Karobaar(2000)

Ansh(hi)

This story is about Deputy Superintendent of Police Bhagat Pandey (Om Puri), who is thorough, honest, and has an excellent track record of apprehending criminals. This background creates problems for him with other criminals who are closely connected to powerful politicians. As a result he is transferred to Bombay (now know as Mumbai). He takes charge of his post, and transforms everything to a diligent and honest policing machine. Unfortunately, politicians and criminals alike do not like his diligence, and talk about transferring him to Kashmir, where he will be killed in an encounter by a terrorist. Bhagat also comes in touch with suspended Police Inspector Sukhdev Singh, and gangleader, Rajnath Guru, the son of a freedom-fighter, Dinanathji (Aloknath).

The Latin Explosion: A New America(en)

With more than 50 million Latinos now living in the United States, Latinos are taking their seat at the table as the new American power brokers in the world of entertainment, business, politics and the arts. As Latinos’ influence in American society has soared, they have entered mainstream American culture, and the proof is in the music. Executive produced by legendary music mogul Tommy Mottola, THE LATIN EXPLOSION: A NEW AMERICA features a dazzling array of artists at the center of Latino cultural power and influence, including Marc Anthony, Emilio Estefan Jr., Gloria Estefan, José Feliciano, Eva Longoria, George Lopez, Jennifer Lopez, Los Lobos, Cheech Marin, Ricky Martin, Rita Moreno, Pitbull, Romeo Santos, Shakira, Thalía and Sofía Vergara. Narrated by John Leguizamo.

XX(es)

A man near his 30s and without a partner is thinking about fatherhood.

Memories of an Unborn Sun(fr)

Every year, thousands of Chinese emigrants go to work on building sites in Algeria, living on isolated bases in the desert. Some die there, without ever being repatriated. Based on eyewitness accounts, hearsay and fake news, Marcel Mrejen constructs a parable with dystopian overtones exploring the relentless (neo)colonial exploitation of the Algerian territory.

Maintenance(de)

Two people are waiting together for each other. Their flat waits with them and for them. Together they are living side by side. Someone is coming, someone is leaving, the flat stays where it is.

Wooww(en)

A chain of incredible events.

Return of the White-tailed Eagle(fi)

The documentary Merikotkan paluu (Return of the white-tailed eagle), tells the tale of the past and the present of the white-tailed eagle. The second protagonist of the film is the human - the animal that can be blamed for the eagles’ distress but also credited for its rescue.

30 Years of National Geographic Specials(en)

Celebrates 30 years of televised specials by The National Geographic Society.

Home(en)

The ostensibly calm and courteous Gerald Ballantyne lives in and embodies modern suburbia. But he is haunted by the memory of a recent car crash and hounded by his estranged wife and her demands for divorce. Slowly, a festering insanity takes over and unwilling to face the outside world he embarks on a lunatic experiment. Confining himself to his middle-class home, he eschews contact with others and survives entirely off 'food' which he can find in his house. Based on JG Ballard's The Enormous Space.

Love Is Never On Time(id)

Writer Daku is faced with the choice of immediate marriage, but always loses in romance. Unfortunately, his girlfriend Nadya accepts a proposal from another man. By force, Daku has to meet other girls, including his mother's choice, which he then insisted on rejecting.

Christopher Ford Sees a Film(en)

What would you do if you saw a terrible film and your name was Christopher Ford?

Maybe Today(tl)

Harold a shy college student from the province who develops a close bond and a secret love for his friend AM, a rich city girl who is passionate about her dreams. Because of their contrasting personalities, Harold is disillusioned and AM is idealistic and complications in their personal lives, the two never get past the “more than friends but less than lovers” stage and eventually separate. Now reunited after five years, AM and Harold spend fleeting hours wandering around their old haunts and wondering about their old selves, making Harold’s next-day flight the biggest “what if” of their lives.

La Comédie-Française chante à l'Interlope(fr)

Crow Requiem(en)

Smith interweaves the figure of the crow through the histories of Syracuse and Auburn, New York, both of which were key stations on the Underground Railroad and innovators in early cinematic and 3D optical technologies. Crow Requiem connects this history to recent and ongoing violence against people of color at the hands of the state.

Los Caciques(es)

A bad man holds the power of life and death over the inhabitants of a village... for no apparent reason... and he's fond of torturing them, tying them to crosses and leaving them to die. A cowboy with necromantic powers comes along and leads a rebellion to overthrow that reign of terror.

