A program of short films from some of the cinema's greatest diectors. Curated by Emir Kusturica and Stephen Frears. - George Lucas "1.42.08 to Qualify" (1966) - Ridley Scott "A Boy and a Bicycle" (1965) - Robert Zemeckis "The Lift" (1972) - Tony Scott "One of the Missing" (1969) - Emir Kusturica "Guernica" (1978) - Luc Besson "L'avant dernier" (1981) - Lars von Trier "Nocturne" (1980) - Terry Gilliam "Storytime" (1968) - Paul Verhoeven "A Lizzard Too Much" (1960) - Roman Polanski "Le gros et le maigre" (1960) - Jane Campion "Peel" (1982) - Stephen Frears "The Burning" (1967)
Confused and afflicted with Woods Insanity Matt meets old friend Charlie in the woods. They discover that Druid Warlord McGee plans to release the "Vapor of Death." Now they must save both their concubines, and the world.
When a homicidal madman begins slaying young women in the idyllic New England town of Manchvegas, it's up to a trio of cunning local freelance businesspeople known as M.O.S. -- the Manchvegas Outlaw Society -- to get to the bottom of the crime spree. Meanwhile, a band of hairy forest monsters also menaces the village.
Cleo lives in Marseilles and works as a waitress in a waterfront dive. A stranger entices her into coming to Paris to take dancing lessons, but instead she is taken to a baron, who betrays her. In spite of this inauspicious start, Cleo becomes a successful and renowned actress, but her feelings about men have never recovered. She loathes them and uses them only for the money they offer her, which she then hands over to a penniless girl.
A place-specific film-excavation of Bixiga neiborhood – São Paulo. Choreography of forces that cross present time. Filmancy, clairvoyance is the vision of what is taking shape.
Populární moderátor televizní talk show, který hledá divácky atraktivní téma, a nesmělý učitel, který hledá pana Dokonalého, se spojí, aby vytvořili televizní hit. Zdá se, že jsou si souzeni, dokud učitelka nenajde na internetu toho pravého...
When John Doe is convicted of being a vigilante serial killer, a vigilante group named 'Speak for the Dead' emerges in support of John's cause—elevating the debate about justice versus vengeance.
A family with diversified members travels to İstanbul from Yozgat after their youngest son fell in love with a girl.
1985. Georges is a born market vendor. As a driven salesman he sells anything, anytime, to anyone. When he hears that the Pope is coming to Belgium, he smells his chance. In addition to the grounds, where tens of thousands of believers will attend an open-air mass, Café Derby is for rent. Georges is sure to earn a small fortune. But his wife and five children are not convinced. It would be another move in too short a time. But as George puts his mind to something...
After the death of their abusive father, two estranged twin brothers must reunite and sell off his property.
Summer war games between the neighborhood kids turns deadly serious when jealousy and betrayal enter the mix, in this alternately hilarious and horrifying black comedy that mixes equal parts Lord of the Flies and Roald Dahl.
In a small Welsh town where people talk to themselves we meet Jim, a lonely teenager who is given the chance to increase his popularity when a cool American kid moves in next door. Written and directed by Craig Roberts, who also plays the lead role.
The controversial true story of a gay activist who rejects his homosexuality and becomes a Christian pastor.
Two souls lost in a world of modernisation find each other in a moment's need for clarity and appreciation.
It is a cine comedy following "The Lady from the town". Olga is getting ready to go to a meeting of the district women activists, where she will relate her own experience in the struggle against conservative concepts. During a warm atmosphere, Olga sings the first lullaby to her newborn nephew: "Once upon a time there was an Olga who posed as a lady.Time passed by and the lady has become one of us, a comrade from the country"
"Maintenance by any Means" is about two maintenance men vying for the position of maintenance supervisor in an apartment complex. The maintenance men must compete with each other in order to get the job left open by the former Maintenance Supervisor. They need evaluations by the people who live at the apartments for every work order they finish. The problem is the renters themselves. Each one they run into has their own set of interesting problems. The maintenance men soon discover that a positive review may be hard to come by. Fixing broken down items in the apartments is the least of their worries. Finally one of the maintenance men must win the contest, by any means.
A safe cracker claims he has lost his memory when two criminals come calling for their cut of the bank heist loot.
Titulní hrdina je zámožný filantrop, jemuž se po pěti letech „hibernace" na analgetikách naskytne příležitost jednou provždy zahnat bolestivé trauma spojené s jeho blízkými přáteli. Pozorný divák si za okázalými gesty sympaticky dandyovského bonvivána Francise L. Wattse řečeného Franny nemůže nevšimnout intenzivní samoty, do níž bohatého muže uvrhl osud. (50th KVIFF)
Příběh Tobyho – jedenáctiletého chlapce a nejkreativnějšího vynálezce pod sluncem. Jednoho dne do jeho života vstoupí malý robot Robby. Při havárii kosmické lodi se oddělil od svých robotických rodičů a teď je hledá. Toby mu navrhne pomoc a stávají se z nich přátelé. Dají hlavy dohromady, aby spolu sestavili vynález, který může létat, plout i jet po silnici – prostě fantastický Voyager. V patách je jim však bezohledný Sir Joshua se svými zlomyslnými agenty. Dělají si zálusk na Robbieho a jeho Voyager, s nimiž mají zlé úmysly. Jenomže ani nejprohnanější agenti by nikdy v životě neměli podceňovat schopnosti tandemu nejlepších přátel!