Land of Dreams

Nomoto: A BC Tragedy

October 2022 •English

The injustice of the Japanese internment is explored through the story of Kyuichi Nomoto, one of the first Japanese Canadians to graduate from UBC, who suffered a breakdown deep in the BC Interior.

Liebe auf Eis

August 1950 •German

The Fourth

December 1972 •Russian

American journalist gets a sensational material but is afraid to publish it...

Maha Hin

April 1978 •Thai

Hin, a monk who, one day receives a letter from his younger niece announcing that his parents have been killed by gangsters, their house burnt and cattle stolen.

Ramanujan

July 2014 •Tamil

A prodigious Indian mathematician has to overcome poverty and prejudices and make a mark with the help of his British mentor.

Heroes in Blue

November 1939 •English

Family heartbreak: A dedicated New York City policeman raises two sons, one following in his dad's footsteps as a cop while the other turns to crime and is arrested for murder.

Maanga

September 2015 •Tamil

Siva aka Maanga is an eccentric inventor and his constant experiments, which often end up in failure, make him a terror to his apartment folk. Disheartened, he tries to commit suicide in a decrepit house which holds a couple of secrets.

Isai

January 2015 •Tamil

A once-successful veteran is envious of the success that his one-time assistant as a music director and plots to bring him down by ruining both his career and life.

Jai Hind 2

November 2014 •Tamil

A common man decides to rise up and change the state of education in the country. Will the money-minded 'educationists' let him do that?

Zuhaus unter Fremden

January 1979 •German

Bernd gets to know Ayshe, who is of Turkish origin.

Hootenanny a Go-Go

July 1965 •English

A square rich boy wants to make it with a pretty folk singer, so he buys the coffee house where she and a bunch of other beatniks perform. Features performances by The Goldebriars, The Free Wheelers, and a very young Joan Rivers doing a stand-up routine.

Anywhere Else

February 2014 •German

You left your home to move far away. You were struck by a wind of change and were unfaithful to yourself. You reinvented yourself and you are now feeling free. But suddenly pressure arises in you.

Orphans & Kingdoms

July 2014 •English

In writer/director Paolo Rotondo’s debut feature, three teenagers on the run break into a deluxe Waiheke Island home and find themselves caught in a tense psychodrama with the conflicted owner.

The Teacher's Diary

March 2014 •Thai

Finding the diary of his predecessor, rural schoolteacher Song falls in love with its author, Ann, and sets out on a winding journey to find her.

Nebenwege

July 2014 •German

The last few years have been no walk in the park for Richard Beller. The separation from his wife and the hard work at the architecture firm have taken a lot out of him. His relationship with his 14-year-old daughter Marie has also suffered enormously as a result. She blames him for her parents' separation. To make matters worse, his 78-year-old mother Hilde has also become a "problem" for some time now, showing undeniable signs of Alzheimer's disease. She is due to move into a retirement home this weekend. Now, of all times, the most important job of his life is in danger of being canceled due to a technical problem in the office.

Diring

January 2006 •Lithuanian

This film tells a grotesque story of image design. "Diringas" is a mysterious term conceived by the main character, which becomes a product of unlimited possibilites. Everybody is convinced that image is everything - so everybody fights for if. Nobody knows what it is, it is only important that you have it.

Asthma

October 2015 •English

A young musician takes a beautiful tattoo artist on a ride in a stolen classic car.

The Big Flame

February 1969 •English

After a prolonged industrial dispute in the Liverpool Docks, the striking workers reject management demands of a return to work and decide instead to occupy the docks and run the operation themselves.