American Stories: Food, Family and Philosophy(1989)

Golden Eighties(fr)

Three young women at a hair salon all like the son of the clothing store proprietors across the mall. Although Robby is selfish and shallow, he's appealing to Lili, the salon's manager, who's trendy and also the salon-owner's moll; to Mado, who's innocent and sweet; and to Pascale, who's intelligent but passive and downcast. Robby's dad tells him to grow up and see beyond the mercurial Lili, so he proposes suddenly to Mado. She's delighted, but the day before the wedding, Lili returns to give Robby another look. In the background, a Yank who was a soldier in France in World War II returns to Paris and tries to recapture the love of his wartime sweetheart, Robby's mom.

The Burning Mill(nl)

Annie falls in love with a circus clown, but her circus-hating father forbids their romance. Until a fire breaks out...

JHVH(hu)

Juli's mother is a strict religious person and she's forcing Juli to practice and follow her religious beliefs. The question is if here is an opportunity to break out from the world of this strict religion.

This Is My Moon(si)

Set in a Northern border village during the Sri Lankan Civil War, a Sinhalese soldier meets a Tamil girl in the battlefield. The soldier leaves the army with the girl, and goes back to his village. The arrival of the Tamil girl into this predominantly Sinhala village causes a stir within the community, where they collectively decide to send her to a refugee camp. "This is My Moon" is a controversial examination of village life, where rural myths are shattered to reveal a deeper reality of a society torn apart by war.

The File(ko)

The news anchor 'Soo-gyeong' unexpectedly meets up with her childhood friend 'Mi-soo'. Back when they were teenagers, they went to the baseball park and disappeared without a trace leaving only Soo-gyeong's painful memories of Mi-soo. And now, meeting Mi-soo again the once lively young girl has become someone completely different. Passing time together with her boyfriend 'Dong-min' Mi-soo's strange attitude starts to worry Soo-gyeong so that she pushes herself away and worries about how close Mi-soo and Dong-min have become...

Jimmy Cobb, Larry Coryell, Joey DeFrancesco - Tribute to Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery(it)

Timeslip(en)

An atomic scientist is found floating in a river with a bullet in his back and a radioactive halo around his body. The radioactivity has put him seven-and-a-half seconds ahead of us in time. He teams up with a reporter to stop his evil double from destroying his experiments in artificial tungsten.

Lana: Queen of the Amazons(de)

A scientist and his nephew are hosts of Lana, queen of the Amazons, while other crew men try to find and take hold of the legendary Amazons' treasure.

Eternity(mr)

A woman pushes against social mores by asserting her right to sexual fulfillment.

Geliebter Schatz(de)

1943 German film.

The Return of Dracula(en)

Hammer-inspired film made entirely using British Sign Language.

Bluebeard's Granddaughter(it)

Baldo is an enterprising young man looking for fortune. He responds to the mysterious Lucrezia's marriage announcement and decides to go to her town to meet her. Here Baldo meets a series of less than reassuring people who try to dissuade him from meeting Lucrezia about whom various suspicions hover.

Murder in My House(en)

A retired lawyer and his daughter investigates a murder that had taken place in their new home. However, the two are unaware of the the dangers they are uncovering with each step closer to the truth.

The Bride(sh)

The story of a young woman courted by numerous suitors which she turned down, to eventually choose an unexpected fiancé

Night and Fog in Zona(zh)

Korean film critic Jeong Sung-il’s camera explores the work of Wang Bing, a Chinese director who won international fame with his film Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks. Jeong’s attempt to pry into Wang’s filmmaking secrets leads to the question: “What is film?”

Gedobo(ja)

Mashiba works hard for a group called Wakagashira's However, Mashiba was not satisfied with the people who loban, including the boss, who were blinded by money and had no humanity. One day, he meets a monk doing alms on the street. With that encounter, Mashiba's destiny begins to change.

Panique au ministère(fr)

Tower XYZ(en)

Accompanied by a lilting soundtrack, characters wander through London's concrete jungle as the narrator reflects on the current state of the city and her imagined future.

On Dangerous Ground(en)

A big-city cop is reassigned to the country after his superiors find him too angry to be an effective policeman. While on his temporary assignment he assists in a manhunt of a suspected murderer.

