Remember This Place(2024)

Desynchronized(en)

Recent studies show that insects are in decline across the globe and there may be a direct connection between the current climate crisis and these declining populations. DESYNCHRONIZED focuses on Pope Canyon Queens, a beekeeping and queen breeding company in Northern California. Pope Canyon Queens is currently trying to rebuild after the 2020 LNU Lightning Complex fires destroyed their farm, shop, and half of their hives. Their crucial work to breed honey bee queens with stronger genes fortifies beekeepers' hives across the country while they face the effects of climate change and unregulated industries. Dr. Nicholas Teets, PhD Entomology, explains how shifts in phenology are predicted to cause bigger issues. Howard Goldstein, Senior Forest Ecologist at the Prospect Park Alliance explores how community gardens and green spaces in large metropolitan areas may help insect populations recover from loss of habitat and food scarcity.

Greencard Warriors(en)

The tragic struggle of an undocumented Latino family in Los Angeles after they have sent their eldest son to war.

Hello(en)

Hello explores changes in two people’s working lives: a Mexican trash picker who separates and collects recyclable materials from landfills to sell by the kilo, and a German freelance computer-animation designer working for the advertising industry in Berlin. The double interview is controlled and manipulated by a computer-generated severed hand which Maria describes as an object once discovered in the trash while working in the violent northern town of Mexicali. This CGI hand was in turn produced by Max, who was born with no arms, and sought refuge in computer-imaging as a means to operate and manipulate a digital reality.

Torchy Blane in Chinatown(en)

Torchy Blane joins her police-detective fiance to solve a series of murders involving a set of Chinese grave tablets taken and sold to a collector and death-threats written in Chinese characters.

45RPM(en)

Charlie, an artist seeking a connection between her work and her deceased father's music, teams up with Louie, an obsessive record collector. Together they scour the South in search of the elusive 45 that hails from the heyday of '60s garage rock.

Ritter Rüdiger - in der Sternengrotte(de)

This Is How...(en)

An artful, cerebral, dreamlike, erotic "thriller." Is it eroticism surrounded by a story, or a story with eroticism? I was given footage by my guest filmmaker, and a story immediately came into my mind to work with it.

One Stormy Night(de)

A fire burning in the hearth falls in love with a lightning bolt and goes on an adventure to find it.

Road to Film(zh)

My film tells a story of a director trying to make films, describing a freakish and twisted yet "prosperous and flourishing age" of Chinese film industry through the process of protagonist, Chen Feng, looking for investments of his film. It is like a Mobius strip and he is going through dream after dream just like Inception and cannot get out. He knows more about what film actually is than those asshole investors. However, the stay remains at his road to pursuit someone else’s shadow and cannot pursue his dream.

Greenfield(en)

James' aspirations of rebuilding his former life with girlfriend Kelley, are short-lived when her brother confides him with a volatile secret.

Gesicht zur Wand(de)

Documentary film.

Trees(it)

Wrapping the audience in waves of sound, Alberi takes us on a circular journey through the Italian countryside. The marvelous natural music at the tops of the eponymous trees makes way for the rhythmic cadence of civilization—men baring axes and the natural clatter of daily life—before their unforgettable return home from the forest. The singular artistry of director Michelangelo Frammartino (Le quatro volte) is beautifully displayed in this mesmerizing homage to nature.

Joyful Youth(tr)

A group of young folks living joyful life not worrying about what is happening around but their sexual identity and basketball conversations. Among these seven young, their leader, Shakir turns out to be a virgin and this becomes their main concern. His friends start making plans to end Shakir's miserable womanless life.

Voitures automobiles(xx)

Motor cars of different models, drivers, passengers and observers, all filmed from the starting line of the Paris-Meulan race.

Babykram ist Männersache(de)

Arne and his younger brother Malte run the scrapyard they inherited from their parents on the outskirts of Hamburg and live a rather disoriented existence. One day, Malte finds an abandoned baby. He immediately takes the little one to his heart and wants to look after the child until he finds the birth mother. His brother Arne doesn't like the idea at all, but Malte wants to go through with the plan and even threatens to sell his brother the scrapyard. Disgruntled, Arne finally agrees and, as Malte is fully occupied with caring for the baby, sets off on a laborious search for the raven mother.

Royal Scotland(en)

Royal Scotland is a 1952 short documentary film directed by Gerard Bryant. It was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Subject, One-Reel.

Boom Bye Yeah(en)

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Foursome(fr)

Three collegues decide to go for a break to a sea spa hotel because they are overwhelmed with stress at work. There, they come to the realization that all their problems actually stem from one man. This man, who is making a fool of them works in the same company.. Now it's time for revenge!

The Captain(sq)

A misogynistic old man goes to complain about "his rights" after a woman is elected as the leader of his village's cooperative.

