Duke Ellington plays hot jazz in a fictional story that finds him down on his luck; he tries in vain to dissuade his friend, dancer Fredi Washington, from working with heart trouble even though it means work for his band. Sure enough, she collapses on stage...
Band Member - Clarinet Player
Band Member - Bass Player
Band Member -Trombone Player
Piano Mover
Trumpet Player
In this all-black cast short, legendary blues singer Bessie Smith finds her gambler lover Jimmy messin' with a pretty, younger woman; he leaves and she sings the blues, with chorus and dancers.
Known for his unmistakable cascading strings and recordings such as Charmaine, Mantovani enthralled the world with his sublime arrangements. This is the story of the man and his music.
Three friends device a plan that could help them ACE their accountings exam. The plan is - to steal the paper. What follows then is situational & slapstick comedy with a hilarious twist!
Ismail Yassin is in desperate need for money. He borrows from the wrong people, get framed for murder and goes to prison.
Churches, residences, an undertaker, and unidentified locations mainly in Indianapolis, IN; Denison, TX; New Orleans, LA; Nashville, TN; and Memphis, TN.
Federico and Olivia are editing their first short films, which encountered mistakes during shooting. Both discover that they filmed at the same location and accidentally interfered in each other’s films. Together, they find a way to edit their two shorts into one.
"The Frog Prince" was one of several adaptations of Brothers Grimm fairytales that Lotte Reiniger made in London between 1953 and 1955: others include "The Gallant Little Tailor", "Hänsel and Gretel", "Sleeping Beauty", "Snow White and Rose Red" and "The Three Wishes".
Live On Soundstage performance was originally broadcast on the PBS Soundstage series. Songs include cuts from Jon Secada's recent tribute to Latin singer Beny More' and also Jon's classic pop hits, "Just Another Day," "Do You Believe In Us", as well as many others. With a career spanning more than two decades, three Grammy Awards, 20 million records sold, and leading roles on Broadway, Jon Secada's acclaimed romantic sound has resulted in numerous hits in English and Spanish, establishing him as one of the first bilingual artists to have international recognition in both markets.
A young woman designer goes to London to further her career, but things are complicated when her invention is a success.
A new college student's life begins to have strange consequences after a hookup.
Sergey and Anya are on the verge of divorce. For several years of family life, they managed to get each other hard. Anya reasonably considers Sergei to be a jerk, unsuitable for family life. Sergey got fed up with his wife's constant irritability, he is sure that Anya had never behaved like that before and was funnier. The couple are going to go to the registry office to put an end to the relationship, but fate orders otherwise. Leaving the house, the couple miraculously return to the apartment every time. And this is not the only oddity. It's winter on the calendar, summer outside, and the eternal 8:45 on the clock. And in this new reality, they will have to get along somehow.
Watch what happens when two beautiful bad girls with no option are put in a desperate situation.
A documentary on the struggle of millworkers, farmworkers, and people of Hacienda Luisita, Philippines.
Rahmi, a Romanian immigrant living in England, creates a new life for himself while trying to keep up appearances with his Muslim family. This moving, evocative drama costars renowned Romanian actress Maia Morgenstern and Game of Thrones’ Lino Facioli alongside newcomer Hora Savescu as Rahmi.
Professional forger Bill Butters realizes one day that the police are closing in on him, and convinces his daughter Peggy to flee.
In 1999 A.D., a legend of a zombie dug out of an ancient tomb spreads through a small town in Sichuan. A boy who accidentally becomes incontinent during swimming lessons is labeled a “little zombie” and subjected to collective humiliation. Instead of doing him justice, his teachers attributed it to his “unlikability”. Years later, he entered the entertainment industry as an actor, and his teacher died of blood cancer. In a dream, he meets his teacher, who wants to reconcile with him, but he is obsessed with how to become as “likeable” as his teacher asked him to be. With this in mind, he approaches some entertainment stars. It turns out that all of them live with their own scars, and not all of their hatred can be found in themselves. One of the stars teaches the man a spell that allows him to travel through time and space, to fight against the past, to be brave when courage is needed.
A woman on a journey through a crowd grapples with private and public revelation, repulsion, fear, personal safety, and the desire for basic human interaction.
Jūzō Itami's debut short film, concerning a group of unique young people in the high economic growth period who are into games with rubber band pistols.
A short film about Philip who dreams of becoming a model. At a casting he gets the chance to be photographed with the well-known model Sebastiaan; they fall in love. During the photo shoot, Philip pushes his limits more and more in order to keep the photographer's interest. Philip and Sebastiaan lose control of the situation when Philip is doing everything he can just to be able to stay in front of the camera.
After traveling hundreds of miles, a woman must wait another twenty-four hours before she can get an abortion.
A remixed narrative that combines two Jake Gyllenhaal films (Donnie Darko and Jarhead) with news footage of former President Barack Obama.
Jack is the fastidious manager of a local supermarket. The harmless but disruptive actions of his customers frequently give him headaches, which he remedies by holding a can of frozen juice against his forehead. At home, however, Jack is consistently kind, loving, and patient with his wife and daughter. One day the child brings home a stray dog, and his life is turned upside down.
The boyfriend of a handsome photographer tries to deal with his jealousy after finding nude photos he took of a gorgeous model.
Javier and Andrés get involved in a crime; together they'll face the doubts that will take them into making a decision that will change their lives forever.
Amanda struggles to keep something inside as she spends the day taking pictures of her best friend.
“Are you a man or a mouse?” asks the bandy trainer? Viggo answers with doubt but the team chant “MEN!”. After training, Viggo and Noel go home to Noel’s house and have a sauna. The friends start to compete on who is most manly, a tough competition where no-one really wants to be tough.
A young man who works in a gift shop becomes friends with a former Nordiques player.
An employee is surprised at the flattering attention he's getting from his boss. Will this ruin the relationship?
After being 'talent scouted' outside of an ice cream store, teen cousins Jess and Stella find themselves enslaved in the illicit world of sex trafficking.