Some outstanding women of Iranian cinema in every field (director, actress, scriptwriter, editor, photographer, etc) express their career, their fight, as well as their points of view toward the cultural, social, political and cinematic histories of their country.
The film denounces the popular practice of witchcraft. Some impostors are able to deceive the villagers into believing that their Sheikh had murdered one of his disciples after discovering he had an affair with his wife. The Sheikh is driven from the village.
One summer night, 14 year old Shelley impulsively commits a horrific crime. Stunned, she and her boyfriend try to comprehend what has occurred and what they should do next. Her life has changed forever.
Petek is very versatile and is experimenting with all possible formats, the Zagreb film school of animation-influenced parts, the quasi SF childish games, the color splashes, the psychedelic timbres, the pop art/ collage experiments and a swirl of other 60s gestures.
Victoire is soon going to be thrown out of her place. Taking advantage of the prolonged absence of a neighbor, she breaks into her apartment. She settles in on the fifth floor and begins to lead a secretive, anonymous life.
Lakha comes from a family of bird catchers, but questions the value of catching birds. He, and the older Bhushan, sell their caged birds to the local dealer.
Director Treva Wurmfeld captures an indelible portrait of the complex relationship between playwright/actor Sam Shepard and his close friend Johnny Dark as they prepare forty years of their correspondence for publication, stirring up old memories both good and bad.
Small-scale sensitive film about a 13-year-old boy from the beautifully portrayed Uzbek mountain region of Baisun. His elder brother has left for the West and the boy regards the traditional responsibility he has for his sister-in-law as a burden.
Wofaa (Soad Hosny) escapes from Cairo because her husband went to prison, She moves to her husband’s remote desert area with her teenage daughter (Mirna Waleed) and her sister-in-law (Youssra).
Jakub lets himself be arrested and put in jail instead of the “sheriff” of their gang. He hopes the “sheriff” will appreciate his gesture. This belief gives him the strength to stand the unbearable conditions in the reform institution.
The earliest known film to feature Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective character Sherlock Holmes, albeit in a form unlike that of later screen incarnations. The inclusion of the character also makes it the first recorded detective film. -WIkipedia
Shifty, a young crack cocaine dealer in London, sees his life quickly spiral out of control when his best friend returns home.
Cambodia in 1972. For the naïve, mesmerized Cambodian young child telling this story, the black soldier who was taken prisoner was not an enemy, but merely an animal that needs to be taken care of.
There are investigators searching on a wasteland. Imprisoned and bound by rope, a mother and child lay in darkness. Investigators begin to dig a hole in the ground…
In a small room in a hotel in Central Asia, young Alex tries to get his memory back and to confront the chaos that troubles the country. A chief of the French Secret Service and a neurologist keep him company. Little by little, snatches of the past rise to the surface.
Reflections, recollections and thoughts from the front seat of an automobile. Thoughts and reflections are common occurrences when driving in traffic.
Shin Suk-gi Blues is about a smarmy corporate lawyer who magically switches bodies with a pro bono defense attorney with the same name.
An isolated orphanage, called the ‘House of Angels’. The director religiously brainwashes the children into believing that eating is a shameful thing. Among the children, Shin Sung-il is the most exemplary who tries hardest to follow the doctrine, but is also the most chubby.