The New Big Ball with Neil Hamburger(2010)

Guru Chela(en)

Guru Chela is a heartfelt short film celebrating the timeless bond between a teacher Guru and student Chela. The story revolves around a young Chela who invites his Guru to attend his Bratabandha ceremony, a significant event in Nepalese culture marking a boy's transition into adulthood and spiritual maturity. The ceremony takes place at the Southall Temple in the United Kingdom, bringing together tradition and diaspora life. The Bratabandha combines choodakarma tonsure and Upanayana samskara, symbolizing a promise vrata and a sacred bond bandhana. It is a moment of reflection on cultural identity and spiritual growth. As the Guru blesses the Chela during the rituals, the film delves into their profound relationship. The Guru, representing the source of wisdom and guidance, imparts teachings on life and spirituality, while the Chela demonstrates respect and gratitude for his mentor's influence.

Fire(ru)

A story about an events occurred in Belarus in 1944 during the WWII.

Swing and Sway(pt)

Two friends respond to the challenges of the present by connecting through a playful provocation. Separated by America’s hemispheres, one in Brazil and the other in the U.S, they communicate strictly through video letters during a year. As a rule, each letter is formally and thematically inspired by a woman experimental filmmaker. As life unfolds, they express on film what they want to share with each other: the experience of being a recent immigrant, the expectations of political elections in both countries, their fears and hopes, all while observing the different women around them.

Games(en)

The life and struggles of a group of high school seniors living in Waco, Texas.

John(en)

John tells the story of a young male, a psychiatric hospital patient who witnesses the death of another Black male patient at the hands of white staff. Blurring the boundaries between fact and fiction, this work draws from real life cases of mentally ill Black men who have died as a result of excessive force of the State.

Red(en)

An ambitious young woman starts her first day on the job in a sales position and realizes it's not what she bargained for, when everyone starts questioning her ability to fit into her new role.

Kaavalan(ta)

Bhoominathan aka Bhoomi is introduced to us as a person who gets into many local fights. Worried about his future, his family sends him to Muthuramalingam (Raj Kiran), a much respected personality in his place Semmanur, to put Bhoomi's life on the right track. But things don't go as planned. Muthuramalingam's adversary threatens to kill his daughter Meera (Asin) as a revenge against his own daughter's fate. So Bhoomi is given the job of Meera's bodyguard at college. Meera goes to college with her friend Madhu but is irritated by Bhoomi's presence everywhere. So she devises a plan.

Missão de Fé(pt)

Guinguette(fr)

Renée dite Guinguette, a former prostitute, has earned enough money on the Parisian sidewalk to buy her dream: a waterfront guinguette. Her new lover, Marco, offers her the use of an unused adjoining barn to store the second-hand cars he trades in. But the "used" cars are actually stolen, and the charming Marco is a bad boy. After a few deaths and various vicissitudes, love finally triumphs.

Chaplin Today: 'Limelight'(en)

A short documentary about the making of Chaplin's "Limelight."

Sodade(en)

Sodade is an emotionally charged drama set on the picturesque island of Fogo, Cape Verde, where two young lovers, Kevin and Linda, find their relationship tested by hidden family secrets and a deep-rooted feud that threatens to tear them apart.

Kinólatras(pt)

100 LiMiTE(fr)

From the imagination of René Gilbert, "100 limit" was the first TV program made by the comedy group called "Powder Blue." Initially composed of Pierre Brassard, Richard Z. Sirois, JiCi Lauzon, Dany Laferrière and Yvon Landry, this team was going to skim the news at the end of 1988 and remodel so hilarious at late night newscasts a 30-minute Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday evening at a bulletin an hour Friday evening. The year two of this concept Dany Laferrière will leave the ship and new employees Tachereau Ghislain André Robitaille and Jacques Chevalier make their entrance and following the limited success of the first season, the show became a weekly which is presented every Friday evening. The show really takes off and quickly became a staple of humor Quebec waves. In 1991, TQS half sword budget and the issue ends up canceled. The company Distribution Select allows us to relive the great moments that have marked this show when the DVD "100 limit" appeared.

