From The Corner

The Guru

April 2019 •Spanish

In the south of Chile on the Chiloé Island, Carlos Ruiz works as an operator in an industrial cannery. He is one of the cogs that makes the machine turn, except when he is a machine himself, like when he delivers blows on the punching-ball. A machine that dreams of glory. Because in his other life, Carlos is little-by-little becoming “the Guru”, who ceaselessly trains in what little leisure time he has so that he can win his match.

Fisticuffs

August 1938 •English

This Pete Smith Specialty short showcases former heavyweight boxing champion Max Baer with various sparring partners in the ring. Slow motion is used to illustrate how Baer uses his skills.

Bobby Cassidy: Counterpuncher

February 2010 •English

A deeply human portrait of a boxer with the heart of a lion who refused to give up, in and outside of the ring. This documentary follows the fighter's life from a child who was taught how to hate, to a father who learned how to love.

Aníbal, justo una muerte

January 2019 •Spanish

Evander Holyfield vs Buster Douglas

October 1990 •English

A professional boxing match contested on October 25, 1990, for the WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight championships. The bout took place at the Mirage in Paradise, Nevada, USA and saw Douglas making the first defense of the titles he won from Mike Tyson in February 1990.

The Fourth Round

October 2024 •Spanish

"El Cuarto Round" invites us to accompany Osvaldo, "El Mariana", on an intimate six-month journey as he prepares for his fight at La Velada del Año 4, at the Santiago Bernabéu stadium in Madrid. Through his training, we not only see him face physical and emotional challenges, but also discover new facets of himself, where his public and personal lives become deeply intertwined.

Les Autres Chemins

September 2021 •French

Keep going

Invalid date •Dutch

"Doorgaan" is an intense and intimate documentary about survival and resilience, following the young talented boxer Farshid Bos on his way to the Dutch boxing championships. Heading for the top, he is coached by boxing legend Piet Rozendaal.

Boxeo Constitución

December 2012 •Spanish

Boxeo Constitución shows how, of all places, in a damp, dark boxing hall under the tracks of a train station, young people brace themselves against the social Darwinism of the social crisis. The film follows two teenage boxers from the forgotten suburbs of Buenos Aires on their way to their debut bout. It will be decided in the ring whether they can continue to hope that one day they will leave the lack of prospects in their neighborhood behind in order to "be someone". Youthful enthusiasm meets harsh reality when some of her colleagues form a boxing union.

Scars

April 2016 •Spanish

A poet boxer. A child under the sun in a cotton field. The persistence of a young amateur boxer. A woman. Tenderness and absence. A portrait of a man with the wit and wisdom of those who have faced death.

Zhilei Zhang vs. Joe Joyce II

Invalid date •English

Joe Joyce faces Zhilei Zhang in a rematch as he bids to get back on track for a world heavyweight championship fight.

Against the Ropes

February 2004 •English

A fictional story inspired by North America's most famous female boxing promoter, Jackie Kallen. Her struggle to survive and succeed in a male dominated sport.

The Hook

September 2015 •English

A retired boxer gives a one-to-one that changes his life forever.

Small, Slow But Steady

December 2022 •Japanese

A hearing-impaired woman with dreams of becoming a professional boxer due to the pandemic is threatened closure of her boxing club and the illness of its ageing president, who has been her biggest supporter, push her to the limit.

Ho-Hum

December 2022 •English

In a time long before the apostolic era, a captivating pre-apostolic society was irrevocably transformed by the extraordinary events surrounding the appearance of a mysterious cube.

Million Dollar Baby

December 2004 •English

Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.

The Anomalisa Effect

January 2024 •Italian

Lament Of A Box

May 2024 •English

In this prequel to "Confessions Of A Box," we explore the untold journey that Billy embarked on after turning into a box: the journey of identity. He must find out the true meaning of his existence, and whether he is still a person, or if he is destined to forever be a box in a man's world...

Ring voľný

January 1970 •Slovak

The Box

October 2009 •English

Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. However pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world; someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.