In the charming small town of Buckhannon, WV, Hank the Christmas Elf returns to bring the holiday spirit to life by organizing a community production of The Nutcracker. With the help of a lively dance studio owner and the town's enthusiastic mayor, Hank aims to create a festive event that will unite everyone and rekindle the joy of the season.
A musician's quest for rock 'n roll glory takes him from the bars of Toronto to the clubs of London, but after eight years chasing a deal, he's sick of the trend-crazy music business and turns to solitary songwriting. Now, twenty years later, the mysterious tunesmith emerges from his parents' basement with DIY flair and a power-pop masterpiece he believes will change everything. Is the world still waiting for Harkness?
A close mother-daughter relationship is put to test by the extreme right-wing rise in Brazil. As the distance between them grows into an abyss, the mother decides to try to bring them together, but not by using words... using a camera.
Decades after a nuclear war, a group of wastelanders live in a run-down shack they call "Bailey Manor". When one of them winds up dead, foul play is suspected and the evening descends into a cacophony of violence, psychological warfare, and fancy dinner parties.
Noah, from a wealthy family, has faced immense personal tragedy. His mother’s suicide after discovering his father's affair deeply scarred him. Later, Noah’s lover Ian disappeared, and an accident left him with a permanent leg injury, ending his acting career. Resentful and bitter, he struggles with his past. After his mother's death, his father remarried Eliza, who favored her son Justin, worsening Noah's resentment. Noah despises his father's quick remarriage and his strained relationship with the family. When Eliza tries to set Noah up with Jared, he refuses, disgusted by Jared's character. Meanwhile, Noah plans to sabotage Justin's arranged marriage to Ivan, aiming to seduce Ivan and steal him away. Ivan, who has no romantic feelings for Justin, secretly engages in an affair with Noah, keeping their relationship hidden. Noah finds satisfaction in the secret betrayal.
One man's attempts to defeat the tortures of his own mindscape come to a head in the midst of a game of poker, when a mysterious figure interjects the flow of things and everything takes a turn for the worst. As the audience and the protagonist experience the same horrors it leads them to ask the question - who's bluffing? Written and directed by Santino Benedetto, DB was brought to life by him and his fellow filmmaker and life long friend Thomas Dylan Gracey.
Healing Forest, SUGi’s first short film, tells the story of an unprecedented collaboration between SUGi and the Yakama Nation community. This short film brings the forest's remarkable growth and nourishing power to life. As you watch the film, you enter the forest and become part of a movement to partner with Tribal communities to weave a renewed sense of healing and possibility across the First Nations of the United States.
François is NordTV's star presenter. He is always accompanied by his cameraman sidekick, Tony. They ring people's doorbells to offer them the chance to win 10,000 euros if they find a lighter in their partner's color.
On a December day "LittleBird" receives an invitation from a classmate. The decorations, the songs and the festive air are the setting for this sad story in which a shy fifteen-year-old experiences the night of her first time.
Riccardo Chailly inaugurates the 2024-2025 Opera Season with a new production of La forza del destino, conducting his ninth Verdi title at La Scala. Leo Muscato will direct yet another cast of extraordinary prestige. A complex opera in terms of dramaturgy, first performed in St. Petersburg in 1862 and debuting in its final form at La Scala in 1869 with the creation of the famous overture, La forza del destino offers some of the most memorable Verdi melodies. It has been absent from the programme since the Verdi centennial in 2001, when it was brought to La Scala by the artists of the Mariinsky Theatre of St. Petersburg; the La Scala Orchestra and Choir have not performed it since 1999.