Empire of Silver(zh)

In 1899, Lord Kang must decide which of his three sons will take over his family's Chinese banking empire. When circumstances dictate that he appoint his unreliable youngest son, family bonds are pushed to the limit as father and son clash in a climate of political turmoil. Winner of the Special Jury Award at the 2009 Shanghai International Film Festival.

Cairo Time(en)

In Cairo on her own as she waits for her husband, Juliette finds herself caught in a whirlwind romance with his friend Tareq, a retired cop. As Tareq escorts Juliette around the city, they find themselves in the middle of a brief affair that catches them both unawares.

I Can't Think Straight(en)

Tala, a London-based Palestinian, is preparing for her elaborate Middle Eastern wedding when she meets Leyla, a young British Indian woman who is dating her best friend. Spirited Christian Tala and shy Muslim Leyla could not be more different from each other, but the attraction is immediate and goes deeper than friendship. But Tala is not ready to accept the implications of the choice her heart has made for her and escapes back to Jordan, while Leyla tries to move on with her new-found life, to the shock of her tradition-loving parents. As Tala's wedding day approaches, simmering tensions come to boiling point and the pressure mounts for Tala to be true to herself.

Foreign Bodies(fr)

During his rehabilitation in a municipal swimming pool, a man has to learn how to cope with his new body though he is not ready to accept it. The physiotherapist accompanying him will try to bridge the distance that the man maintains both with his body and the swimming pool environment.

The Garden(de)

In the summer of 1976, a shared family yard becomes the setting, as the adults bicker over selling the garden and the kids are free to explore the mysterious neighboring lot. Then they hear about a girl that has disappeared...

Separate We Come, Separate We Go(en)

Separate We Come, Separate We Go is the story of a 10-year-old girl, Thea who escapes her bleak domestic life to find sanctuary in the surreal desert landscape of Dungeness. Roaming around the barren skeletons of boats and abandoned fishing huts, she is increasingly aware of her loneliness and vulnerability. Seemingly out of nowhere a man (David Thewlis) appears; she is so intrigued by him she defies all lessons taught about strangers and approaches him. As they walk and talk she discovers he is a widower and has lost his son; she realises she is not alone in experiencing loss. He notices her sadness and unusual maturity and decides to help lift her out of her melancholy. Through the metaphor of the freedom of flying birds, he shows her that life does have exciting possibilities. This redemptive story shows that in life you should not allow fear to limit your horizons.

Adolescence(en)

A teenager from an abusive household falls in love with a free-spirited runaway that leads him into the fast-lane lifestyle of drugs and addiction which threatens to destroy him.

The Sex Files: Digital Sex(en)

A pair of thieves break into an FBI warehouse and steal a virtual reality device that can record and replay sexual experiences.

Mourning Recipe(ja)

A widower and his daughter deal with the death of the man's wife.

Sleepover LA(en)

An innocent tourist travels to LA and unexpectedly conjures her sister's last night alive. Bold score, stylized dance and an eccentric cast, shot at The Standard Hotel, weave a dark and luminous film that revamps traditional narrative.

Love Letter(ja)

A sad and troubled man finds a new job five years after the end of WWII, where he writes love letters for other people.

One Fine Morning(fr)

With a father suffering from neurodegenerative disease, a young woman lives with her eight-year-old daughter. While struggling to secure a decent nursing home, she runs into an unavailable friend with whom she embarks on an affair.

Back Home(fr)

The prodigal son of a family in turmoil returns home to his French rural home to reconnect with his family and make sense of their dysfunctions.

Tiger(fr)

Sabine and Natacha are 22. They live ‘here’, in the sticks, next door to each other. One day, Natacha has an opportunity: leave ‘here’ to go ‘over there’, thus abandoning Sabine. This act of treason will prove fatal.

Greencard Warriors(en)

The tragic struggle of an undocumented Latino family in Los Angeles after they have sent their eldest son to war.

June R(ta)

June R, an orphan, was born in the month of June, for which she was named. She works in an advertising agency. One day she happens to come across a middle-aged woman hurt badly in an accident.

Patong Girl(de)

German family Schroeder is spending their Christmas holidays on the Thai island, Phuket. Of all the things, deep within the sleazy tourist bars and alleys of Patong, the youngest son Felix falls in love with a gorgeous Thai girl Fai who in return appears to mutually attracted to him.

Strike!(en)

In the 1960s, a group of friends at an all girls school learn that their school is going to be combined with a nearby all boys school. They concoct a plan to save their school while dealing with everyday problems along the way.