The Early Years: Erik Nietzsche Part 1(2007)

Correction(el)

This is not an easy mystery to solve in all its subtleties. In the last paragraph, I give my take on the characters. I won't give away the principal spoiler. Still, if you want to exercise your Sherlock skills to the fullest, skip that last paragraph. I'll warn you. A man leaves prison. He has been paroled. The best he can do at first is stay at a shelter for poor people and look for work. In the meantime he tries to reconnect with people he knows and to avoid the attention of several shady individuals that know him. That's the layout. The mystery elements arise from the fact that he is rejected by a few, pursued by a duo of suspicious looking men, and approached by a bunch of unsavory roughnecks that know him well. Why the rejection? Why the persecution? What is the gang about? The film is parsimonious about handing out hints and clues that we need to answer those questions. The best we can do is work out hypotheses and see if they pan out at the end.

Selkvinnen(no)

The Faroe Islands during the 18th century. Danish bailiff's control the island. In Torshamn lives Master Wenzel, known as hard but just. Wenzel tries to arrange a marriage for his daughter Inger.

Bed & Breakfast(en)

Life changes for three women who run a failing hotel when a mysterious man washes up at the beach.

T3EN TIGADA(en)

Three friends device a plan that could help them ACE their accountings exam. The plan is - to steal the paper. What follows then is situational & slapstick comedy with a hilarious twist!

Looky Looky Here Comes Cooky(en)

A new songline for 21st century Australia - a fresh look at the Cook legend from a First Nations' perspective - the songline tells of connection to country, resistance and survival and features the cheeky, acerbic and heartfelt showman - Steven Oliver and a host of outstanding, political Indigenous singer/songwriters.

Mborairapé(gn)

RAP is a music path. Jaraguá is Guarani.

Dresden, August-Brücke(de)

A short film from the Lumière brothers, filmed in a Dresden street.

Hangnail(en)

Gage and Hannah are a young couple making a new home off the coast of Florida. Their marriage has been rocky, but all of that changes when the new girl, Julie, moves in next door. When Gage begins to fall for the girl next door, only time will tell if it sets him free or tears him apart.

Assumption(en)

Assumption is a virtuosic personal tribute, a glimpse at history and a celebration of independent film culture. Gidal's short film was assembled round a recording of the voice of Mary Pat Leece, who worked at the London Filmmakers' Co-op in the mid-1970s, and later became a much loved lecturer at St Martins School of Art. She died suddenly in 1997. The film's rapid-fire montage of images and sounds encapsulates her politics, her Catholicism and her intellectual passion.

Absolute Evil(en)

Southern Texas. Savannah and Cooper, a young couple in love, drive through the desert in a black 70s Cadillac convertible. Unaware that they are being followed, they check into a motel at the Mexican border. When Savannah leaves to buy food, a cop sneaks into the room, pulls his gun on Cooper, accuses him of murder and tries to arrest him. But Savannah, who had become suspicious, manages to turn the tables:

User Friendly(en)

Everyone is chasing a little wooden dog. Old and young, they all think it contains an elixir of life. Miranda, a manic cosmetics tycoon, thinks it's worth millions. A mob of old folk led by a pair of deranged doctors is convinced it contains the secret of eternal youth.

Ocean Odyssey(en)

500 million years ago life left this blue womb and colonized the land, but we are still intricately linked to the ocean. Our climates, coastlines, ecosystems, and economies are tied to the perpetual movement of water between continents. The great ocean currents are the arteries and veins of Planet Earth! This is the story of one particularly fascinating flow – the East Australian Current, a massive oceanic river that stretches the length of Australia’s east coast.

Queen: The Magic Years vol. 1(en)

This video is the first of a three volume documentary on the band.

Vanessa Del Fierro: Mi Novio Pancho Villa(es)

Vanessa falls in love with a man who fights for the rights of immigrant laborers.