Red Nightmare(en)

A man takes his American freedoms for granted, until he wakes up one morning to find out that the United States Government has been replaced with a Communist system. The basis for this short film, narrated by Jack Webb, is the alleged Soviet re-creation of US communities for the purpose of training infiltrators, spies, and moles.

Vestigis(ca)

Isabel and Jaume enter the forest to dig up their deceased son and bring him back to life. They want to spend one day with him, but death can’t be fooled.

Three Floors(it)

Follows the lives of three families who live in a three-story building in a Roman neighbourhood.

Saudade(es)

Centimeter(ta)

Centimeter is an upcoming sci-fi comedy drama movie directed, produced, and cinematographed by Santhosh Sivan. Gokulam Goplan bankrolled this movie under his home banner Sree Gokulam Movies. Manju Warrier and Kalidas Jayaram are playing the lead roles and share screen space with Yogi Babu, Nedumudu Venu, Aju Varghese, Indrans, Basil Joseph, and Shaylee Krishen as important characters.

Writer's Block(en)

An egotistical failing author must face reality to save himself and those around him.

Perdita(en)

A man reflects on his last memories of a past lover.

Zulu(en)

Thobile persevered without giving up, she persisted in her relationship, and her daughter wholeheartedly embraced her viewpoint throughout.

Golden Door(it)

The story is set at the beginning of the 20th century in Sicily. Salvatore, a very poor farmer, and a widower, decides to emigrate to the US with all his family, including his old mother. Before they embark, they meet Lucy. She is supposed to be a British lady and wants to come back to the States. Lucy, or Luce as Salvatore calls her, for unknown reasons wants to marry someone before to arrive to Ellis Island in New York. Salvatore accepts the proposal. Once they arrive in Ellis Island they spend the quarantine period trying to pass the examinations to be admitted to the States. Tests are not so simple for poor farmers coming from Sicily. Their destiny is in the hands of the custom officers.

Fly Me to the Moon(zh)

Sisters moving from Hunan to Hong Kong in the 1990s are faced with an identity crisis, poverty, and their father's drug addiction.

Mummy(en)

After the untimely death of their mother, twin brothers struggle over what to do with her belongings and discover a dark entity.

Cut from Cloth(en)

Cut From Cloth is a short family drama, set on the day of a funeral. After he passes away, three estranged siblings gather round their father's coffin to mourn his death and discuss their large inheritance. But when a knock sounds from within the casket, the siblings need to decide what is more important. - family or fortune?

The Old World(en)

As the daughter he once abandoned asks about him, an old man, native American victim of hatred, has to face his past.

Krisha(en)

When Krisha decides to join her estranged family for a holiday dinner, tensions escalate as she struggles to keep her demons at bay.

A Petty Middle Manager(ko)

When his wife sees him helping his boss' lover, a low-level manager finds his marriage in shambles.

Hello?(en)

After a sleepless night Lara steals her husband's phone to make a call. When she's not met with the reception she expected, things take an even darker turn.

Richer and Richer(en)

Losing her lover, mother, and hope for tomorrow, Gisele, the daughter of a crime syndicate, is forced to confront its oppressive leader – her father.

Smile Now, Cry Later(en)

'Smile Now, Cry Later, a film that explores the complexities of mental health and the power of human connection. Directed, written, and produced by Keanu Cordero. The film follows Joey, a young man struggling to cope with his mental health issues. When he reconnects with his childhood friend Lila, he finds the strength to confront his inner demons and take control of his life. With a talented cast that includes David Carbajal, Kalen Austin, Presley Weber, Gabriel Carmona, Stormy Lopez, and Nick Mendez, Smile Now, Cry Later is a powerful and moving exploration of the human experience.'

The Sower(ja)

Little Chie knows that her sister, 3 year-old Itsuki, is unlike her. Chie’s uncle, Mitsuo, is also unusual. Suntanned and adorned in a rustic-looking floppy hat he couldn’t look less like Chie’s neat and respectable father. But Chie is overjoyed when Mitsuo walks back into their lives, having spent three years in a mental institution, and Mitsuo, overwhelmed with emotion, dotes on his two little nieces. This brief harmony is short lived. Frustrated by her little sister, Chie drops her, causing fatal injuries. Unable to allow his niece to take the blame, Mitsuo claims responsibility, shouldering all the condemnation that ensues.

Cotton Wool(en)

A single mother suffers a devastating stroke leaving her teenage daughter and 7-year-old son to care for her, testing the family's strength to hold things together as their roles are reversed.

The Labyrinth of Loss(ar)

unwelcome visit to Hamoud's abode, where ancient wounds are reopened, exposing the complexities of the past's influence on the present, amidst a conflict between healing and nostalgia.