The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
When her young son Minato starts to behave strangely, his mother feels that there is something wrong. Discovering that a teacher is responsible, she storms into the school demanding to know what's going on. But as the story unfolds through the eyes of mother, teacher, and child, the truth gradually emerges.
Brothers er et sterkt opprivende drama om to brødre som elsker den samme kvinnen og om hvordan krigen forandrer mennesker. Den dekorerte marineoffiseren Sam Cahill er en hengiven familiefar med kone og to døtre. Hans yngre bror Tommy er hans rake motsetning. Da Sam blir meldt savnet i Afghanistan trår den sjarmerende Tommy, nettopp løslatt fra fengsel, til for å trøste hans kone.
To små barn og en skipskokk overlever et skipsforlis og redder seg i land på en idyllisk tropeøy. Men kort etter dør kokken, og gutten og piken blir overlatt til seg selv. Dagene blir til år og Emmeline og Richard får skapt seg et hjem omgitt av eksotiske dyr og naturens overdådige skjønnhet. Men vil de noensinne komme tilbake til sivilisasjonen?
Parental disapproval of two teenagers wrapped up in a passionate love affair causes a confusion of arson, death and insanity.
Alejandro is an aspiring toy designer from El Salvador, struggling to bring his unusual ideas to life in New York City. As time on his work visa runs out, a job assisting an erratic art-world outcast becomes his only hope to stay in the country and realize his dream.
Quiet, withdrawn 13-year-old Rynn Jacobs lives peacefully in her home in a New England beach town. Whenever the prying landlady inquires after Rynn's father, she politely claims that he's in the city on business. But when the landlady's creepy and increasingly persistent son, Frank, won't leave Rynn alone, she teams up with kindly neighbor boy Mario to maintain the dark family secret that she's been keeping to herself.
Pressured from all sides by the figure of her father, Chiara Mastroianni decides to bring him back to life through her own self. She goes by the name of Marcello, dresses like him and asks to now be considered an actor, not an actress. The people around her believe this to be a temporary joke, but Chiara is determined not to give up her new identity…
El Bola is a 12-year-old boy raised in a violent and sordid environment. Embarrassed by his family life, he avoids becoming close to classmates. The arrival of a new boy at school changes his attitude towards his classmates and friendship. The heart of the story is the change in El Bola's life, at almost all levels, after befriending this new classmate.
Rubens, his adopted daughter Leônia and his gang are planning a robbery on a bank in the heart of São Paulo, Brazil's financial center. But soon things go awry as the gang turn on each other.
In this experimental short film, a young man and woman enter into a relationship with one another and quickly learn the ups and downs of intertwining their life with the one they love.
A strange story from Somerset, England about a filmmaking farmer and the inspiring legacy of his long-lost home movies.
As an astronaut mourns the death of her canine companions, a pet shop employee sees to help her fill the fluffy void. Unsuccessful, they both despair until a comet an an unexpected visitor descend destructively upon the city. They hatch a plan to save the day with a cosmically large game of fetch.
"...a charming depiction of life as I knew it with my grandparents in my own village..." Clara Caleo Green, Cinema Italia UK "The sum of the individual fates and life choices paints a picture, the validity of which extends far beyond this village." Joachim Manzin, Black Box This documentary records the thoughtful and emotional confrontation with time, change, loss and hope related by the members of a small community in the idyllic Ligurian countryside who are dealing with a rapidly changing agricultural industry, transformed by globalisation and technological advances and an increasing number of foreigners buying the empty houses in their village. Forgoing the use of music and voice over, the film lets Aracà's inhabitants tell their own stories and allows the audience to dive into the rich soundscape of the ligurian alpine countryside.