Soil(tr)

Since the death of his parents, the teenage Burak lives with his uncle Cemil and grandmother in a remote Turkish village town. ​ They try to make a living by selling pomegranates but while the religious Cemil is satisfied to live his life in poverty, Burak struggles to leave for the city and going to university. ​ When the grandmother gets sick, both have to make tough decisions that will change their lives.

The Last Color(hi)

The film is the screen adaptation of Chef Vikas Khanna's novel The Last Color, which follows the friendship between a young tight-rope walker and a widow named Noor in Banaras. The duo yearns to play with colors on the occasion of Holi, but Noor and the other widows are held back by tradition.

Death Penalty(hi)

Based on Vinod Chopra's diploma film at FTII, Murder at Monkey Hill (1976), adapted into a full-length feature with Naseeruddin Shah and Radha Saluja, respectively, playing the roles that he, himself, and Anjali Paigankar had played in the short film.

Bazaar(hi)

Najma is in platonic love with Salim Akhtar but cannot marry him until he is financially stable. An elderly Shakir promises to help Akhtar set up his business in exchange for Najma finding a suitable bride for him.

Jab We Met(hi)

A depressed wealthy businessman and a spunky carefree young woman embark on an unexpected journey that changes their lives.

Kuch Kuch Hota Hai(hi)

Per her mother's last wish, an 8 year old girl sets out to reunite her father with his college best friend who was in love with him.

Aurat Aurat Aurat(hi)

This is the story of a young woman named Sita, who is engaged to a college professor. Rakesh, a spoilt rich brat comes across Sita one day and falls in love with her but Sita does not love him.

The Man's Woman and Other Stories(hi)

A series of three episodes which explore the relationship between men, women and the physical and mental spaces they inhabit.

Tarang(hi)

Rahul, the son-in-law of an old industrialist and one of the heirs to his fortune, clashes with Dinesh, the industrialist’s nephew who is openly unscrupulous. Rahul, on his part, conceals his personal ambition under a cloak of liberalism and encourages indigenous production.

Anarkali(hi)

Based on a popular historical legend, Prince Salim has a passionate love affair with a beautiful, sassy commoner.

Yours Truly(hi)

Amidst the daily din of the local trains in Calcutta, a lonely working woman in her late fifties finds herself falling in love with the voice of the railway announcer.

Aapas Ki Baat(hi)

After the death of her businessman husband, Mrs. Sinha lives a wealthy lifestyle in Delhi, with her son, Vinod, who has taken over the business; and her daughter, Kajal, while she herself indulges herself with some friends to play cards - quite obsessively. Vinod would like Kajal to get married to his friend, Shyam, but Kajal does not like him.

Bedhadak(hi)

Sitaron Se Aage(hi)

Film starring Ashok Kumar and Vyjayanthimala.

Nau Bahar(hi)

A rich blind man who falls for a poor girl, regains his sight and is forced to marry a wealthy girl whom his father has chosen.

Ardh(hi)

Shiva struggles to become a mainstream actor in Mumbai despite being a theatre actor. With the help of his wife Madhu, he disguises himself as a transgender and begs for money to survive.

Sukhee(hi)

Sukhpreet ‘Sukhee’ Kalra, a 38-year-old Punjabi housewife, goes to Delhi to attend her school reunion. Sukhee relives the 17-year-old version of herself whilst going through a plethora of experiences in a span of just seven days, coming out rekindled, reborn and making the most difficult transition in her life – from being a wife and a mother to being a woman again.

Arising from the Surface(hi)

Taking an experimental approach to the relationship between the written text and moving image, Mani Kaul has a series of texts read aloud in voice-overs (poetry, essays, and stories), while the characters within the texts walk through real or imaginary landscapes.

Chousar Firangi(hi)

Youngsters from humble backgrounds get unwittingly dragged into the dirty world of politicians and gangsters, and must now devise a plan to escape from this dirty game in the course of a single night.

Total Siyapaa(hi)

Aman, a Pakistani man living in London, falls in love with Asha, an Indian woman. But he must convince her parents to let them get married, despite their different nationalities.

Kamla Ki Maut(hi)

The film is set in a lower middle class chawl, an apartment building in Mumbai, a 20-year-old and unmarried Kamla, unable to handle the news of her pregnancy commits suicide. This makes her neighbourhood examine their own secrets and the choices they have made in their own lives.