In the 1970’s, lesbians across the United States moved out to wild, untamed landscapes to build a world without men. Some of them never left. 50 years on, Beyond Eden follows some of the original Land Dykes as they grapple with ageing, mortality and the legacy of the Women’s Lands they dedicated their lives to building.
Zhou Xiaoting tried to use film as a love letter to say goodbye to her mother, while Han Xia wanted to prove her perfectionism. Each person has their own intentions and meaning when making a film, but they all face different challenges on their journey to becoming a director.
People accustomed to living in urban areas gradually lost touch with the primordial and in the reduced presence of civilization began to feel a certain anxiety. Darkness occupied the spaces, changing their content and essence, leaving the exposed observer completely alone. The atmosphere of the film creates a feeling of alienation that insists on the discomfort caused by the mere presence of darkness. The boundaries between the external world and inner fear are erased, and darkness becomes all-encompassing.
In the 1950s, thousands of “social guidance” films were shown to shape behavior according to traditional gender norms. “Nice Girls Don’t Ask” excavates footage from vintage educational films to cast a subversive but humorous lens on the proffered rules and expectations. What was the cost of this behavioral straitjacket for a generation of women? Is the pendulum creeping back?
Unable to come to terms with his father’s death, Rafał meets his murderer, 21-year-old Daniel, recently released from a juvenile detention center. As Daniel tries to rebuild his life, he teeters on the edge of homelessness and crime.
Paweł, a young boxer, and his half‑sister Julia inherit a flat, offering hope to leave the orphanage for their first real home. Their quest for stability tests their bond and confronts adult challenges.
MAZOHA, a lonely artist, shares thoughts and moments from his everyday life to show us that this is the way to achieve your dreams. What is this way? By always chasing them, dedicated to what you are truly pursuing. To express yourself.
Mrs. Ritsa, recently widowed, now lives in an empty house and the only reason she wakes up early in the morning is to go to KIFI. KIFI (Day Care Center for the Elderly) is a place where many elderly women gather for sous-vide, coffee and -most importantly- to keep each other company.
On a paradise island, not everything is as perfect as it seems. A found footage film made out of crime scene photographs discovered in a deserted police station in Croatia.
Amidst the serene landscape of the Angelohori lagoon, “To Spiti tou Fylaka tis Alykis" ("The Salt Keeper’s House") is a meeting point where the sounds of nature and music intertwine, revealing the inherent bond between nature, art and people.
To mark the 300th anniversary of the publication of Antonio Vivaldi's “Four Seasons,” violinist Théotime Langlois de Swarte and the ensemble Le Consort perform his most famous work in four iconic venues in Venice.
In China, over 69 million children have been left behind by their parents in their home villages while they migrate to big cities to survive. Qui Che (14) was left by his mother with his grandparents. He was 4 years old when his father tragically took his own life due to their financial situation. He grew up lonely with unbearable burdens to help his grandparents with farm work. He vents his difficulties by writing diaries that provide a glimpse into his inner world. His story reveals a personal journey filled with emotional, familial, and societal challenges, especially the absence of his mother, who returns home once in three years. The film is a microcosm of the universal migration tendencies around the world.
Đorđe Kadijević is an art historian, art critic, professor and one of the most important Yugoslav and Serbian film directors. He is a member of the "Black Wave", the most important film direction in Yugoslav cinematography. The film "Butterfly" is considered the first and most important horror film in Eastern Europe. And the TV series "Vuk Karadžić" received the highest award of European film directors, which was awarded to Kadijević by Umberto Eco