Life on the outside(fr)

Between 1979 and 1984, my father filmed family memories with a consumer VHS camcorder. Between 1985 and 1991, my mother wrote 178 letters to my father, incarcerated at the Prison de la Santé in Paris. Today, I create a dialogue between my mother's words and my father's images.

Emotion Is Dead(en)

Brock is a teenage skateboarder suffering from a recent family tragedy connected to the Holden Elizabeth Plant (Australia’s last auto factory). He comes up with a unique money-making scheme that tangles him up in Adelaide’s criminal underworld, and only his Peter Brock-obsessed mum & emo ex-girlfriend can save him from a terrifying fate.

Tales of the Inner Chamber(ja)

Love-hate drama of three beautiful sisters in Ooku in Edo Castle.

The Siege(en)

A team of armed Pakistani militants stage a terrorist attack at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in India.

Jogo de Mão(pt)

In a unique approach to what amounts to four pseudo-morality plays, director Monique Rutler has a street entertainer with hand puppets summarize the characters and idea of each story. The first sketch is about a young man who shines shoes for a living, and tries to keep up a relationship with two women while convincing each she is his only true love. The next story is about a man who beats up his wife when he is drunk, and sells furs for a living. One day, as she is riding in the back of his truck with the furs, he hits a bad patch and she and some furs fall out. The question is, will the woman be enterprising and leave the jerk - or not? The third tale concerns a woman looking into how much control a prostitute has over her clients, and to really find out, she becomes a prostitute herself for awhile - leading to some quite unexpected situations. The last segment handles the uglier side of the life styles of the rich and famous.

The First Time(en)

A young film student pursues a woman while studying under a bizarre, eccentric film professor.

The Souvenir(en)

A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man.

The Souvenir: Part II(en)

In the aftermath of her tumultuous relationship with a charismatic and manipulative older man, Julie begins to untangle her fraught love for him in making her graduation film, sorting fact from his elaborately constructed fiction.

A Paris Education(fr)

Etienne comes to Paris to study filmmaking at the Sorbonne. He meets Mathias and Jean-Noël who share his passion for films. But as they spend the year studying, they have to face friendship and love challenges as well as choosing their artistic battles.

The Lens Within Me(en)

An original semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama very loosely inspired by Max Hechtman's adolescence and college experience as a young filmmaker.

Oki's Movie(ko)

Oki, a film student, gets involved in two relationships as she navigates the advances of a fellow student and grapples with her feelings for her much older professor.

Eric e Hemilly(pt)

Me Within(en)

Some people are expendable. Some people are cautionary tales. Synopsis: A teen's retelling of his plight to his counselor.

Spice It Up(en)

A film student at Ryerson University struggles to complete her thesis project.

Sleepless Nights(en)

A young man finally moves in with his girlfriend, but he finds out a secret about her that could make this new living situation difficult for him.

Being Andrew(pl)

Marek, a thirty year old introvert IT specialist, tries to fit into the crazy social life of his younger girlfriend Julka. After a nighttime fight they split and as Marek walks across a street, a car hits him…

Two Minute Date(en)

A bored newspaper editor tries to make life more interesting through the brief human connection he finds at speed dating.

Beware the Horn(en)

Mockumentary about a film school graduate who stumbles upon an improv troupe that he thinks is a cult.

For the Time Being(en)

Three Greek intellectuals gather for the Great Summoning, a mysterious phenomenon that may take days to manifest. While they wait, they attempt to figure out what to do for the time being.

Legion of Doom(en)

A loose mix of friends freeload through film school and beyond.

Lunar Synth Hits(it)

A brief look into the disruption of expectations and also jackets.

The Buenoromeros(es)

Three sisters living together are tied to the memory of their father. They welcome their suitors into their home and then repeat a ritual that seems to come from times past.

Um Curta de Curtas Curtos(pt)

A group of friends gets the opportunity to make money from a film festival. The only problem: they can't decide what the movie will be about.

Metánia(es)

Lara is harassed by a boy without name or reason. As if in a nightmare, Lara notices his gaze in every step she takes and his presence in every place she visits.

Ossos do Ofício(pt)