Das weltumspannende, das die Welt zusammenhaltende Wesen vom Lebensbaum ist die Ausgangsidee von The Tree of Life, die hier auf eine scheinbar ganz normale Familie im mittleren Westen der USA in den 1960ern übertragen wird. Wir sehen die Welt durch die Augen des jungen Jack: neugierige, weltoffene, staunende Augen. Wie auch seine Mutter vermag er mit seiner Seele die Welt zu schauen. Sein Vater jedoch, ein Pragmatiker, trichtert dem Kind „die Realitäten“ der Welt ein, einer Welt, in der jeder sich selbst der Nächste ist. Hin- und hergerissen zwischen diesen verschiedenen Ansichten muss Jack im Zuge seiner Kindheit erfahren, dass das Leben auch düstere Seiten und viel Leid bereithält. Als Erwachsener ist ihm die Welt nur noch Rätsel und er eine darin verlorene Seele. Was ist der große Plan, was bedeutet The Tree of Life, und was ist Jacks Stellung im Universum? Das „Schicksal“ hält eine wundersame Antwort für ihn parat…

Der erfolgreiche Drehbuchautor Rick lebt ein Leben auf der Überholspur Hollywoods, voller Glitzer, Glamour und allen sonstigen dekadenten Annehmlichkeiten. Doch echtes Glück empfindet er nicht. Seine Seele wird beherrscht von Leere und der nagenden Frage nach seiner wahren Identität. Während Rick Hollywood-Partys besucht oder an Pazifikstränden entlangwandert, sinniert er über sich und seine Welt. Er denkt an die Frauen, die wichtig für ihn waren: Della , Isabel , das Model Helen, seine Ex-Frau Nancy die Stripperin Karen und Elizabeth, die mit einem anderen verheiratet war und die möglicherweise ein Kind mit ihm zeugte. Ricks Vater Joseph spielt in den Gedanken des Sohnes ebenfalls eine große Rolle…

What is the purpose of our existence ? What is the soul ? Which are the power of mind, of conscience ? What is our link to nature ? Pondering these existential questions, this movie invites us to find out an universal wisdom, meeting shamans, healers, yogis, but also philosophers and doctors. From Mongolia plains to the Amazonian forest, it leads us far than we expected at first.

After the end of civilization, an aged man undergoes a mysterious journey through space and time that takes him through memories, visions, and historical events, ultimately transcending the limitations of the senses and into a new cosmic rebirth.

A condemned man manages to avoid being hanged from a bridge over a river when the rope breaks. He falls into the water and his escape attempt ensues.

This spiritual successor to the 1942 original explores the vibrant yet tumultuous growth of Britishness over the past century. The film gives voices to a new reality of Britain, one that has been formed through the flourishing multiculturalism the country has seen since the original film was made. Academics and artists are interviewed to explore both past and present, and consider what a future Britain may look like.

Born from steel and glass Kino Kopf is created by two inventors. They are assembled by their mother, a nurturing artist, and their Father a greedy entrepreneur. Kino Kopf is the first of its kind a sentient humanoid VHS camera. They are given a life by their mother but presented to the world by their father. Kino Kopf is the next big sensation and spurs a technological revolution. They are soon forgotten and alone as new models surpass them. Kino Kopf is left alone to contemplate if they ever had a soul, as visions of an electric cowboy dance through their dreams.

Blind Eye Sees All is a concert video by Butthole Surfers, which was released on VHS tape in 1985 through Touch and Go Video. The bulk of the video features performances from two concerts at Traxx in Detroit, MI in February and March, 1985, woven between rambling interviews with the band relaxing in bed. Also included is footage from an early concert of the band with a fully nude Gibby Haynes.

A businessman swims away from time and reality...

A 13-Minute, 8-Song Animated Odyssey Into & Out Of The Unknown

Be. Belonging. Words on vintage flash cards shuffle past in a stream-of-consciousness that shows the mind working, assigning labels and names to things through love and language. In the space of a moment, perception embarks on an epic journey of tongues, through Cantonese and English sounds and Ektachrome memories that form the characters and identity of this American-born Asian filmmaker.

Anxious to make a good impression, an autistic university student attempts to 'fit in' for the sake of potential friendship, what could possibly go wrong?

"plant portals: breath" is an experimental meditation on the unspoken history many queer and trans people of colour carry daily, connecting bumblebees, colonial trauma, alternate universes and the complicated concept of "rest" to ask: Can nature heal us? Shot entirely on an iPhone, the film is intentional in imagining what is possible, and manifests a reality rooted in mindfulness.“

In her mid-20s, Angie is interviewed as she tries to understand how and why her brother David committed dark and terrible deeds, which led to him being sectioned.

A young man finds himself unexpectedly taking an audiovisual odyssey into a world of surreality, slowly recounting his memories, revealing the puzzle pieces that led him to where he is, and maybe how he can get out.

A young woman struggles to recover from an ex-lover's attack. Escaping through books and imagination, she wanders around her favorite park to seek solace.

A gorgeous woman allegedly ruins a neurotic man's youth, leading him to reminisce about his life of chaos and desolation.