After 17-year-old Kevin is released from prison for violent behavior he goes to live with his aunt and her family including Sammy, his cousin. While apprenticing as a plumber he starts to integrate with Sammy’s group of friends who are still in high school. Like all teenagers they just want to…
A young woman in hospice care strives to maintain her philosophy of positivity and self-empowerment during her final months of life. An intimate portrait of life's ebb and flow, this award winning, observational documentary embeds the viewer on an uplifting and inspiring end-of-life journey, and…
It’s the first day of shooting a low-budget independent film. Juan, the director, tries to shoot a sex scene with Malena and Julián, two inexperienced young actors. But he also secretly keeps the camera running in between takes, in an attempt to capture brief moments of intimacy. Hours go…
After a traumatic sexual mishap at the quintessential New England liberal arts school, Mike Anderson, 8 weeks away from graduation, is in his African-American literature class with his favorite teacher feeling sad, isolated and angry. Written and Directed by Menelek Lumumba. Starring: Miguel Nunez,…
Mike Anderson is a senior at the quintessential New-England liberal arts school, Frost College. And Mike is eight weeks away from graduation. On this particular day he has his African-American Literature class with his favorite professor. But today, Mike is feeling sadness. He's feeling isolated.…
THE CITIZEN Directed by Roland Vranik | Hungary | 2016 | Drama | 109 min SYNOPSIS In his late fifties Wilson, whose family was killed during an outbreak of civil war in Guinea-Bissau, enters Europe as a political refugee and settles for a sedate life as a security guard in a Budapest shopping center.…
After a traumatic sexual mishap at the quintessential New England liberal arts school, Mike Anderson, 8 weeks away from graduation, is in his African-American literature class with his favorite teacher feeling sad, isolated and angry. Written and Directed by Menelek Lumumba Starring: Miguel Nunez,…
Sergey Zhenovach's adaptation of Nikolai Erdman's comedy centers around a young, unemployed man desperate enough to contemplate ending it all. As soon as he declares his will to die he finds himself surrounded by a variety of characters begging him to kill himself as a gesture for their cause.…
- Premiered at Toronto International Film Festival 2017! - Palestine / Lebanon - 2017 - Color - 15’ - directed by Rakan Mayasi SYNOPSIS The film revolves around a couple in Palestine as the husband is serving time in an Israeli jail. Where physical interaction in the jail is prohibited, the…
Musical Theater Bookwriter/Lyricist Kait Kerrigan aims to empower composers to be part of the conversation about structuring musical story. "I think figuring out the tentposts of a story (which should also be the MUSICAL tentposts) is something that composers should fight to be a part of the…
”あいりん”の今、幻想的に（毎日新聞） スイス人のロジェー・ワルッヒ監督が大阪西成区のあいりん地区を舞台にメルヘンチックなミュージカルを撮影した。ブルーシートの住居が建ち学ぶ街で、そこに暮らす「ドイツ人」と呼ばれる路上生活者の男性（三上寛）と彼に助けられた若い女性（声楽家の横井優夏）の不思議な体験を描く。幻想的な映像に独特の美学が感じられ、舞踏家ら大阪を拠点に活発する現代アーティストたちも作品を彩る。 若い女性はドイツ語しか話せないホームレスと、コミュニケーションを取るとき、シューマンやシューベルトの「ドイツ歌曲」を歌う。彼はそれにドイツ哲学者として答える。二人は、２４時間の間に親しくなり、お互いの辛い想いを忘れて、つかの間の幸せを感じる。 「独逸人」…
Mickey B is a world first - the first feature film ever to be made within a maximum security prison with serving prisoners as cast. A gripping modern adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Shot in HMP Maghaberry, Ireland, where warring gangs pursue ambition, through betrayal, murder and revenge.…
