In Search of a Dream(1997)

Skeet(en)

After being released from prison, Billy Skinner returns to his low-income neighbourhood feeling like a fish out of water; the area has changed dramatically, and what was once a predominantly white neighbourhood is now mostly occupied by refugee families.

Vita Segreta di Maria Capasso(it)

Maria married an honest worker at a very young age, works as a part-time beautician and has three children. Her life is like many others in the working-class suburbs of Naples, where the daily struggle to make ends meet makes you get used to everything. When her husband is diagnosed with a terminal illness, Maria accepts the help of Gennaro, a rich owner of a car dealership. She lets him court her until she becomes his lover. One day he suggests that she become a business partner: he will transport a load of cocaine to Switzerland. Once she becomes a widow, her relationship with Gennaro will make her fall into a criminal vortex, which will finally allow her to experience new possibilities and fulfill old dreams. But the path chosen by Maria for her personal revenge will leave its inevitable victims in its wake, just like in a war that does not look anyone in the face.

Fatal Fix(it)

A microcosm of people lost in search of an artificial happiness, which leads them to steal and prostitute themselves for the short ecstasy of a squirt of heroin in the veins. Marco and Pina live in this world of drugs, prostitution and violence, and they must fight for their survival. One day one of their friend dies during a holdup. Marco and Pina are helpless and will do anything to escape, but fate does not want a similar world. Between bites of heroin and sidewalk they are in a deadly trance.

9 Songs(en)

Matt, a young glaciologist, soars across the vast, silent, icebound immensities of the South Pole as he recalls his love affair with Lisa. They meet at a mobbed rock concert in a vast music hall - London's Brixton Academy. They are in bed at night's end. Together, over a period of several months, they pursue a mutual sexual passion whose inevitable stages unfold in counterpoint to nine live-concert songs.

The Ways We Love(es)

Mateo and Lucía are moving abroad. The day before leaving, Mateo reunites with his lifelong friend, Dionisio, to spend one last summer afternoon together. However, as their inevitable goodbye inches closer, Mateo begins to perceive a series of strange events. In particular, he begins to hear a goat's bleat…

Pink Ladies(en)

Mickey, an impressionable youth enticed by the realm of money and narcotics, finds himself in possession of an enigmatic, unreleased product. The intoxicating allure of this substance creates a profound unforgivable dilemma that weighs on Mickey's conscience, as he grapples with the various individuals looking to exploit his newfound position.

Swaarangi(ur)

Salma is not happy with her husband Jamal due to his drug addiction. Zaryaab tries to keep Jamal in this habit because he set some goals for himself. Zaryaab cannot achieve his goals without the help of Saieen. Jamal cross all the limits to get drugs regularly.

The Hard Part(en)

When his best friend pushes him to try out for the local musical, Charlie decides to take his shot, but things start to get messy when his drug lord dad intervenes.

Kuppathu Raja(ta)

A story about the relationship between the slum dwellers in Chennai and how certain anti-social elements create unrest in their lives.

Printemps Papillon(fr)

A man's life is about to change when he wakes up in a motel room and discover the body of a dead woman.

Éclat du destin(fr)

Visions of Violence(en)

This visceral cinematic snapshot is an inventive commentary on the pleasures and dangers of wielding a camera. Using different video and film formats, the director tries to record life as it is, unpredictable and at times dangerous.

Sweet Girl(en)

A man vows to bring justice to those responsible for his wife's death while protecting the only family he has left, his daughter.

The Substitute(en)

When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute teacher to take down the punk. Soon he discovers a conspiracy of criminals at work, and must reassemble his team from his last jungle raid to stop them.

Palette of Tears(en)

Rehabilitated drug-addicts, Ava and Leo, attempt to ease their way back into reality, but not without facing devastating temptations.

Live(es)

A montage that is reproduced as a series of vignettes. Showing the life of any guy, since the first day he becomes independent, to the day he succeeds with his family.

In The Depression(pt)

A 17-year-old young man is about to finish high school, but after a traumatic event, he starts using drugs, thus incurring a debt with The Godfather of the Italian mafia in Ituberá.

Bleeding(en)

In a world where vampire blood is harvested as a drug, two desperate teenagers on the run from a vicious dealer break into an empty house and find a sleeping girl locked inside.

Just Past Noon on a Tuesday(pt)

Two strangers visit the penthouse of a recently deceased lover, only to find themselves learning more about each other.

Bir Yudum Mutluluk(tr)