Since its release in 1980, Sally Potter's rewriting of Puccini's opera, La Boheme, has become a classic in feminist film theory. A model for the deconstruction of the Hollywood film, Thriller turns the conventional role of women as romantic victims in fiction on its head. Mimi, the seamstress…
ORLANDO is a story of the quest for love, and it is also an ironic dance through English history. Addressing contemporary concerns about gender and identity, the film is remarkably true to the spirit of Virginia Woolf, but it also skilfully adapts the original story to give it a striking, cinematic form.…
THE TANGO LESSON is about a female filmmaker who discovers and falls in-love with the tango. In between bouts of writing a screenplay for Hollywood with which she finds herself increasingly dissatisfied she places herself under the tutelage of Pablo, an Argentinean tango dancer living in Paris. As the…
YES is the story of a passionate love affair between an American woman (Joan Allen) and a Middle-Eastern man (Simon Abkarian) in which they confront some of the greatest conflicts of our generation - religious, political and sexual. Sam Neil plays the betrayed and betraying politician husband, Sheila…
London, 1962. Two teenage girls - Ginger and Rosa - are inseparable; they play truant together, discuss religion, politics and hairstyles, and dream of lives bigger than their mothers' frustrated domesticity. But, as the Cold War meets the sexual revolution, and the threat of nuclear holocaust escalates,…
From the producers of the Gabriel Award winning television series “SAINTS ALIVE!” on EWTN, comes “A WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING”, a new feature docudrama on Saul Alinsky, the father of community organizing and author of “Rules for Radicals”. The film is a lens…
On a tropical African Island with a rich colonial past, teenage siblings Lucas and Telma struggle to hold on to their dreams and their innocence. Lucas sets out on a life-changing journey, searching the backstreets, bars and bordellos to find his lost puppy before the authorities capture and destroy…
Made to encourage a better understanding of refugees’ problems The story of a young woman who has endured torture, seeking asylum in the UK, supported by therapy and well-wishers. It is intended as an educational resource for refugee support and therapeutic organisations in recruitment and training…
Two brother must battle a corrupt police detective in order to save their lives. A feature film from 1992, directed by James Tucker.
This erotic thriller is set in a flesh-filled and violence-prone butcher shop. A large, lustful butcher, used to living out his sexual fantasies in the shop, becomes interested in Roxy, his young female apprentice. The girl, documenting everything with a video camera, enthusiastically gets involved with…
Mississpipi, 1946. To celebrate his eleventh birthday, a MOTHER takes her SON to the local hardware store to get his present, where a .22 rifle catches his attention. With the mother unamused, a helpful STORE WORKER must offer an alternative... Long listed for the Oscars in 2016. Written &…
"Filled with compassion and beautifully adapted" Mekimi is a 5-episode drama series based on a best seller book by Noa Yaron-Dayan, an influential and popular former media star.* This is the story of Alma, a young media star living in Tel Aviv in the early 90s, who seems to have it…
