Lane 9

Kālewa(en)

In the future, a Hawaiian astronaut makes the next great leap for his planet, his family, and himself. Tonight is his last chance.

Rate Me(en)

A portrait of teen escort, 'Coco'.

The Crime Doctor's Courage(en)

A criminal psychiatrist investigates the murder of a two-time widower.

Rosamunde Pilcher: Der Mann meiner Träume(de)

Search Light(ja)

A suburban town where searchlights illuminate the sky. A seemingly ordinary high school girl, she was forced to live a hard life with her sick mother.

My Friend Ganesha(hi)

Ashu (8 year old son)and the parents of the boy are too involved in their daily lives and hence cannot give much time to the boy who always feels lonely. He would only get to be with the maid. On one rainy day the boy saves a drowning mouse and saves his life. He brings the small mouse home and tells the maid about it. She is very happy and tells the boy that he has saved Lord Ganesha's pet ride.

Natalia Nikolaevna(es)

Natalia Nikolaevna lives 400 km from Havana, in the city where the first nuclear power plant would be built in Cuba. He arrived 20 years ago from the USSR, to be reunited with her husband and work as an opera singer. In 1992, he began the great crisis, known as the Special Period. Natalia divorced, and rooted in the place gradually discovered him as the most hostile of spaces. Single mother without job opportunities, invented their own stage-a park-, their own -the spectators tourists- and their own livelihood: what gave him for his arias.

Rugged Bear(en)

It's a peaceful day in a national forest...until hunting season begins at which point all the bears hide out in a cave but one bear, Humphrey, doesn't make it. He hides out in a cabin and, seeing hunter Donald Duck approaching, hides the bearskin rug in a trunk and takes its place. Masquerading as the rug tends to be an unpleasant experience for Humphrey as Donald opens nuts and bottles in his mouth and washes him in the washer/dryer among other things. Finally, when hunting season ends and Donald leaves, Humphrey is relieved but makes a startling discovery.

The Translator(en)

Shelley Prendiville (Jessie Urbania) has taken a job as a host for the acclaimed Spanish actress Sofia Santana (Jenasis Serrano) while she’s in the U.S. to discuss her role in a movie. She is also going to be her translator during her meeting with the producer (Henry Gelinas). However, Shelley’s Spanish skills are far less impressive than she’d like to admit and Sofia is less than thrilled about her incompetence.

Holiday Hookers(it)

Madame is running a high class escort (and prostitution) service. She wants to quit the business as soon as she makes enough money to make her dreams come true. However, the relationship with her girls is deteriorating.

Toonstone(en)

The story takes place in 1870 in the Wild West and revolves around a country musician named Dalton who takes a job as the sheriff of Toonstone to support his livelihood as he chases outlaws, aliens and his ultimate dream... his music.

Like a Bat Outta Hell(en)

Four documentary filmmakers find themselves in Nowhere Else, population 2, in the Australian outback, where the one remaining resident rents them trailers and warns them not to wander around outside at night. After stealing a book on cryptozoology from their host, the filmmakers get an idea of what they're dealing with. But will they heed the warning or risk getting something extraordinary on film?

Elle(fr)

A man and a woman both witness a car crash. They start talking and she takes him back to her apartment. A surprise awaits him there, as the apartment has a second occupant: ‘Her’.

South of the Border: Caliente(en)

The salsa runs hot as these lusty Latinas show you the true meaning of la vida loca. The sun drenched, lush locations of Central America provide the perfect setting for your glamorous cover models to share their intimate, erotic moments, showing all they have to offer ... and then some.

Grande Muralha(pt)

The Yellow Bank(zh)

A short documentary that captures the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century, The Yellow Bank takes you on a contemplative boat ride across the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China. Filmmaker J.P. Sniadecki, who lived and worked in Shanghai nine years earlier, uses the eclipse as a catalyst to explore the way weather, light, and sound affect the urban architectural environment during this extremely rare phenomenon.