A Woman in the Painting(1999)

Painting With Human Skin(zh)

The Peasants(az)

A historical revolutionary film depicting the struggle of peasants and the Baku proletariat against landowners and Musavatists in 1919.

Devil's Island(sh)

After Italian capitulation in WW2, German forces are rushing to take control of the Dalmatian coast, forcing thousands of people to take refuge. One partisan boat, filled with refugees, tries to reach a safe area, but because of a storm it must stop near a small island. While the crew tries to repair it, a German gunboat comes from nearby.

Skin of a Mandarin(et)

The film delicately follows 25-year-old Anna, whose mother has died suddenly. She wants to send her Orthodox mother on her last journey according to customs, but she runs into bureaucratic rules that do not allow Anna to dress her departed mother herself. This conflict brings her together with Maria, a 45-year-old funeral home worker, who in this story represents the hidden fears of death and grief on a deep emotional level.

Dharmaveer 2(mr)

Explores Anand Dighe's life, tracing his political journey and capturing the essence of his impactful legacy as a prominent figure.

Smash TV - Skinemax(en)

Skinemax is Koyaanisqatsi for a generation raised on late night television and B-movie VHS tapes. It's long form entertainment for short attention spans. An hour long VJ odyssey, it will move your body and warp your mind. A nostalgic look back at a half remembered childhood growing up in the 80s and early 90s, Skinemax takes a close look at the culture of that era. The images that motivated, delighted, and terrified us on the silver screen, set to propulsive modern music that pines for a simpler time.

Six: Inside(en)

Delves deep into the anxiety, thrill and uncertainty of six aspiring animation artists as they are plunged into the twelve-week trial-by-fire that is the NFB's Hothouse for animation filmmakers.

El Asesino del Zodiaco(es)

Girl(en)

Ever since the 2011 revolution in Egypt, dozens of women have come forward about their experience with sexual harassment on the streets. Since then, a number of individuals and organizations have begun to monitor and help combat the situation. In this short film, Sondos Shabayek offers an animated reflection on how she believes Cairo society perceives women. In her signature style, Sondos uses a variety of characters and expressions to light-heartedly explore this serious issue. The audience is taken on a girl's experience of walking down a street – simultaneously sharing her journey and her responses.

Uli Hoeneß - Der Patriarch(de)

Winds of Chance(en)

A love triangle set against the turn-of-the-century gold rush.

Das Leben ist ein Bauernhof(de)

6 weeks before her 18th birthday Katharina inherits her mothers farm with all it's problems. At the funeral she meets her two uncles, which she never met before, but turn out to be very helpful.

O Aborto Não É um Crime(pt)

Polemical short documentary, produced by Cinequipe.

The Lottery of Happiness(fr)

Mr Lucas, a grocer, wants to attract the clientele; he imagines a lottery; every week, you can win a bike. It's a big success.

Venganza gaucha(es)

Four Jacks(en)

Four guys plot revenge on the businessman who ripped them off.

Woman with Pierced Nipples(ja)

An unknown handsome man showers a woman with red roses. She is smitten and becomes a willing participant in his rather unusual hobby of subjecting women to chains, manacles, cages, piercings, waxing and various sexual humiliations.

Female Teacher in Rope Hell(ja)

A female teacher spots one of her students being molested by a vagrant. But her rescue attempt fails as the vagrant drags the teacher into an empty classroom and sexually assaults her. The student finds a school employee, a piano tuner, to try and help but all they can offer is some comfort. Later the piano tuner invites the teacher to his house. He wants her to be his obedient loving bride and has built a nice caged apartment in his basement all for her. He subjects her to an endless series of sexual humiliations to persuade her to say yes.

Nun in Rope Hell(ja)

A woman gets caught by the wife of her lover which results in a stabbing. Feeling guilty she runs away and joins a nunnery. But she soon discovers that several nuns and a well known author have turned the place into their own personal S&M playground.

Secretary Rope Discipline(ja)

Secretary Sayo does some corporate snooping for her boyfriend, an upstart executive with a rival company. But she gets busted by the CEO. Poor Sayo is captured and taken to a private torture chamber in the corporate mansion. While the secretary gets punished, the bossman's son becomes infatuated with her beautiful white skin and he assumes the disciplinary responsibilities. Between the floggings, stretchings, and wooden-horse tortures he finds time to cover her body in an elaborate tattoo.

Oniroku Dan: Best of SM(ja)

The lovely Terumi Azuma introduces several scenes from selected Roman Porno titles and has a scene of her own. Naomi Tani, Junko Mabuki, and Izumi Shima show you why they are the Nikkatsu queens of SM.

