★★★★★ "Tense & Clever” SIGHT&SOUND ★★★★★ "The most memorable film of 2019” CORTOSFERA ★★★★★ “Breathless!” FLIX ★★★★★ “Masterpiece!” CINEPIVATES FICTION / 2018 / 12 MINUTES / GREEK (MODERN) / SHORT FILM / 4K-UHD / 24FPS / 5.1 SURROUND / GREECE Director:…
A beautiful twenty-year old dancer, Roobha, falls in love with a much older charismatic family man, Anthony, giving him a sense of escape and solace from his mundane life and troubles. A rapturous romance ensues. However, trouble starts when their families discover their relationship.
Predating gritty, realistic cops shows like “Spirals” and followed by many since, this seminal action thriller wrote the original recipe! Set in the underbelly of a Rome unknown to tourists, at the roughest edge of the city limits, where the Police brass decide to open an outpost. The nascent…
DRAMA, MIDDLE EAST, WOMEN, YOUTH/TEEN / 2017 / 17 MINUTES / ARABIC / SHORT FILM / 4K-UHD / 25FPS / DOLBY DIGITAL / LEBANON Original footage in HD, film upscaled using Topaz Video Enhancher: https://topazlabs.com/ref/495/?campaign=Vimeo director: Inaam Attar production: Home of Cine Jam synopsis: Skin,…
"An Instant Classic." -Richard Brody, The New Yorker “Little Sister handles volatile material — the effects of war, cultural and military, on young Americans — with a lighter touch. The movie suggests that some kind of reconciliation might be possible in this deeply divided…
Amnesic Malcolm struggles to put the pieces of his life back together and begins questioning those closest to him in this puzzle of memory and identity.
Two boys dream of escaping their island town to go on an adventure on the mainland, a son and his lover fight to escape the clutches of an overbearing father, and a priest is shocked when some local students plan to put on a homoerotic rendition of the miracle of Lazarus. Immerse yourself in Italian…
In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a story. —Walter Cronkite Sacred can mean so many things and so we invite many voices to meet and share the “sacred” space within each of us. Sacred Stories are stories that inspire us, remind us we are not alone, and connect us in our…
Didn't Know My Own Strength is a remarkable and brilliant stage production that captures the heart of everyone. The play centers around two families who discover an illness feared by millions for years. Cancer. It also deals with what happens when the children suffer silently while the parents are…
Turtle Island is a story about an orphaned teen who, unable to come in terms with the loss of her mother, rebels against her Native American guardian and runs away from home. Featuring a sublime weaving together of indigenous culture and social issues, Turtle Island follows Irene, played by Hannah…
’THIS IS THE WORLD. THE WORLD IS FULL OF MANY THINGS. PEOPLE. AND ANIMALS. AND FOOD. AND NATURE. AND CRAZY BANANAS. WITH SO MANY THINGS SMASHED TOGETHER THE WORLD SHOULD BE TOTAL CHAOS. THE REASON WHY THE WORLD ISN’T TOTAL CHAOS, IS BECAUSE IT HAS RULES.’ A man brings his lover…
DIRECTED BY JEAN-PHILIPPE GAUD FRANCE and MOROCCO / 2018 / FRENCH, ARABIC WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES / 95 MIN SYNOPSIS Growing up in the Moroccan village of Tazzeka, Elias learned the secrets of traditional Moroccan cuisine from his grandmother who raised him. Years later, meeting a top Paris chef and…
