Experimental skate film by Alien Workshop
Madly Bangalee is a Bengali rock band that inspires the film’s title. They rehearse in a dowdy garage of Kolkata, owned by Bobby (Lew Hilt), who owns Bobby’s Garage. Four young boys with stardust in their eyes practise their numbers not knowing what they are really aiming at. But the garage is under threat from a South Kolkata don Baburam (Chandan Sen). One morning, an elderly man, San (Anjan Dutt), arrives from "America and Paris." Baaji, (Sumit) the drummer who is a Muslim had to drop out of school. He escapes from the trap of turning a terrorist like his older brother Sultan. He later becomes a police officer who bashes up everyone who tries to bribe him. Neon (Tanaji) plays the rhythm guitar but, sucked into the world of drugs, he disappears from the face of the earth with his guitar. Pablo, lead singer, bass guitarist and lyricist, leaves for the US and the group breaks up. Bobby dies.
Miranda's Letter takes as a starting point the 'missing women' in Shakespeare, in this instance, The Tempest, and imagines what Miranda's mother would have wanted to say to her daughter. Commissioned as part of Shakespeare Lives 2016.
FOR MY SISTERS is a movie about black culture or rather: black women, specifially: a movie about black singers. Alberta Hunter, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Nina Simone. They are the four "Big Sisters", singer Carole Alston follows through to the age of jazz. Alston, "a voice as dark and sweet as molasses", as described by the Financial Times, was born in Washington, DC and has been living in Vienna for almost 30 years. She is sure: "Those four icons help you explain what jazz is and even the history of jazz right along."
Tom is sick and tired of his 9 to 5 life. His boss Mr.Washinton makes it 100 times worse the only time Tom really feels alive is when he's doing stand-up.
Three macabre short stories about gambling, vengeance and homicide.
Ještě před narozením královské dcery jedou král s královnou do zpustlé tvrze - v ní žije královnina sestra, už spoustu let odloučena od světa. Když si král vybíral ženu, dal přednost Elišce a zlá Melánie od té doby myslí jen na pomstu - o smíření ani teď nestojí. Po narození dcerušky Růženky vyřkne kletbu: Růženka se má píchnout do prstu, na věky usnout a celé království s ní Růženka roste do krásy a všechny špičaté předměty jsou z jejího dosahu odstraňovány, sama nesmí ani na krok. Pro jistotu jí rodiče, hned jak dosáhne patnácti let, seženou ženicha. Je jím princ Jiří ze sousední země, který přijede na námluvy i se svým bratrem Jaroslavem...
A portrait which explores the legacy and impact of novelist Julio Cortazar's art, perceptively examining it within the context of shifting tides of Argentine culture and politics. The author reads his own texts in this poetic documentary.
Na konci září 1941, sovětská dělostřelecká jednotka v obléhaném Leningradu si uvědomuje, že brzy vypálí poslední výstrel a po té bude obrana města zničena. Malá skupinka odvážných vojáku přiváží velkou zásobu střelného prachu skrz nepřátelskou linii do Leningradu.
Friends and relatives playing a game of boules, arguing about who's team is winning.
Small, yellow-bellied forest spirits make a discovery that threatens the balance of their world.
A woman awakens in a remote location to news that the world as she knows it has ended. As she adjusts to her new reality, events unfold and details emerge that may suggest otherwise.
Yngve invites his new girlfriend Embla to spend a week of summer holiday with his family at a nudist camp. Embla is not a nudist but keen to become a part of the family. Nevertheless tension rises between Embla and Yngves mother, as Embla feels pressured to adapt to the family costumes.
Lucy travels to an isolated house in the forest to wait for her sister. They have worked out a risky scheme for their future and all she needs to do is sit it out. However a sinister presence may have something different in mind.
As a film director works on his submission for a film festival, the mounting issues during production reveal what truly unfolds behind (the scenes) what we've seen.