2000s

  • Ahsan Muzid – Sonam (2007)

    Ahsan Muzid2001-2010AsianDramaIndia

    This film deals with polyandry in a small society called Brokpas, a society of “Yak Shephards” who live in the mountain slopes of the Himalayan range. It is a custom in the region where a wife can have more than one husband. The director deals directly with the unique labyrinthine situation when the husband offers to accept the lover of his wife as a co-husband. The presence of the new husband catapulted the first husband out and he becomes very lonely. And the film slowly reveals the firm bonding of the natural pair-bond that exist between the men and women. Sonam, the wife of the duo slowly and silently starts suffering due to the body and mind complex. Being a believer of Buddhism she indulges herself a total and ultimate atonement in her own death.Read More »

  • Nikos Nikolaidis – O Hamenos ta Pairnei Ola AKA The Loser Takes All (2002)

    Nikos Nikolaidis2001-2010ActionDramaGreece

    Synopsis:
    A lonely Man in his 40’s wanders with a canary named Belafonte, cigarettes, beers and pills to keep him company… He has no future and no present, only a past, a cloudy mind, poor health and a face that cops love to hate. Not to mention his obsession with “the Apocalypse of John”…
    The Man roams the city’s streets, amongst the “women of his life”. Tough chicks, casual flings, dark nights, filthy bars and strip joints, shady activities, and small hopes…
    He works, when he wants or needs to, for “Fatty” a corrupted detective.
    He steals, when he wants or needs to, from the usual known-unknown people that cross his path. Then, he meets the 19 year-old Kid…
    The Man finds a companion in the face of the Kid, who is willing to follow his escapades without asking too much…Read More »

  • Roger Grolimund – Deuteronomium – Der Tag des jüngsten Gerichts (2004)

    2001-2010HorrorRoger GrolimundSwitzerland

    A loser for whom everything always goes wrong finds purpose in life when an entity claiming to be an angel begins ordering him to smite sinners.Read More »

  • Takeshi Kitano – Kantoku · Banzai! AKA Glory to the Filmmaker! (2007)

    Takeshi Kitano2001-2010ArthouseComedyJapan
    Kantoku · Banzai! (2007)
    Kantoku · Banzai! (2007)

    Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he’s a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete his latest project.Read More »

  • Ali Samadi Ahadi & Oliver Stoltz – Lost Children (2005)

    Ali Samadi Ahadi2001-2010DocumentaryGermanyOliver Stoltz

    For nearly 20 years a civil war raged in northern Uganda – The rebels of the LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army) were waging a bloody guerilla campaign. They abducted children and conscripted them as soldiers, forcing them to kill their own people. The film Lost Children documents the lives of four children, from 8 to 14 years old, who successfully escaped the LRA.Read More »

  • Fu-chun Hsu – Meng you xia wei yi AKA Holiday Dreaming (2004)

    2001-2010ComedyFu-chun HsuTaiwan
    Meng you xia wei yi (2004)
    Meng you xia wei yi (2004)

    Plot
    Ah-Zhou, who is about to be honorably discharged from the military service, has a surreal dream. In the dream he sees the dead body of Shing-Shing Chen, a classmate in elementary school from years back. Is this dream implying that Shing-Shing Chen might have died? Soon afterwards, Ah-Zhou gets an unexpected five-day vacation and decides to look for Shing-Shing Chen. Nevertheless, he quickly learns that the special vacation is for him and another soon-to-be-discharged solider, Xiao-Gui, to go after a deserter, Kuen-He, who ran away with weapons two days ago. Both of them are worried about this assignment because they, the old birds, used to pick on Kuen-He, a spring chicken. And Kuen-He is now a deserter, armed and dangerous.Read More »

  • Andy Wolk – Deliberate Intent (2000)

    1991-2000Andy WolkDramaThrillerUSA
    Deliberate Intent (2000)
    Deliberate Intent (2000)

    A First Amendment scholar is recruited by an attorney to sue a publishing company after a hit man commits a triple murder by allegedly following a how-to manual the book company published. They set out to put the company on trial for providing blueprints for would-be murderers. Arguing that the publisher is not protected by the First Amendment, the crusading lawyers seek monetary damages for the victims’ families.Read More »

  • Fatih Akin – Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul (2005) (HD)

    Fatih Akin2001-2010DocumentaryTurkey
    Crossing the Bridge The Sound of Istanbul (2005)
    Crossing the Bridge The Sound of Istanbul (2005)

    Synopsis:
    Award-winning director Fatih Akin takes us on a journey through Istanbul, the city that bridges Europe and Asia, and challenges familiar notions of east and west. He looks at the vibrant musical scene which includes traditional Turkish music plus rock and hip-hop.Read More »

  • Cristian Nemescu – Mihai si Cristina AKA Mihai and Cristina- Life Stories (2001)

    Cristian Nemescu2001-2010RomaniaShort Film
    Mihai si Cristina (2001)
    Mihai si Cristina (2001)

    A sexually unexperienced teenager, decides one night to pay a visit to Cristina, one of his classmates, with whom he is madly in love. On the way, he goes through a series of adventures that change him completely.Read More »

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