2001-2010

In her debut feature, which has drawn comparisons to late French masters Rohmer and Rouch, Letourneur insightfully and humorously portrays the seemingly quite happy daily life of a small group of bohemian girls living together on the left bank in what they call their “Ranch.” A tight-knit circle of 20-somethings, Lola, Pam, Manon, Chloé and Jude—all played by non professionals, and all friends in real life—are smart, somewhat naïve, and often temperamental, spending their days drinking, smoking, laughing, dancing, gossiping, and discussing their love lives, until each realizes they must break from the group to pursue their own lives.Read More »

Uncle Deshan (played by Sun Yunkun) lives in a national-level poverty-stricken county on the plateau, and he himself is a well-known poor household. On this day, deputy county magistrate Liu (played by Zhao Shenglin) came suddenly and left him some money before leaving, which caused a sensation in the whole village. The village head (played by Jiang Zhikun) found Deshan and told him that deputy county magistrate Liu had sent two imported sheep to him to raise them properly. As a result, Deshan’s family fed the two babies like their ancestors. After many days, the sheep were not fattened, and even a little of the family’s savings were used. Reporters from the county came to interview, and after seeing it in the newspapers, the leaders at all levels were very satisfied. The township head (played by Chen Dajiang) also conveyed the opinions of the county leaders, asking him to find a way to let the sheep have cubs. A day of special singing. Unexpectedly, when the ewe gave birth, the lamb died, which made the mayor very anxious…Read More »

Director Volker Koepp travels the Lithuanian shore on the border to the Russian enclave. Germans and Lithuanians have always lived here.Read More »

A film in several episodes with Bijan Daneshmand and Mania Akbari, exposing some of the issues of men and women within the confines of tradition and family life in Iran. Each episode displays a different form of male/female interaction. The placing of the actors in a moving vehicle or against a moving back drop signifies the movement of life despite all the obstacles in its way. The film deals with the roots of dependencies, limitations, power struggles and conflict that are the familiar stuff of life of couples in the Middle East.Read More »

To save his house from rising flood waters, an old man uses bricks to build it higher, then he relives events from his past while searching for his dropped pipe.Read More »

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The land between the Vistula, Volga, Baltic Sea, and Black Sea was known in ancient times as Sarmatia. German documentary filmmaker Volker Koepp travels through the region that is now Moldova, Belarus, Lithuania, and Ukraine. He follows the course of the great rivers to the Curonian Lagoon on the Baltic coast and paints a detailed picture of a region that has almost disappeared from our consciousness today. In the process, he meets protagonists from earlier films – and follows the poems of a man who explored and experienced the landscape himself: the German poet Johannes Bobrowski, who was born in Sarmatia and knows the country very well. Bobrowski explored the area on many journeys and with open eyes; he incorporated his impressions into his literary work.
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The movie approaches a subject that scares many: old age and death.

Marcel, who lives in the last floor of a declining building in a Paris suburb, has for constant company an immigrant neighbor (Amar).

In his floor lives a drug addicted – in the beginning of old age – whose end it is expected: death (or suicide?) from overdose.Read More »

Plot Synopsis:
James Parker uncovers the long forgotten film, ‘The Street Walker’. Desperate to make his mark and to prove his parents wrong, James endeavours to complete the unfinished movie, resulting in a murderous obsession. Delving into the past world of ‘snuff movies’ and the modern trials and tribulations of making it big, James’ genius and madness is captured on tape by friend and documentary maker Marcus. James descends so far in to the fantasy world that he is unable to untangle himself from the mystery he uncovers whilst resurrecting the film relic. For James, there is only one way out, and for some there will be no escape…Read More »

Synopsis:
First-time feature filmmaker Salif Traore follows in the footsteps of master filmmaker Ousmane Sembene with this drama that follows a ‘bastard’ who returns to his rural Mali village after being cast out many years back. Zanga (Fili Traoré) was born out of wedlock, making him a figure of scorn to the locals. Many years after being unceremoniously ejected from the village, Zanga returns wearing theRead More »