中央流沙(2009)

Hi to Shio(ja)

The Woman Who Took the Local Paper(ja)

A man and a woman committed double suicide in Kanazawa City. Immediately after the incident, Yoshiko Shiota, a woman living in Tokyo, contacts the local newspaper of Kanazawa, saying she wants to read the novel serialized in it by Ryuji Sugimoto. How did this woman know the novel is serialized in the newspaper? And why does she want to start reading it in the middle of the story? Which article was she actually interested in? Sugimoto cannot help making his own investigations about Yoshiko, but the more he searches, the more astonishing facts come to light...

One in a hundred thousand(ja)

Tamura Masakazu plays Shohei Yamauchi, a freelance reporter obsessed with finding out the truth about a traffic accident in which his beloved daughter died. Judging by the photo of the accident, which appeared in the news described by photojournalists as "one coincidence in a hundred thousand", and the survivor's testimony that "I saw a red fireball" immediately before the accident, the circumstances of the accident are questionable. The film is based on a late masterpiece by Seicho Matsumoto.

Deep Sea of Tree(ja)

Sachiko lost her parents at an early age and lived together with her only sister Nobuko who worked for a newspaper. Out of the blue, she is told that Nobuko is killed in an accident, but she simply cannot believe it because her sister had told her she was going to an entirely different place. She begins her investigations on her sister’s mysterious death with the help of Nobuko’s colleague and journalist Ryoichi. And when another colleague, Tomoe commits suicide, Sachiko has a gut feeling that a well-known figure is involved in the death of her sister...

I Will Return(it)

Anna, owner of an electro-mechanical factory, has an affair with her best friend Lisa's husband, hunky Maurizio; realizing she got pregnant, Anna tries to end the affair and, during an argument, Maurizio dies in a car crash—swearing that he'll come back. His promise seems to be fulfilled five years later when, during a wedding, Anna recognizes her lost lover in groom-to-be Tom.

Shanghai Bund: The Righteous Way of the Wind and Cloud(zh)

Nunakkuzhi(ml)

Eby, an immature managing director desperately trying to retrieve his laptop from an income tax officer, finds himself caught in a web of deceit and his stupid decisions only lead him deeper into trouble.

Under the Christmas Sky(en)

Esteemed astrophysicist Kat, scheduled for her first trip into space but sidelined due to an accident, meets a new man at the local planetarium. Together, they must work hard to open a new exhibit by Christmas.

Ms. Christmas Comes to Town(en)

When Ms. Christmas, a shopping channel host, receives a terminal diagnosis, she heads on a multi-city excursion to spread Christmas cheer.

An Ice Palace Romance(en)

A journalist faces old fears when she returns to her hometown ice rink to cover a story. With the help of the owner and his young daughter, she begins to reevaluate her life's purpose.

Rescuing Christmas(en)

In a world where Santa is real and wants to drum up some holiday spirit, two of Santa’s elves, Chuck and Debbie, devise a plan to grant one human on Earth three wishes to kickstart the holidays. Unfortunately, that human is Erin, who has lost all affection for the season. Even a blind date set up by her sister, with the affable and charming Sam, won’t change her mind about Christmas. But when she makes the mistake of wishing Christmas would “just disappear,” Erin wakes up to a world where the holiday never existed! Horrified, she realizes that she’s taken away everyone’s joy, so she enlists Sam to help her reinvent the festivities from scratch. In the process, Erin learns just how much this holiday and its traditions have meant to everyone around her - and how much Sam has come to mean to her.

Joyeux Noel(en)

Copy editor Lea and pragmatic reporter Mark head to France to learn about a mysterious artist behind a romantic Christmas painting.

My Christmas Guide(en)

A college professor connects with a guide dog trainer after losing his eyesight and adopting a seeing eye dog.

Rainbow Warrior(en)

The Rainbow Warrior was a Greenpeace ship that was bombed by operatives of the French government, in New Zealand in 1985, while heading to a protest against nuclear testing, tragically taking the life of photographer Fernando Pereira. Edward McGurn’s enlightening and exciting documentary uncovers a tangled tale of nuclear weapons, geopolitical coverups, and attempts to take action against impending environmental collapse. Was Pereira’s death an accident or part of a larger political plot?

Never Been Chris'd(en)

Best friends Naomi and Liz return home for the holidays and simultaneously enter a love triangle when they both reconnect with their high school crush Chris Silver.

Christmas on Cherry Lane(en)

Three couples at different parts of life navigate big turning points in their lives over the holidays.

Get Outta Dodge(en)

Get Outta Dodge is the dramatic, brutal story of Alex, a new FBI agent whose first assignment is to infiltrate an organized crime family in efforts to bring the crime family's boss to justice.

Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie(en)

Bruno the Kid faces a trio of world-class villains, just as his mentor, Jarlsburg, decides to retire.

Round and Round(en)

While Rachel is stuck in a time loop, reliving the night of her parents' Hanukkah party, she leans on the boy her grandmother is trying to set her up with to make it out.

Heaven Down Here(en)

Inspired by Mickey Guyton’s song of the same name, “Heaven Down Here” tells the story of four disparate people who find themselves stranded in a local diner on Christmas Eve when a snowstorm hits the town. Imani is a widowed mother of two who’s having trouble making ends meet and reluctantly agrees to work the Christmas Eve shift, where she clashes with her boss Dan, who doesn’t exactly embody the Christmas spirit. Felix is a local pastor desperately trying to secure food for parishioners while his faith is challenged by his son's alienation. Clara is a hospice nurse with an obstinate patient and whose daughter is moving away, causing her to question her place in this world. Throughout the evening, these four bicker, bond and unwittingly provide each other with the answer to their respective prayers.