I Believe in You(1952)

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century(fr)

Charming and innocent, Candide is vigorously chased away by the Baron, for his close encounters with the pretty Cunégonde. World War II breaks out, and when he is drafted and taken prisoner, he is forced to take German nationality and ends up guarding the camp where he was imprisoned. He crossed into Switzerland, but as he had no bank account, he was incarcerated for eight days for trespassing. Hunted by the Gestapo, he kills two men to free Cunégonde, who has finally been found. They both flee to Argentina, and their world tour begins. In Paris, Moscow, New York, Borneo and Alexandria. They try to follow Dr. Pangloss' optimistic rule of life. Tossed about, separated, they find themselves grown old and wiser, thinking only of cultivating their garden on the shores of the Mediterranean.

New(ru)

Outskirts of Moscow. A girl comes to an unfamiliar apartment to look after a dog. After a while, she realizes that the owner of the apartment has disappeared. She finds herself into a series of people that have been taking care of the dog for years in that same apartment, creating a weird community around this strange absence of the owner.

The Tragedy of “W”(ja)

A young girl is striving for stardom. In order to get a lead role in a new production, she agrees to stand-in for a famous star whose rich patron died in her arms one night. The real-life drama gradually comes to mirror the story of the play being performed by her.

Movies(en)

movie new post

A(en)

Single-channel video installation commissioned by Public Art Development Trust, London.

An Attempt at a Surrealistic Dream(es)

This is a short film that tries to imitate a rather surreal and bizarre dream. Originally commissioned as an assignment with quite a few limitations such as; it can only have a maximum of 3 cuts, it has to be surreal, and it has to be one minute long, the creators liked the short film and decided to release this project to the public.

Tausiyah Cinta(id)

Hatred Lefan (Rendy Herpy) in the greater his father when he had lost his mother. Lefan assume that the life of his mother, his father always hurt inner mother. When Lefan are in this situation, Elfa ([Hidayatur Rahmi]), sister of a cleric advised him to no effect.

Del agobio al silencio(es)

Forest(en)

Video installation, 2005, at LOKAAL_01 Breda 2007, Burning Marl, curator Frederik Vergaert in Seppenshuis Zoersel, 2005. A woman walking through 3 video images. Three screens display how the day’s light passes by: from the early morning light until late at night. Along with the woman the artist walks through the forest, in the same rhythm, the same pace. Off-screen she looks through the camera, fragmenting time. The age-old androgynous trees are a vertical constant along which the woman moves, as if in an interval between visibility and invisibility, between sound and silence, while the light keeps on evolving metabletically.

Golden Gloves(en)

A classic NFB documentary about the Golden Gloves boxing tournament, the Canadian amateur's hope for success in the boxing world. This Gilles Groulx film shows three Montreal boxers in training. In behind-the-scenes interviews they talk about their ambitions and what prompted them to take up the sport. - NFB

Where To?(ar)

A family lives poorly in a village in the Lebanese mountain. One day the father abandons his family and leaves for Brazil, considered an Eldorado by a great number of his compatriots. Twenty years pass. The mother raised her children with great difficulty: the elder has a family and the younger one is getting ready to immigrate to Brazil. One day a ragged old man arrives to the village.

When Elephants Fight(en)

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been called a geological scandal due to its mineral rich soil. Unfortunately, those minerals, necessary to sustain today's technology, are funding the deadliest war since WWII.

Pathemari(ml)

Pathemari features the life of Pallikkal Narayanan who migrated to the Middle-East in the early 1980s, when the Kerala Gulf boom was at its peak.

Born in the USSR: 14 Up(ru)

Born in the USSR:14 Up follows the lives of people who grew up in the Soviet Union. They give an insight into Russian life.

Lionfish: New Pirates of the Caribbean(en)

Armed with venomous spines, invisible to its prey, a pack hunter who terrorizes other fishes - watch the stunning adventures of lionfish. Get to know the fish's prowess to dominate the oceans, to the extent that its invasion endangers local marine life!

Through Hell & Rice(en)

Haukur gets stuck in a prison in hell and must be saved by his 2 idiot friends in this spectacular musical.

The Whale Hunter(ko)

The shy Byung-tae has a crush on Mi-ran, a college student. He fails to win her over. Disheartened, Byung-tae runs away from home in search of something more. He wanders the streets when he meets and hangs out with Min-wu, a beggar. They walk around the city when they meet Chun-ja, a mute maiden, in the red district. With Min-wu's support, Byung-tae wants to help recover Chun-ja's voice and find her hometown. They rescue Chun-ja and head for her hometown.

