• Joost van Ginkel – 170 Hz (2011)

    2011-2020DramaJoost van GinkelNetherlandsRomance

    The Story: 170 Hz is a film about unconditional love and the freedom that goes with it. Nick and Evy are two adolescents who fall hopelessly in love with each other. Their love has no voice or sound as they are both deafmute. They have their own ways of communicating with each other, so while being in love already makes them stand apart from the rest of the world, in the splendid isolation of their soundless love they distance themselves from their surroundings even more. When they sense that their parents do not fully agree with them being together, they develop an audacious plan: they will flee and hide in a special place, where Evy will become pregnant and have a baby – they are convinced that once they have a child together nothing and nobody will be able to keep them apart. Nick takes the initiative and drives off with Evy to the hiding place he has meticulously prepared, the wreck of a former Soviet submarine in a distant part of the harbour…Read More »

  • Terje Toomistu – Nõukogude hipid AKA Soviet Hippies (2017)

    2011-2020DocumentaryEstoniaTerje Toomistu

    The hippie movement that captivated hundreds of thousands of young people in the West had a profound impact on the other side of the Iron Curtain. Within the Soviet system, a colorful crowd of artists, musicians, freaks, vagabonds and other long-haired drop-outs created their own system, which connected those who believed in peace, love, and freedom for their bodies and souls.Read More »

  • John Derek – Love You (1980)

    1971-1980CampEroticaJohn DerekUSA

    Charlie (Annette Haven) is a beautiful, but reserved young woman. When her husband Steve (Wade Nichols) arranges for them another couple to spend a romantic weekend together on a secluded section of California beach, it becomes clear to Charlie that in order for her to enjoy true pleasure, she will have to break free of her reserved shell.Read More »

  • Heiny Srour – The Singing Sheikh (1991)

    1991-2000DocumentaryEgyptHeiny SrourShort Film

    Quote:
    Sheikh Imam or Imam Mohammad Ahmad Eissa, born in 1918, is known in the Arab world for his songs critical of the ruling class. Considered the voice of the oppressed, he was banned from state television and radio, and was imprisoned many times, including in 1974 during the visit of President Nixon.Read More »

  • Marco Ferreri – Storia di Piera AKA The Story of Piera (1983)

    1981-1990DramaItalyMarco FerreriRomance

    This erotic drama about the incestuous relationship of a mother and daughter is based on the autobiography of Italian theater actress Piera Degli Esposti.Read More »

  • Takaharu Saeki – Doro inu AKA The Desperate (1964)

    Drama1961-1970Film NoirJapanTakaharu Saeki

    Quote:
    A noir drama depicting the downfall of a veteran detective who hates evil and falls into its depths. Sugai (Oki Minoru), who is said to be a demon detective, indulges in lust with Chiyo (Hara Chisako), the mistress of a man who was arrested for extortion, and takes advantage of her weakness. However, as his colleague Tokumochi (Hisashi Igawa) and others look at him with suspicion, he is tormented by remorse.
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  • Andrzej Zulawski – La Femme publique AKA The Public Woman (1984)

    Drama1981-1990Andrzej ZulawskiFrance

    Quote:
    An inexperienced young actress is invited to play a role in a film based on Dostoyevsky’s ‘The Possessed’. The film director, a Czech immigrant in Paris, takes over her life, and in a short time she is unable to draw the line between acting and reality. She winds up playing a real-life role posing as the dead wife of another Czech immigrant, who is manipulated by the filmmaker into committing a political assassination.Read More »

  • Constantine Giannaris – Dekapentavgoustos AKA One Day in August (2001)

    2001-2010Constantine GiannarisDramaGreece

    Press Release
    August in Athens. A time to escape. The summer is coming to an end. In the city center, the residents of a threestorey apartment building are preparing to get away for a few days. Through the eyes of a 17-year-old burglar who breaks into empty apartments, we catch a glimpse of the “dark side”, people’s hidden desires; we violate the secrets of the main characters and wait to see whether dreams become reality. Three apartments, three parallel stories, three takes on the daily life of a handful of people and the miracles they pray for. – Thessaloniki International Film FestivalRead More »

  • Pete Walker – School for Sex (1969)

    Pete Walker1961-1970ComedyEroticaUnited Kingdom

    Plot:
    British Sexploitation/Sex Comedy. Lord Wingate, aquitted after appearing in court for fraud, starts up a ‘finishing school’ to teach girls how to extract money from rich men, in return for a percentage of their gains. He enlists the help of the Duchess of Burwood (Alcoholic Aristocrat played by Rose Alba) as a teacher and Hector (Cockney Geezer played by Nosher Powell) as fitness instructor. A probation officer friend supplies the first batch of pupils fresh from Holloway prison via a clapped out old mini bus. Suspicious neighbours and police together with newspaper reports naming the prison girls now hobnobbing in high society results in a raid and new court appearance for Lord Wingate. The Judge sentences him but plots to start up his own ‘school for sex’.Read More »

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