Gita, a young woman in search of a life purpose, leaves her hometown in China for Malaysia. As she struggles to come to terms with her past and identity, Gita devotes herself to an intense martial arts training course—turning inwards and arriving to groundbreaking epiphanies about herself.
Alain and Diane have been together for 30 years. In his mind, Alain is still 30 years old. But the equation 30 years of routine feelings, empty nest (and incidentally a job where being 50 is like an incurable disease) creates a much less euphoric effect for Diane. She oscillates between depression and free fall - and the first one who says "hormonal" she smokes. Alain loves Diane like crazy and love is proof. He's going to do something crazy for her, something to make her feel vital again, to make her heart beat and youthfulness pulsate. The crazy thing? Leave her. The risk with electroshock ? Unknown: either it wakes up or it burns. They will take it, with their eyes closed.
Two children accused parents and teachers of leading a paedophilic satanic cult, supposedly headquartered in secret rooms on the school premises. The story was not true. But once the fire was lit, it was hard to put out. Emily Turner’s film considers the real-world impact of an outrageous online conspiracy theory, exploring the importance of truth and the cost of lies.
Lucha libre is part of Mexican culture, but how did something that was shown in circuses and fairs become a cinematic genre? Join us to learn about this trajectory.
Dan Rath does a comedy special. Dan Rath has enough parking ticket debt to cripple a small European country and has watched his car get cubed by the government. He has been disrespected and is bruised and battered with nothing to lose. His low status means he has heightened cortisol production and is not equipped to take a gentle ribbing. He has a diverse set of interests including prime numbers and hammers.
Mendoza, 1978. María and her father live in a remote and inhospitable area east of the mountain range. The monotony of their lives is altered when one day a wounded militant, Salazar, arrives. They are forced to take her in and take care of her until she recovers or someone comes for her. As the days go by, the military siege closes in on them, there is no possibility of escape and the house becomes a death trap.
Writer and artist Jeff, who lives in Siberia, cannot integrate into the digital life of the modern show industry, where everything is tied to money. Dreaming of making a film based on the book "12 floors later" written by him in his youth, he shares excerpts of creativity with everyone who is ready to listen to him, and because of this gets into ridiculous situations. Wandering between the worlds, like between the floors of a high-rise building, he is looking for a way out. Russian film and music stars Evgeny Tkachuk, Ilya Del, Oleg Garkusha are trying to help Jeff. Tkachuk and Del, in search of a producer and money, hardly promote the author's idea. Osman Delibash empathizes with Jeff and is sincerely glad that he will star in a non-existent film. One way or another, Jeff makes you think about the deep spiritual needs of each of the participants in the events – both the stars and the simplest people.
When French painter Pierre Bonnard met Marthe de Méligny, he didn’t know this self-proclaimed aristocrat would become the cornerstone of his life and work. From this moment, she became more than just a muse for the “painter of happiness”, appearing in more than a third of his work. Together, they reached their artistic fulfillment thanks to a colourful love, different from the standards of their time, nurturing the great mystery around their relationship. Based on a true story.
A drama that focuses on two men in heterosexual marriages whose unexpected experiences challenge their perceptions of sexuality, gender, and identity. One has a sexual encounter with another man, without experiencing it either as an expression of homosexuality or infidelity. The other finds himself in nocturnal dreams where David Bowie sees him as a woman, stirring confusion and leading him to question how much his personality is shaped by the gaze of others.