Boys On Film 1: Hard Love(en)

Created by gay directors and actors, Boys On Film features numerous award-winning shorts that deal with all aspects of gay life. Volume 1: Hard Love contains nine complete films: Hong Khaou's "Summer" starring Peter Peralta and Jay Brown; Michael Simon's "Gay Zombie" starring Brad Bilanin, Ryan Carlberg, and Robin McDonald; Jason Bushman's "Serene Hunter" starring Eric Debets, Flannan Obé, and Jonathan Blanc; Timothy Smith's "Le Weekend" starring Omar and Fernando Peres; Jean Baptiste Erreca's "Cowboy Forever" featuring Govinda Machado de Figueiredo and Jones Carlos Fialho de Araújo; Damien Rea's "Scarred" starring Chris Anderson, David Durham, and Lara Cazalet; Tim Hunter's "Packed Lunch" featuring Kevyn Boemia, Chris Sayers, and Steven Quigg; John Winter's "Mirror Mirror" starring Roy Billing; and Maxwell Barber's "VGL-Hung!" starring Marcus Proctor, Jeff Chandler, and Ashley Ryder.

Karma Is A She-Wolf(en)

Rohan is killed in an accident soon after his first marriage anniversary, leaving his young pregnant wife Nisha devastated. As Nisha tries to cope with the tragedy, the film reconstructs a series of events in backwards to uncover the truth. The ensuing reverse Domino effect narrates a complex story of love, loss, doubt and revenge and investigates criminal perspective of human psyche to unveil a shocking truth.

Florida Water(en)

Numa Perrier reimagines the story and moments in a distinct photograph of her mother. What results is a complex merging of memory, absence, and imagery set against the backdrop of Port Au Prince, Haiti.

Synapse(en)

Explores the moment between cause and effect.

Jai Maruthi 800(kn)

Jai Maruthi 800 is an action comedy that is set in two distinct time periods. The film begins with an incident that occurs in the 16th century, which reaches its logical conclusion in the present day.

Shejari(mr)

Marathi version of the film starring Mazhar Khan, Gajanan Jagirdar and Anees Khatoon. In a small village in India, the villagers of different communities live in harmony. But when an industrialist, arrives to construct a dam, he sows distrust and disunity between the Muslim and Hindi communities.

Gozo(en)

Lucille and Joe have moved to Gozo, a tiny island in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Malta. They have a nice car, a steady income, a beautiful farmhouse with breathtaking views and a swimming pool. They seem to have it all. But when a young tourist goes missing on the island, Joe's disquieted conscience begins to get the better of him. As the buried horrors of Lucille and Joe's past resurface, the cracks begin to show in their homespun paradise.

Grýla(is)

A man finds himself mistakenly taken hostage by a troll-size debt collector and driven into the mountains. Things go from bad to considerably worse when a real troll shows up. Fortunately for the man, this particular troll is very particular about what she eats.

A Film by Vera Vaughn(en)

In this ghost story for the digital age, filmmaker Vera Vaughn works late into the night, editing her psychological thriller about a woman jeopardized by a mysterious home intruder. But when she's interrupted by a knock at the door, Vera’s world takes a frightening turn toward the surreal as life threatens to imitate art — or is it the other way around?

The First 10 – Remake(sl)

Remake of the first 10 films made by the Lumière brothers, which were screened in Le Salon Indien du Grand Café, Paris, on 28 December 1895. This marked the official beginning of –cinema. Director’s idea was to go to the same places where the Lumière brothers made their first films. In the same hours of the day, with the same light, the same camera angle, and the same lenses. To film the vision of Europe as seen by the Lumière brothers, 120 years later.

And the Whole Sky Fit in the Dead Cow's Eye(es)

Emeteria is visited by a ghost she believes has come to take her to the afterlife. But he has more devastating news.

Astral(en)

A detached university student faces the consequences of astral projection when he uses it to reconnect with his dead mother.

Love Song for Rapper(ja)

Two brothers from a dysfunctional family chase their respective dreams while engaging in other bizarre antics. One brother dreams of becoming a manga artist and the other wants to be a professional baseball player.

The Last True Yakuza(ja)

A made man during the height of Hiroshima's yakuza turf war must maneuver through the violence and betrayal inside the criminal underworld.

I Want to Believe(ru)

Young journalist is investigating some tragic moments from the history of WWII.

Vom Traum zum Terror - München '72(de)

Announcing Silence(pl)

Zerwane cumy(pl)

Yateem(hi)

When Inspector Yadav (Kulbhushan Kharbanda) shoots down a criminal couple in the line of duty, his heart goes out to their orphaned baby son Krishna. He adopts the child, who grows up with Yadav's own daughter, Gauri (Farha). As they grow up, Krishna (Sunny Deol) and Gauri fall in love - but an obstacle is looming in their path in the form of Yadav's young second wife (Sujata Mehta), who is attracted to the handsome Krishna, and in her jealousy proceeds to do all she can to destroy the young couple's chances of happiness.

Suffering(cs)

This is an engaging drama by director Karel Kachyna about the growing pains of a young teen (Jorga Kotrbova) and the hardships of a noble steed mistreated by a cruel neighboring farmer. The teen is having a hard time figuring out adult modes of behavior, and at the same time her heart goes out to the horse that is suffering under the treatment of the farmer next door to her family. As the teen adopts the horse as a friend, some clarification will be sure to come on the meaning of adulthood and the benefits of compassion.