Bye Bye

7.5

Cat Skin

May 1962 •Portuguese

A few weeks before Carnival, slum boys organize huntings for stray cats, whose leather can be used in Samba percussion instruments, like the Tamborim, a small drum.

7.7

Breakfast Wine

July 2013 •English

In Ireland they say it takes just three alcoholics to keep a small bar running in a country town. But what if you’ve only got two?

6.2

The War Game

July 1963 •English

Two boys quarrel over a toy pistol in an ever escalating game.

6.8

Yardbird

May 2012 •English

A young girl who lives in a remote wrecking yard takes on the local bullies when they travel out to torment her father.

0.0

Yoghurt

January 2010 •Swedish

Six strangers are sitting in a conference room. They’re in a focus group, but how much is there really to say about yoghurt? There’s so much more to discover about each other.

0.0

Travemünde Trelleborg

January 2009 •Swedish

David is a drummer supported by unemployment benefit, disappointed that life didn't turn out the way he planned. Now he's on the night ferry from Germany with three thousand ecstasy tablets taped onto his torso. The plan is to sell the pills in Sweden in order to get enough money to start all over somewhere else. But when David meets his first love Sara in the all you can eat buffet, he starts to question the course his life is taking.

5.8

Sign Language

September 2010 •English

Meet Ben - he holds a sign for a living, and he loves his job more than almost anything. But today is his last day.

6.0

Artemide’s Knee

June 2008 •French

Mourning the death of his partner and collaborator Danièle Huillet, Straub finds tender mercy in music and nature. Out of the abyss, Kathleen Ferrier sings “The Farewell” from Gustav Mahler’s “The Song of the Earth”, (which the composer wrote in 1909 after the death of his daughter) and Heinrich Schütz’s Lament on the Death of His Wife. The landscape also provides solace: the mountain grove where Endymion pines for his beloved Artemis, “a wild thing, untouchable, mortal,” appears to embody the Japanese concept of ‘mono no aware’ — a wistful acceptance of the fleeting beauty of things.

5.5

Supernova

April 2007 •Norwegian

A boy and his father spend a day at the beach and discuss life, death and the exploding sun.

0.0

Bedford Park Boulevard

April 2010 •English

A fifteen-year-old Latino boy at a high school in the Bronx makes a mistake that will define the rest of his life.

5.6

Bérénice

January 1954 •French

Shot in 16mm, Berenice is Rohmer’s first finished film. The film is based on a story by Edgar Allen Poe about a man who becomes obsessed with his fiancé’s teeth. The film was shot at Andre Bazin’s house by Jacques Rivette. Rivette also edited the film.

7.1

Person to Person

January 2014 •English

Waking up the morning after hosting a party, a man discovers a stranger passed out on his floor. He spends the rest of the day trying to convince her to leave.

6.0

Late

February 2008 •Romanian

A young, and, as yet unsuccessful journalist is assigned to write an article about a teacher at his old school who is suspected of sexual misconduct. He approaches a former fellow-pupil for help. Their meeting has unexpected consequences.

5.7

Burger

February 2013 •English

It's late night in a burger bar in Wales...

1.0

Herrmann

January 2013 •German

Herrmann is a leftist Thirty Something, who is still politically active, despite beginning to live the usual life of having a girlfriend and a child. On the way to his weekly political meeting he is kidnapped.

0.0

Son

February 2014 •Danish

August has to put up with quite a lot. Ever since his parents separated, his father no longer seems to have any time for him. To console him, his Dad gives him a sweet little dog. But his mother refuses to have the animal in her house and before long there are shouting matches on the phone again. August can hear them arguing through his bedroom door – it's something he seems to have become used to. When his mother remains adamant about not having the dog, August packs his bags to move in with his father. But there’s no place for him in his father’s new family either. And so the boy makes up his mind to create a drastic wake-up call. Told from the boy’s perspective, this coming-of-age drama describes the situation for children who are caught in the middle when their parents decide to separate.

7.5

The Dam Keeper

February 2014 •English

In a desolate future, one small town has survived because of a large windmill dam that acts as a fan to keep out pollution. The dam's operator, Pig, works tirelessly to keep the sails spinning and protect the town, despite abuse from classmates and an indifferent public. When a new student joins Pig's class, nothing will be the same again.

4.8

Lost Angel

October 2013 •English

When a young Dutch tourist gets stranded at the start of his US vacation, he finds help from an unlikely stranger.

0.0

Henry & Sunny

January 2009 •English

Henry, an unemployed clown, is in love with the famous soap opera actress, Sunny Carmichael. He writes her letters daily yet fear of rejection prevents him from disclosing his return address. Can true love prevail?