Rest in Pieces(en)

This short machinima horror movie tells the escape story of Chris Edwards, inner voice dubbed by Aaron Landon Jackson, who wakes up in the middle of the night, at the cemetery, by a nameless grave that reads "Rest In Pieces."

22 vs. Earth(en)

Set before the events of ‘Soul’, 22 refuses to go to Earth, enlisting a gang of 5 new souls in attempt of rebellion. However, 22’s subversive plot leads to a surprising revelation about the meaning of life.

Les filous(fr)

The Beginning and the End of Bob and Billy(en)

Bob and Billy are two mentally unstable men who escaped from an insane asylum. While trying to find the perfect house, they discover a big yellow house, where they explore the surroundings and fight amongst themselves.

The Tramp(en)

The Little Fellow finds the girl of his dreams and work on a family farm. He helps defend the farm against criminals, and all seems well, until he discovers the girl of his dreams already has someone in her life. Unwilling to be a problem in their lives, he takes to the road, though he is seen skipping and swinging his cane as if happy to be back on the road where he knows he belongs.

Blow-Ups of 1947(en)

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1947.

The Mail Coach(en)

An Aesop’s Film Fables cartoon.

Antoine and Colette(fr)

Now aged 17, Antoine Doinel works in a factory which makes records. At a music concert, he meets a girl his own age, Colette, and falls in love with her. Later, Antoine goes to extraordinary lengths to please his new girlfriend and her parents, but Colette still only regards him as a casual friend. First segment of “Love at Twenty” (1962).

Girl Grief(en)

Although terrified of girls, Charley must take a job teaching at a girls school.

Prank(en)

Three dead teenage boys come alive for one night to take revenge on the bullies who killed them thirty years ago.

Rotting Hill(en)

It is not easy to find love, especially if you are falling apart, stinky and a little bloody around the edges. Welcome to Rotting Hill, where the extinction of humanity has led to the rise of a new species - ZOMBIES.

Lost Angel(en)

When a young Dutch tourist gets stranded at the start of his US vacation, he finds help from an unlikely stranger.

Home Early(en)

A businessman goes home early to surprise his family and is treated with suspicion, mostly by his wife's bridge club.

Palmegruppen goes for a very long lunch(sv)

Palmegruppen has tried to solve the murder of the Swedish prime minister Olof Palme for over 30 years now. What do they do all day? Who are they? What happens if they close down without solving the case?

The Ruby Tuesday Smashburger Review(en)

A YouTuber hell-bent on conquering the food review landscape chronicles a day in his life.

Lughead(en)

Two strangers meet in a motel room where everything is not as it seems.

Fake Me A Happy New Year(lv)

Anita and her children, Santa and Kristaps, live in an apartment in Riga. Every year, they celebrate New Year’s Eve with grandma, uncle Peter and a feast fit for kings…

How Robinson Was Created(ru)

The film was shot at Mosfilm based on the feuilleton of the same name by I. Ilf and E. Petrov.

A Fortune in a Teacup(en)

Tea is served during an afternoon visit of Sybil with her friend Mabel Brown. Sybil begs Mabel to tell her fortune from the tea leaves in her cup. Walter, Mabel's older brother, is in love with Sybil. Mabel complies, and at the same time puts in a good word for Walter. She tells Sybil that she will cross the water, come into possession of a fortune and marry a man with a title. This is the way her fortune came true: Mabel's little brother hides his little clay pig bank with its savings at the foot of a tree on the opposite side of a brook in a nearby wood.

The Naked Woman(ru)

Two generations of Russian immigrants go to the country for a birthday, but when someone witnesses a mysterious violent crime, a shadow is cast over the weekend.

My Life for Ireland(en)

Ireland, Easter, 1916. In Dublin, Irish rebel Patrick Pearse leads a revolt to free Ireland from the grips of the British Empire. Owen, a young Irish patriot, wants to join them in their fight for freedom.