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 »
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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 »
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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 »
Is today’s fanaticism tomorrow’s policy? In a West Bank settlement, Rabbi Meltzer has a grand design: he’s building a movement “to pray at the Temple Mount.” His yeshiva has scholars, and the settlement is getting its own military company to be commanded by Menachem, a disciple of the rabbi. He also wants his daughter, Michal, to marry Pini, the yeshiva’s best scholar. Michal has no interest in Pini, but she is attracted to Menachem. When she rebuffs Pini, he hatches a bold and secret plan. Is jealousy the motivation or something else? Meanwhile, the army and Mossad are closely watching the rabbi’s activities and Menachem’s military training. Who is trustworthy?Read More »
An obese Police Inspector traumatized by a childhood incident falls in love with a murder suspect.Read More »
A fiancée lost on the streets of Istanbul, a man who sets out to find the truth. Escape or love? The fate of the duo is written in Istanbul.
1 win, 13 nominations.Read More »
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Follows a female student in Tehran who was hanged for murder. She had acted in self-defense against a rapist. For a pardon and after seven years in prison, she would have had to retract her testimony.Tehran, July 2007: Reyhaneh Jabbari, 19, has a business meeting with a new client. When he tries to rape her, she stabs him in self-defense. Later that day, she is arrested for murder. Her trial results in a death penalty sentence. Thanks to personal and secretly recorded videos provided by Reyhaneh’s family, their testimonies and the letters written by Reyhaneh in prison, the film retraces the fate of a woman who becomes a symbol of resistance and women’s rights even beyond the borders of Iran.Read More »
In the Seventeenth Century, while Hungary is fighting the Turks, the population of a small village in the Carpathian Mountains faces the evil Countess Elizabeth Bathory, accused of drinking and bathing in blood of virgin women. Count Thurzo imprisons the Countess in the tower of a monastery and brings her daughter to live with him. In the present days, Keith is writing a book about Countess Elizabeth Bathory and traveling through Hungary with his friends J.J. and Kim researching her life. While trying to find the monastery, he meets the gorgeous and seductive Elizabeth, who guides the trio to the place. Keith and Elizabeth fall in love for each other, and after a car accident, they have a supernatural journey with revelations and fatalities.Read More »
A serial killer, with a religious secret, captures four victims and plays a deadly game of Q & A. The winner is promised to come out alive from this “wreck” room where truth, sin and religious faith are the game of choice.Read More »