Bohatý a mocný Goddart Bolt se vsadil, že dokáže třicet dní žít na ulici a přežít. Bez střechy nad hlavou, vařený zaživa v zeleninové polévce, sražen k zemi taškou zapáchající stařenky, považovaný za toaletu místním tulákem... Vydrží?
Greg je nedávno rozvedený muž, jehož život se rozpadá, když v tom potká Isabelu, která je přesvědčena, že znečištěný a zlý svět kolem nich není skutečný. Věří, že žijí v ošklivém, drsném, ale simulovaném světě počítačovou animací, uvnitř krásného, mírumilovného, „skutečného“ světa blaženosti.
A homeless woman living in the tunnels below New York City survives on her own terms in the days leading up to a blizzard.
Lotte is impulsive, rough around the edges and leads a colourful life on the streets of Berlin, stumbling from man to man, flat to flat and bar to bar. A brief encounter with a young girl, Greta, turns her life upside down. Lotte realises she will not be able to run away this time.
College student Sonja summons the demonic sorcerer Var after viewing a 500-year-old film containing his spirit.
Some 240,000 women over 55 are at risk of homelessness In Australia – a figure both surprising (owing to this demographic being less likely to speak up about their difficulties) and shocking, given this country’s wealth. Under Cover introduces us to 10 of these people, including a survivor of domestic violence, a former advertising executive, a self-confessed loner and a displaced immigrant, for whom security and shelter are constant unknowns and who, until now, have suffered in silence.
In the late 1990s, some officers at Vancouver Police Department made a documentary film (THROUGH A BLUE LENS) about the everyday lives of six drug addicts in Vancouver's skid row, the Downtown Eastside. TEARS FOR APRIL reintroduces us to these six people; with footage shot over a period of nearly ten years, it continues their biography.
COMEDY CONFESSIONS takes you on a journey into the lives of three struggling comedians who have decided to pursue their dreams of careers in stand-up comedy despite the harsh realities of being homeless. For these comedians, their cars are lifesavers providing safety and shelter at night and transportation to auditions and performances during the day. Their daily struggle to avoid sleeping on the street is startlingly juxtaposed with the extravagant wealth of the opulent mansions they park in front of at night. One of them, Tiffany Haddish will achieve her dreams to become a true Hollywood movie star, the other two, Doc Jones and Steve Lolli find the lure of the spotlight takes an unforgiving toll on their hopes and ambitions. This honest and touching movie is told in their own words revealing the passions, dedication and pains that drive them.