Banquet at Hongmen(2005)

Captain Elliot's Circle(en)

Equal parts documentary, essay, and narrative,"Captain Elliot's Circle" is mostly a poetic interaction with an obscure corner of Chinese and British history. Constructed using primary source documents about the taking of Zhoushan, Britain's first choice for a seaport, in the late 1830s,this movie uses Captain Charles Elliot's reluctance to brutalize the Chinese to reflect on the cyclical nature of history and the power structures that move it. The long takes used throughout function to illustrate the dramatically different ways in which people who lived in the mid-19th century perceived time. Additionally, it represents the psychological effect of living on an island regardless of what era you were born in.The last third of the movie focuses on a young woman whose strange day job has taken her far away from the island of Zhoushan generations after Captain Charles Elliot was last there. "Captain Elliot's Circle" was shot on location in Zhoushan and Hangzhou.

Spain: The First Globalization(es)

A new reading of the historical period that began with the reign of the Catholic Monarchs (1479-1516) and the discovery of America (1492), as well as an analysis of its undeniable influence on the subsequent evolution of the history of Spain and the world.

Seven Warriors(cn)

In the early 1920's of China, seven former soldiers band together to defend a helpless village against a group of vicious bandits in this Hong Kong remake of Seven Samurai.

Derrière les murs de la Cité interdite(fr)

The Xi'an Incident(zh)

Marshal Zhang Xueliang, Commander of the North Eastern Army, grows progressively disillusioned by Kuomintang leader Chiang Kai-shek's policy to engage the Chinese Communist Party rather than fight the Japanese invaders which are occupying Manchuria. Despite numerous pleas, Chiang does not budge. After discussing with fellow general Yang Hucheng, the two take events into their own hands and place Chiang Kai-shek under arrest on December 12, 1936, forcing Chiang into a coalition with the CCP.

China: The Uighur Tragedy(fr)

A relentless chronicle of the tragedy of the Uighurs, an ethnic minority of some eleven million people who live in the Xinjiang region of northwest China, speak a Turkic language and practice the Muslim religion. The Uighurs suffer brutal cultural and political oppression by Xin Jinping's tyrannical government: torture, disappearances, forced labor, re-education of children and adults, mass sterilizations, extensive surveillance and destruction of historical heritage.

Fighting Soldiers(ja)

Documentary of an Imperial Japanese Army regiment's advance from Shanghai to Wuhan in 1938. This film was shelved before submission to Home Ministry censors amid rumors that Fumio was a Communist.

Ohnivé jaro(fr)

The Dam(en)

Flo likes Jesse, the boy at the neighbouring farm. Jesse is intrigued by Flo but is unprepared for the places where she wants to lead him. Down at the dam first love turns into a last rite.

Sam and Doug(en)

In a near-future where a virus has turned the population into rabid monsters, a desperate mother forms an unlikely friendship in order to return home and save her family.

Just 14(en)

A teenage boy following his beloved football team during their unlikely nearly 80’s title challenge. A coming-of-age comedy with the teenager coping with bullying, his first love, the death of a grandparent and everything else the season throws at him.

The First Setting Sun of Summer(el)

Summer of 2000. A young boy arrives at his grandparents’ home in a seaside village. Keeping him company during his carefree summer days, is the mysterious “witch”, a self-isolated elderly woman living in an old house on the beach. When one day the woman is no longer there, the boy will turn his gaze to the setting sun for the first time.

In Freedom(en)

An immigrant couple caring for their grandchildren receives an unexpected visitor after hours, threatening to throw their lives into complete disarray.

Over the Bridge(en)

Compromised by a corporate scandal, will he jump over the edge or can he find redemption? Folarin is a Lagos based investment banker with something to hide. Plagued by an alcohol problem and intermittent panic attacks, his life is turned upside down when his ethics are compromised over a controversial rail construction project. As his relationship with his glamourous society wife Jumoke unravels he finds himself sinking deeper into an illegal high stakes business deal. When his actions lead to the death of a colleague in an environment where corruption is the name of the game, he is plunged further into crisis facing pressure on all fronts. Narrated with suspense and intrigue, Over the Bridge is a rare treat from Nigeria, depicting the west African metropolis, Lagos as never seen before on the big screen.

Terra Incognita(en)

A scholarly pirate, some crew members, a fanatical first mate, and their fresh-caught Irish slave are shipwrecked on an unmarked island awaiting rescue - it comes.

Body in the Attic(en)

An unhappy wife convinces her lover to move into her attic. But when she finds him dead, she becomes convinced that her unsuspecting husband found out and is keeping his knowledge of her affair a secret to mentally torture her. Does he know the truth? Or is someone else responsible for her lover’s death?

Song of the Gallows(fi)

The Song of the Gallows is based on a medieval, seventeenth-century story about a magic violin that saves the life of a Roma man from the gallows. The Polish princess Katarina Jagellonica arrives in Finland in order to get married to Duke Juhana; after listening to the Romani musician playing his instrument she agrees to his request that all the gallows should be torn down in the country to save the Roma from execution.

Silent Love(ja)

A silent love story of a young man who wishes to make the dream come true of a young woman who lost her light.

En Ik Van Jou(nl)

Alchimisten(de)