Rope Torture(ja)

A young wife of a banker gets blackmailed for having an affair. At first they just want her money. Then they decide to train her in the art of submission instead.

Dan Oniroku: Ikenie shimai(ja)

When the elderly owner of a luxury inn passes it is left to the staff instead of his two daughters. The staff make plans to sell the inn to a gang of yakuza. But the gang sees profit in the daughters as well and brutally conditions them for sale.

Skin of Roses(ja)

Ritsuko is a popular madame of a nightclub but, ever since her gangster husband got caught and imprisoned, her life has taken a turn for the worst. Now, in order to pay off his debts to a yakuza loan shark, Ritsuko is forced to engage in private sex shows for the VIP clientele. After a year of these special shows, the loan is almost paid off.

Beauty in Rope Hell(ja)

A mailman becomes obsessed with a pretty, young wife. He captures the woman, tortures her and keeps her in his basement dungeon where she becomes his private sex toy.

Female Beautician Rope Discipline(ja)

Hairstylist Misa meets S&M enthusiast Ippei and is convinced to give it a try. Then later, Ippei's ex-wife, who happens to be one of Misa's beauty shop clients, begins a sexual relationship with her. The lesbian affair is also accentuated by some more S&M.

Blazing Bondage Lady(ja)

After some business a newly married salesman gets invited to a private show by a geisha. He is shocked and aroused when he finds out it is a B&D show performed by a husband and wife team. On a dark drive home the salesman accidentally kills a woman who jumps in front of his car. To his horror he sees that it’s the woman from the bondage show. Thus begins a story of how the salesman’s wife must now pay with her body for the sins of her husband.

Double Rope Torture(ja)

Two sisters are captured by a bounty hunter for an S&M nightclub.

White Uniform in Rope Hell(ja)

A nurse working at a hospital is looking forward to her marriage with a handsome doctor. But she is open minded as she also is having an affair with a pretty student nurse. One day a former patient invites her to her house. But when she enters it appears that a robbery is taking place. Two masked men grab her, bind her with rope and proceed to violate her repeatedly while photographing the whole ordeal. She is released but is soon blackmailed into returning for intensive B&D training. Can she keep up the premise of a happy marriage without succumbing to depravity of the rope and the lash?

Beauty Rope Cosmetology(ja)

A wealthy college girl is snatched off the streets by a pair of S&M professionals. They methodically break her will with the extensive use of bondage and erotic devices. But who has hired them and for what perverse reason?

Dan Oniroku: Yôen nômen jigoku(ja)

The story of a high school girl who gets repeatedly abused by her father, but then finds love and comfort in the arms of her older brother.

Hell of Roses(ja)

A third rate photographer and his assistant invite a female college student for some photography but she ends up being violated with bondage and nonconsensual sex instead. Later the photographer hears that his former disciple, who has become well known, is going to marry a sexy popular singer. Feeling jealous he devises a plan to lure the singer away to a remote mountain lodge where he will exact revenge on her body.

Breakthrough for Change(ja)

Akira, Takeshi, Yasu, and Shun are a gang of four close friends, all of whom were core members of their high-school ekiden team. Although they were stars back in those days, having slacked up their efforts subsequently, their daily life is lackluster now that the age of forty is just around the corner. They talk at a favorite local tavern just like they used to after Akira comes home giving up his dream to become an actor. Thinking back, they have never accomplished anything but ekiden, and they have unknowingly acquired a tendency to run away from problems in life in general. The phrase they cannot help muttering to themselves is how brilliant they were in those days… Feeling dispirited, they think of participating in the Shimanto Dragon Ride. A challenge for the four men in their late thirties begins…

One Week Friends(ja)

High school student Yuki Hase wants to become close with classmate Kaori Fujimiya who is alway by herself. Kaori Fujimiya refuses to become close with Yuki Hase, because she forgets her friends every new Monday. Even though Kaori tells Yuki why she doesn't want to become friends, Yuki still wants to become close to her.

Love of a Thousand Years - Story of Genji(ja)

Set in 900AD and tells the story of a famous female writer of the time, Murasaki Shikibu. Her story begins from the death of her husband, a Japanese noble, then moves on to her recruitment to train the Prince's young 'wives in waiting'. It is dotted throughout and actually composed mainly of one of the fictional stories she wrote, the tale of Genji. Genji is a rich playboy who falls in love and has a son to his stepmother. He falls in love often and has many wives whom are all completely subservient to him.

Woman of Dreams(ja)

Yoichi, who works for an advertising agency becomes heavily obsessed with a strange woman, things go unexpected, leading to a divorce and other disasters...