De fire fantastiske New Yorker-kvinder, Carrie, Samantha, Miranda og Charlotte, er tilbage. Spillefilmen Sex and the City er baseret på den sensationelle successerie af samme navn, og den genoptager historien fire år efter seriens afslutning. Vi finder en mere moden Carrie Bradshaw i et fast kærlighedsforhold med Mr. Big, og deres bryllupsplaner begynder at tage form. Den længe ventede begivenhed planlægges sammen med veninderne, og det hele tegner lyst og lykkeligt. Men Carrie må pludseligt sande, at det virkelige liv ikke er som et eventyr.
Mens han venter på at få et nyt hjerte, tilbringer den dødsyge danser Pierre sin tid med at kigge ud over sit elskede Paris fra sin balkon - somme tider sammen med sin ustyrlige søster, en enlig mor til tre børn. De brudstykker af menneskers hverdag, de observerer fra balkonen, blomstrer ud til fortællinger om livet, kærligheden og den aldrig sovende by Paris.
After getting out of prison, small-time crook Mardar stumbles upon a woman who looks exactly like his long-lost lover.
Producenterne bag "Amelie" har samlet nogle af verdens bedste filmfolk, som hver har lavet deres fortolkning af kærlighed i Paris. Det er der kommet i alt 18 små historier om kærlighed ud af, som foregår i hver deres kvarter i Paris, og som tager os med på den ultimative tur rundt i byernes by. Lige fra Walter Salles' rørende fortælling om en mors kærlighed, til Coen-brødrenes morsomme, fortabte turist på undergrundsstationen og horror-instruktøren Wes Cravens fortolkning af Pere Lachaise kirkegården...
I stil med Paris, je t'aime forsøger denne film at beskrive en by ved hjælp af en masse små fortællinger. Denne gang er emnet for historierne New York. Eneste krav var, at hver historie skulle optages på én dag, klippes på en uge og skulle handle om et bestemt område i New York. Allen Hughes, Mira Nair, Brett Ratner og Shekhar Kapur er blandt de instruktører, der påtog sig opgaven, og så får Natalie Portman også sin debut bag kameraet!
Lisbon Story is Wim Wenders' homage to Lisbon and films. A sound engineer obtains a mysterious postcard from a friend who at the moment is filming a film in Lisbon. He sets out across Europe to find him and help him.
Hr. Hulot er arbejdsløs og bruger det meste af dagen på at drive rundt, indtil han skal hente sin nevø og følge ham hjem. Nevøen bor hos sine forældre i et smart og højteknologisk hus, som den gammeldags Hulot bestemt ikke kommer godt ud af det med. Samtidig forsøger resten af familien at finde et job til den mærkværdige, sjove og uheldige dagdriver. Og det er ikke verdens nemmeste job.
Her er endnu en film i I Love You-serien. Efter en tur til Paris, New York og Rio skal vi nu til Berlin. Ligesom de foregående film består Berlin, I Love You af en række kortfilm, der udspiller sig i samme by. I en af historierne spiller Keira Knightley en kvinde i et flygtningecenter, der tager en lille dreng med hjem til sin usympatiske mor, spillet af Helen Mirren. En anden af historierne er skrevet af Neil La Bute og instrueret af Til Schweiger!
The third episode of the Cities of Love franchise, Rio, I Love You is an anthology, created by 10 visionary directors from across the globe. The story line of each segment focuses on an encounter of love in a different neighborhood of the city, demonstrating the distinctive qualities and character of that location. The film serves to bridge gaps between cultures, educating and entertaining the audience, while celebrating unique and universal expressions of love.
A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides an insight into the living and working conditions at that time. Germany had just recovered a little from the worst consequences of the First World War, the great economic crisis was still a few years away and Hitler was not yet an issue at the time.
What happens when we meet in the street? Suddenly, mistakenly, intimately. Estranged, rushed, too much, too little, too late. Smiles, small talk, and promises.
Morning reveals New York harbor, the wharves, the Brooklyn Bridge. A ferry boat docks, disgorging its huddled mass. People move briskly along Wall St. or stroll more languorously through a cemetery. Ranks of skyscrapers extrude columns of smoke and steam. In plain view. Or framed, as through a balustrade. A crane promotes the city's upward progress, as an ironworker balances on a high beam. A locomotive in a railway yard prepares to depart, while an arriving ocean liner jostles with attentive tugboats. Fading sunlight is reflected in the waters of the harbor. The imagery is interspersed with quotations from Walt Whitman, who is left unnamed.
Following "Paris, Je t'aime" "New York,I Love You" and "Rio, Eu Te Amo" “Tbilisi, I Love You” has become the next film in the “Cities of Love” franchise.
Vilnius is a city of notable historical heritage and unique character currently undergoing considerable changes. Some of the life fragments our camera has recorded are no more. The film, therefore, is a testimony to that which has faded into oblivion, and a glimpse into what is to come.
In the middle of a crowded city the paths of two strangers, a man and a woman, collide. This accidental, chance occurrence sets in motion a chain of events that sees the two strangers embark on a night of adventure and connection that challenges their separate lives.
Is the city of Zurich suffering from ‘density stress’? What is it like to live in mega cities such as São Paulo, Mexico City and Tiflis? Filmmaker Thomas Haemmerli broaches the topics of city development, architecture, density, housing market, xenophobia and gentrification from an autobiographical perspective. The path of his life has led him from a childhood in the villa district of Zürichberg, through his teenage years as squatter to flat shares, yuppie apartments and finally second homes in various cities. Only recently having become a dad, he plans to further enhance Zurich’s price appreciation by purchasing a huge, extended city apartment… This multifaceted essay not only humorously questions the filmmaker’s decisions, but also those of the right-wing conservatives, who are afraid of losing their space to immigrants, and the political left, who fail to embrace modern-age architecture.
A surreal musical exploring the problems of the multicultural residents in a Notting Hill boarding house.
2021 was a turning point for Belarus and 6 Belarusian students - as well as for the city of Łódź, Poland, in which they found themselves. Across the rails of change and transformation, documenting a time that has not been before and will not repeat again. Heroes of the film have very different fates and experiences, but they are all connected by the place they found themselves in - the post-industrial and post-apocalyptic city, which becomes a part of their story and a hero of its own. Students, transport, quaters, youth, revolution, local apocalypse, changes and turns - they all mix in a documentary kaleidoscope 'Across the Rails'.
A City Runs Through the Festival is an anatomy of the Festival through the eyes of its own audience.
A compilation of excerpts from old Helsinki-themed documentaries and new material.