After a year’s absence of his father, son tries to reconcile with him on a solitary trip to the family mountain hut. The more he tries, the more distant his father becomes. When a sunny day is suddenly disrupted by heavy rain, son fears this might have something to do with his father. Can he find the strength to see the truth before the flood arrives?
Shot in the Balkan wilderness, an exploration of mysterious ruins that over the centuries have been known to trigger trances. A visceral experience composed of hypnagogic visions and raw energy.
Green Days by the River is one of the most best-loved works of Caribbean literature. Written by lauded Trinidadian author Michael Anthony in 1967, the book illuminates the formative years of a boy growing up on the island. This coming of age story has enthralled readers all over the world for decades, and it is now being brought to life . For the first time, this beloved tale will be brought to film screens, introducing a whole new generation to the wonder of a country and a boy on the cusp of great change. This film seeks to break new ground in Caribbean film-making, showcasing the rich talent and boundless promise of our people.
An enthusiastic three year old child is playing in the grocery store and doesn't wanna leave. Then his young and tired mom just leaves the store without him.
Every individual confronts fundamental questions about the nature of reality, self-identity, and elusive happiness, yet few make these their life goal. An international group of students have traveled to a monastery in a remote area of southern India with the single purpose of discovering these answers. GURUKULAM is a journey into their lives, a wisdom tradition, and the contemplative space in which it is carried.
Pankaj is a small-town theatre actor with dreams of making it big in Mumbai. But faced with obligations to his family, which is under a deep financial strain post the lockdown, he is forced to weigh his dreams and make a choice.
A woman is locked in her home with an egg, which she is both attracted to and scared of. She eats the egg, she repents. She kills it. She lets the egg die of hunger. EGG is a poetic short film based on a small yet significant moment of the director’s own life. It portrays a moment of shame, defeat and yet of victory.
The film centers on a pair of young lovers; Bapiste is more than ready to have sex with his girlfriend Josette, but she refuses, arguing that when they are married they can have all the sex they would like. Meanwhile, powerful Hutu leaders have had enough of Tutsi rebels and call on all Hutus to kill their Tutsi neighbors. As chaos breaks out, the Tutsis flee and the lovers are separated. Josette and her family find solace in a Catholic church run by a sadistic priest. The Catholic Church, the state, and the French army look the other way as bloodshed ensues. Josette is taken as a "wife" by the priest and repeatedly raped. When the Belgian army sent in to protect the church is called away on an emergency, the Hutus attack and massacre hundreds of women and children. Josette miraculously survives, but she is only a husk of the woman that she was. As the Tutsis regroup, they exact terrible revenge.
Paul Goodman, whose best-selling 'Growing Up Absurd' made him the philosopher of the New Left in the 1960s, was also a brilliant poet, out queer (and family man) in the 1940s, radical pacifist and visionary. His ideas and stubborn integrity helped many find a moral compass in the '60's -- and can do so again today.
A loving wife is the primary caregiver for her blind husband who is confined to their apartment, while she is hiding a dark secret from him in plain sight.
The Draft is an award-winning documentary play that explores the tumult of the Vietnam era through the real-life stories of 10 young Americans — eight men and two women — whose lives were shaped and forever changed by the military draft in the U.S. during this period. Dramatically enhanced by archival photos, film clips, and music, the play chronicles the choices these ten individuals made when confronted with the draft and the impact of those choices then and since.
Chen Yanan, whose love life had taken a turn for the worse, found herself stranded alone on a remote island. While struggling to survive on the island, she rescued a trapped German Shepherd dog (Xiao Ba). On the island, Chen Yanan faced numerous dangers, all of which were averted by Xiao Ba. On one occasion, Xiao Ba was kidnapped by savages while trying to rescue Chen Yanan, prompting Chen Yanan to risk her life to save Xiao Ba. In her moment of desperation...