17-year-old Jem Starling struggles with her place within her Christian fundamentalist community. But everything changes when her magnetic youth pastor Owen returns to their church.
Atsiskyrėlis, liguistai nutukęs anglų kalbos mokytojas Čarlis nuotoliniu būdu dėsto rašymo kursus. Nedrįsdamas pasirodyti savo studentams, jis nuolat laiko išjungęs kompiuterio kamerą. Čarliu rūpinasi slaugytoja ir vienintelė jo draugė Liza, kuri pastoviai ragina jį apsilankyti ligoninėje, dėl jam gresiančio širdies nepakankamumo, tačiau mokytojas nuolat atsisako, nes neturi reikiamo sveikatos draudimo. Čarlį taip pat reguliariai aplanko Naujojo gyvenimo bažnyčios misionierius Tomas, kuris bando jį atvesti į tikėjimą, bet Čarliui labiau rūpi kaip atkurti nutrūkusį ryšį su savo paaugle dukra Ele. Čarlis pasiūlo dukrai visus savo banko sąskaitoje esančius pinigus, kad jie kartu praleistų laiką be motinos žinios. Elė sutinka, bet tik su sąlyga, jei tėvas padės jai perrašyti rašinį. Čarlis sutinka, nes visgi tai jam paskutinė galimybė išpirkti savo kaltes – jis turi žinoti, kad bent vieną dalyką savo gyvenime padarė teisingai.
Sukrečianti istorija, kurioje susipina žiaurios karo paslaptys, keista jaunuolio ir subrendusios moters meilė ir maži žmonių kompleksai, kartais lemiantys dideles tragedijas. Pokario metais Vokietijoje susirgusiam paaugliui Michaeliui padeda tramvajaus kontrolierė Hana. Išgijęs vaikinas ieško dvigubai vyresnės moters, norėdamas jai padėkoti. Jiems darsyk susitikus užsimezga aistringas romanas. Michaeliui – tai pirmoji didžioji meilė. Porelė smagiai leidžia laiką, Hanai itin patinka, kai Michaelis jai skaito knygas. Vienos vasaros meilė pasibaigia, kai Hana netikėtai dingsta. Vaikinas jaučiasi sužlugdytas. Haną jis vėl pamato po septynerių metų. Jis – jau teisės studentas, o Hana sėdi teisiamųjų suole nacių karo nusikaltimų tyrimo byloje... Paaiškėjus Hanos praeičiai, Michaelis supras jos gyvenimo tragediją.
An aged tailor recalls his life as the schoolteacher of a small village in Northern Germany that was struck by a series of strange events in the year leading up to WWI.
Megan is an all-American girl. A cheerleader. She has a boyfriend. But Megan doesn't like kissing her boyfriend very much. And she's pretty touchy with her cheerleader friends. Her conservative parents worry that she must be a lesbian and send her off to "sexual redirection" school, where she must, with other lesbians and gays learn how to be straight.
After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2000.
Kristianas – gerbiamas modernaus meno muziejaus kuratorius, filantropas. Naujasis jo projektas „Kvadratas“ – konceptuali instaliacija, skatinanti altruizmą ir socialinę atsakomybę. Tačiau kartais savo skelbiamus idealus atitikti ypač sudėtinga: neadekvati Kristijano reakcija į mobiliojo telefono vagystę jo kruopščiai kuriamą gyvenimo idilę paverčia tikru chaosu. „Auksinę palmės šakelę“ nuskynusi socialinė satyra meistriškai atskleidžia nuo realybės atitrūkusį šiuolaikinį pasaulį, jo veidmainystę ir prisitaikėliškumą.
The lives of five prostitutes employed at a Japanese brothel while the nation is debating the passage of an anti-prostitution law.
Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.
Shiba, a wandering ronin, encounters a band of peasants who have kidnapped the daughter of their dictatorial magistrate, in hopes of coercing from him a reduction in taxes. Shiba takes up their fight, joined by two renegades from the magistrate's guard, Sakura and Kikyo. The three outlaws find themselves in a battle to the death.
Being kidnapped shatters a brother and sister's harmony, forcing them to confront their desires.
The siblings Linus, 19-years-old, who are taking driving license and Vanja, 17-years-old, who's still in school. Their mom Eva works night shift at a hotel. We get to follow them during one month. Linus and Vanja begin to realize that they are living in a universe of their own. And there is neither room for the mom or boy- and girlfriends. At first it is only the longing love in unspoken thoughts. But when thought gets into words they realize that they are each others perfect half. They are drawn closer to each other and finally can't resist the taboo temptation in each others bodies. At first they deny, lie and try to resist. It's about shame and guilt and forbidden feelings which leads to a point where everything is at stake.
Viktor Kahdem is a man who has almost given up on life, sentenced to a low-security prison farm, a completely non-threatening environment where it is still felt that some individuals can be reformed. At Won Wron, Case Worker Matt Perry has established a unique program to rehabilitate broken men through giving them the responsibility for the rehabilitation of injured raptors - beautiful, fearsome proud eagles, falcons and owls. Against all odds, Matt takes on Viktor as his number one test case, introducing him to Yasmine, the majestic wedge tailed eagle with a 2 metre wingspan. If these two can tame each other, anything is possible.
Through his work at a morgue, an incarcerated young man trying to build a new life starts to come to terms with the crime he committed.
20-year-old Will is on his stag-do when, handcuffed to a lamppost, he is rescued by Michael. The attraction between the two men is immediate. But back at Michael's apartment, Will is sent into a tailspin of shame and confusion.
A man comes face-to-face with the dark choices of his past.
Thanks to a roommate's practical joke, bookish college student Joanna Halbert finds herself signed up with a Malibu-based escort service which promises her big money and an easy ride. Instead, she becomes entangled in a web of corruption, sleaze, and violence.
When Johannes gets caught by his girlfriend while laying on the bathroom floor watching porn and masturbating she doesn’t care and wants him to enjoy himself. That makes Johannes lose the feeling of shame he needs and sends him into an existential crisis and loses his ability to masturbate. Trying to regain that shame leads to an explosive confrontation for them as a couple.
Sociologist David W. Wahl explores the identity work involved in Kay Parker shifting from being a legend of the adult film industry to her current occupation as a metaphysical counselor.
In a secluded cove on the South African coast, a middle-aged writer grieving the deaths of his wife and daughter is drawn into an affair with an alluring teenage girl who is grappling with demons of her own, in this gripping psychological thriller adapted from the award-winning novel by Alistair Morgan. (TIFF)