterious woman. Together, they embark on a journey to a foreign land – the human heart.
Guide Dog is a sequel to the Oscar nominated Guard Dog. This time our hero dog helps blind people with typical disastrous results. “