Faro
Faro is a portrait of the lighthouse of Leuca (Italy), one of the last lighthouses in the south of the Mediterranean. The lighthouse illuminates the unknown, embraces the borders of the extreme lands. Casas portrays its spirit, its behaviour and its evocative power.
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Vucca
At the tip of Italy’s heel, lies la Vucca de lu puzzu, the gaping “mouth of the well”. Vucca (2016) is the intimate result of the artist’s field recordings inside the cave. Saline and pluvial water merge through an underwater tunnel, refracted sunlight challenges obscurity, while the rock stubbornly resists the passages of civilizations. The multilayered soundtrack and visuals echo the dizziness of the space.
Fight Club: Members Only
Four friends head off to Bombay and get involved in the mother and father of all gang wars.
Main Street on the March!
This Best Short Subject Academy Award winning film begins in the spring of 1940, just before the Nazi occupation of the Benelux countries, and ends immediately after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It chronicles how the people of "Main Street America", the country's military forces, and its industrial base were completely transformed when the decision was made to gear up for war. Original footage is interspersed with contemporary newsreels and stock footage.
Gunpowder
At the end of September 1941, Soviet artillery troops in besieged Leningrad realize that pretty soon they will fire their last shot, and after that the defense of the city will be doomed. The film is based on a true event: a small group of fearless soldiers transported a large supply of gunpowder through enemy lines to Leningrad.
An Idiot's Guide to Politics
Comedian Jolyon Rubinstein is on a mission. He wants to find out why the Facebook generation is so disengaged from politics. With the general election just around the corner, according to a recent survey less than a quarter of under 25s plan to vote. Is this just apathy and ignorance? Or is something else going on? The film is packed with stunts, pranks and some pretty serious interviews in which Jolyon seeks to find the answers.
On the way he takes a fire engine armed with fireproof underpants to Conservative Party HQ ('liar, liar, pants on fire'); visits UKIP HQ to use his lie-detecting test to help Nigel Farage root out members hiding a BNP past; takes a union leader a statue of Ed Miliband as Wallace to thank him for getting Ed elected Labour leader - a present from the Conservatives; and tries to raise £50k to have dinner with the PM - it's the going rate for Tory Party donors, he learns.
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
Soon after their engagement, Bill goes to sea, and Emily vows to stay true until his return. Unknown to her, Bill marries another woman from a different port. Emily waits faithfully for six years, finally becoming dangerously ill. When Bill suddenly appears in town with his family, Joe, who has loved Emily all along, forces Bill to make Emily's final moments happy by pretending he has returned to marry her.
K1 World MAX 2003 Champions' Challenge
K-1 World MAX 2003 Champions Challenge was a kickboxing event promoted by the K-1 organization. The event was held in Tokyo at the Nippon Budokan, on Tuesday, November 18, 2003. It was a one match showcase event, featuring ten world's best martial artists against Japan's top kickboxers, all fights were fought under K-1 Rules (70 kg/152 lb weight class). In total there were twenty fighters, from seven different countries. The main event featured local favourite Masato against Vince Phillips.
A Girl Thing
A Girl Thing is a mini-series that revolves around a New York city street, a coffee house and a shrinks office. Dr. Beth Noonan is the therapist to one star per hour. Hour one deals with a woman not capable of having a relationship. Hour Two is about sisters who hate each other, trying to get along one last time. Hour Three is about adultery.
The UnRedacted
America has been fighting the war on terrorism for two decades, and there are more terrorists today, not fewer. The day after 9/11, experts estimated there were around 400 members of al-Qaida. Today, those same experts put that number at over 100,000, including affiliate groups. The question we must now ask ourselves is not only how to prevent more men from joining these groups, but can we deradicalize those who already have?
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
Priti, a British-born Indian woman in the West Midlands, reports a violent incident in the street.
'92 Skybox Alonzo Mourning Rookie Card
Jim and Dave are brothers. They haven't spoken in years and don't like each other very much, but are forced to come together for a week when their dad dies in Kansas City. Alonzo Mourning was drafted by the Charlotte Hornets with the 2nd pick in the 1992 draft. He averaged 21 points, 10 rebounds, and 3.5 blocks per game in his rookie season. His basketball cards were very popular throughout the 90's, and in specific, his limited edition 1992 Skybox Series rookie card. Dave is pretty sure he has one those, but Jim has other ideas. Alonzo Mourning had no brothers.
Edges of Darkness
Three interconnected tales of terror set against the backdrop of a zombie apocalypse.
Domestic Circumstances
After his mother death a sixteen years old Sergey suddenly finds out that his father is alive and well.
Mujeres De Arranque
Mexican feature film
Playing House
In this taut thriller, newlyweds Jen and Mitch find that three's company and four's a crowd when they ask their friend Danny to move in with them to share expenses. But a sweet situation turns sour when Danny invites a new person into the mix.
141 Minutes from the Unfinished Sentence
This lavishly spectacular film focuses on the character of Lorinc Parcen Nagy from the 1200-page Tibor Déry novel interwoven with numerous autobiographical elements. Lorinc Parcen Nagy is the offspring of an upper middle class family, whose life is marked by two violent deaths: the suicide of his father and the slaughter of an innocent worker. He breaks with his family and his mother in disgust; she is of weak character, a person who abandoned her own husband. He is also unable to discover the right tone with his colleagues and his lover who is an illegal party worker.
The Meeting
A young woman's encounter with a mysterious lover. This short film is an extra on the BFI Flipside DVD The Pleasure Girls.
Hôpital souterrain
During a weekend on the small island of Roz Ven, Marine, an eight-year-old girl who had come with her parents, disappeared while the three of them were visiting a mysterious underground museum. The police are immediately put in charge of the investigation, but it stalls: despite numerous hypotheses, none of them seems to fit and the disappearance remains unexplained.