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.
Charlie vedie online kurzy štylistiky na univerzite. Snaží sa svojich študentov naučiť písať jasne a presvedčivo. Len tak môžu svoje myšlienky efektívne predávať ďalším. Chce, aby boli úprimní a autentickí. On vidí svojich študentov vo svojom notebooku, ale oni jeho nie. Vyhovára sa na pokazenú kameru, ale v skutočnosti nechce, aby ho videli. Má totiž takmer tristo kíl, je osamelý a pod ťarchou vlastných tráum sa len zložito vyrovnáva s minulosťou. Uzavrel sa vo svojom byte a stresové situácie rieši prejedaním. Hoci jeho zdravotný stav je čoraz horší, odmieta ísť do nemocnice a spolieha sa len na svoju kamarátku Liz, ktorá je ošetrovateľkou v nemocnici. Liz neustále v sebe rieši spor medzi jej povinnosťou rešpektovať želania priateľa a jej túžbou udržať ho nažive.
Príbeh filmu Predčítač začína v povojnovom Nemecku. Teenagerovi Michaelovi Bergovi sa urobí zle a domov mu pomôže neznáma tridsiatnička Hanna. Michael sa uzdraví a Hannu nájde, aby jej poďakoval. Rýchlo medzi nimi vznikne vášnivý, ale utajený vzťah. Michael zistí, že Hanna má rada, keď jej niekto číta knihy. Aj napriek intenzite vzájomných citov ale Hanna jedného dňa záhadne zmizne. O osem rokov neskôr sa Michael ako študent práv, ktorý prihliada súdom s vojnovými zločincami, s Hannou znovu s úžasom stretne - stretne ju na lavici obžalovaných. Keď sa dozvedá o jej minulosti, odhaľuje tajomstvo, ktoré celkom zmení ich životy.
Tajomná história ožíva v rozprávaní bývalého dedinského učiteľa, ktorý bol priamym svedkom zvláštnych udalostí, ktoré sa odohrali niekoľko mesiacov pred vypuknutím prvej svetovej vojny na jednej severonemeckej dedine. Všetko sa začalo jedného letného dňa. Jediný doktor v krajine bol zranený pri páde z koňa. Nasledoval barónov syn, ktorého našli zbitého pred dverami zámku. Čudné a zdanlivo neopodstatnené násilné činy narastajú a s nimi aj napätie na dedine, kde si ľudia pomaly prestávajú veriť. Prísna výchova a pevná spoločenská hierarchia sa začínajú otriasať v základoch a na povrch vychádzajú tutlané konflikty medzi chudobnými a bohatými, zneužívanými slúžkami a ich pánmi, či deťmi a prísnymi rodičmi. Až keď už je neskoro, začne byť dedinčanom jasné, že násilie sa rodí priamo v ich strede...
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.
Christian je kurátorom švédskej galérie moderného umenia. Úspešný, atraktívny, rozvedený otec dvoch dcér spĺňa ideál vzdelaného mestského liberála, ktorý sa snaží citlivo vnímať aktuálne spoločenské problémy. S nimi ladí aj pripravovaná výstava konceptuálneho umenia, v ktorej dominuje inštalácia štvorca 4 x 4 metre vo verejnom priestore; štvorca, v ktorom platia pravidlá absolútnej rovnosti a tolerancie. Ako ale takúto myšlienku predať v mediálne zahltenom a nesústredenom prostredí, ktoré žije predovšetkým virálnymi udalosťami? Zatiaľ čo „hip“ marketingoví experti vymýšľajú rôzne stratégie, Christianovi ktosi ukradne mobil. A v snahe získať ho späť roztočí kurátor nevedomky špirálu udalostí, ktoré spochybnia nielen jeho osobné kvality a výstavu, ale aj postavenie inštitúcie, ktorú reprezentuje.
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)