Japanese star Erika Oda (Kore-eda’s Cannes smash After Life) stars as Tengan Rei, a young Okinawan woman who kidnaps Paris, the teenage son of a U.S. Marine convicted of raping her when she was a girl. Unlocking their shared histories, Rei and Paris are drawn together, even as the boy’s father…
Edge of your seat road movie following vigilante priest burnt by his faith Father Clemence (Paul Marlon), joined by runaway Mexican punk Maria (Ana Gonzalez Bello) in this exhilarating british road movie. The fourth feature from critically acclaimed award winning indie Director Greg Hall. Other featured…
Children of Water Starring: Lili Sakamoto and Ted Taylor Written and directed by Roger Walch Length: 51 min, Japan 2010, Language: English (with Japanese subtitles) After one year in an ESL-course in the US, Mina - a Japanese graphic designer - returns to Kyoto and discovers that she is pregnant.…
YUWAKU 3 Length: 35 minutes, Japan 2006 (w/ English subtitles) Starring: Yoshiko Matsuda and Nigel Randell Written and directed by Roger Walch Michael (Nigel Randell) is a burned-out English teacher in Kyoto who is taken to a seedy dive-bar filled with surreal characters right out of a modern…
Spending the weekend in a faceless Los Angeles hotel, writing a cat litter commercial, Jack feels he has reached an all-time low. He orders a call girl, Gabriella, whose specialty lies in storytelling. Through the night, Gabriella tells a story about a young man named Jake, who takes an extended holiday…
Hillary and Bonnie, two young teenagers, meet one morning by the side of the road, become fast friends, and on a rising wave of frenzy later that afternoon, murder an old woman. They did it, they say, for fun. John, a journalist, is given the challenge of making sense of this senseless crime, and…
Nine months pregnant, Jesse (Dana Anderson) is no more prepared to cope with life as a mother than she is with being a wife. She spends her days half-heatedly cleaning the trailer, working on her tan, and fighting with her husband, Hank (John M. Jackson). Life is fairly predictable, though not particularly…
According to Hindu mythology, we are living in the Kali Yug (“Age of Kali”), a time of decadence, desire and deterioration… A young, recently married Los Angeles couple–Tom and Ellie–are certainly on their way to affluence. They are sophisticates, whose lives turn upside…
The Fire Below Us | Remembering Mount St. Helens 7 Time Award-Winning Dramatic Documentary Highly recommended for all ages by Library Journal A day to remember... May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens exploded without warning... Spectacular devastation footage combined with dramatic reenactments put you…
When Liz (JESSICA HOFFMAN) finds a rough patch in her romantic life, her best friend Celia (SHANNON BUMPAS) persuades her to take a trip to get away from their small town and all her troubles. Despite promising to stay away from men, the root of all her issues, Liz soon falls for the charms of Dan (TAYLOR…
En 1965, la France passe un contrat avec l’État d’Israël pour la vente de 12 vedettes lance-missiles. Un chantier naval de Cherbourg, les Constructions mécaniques de Normandie (CMN), est chargé de l’exécution de la commande. Mais après la Guerre…
A young Palestinian girl will do whatever it takes to buy a birthday cake. Eleven year-old MARIAM begs her mother for the extra money she needs to buy a cake at the local bakery. Her mother begrudgingly relents, but when Mariam arrives at the bakery, she realizes that she still doesn't have enough.…
