Social & External
The people behind it
Li Youbin
Ke Pu
Yin Liang
Qi Guirong
A dramatic recreation of the Johnstown Flood of 1889.
Today, against a backdrop of sharply increasing demand, growth in the world population and the growing impact of an unsettled climate, water has become one of the most precious natural resources of our planet.
Permaculture teacher Geoff Lawton designs and builds a dam and water harvesting system on a farm.
The largest man-made disaster of the 20th century, now largely lost to history. A journey through the early history of Los Angeles and the city's water needs. Ever-growing demand led to larger and larger projects, and eventually to tragedy. The history of the tragedy, the role of William Mulholland in the disaster and the city's water development, and how the lessons of the tragedy reflect on our current infrastructure needs today.
By notice, the heir to a fortune named Juan González is summoned. Three men with that name appear but only one is the one who has the right to inheritance. The boys to receive it must live with a mysterious lady and her daughter to access it.
A short film that contemplates the mysterious relationship between humans, the sea, and death. Set in Alexandria on the Mediterranean, the film tells the story of three people who meet by chance in the corridors of a hospital, each of whom has experienced the dangers of the blue sea. Mokhtar, a painter suffering from schizophrenia, contemplates the color of death, while Salim, a diver fascinated by the sea, dies in a hospital bed. Meanwhile, Dalia, a nurse, recalls her father's drowning.
These women are beguiling mysteries to one another, but not for much longer... A compilation of shorts featured around lesbian and female sexuality.
Nazmi and his wife Cicek are a Turkish family living in Germany with their daughter Mevsim. Nazmi constantly beats his wife Cicek. For this reason, the social state institutions of Germany take Cicek and her daughter Mevsim under protection by intervening. Placed in a women's shelter, Cicek meets a woman named Esra and becomes friends. In fact, this friendship progresses from the shelter to renting a house together. However, when they get into the taxi of a taxi driver named Asaf, unexpected things will happen to them.
In the summer of 1979, during Taiwan’s martial law period, Bing-Kuan asks her college friend Shu-Lan to help out on her family’s banana plantation. As time goes by, the two girls secretly develop a romantic relationship, and decide to volunteer at the Formosa Magazine in order to promote democratic freedom of expression. Yet their youthful romance is threatened as the Kuomintang regime seeks to suppress dissident voices.
Two new dads are putting their newly adopted newborn son to sleep when something unexpected happens...
Song-jae immerses himself in scientific experiments and abandons all personal life. Song-sun commits suicide while opposing the marriage arranged by her parents.
Soghoot (سقوط) A music Video By Amir Tabari
In Edo-era Japan, a ukiyo-e artist languishes in his master’s shadow. Creatively stifled, he finds consolation in the company of a prostitute, and becomes entangled in a love triangle. A mystery emerges involving two portraits and the sudden disappearance of the artist Sharaku. Helmed by Cannes-selected director Tatsuji Yamazaki, the film employs kabuki-inspired sequences and stylised sets.
Elegant, retired architect Shauna (70) crosses paths with Pierre, a happily married doctor in his 40s, who first made an impression on her in a brief meeting 15 years previously. Both are quite troubled to meet again and begin an affair. While Pierre’s family life is soon turned upside down, Shauna struggles with feelings she thought belonged to the past.
After the loss of her father, young Thea has lived a secluded life without any friends, except for one. Her imaginary friend, Max, is a cause for concern for Thea's mother, who drastically intervenes with Thea's solitary social life. As a result, Max finds himself competing for Thea's attention, and his own existence.
Lindsay and Leslie meet like almost every day to kill time together. Except that today they want to get out of their daily lives, to meet new people, to experience something special.
The Blackmist Group
Stuck in the Middle East during a time of incredible uncertainty, we follow a young refugee who has lost his family, his home, and nearly his life. Tested by extreme circumstance, he must survive the harsh wilderness of the Arabah, and learn how to persevere when everything around him threatens his existence. The Exile Road is a story of honour, courage, strength and hope.
I Believe is a dance show that transports us to a magical and reflective universe, where fairies, mystical beings, guard nature and dedicate themselves to protecting the balance of life on Earth. These beings symbolize the purity and strength of the environment in perfect communion with the forests, rivers and mountains, maintaining the beauty and health of the planet. However, this harmony is threatened by the growing greed of human beings, who, blinded by power and the desire for wealth, exploit natural resources.
When knowing her father has been hospitalized, Nora (20) returns home. Once there, the reality of what has happened will end up overrunning everything distorting the family relations.
Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer and a local corporation from foreclosing on their farm. While Mae stays at home to care for their children and tend to the crops, Tom finds work as a scab at a steel mill to preserve his family's property.
In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.
The story of golf icon and legend, Bobby Jones, who retired from competition at the tender age of 28.
After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his kingdom, wanton and proud young Salomé comes before her king with an unreasonable demand. Beguiled by John the Baptist, and then scorned for the sake of his god, lascivious Salomé—encouraged by her mother, the vindictive, Herodias—commands that John be executed and his head delivered on a silver platter.
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.
West Philadelphia basketball star Sergio Taylor deals with the pressures of fame while his brother and sister have their own issues with ambition.
MMA legend Patton James, now a commercial fisherman, is pulled back into the cage when his brother is in danger. Reuniting with his old coach Sammy, he commits to one final fight in one championship against the brutal champion Xavier Grau.
The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as a slave to her captors.
94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.
A high school student suffers from a strange amnesia, causing her memories to only last a week. After she befriends a new student, his kindness and persistence make her gradually open up.
Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of their safe American suburban surroundings, the family is plunged into the despair of an archaic '80s Britain and their unaffordable new life in an English manor house threatens to destroy the family.
Pete Bell, a college basketball coach is under a lot of pressure. His team isn't winning and he cannot attract new players. The stars of the future are secretly being paid by boosters. This practice is forbidden in the college game, but Pete is desperate and has pressures from all around.
A movie fan escapes from a labour camp during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and strikes up a relationship with a homeless female vagabond.
Dr. Alan Stone breaks new ground for treatment of the mentally ill through an experiment on three paranoid schizophrenic patients who believe they are Jesus Christ.
A small town pickpocket whose friends have moved on to higher trades finds himself bitter and unable to adapt.
Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell.
A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts his own instincts and elects to use an experimental medical procedure on his wife, while a gambler believes he's on a lucky streak. A waitress begins engaging in promiscuous sex, and a young girl whose father is among the dead gains unexpected fame.
The legendary Roberto Duran and his equally legendary trainer Ray Arcel change each other's lives.
While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.