43 Degrees North

Dogmouth

October 2019 •English

A piece of writing with real danger and which focuses on a mysterious mafia of violent Viet Nam Vets living on freight trains who are akin to Hell's Angels without the Harley. The net is closing since they are being pursued by relentless railroad agents. They may be a repugnant set of people and the film will disturb and provoke the audience that sees it but it follows what John Steppling (also writer of '52 Pickup' directed by John Frankenheimer w/ Roy Sheider and Ann Margaret and 'Animal Factory' directed by Steve Buscemi w/ Willem Dafoe. Mickey Rourke. Ed Furlong) believes - 'Art is not your friend'.

Stains

August 2024 •English

As Erin packs her old life into boxes, she overhears a violent attack in the apartment above that derails her night.

Papa Bear

July 2019 •English

When a family made up of biological and adopted children lose their father, they discover what loss means to them, and how their father's time on Earth shaped their growth.

60 Er Pore

March 2022 •Bengali

Vicky (Amyth Sethi) and Soumitra are very happy in their married life. Vicky is searching for his job while his wife is in labour. He takes her to the hospital but unfortunately their baby dies and hearing this news she dies of shock and heart attack. What will Vicky do?

Niente è come sembra

October 2007 •Italian

Esther and the King

March 2006 •English

When a modern-day girl named Amelia (Lauren Faber) faces a big challenge in her life, her mother (Lori Broadhead) teaches her about the power of fasting by sharing the story of a heroine from the Bible. Esther (Summer Naomi Smart), an orphan raised by a relative named Mordecai (Marvin Payne), is chosen from all the maidens in the land to become queen. While becoming a queen is where most fairy tales end, this is just the beginning of the true story of this courageous woman who must risk her life to save her people from a treacherous plan of the charmingly wicked prince Haman (Jeff Stevens). Through reliving the story of Esther, Amelia gains an understanding of the power of fasting and how it can help her learn courage.

Master of Zen

February 1994 •

Set in the first century in India, a prince is troubled by visions and a desire to master the ways of Buddha. After his father dies, he forsakes the throne to become a monk and, after studying Buddhism for sixty years, travels to China to preach Zen and teaches the Shaolin monks the exercises that become the foundation of

Gates to Paradise

May 1968 •English

In 1212, a Children's Crusade is launched after a young shepherd, Jacques de Cloyes, claims to have had a vision in which it is said that the innocence of children would be able to liberate Jerusalem. A monk, returning from Holy Land, joins the crusade and hears the children's confessions, gradually realizing that most of them are taking part not for religious, but for more worldly reasons, like rejected love and hopes for freedom, the true nature of their enthusiasm is homosexual. In fact, if the children follow Jacques, it is more for romantic than religious reasons. They take literally the famous phrase: “Love one another”.

Cradle Song

April 1994 •Spanish

A group of nuns find an abandoned baby girl at the doorstep of their convent.

The Sorrows of Satan

October 1926 •English

Geoffrey is desperately in love with Mavis, who lives at his boardinghouse and is also pursuing a writing career. Unable to marry her because of his poverty, in his anger he curses God for abandoning him. Soon Geoffrey meets Prince Lucio de Rimanez, a wealthy, urbane gentleman who informs Geoffrey that he has inherited a fortune, but that he must place himself in the Prince's hands in order to enjoy the fruits of his inheritance. What Geoffrey doesn't know is that Prince Lucio is actually Satan.

Mummy

November 2020 •English

After the untimely death of their mother, twin brothers struggle over what to do with her belongings and discover a dark entity.

The Rebellion of Red Maria

November 2011 •Greek

In a city - with heavy metal music haunting the heroes and the voice of Maria Callas being heard, an aged man, ex-terrorist, who dresses like a woman, the "red Maria", lives without any law and is hiding in the social shadows as a prostitute and performer, dancing in the streets, old and out-dated dances, for the passersby who give him money. In the street he meets a young boy, who lives there as a street urchin, at deaths door after a neo-fascists attack. The boy, alcohol addicted, hears the voice of Maria Callas, speaks with the dead diva, with the mother he misses. In overdose he dreams of the perfect world. "Red Maria" saves the boy and teaches him the "job". In order to survive they invade cafes, giving performances that talk for a new, political God, for the political mistake of God, for the end of the ideology

Adieu

September 2004 •French

Under threat in Algeria, Ismahel emigrates to France where he wants to live and work, with the hope that the people he's fleeing from will forget him the time he is away. In the letters that he writes to the daughter that he left behind in his homeland, he tells his own story in the guise of the biblical tale of Jonas and the Whale. Somewhere in France, an elderly farmer has just lost his young son. His three other children help him as much as they can to get through the trial of the funeral, but the ceremony is halted when the old man falls ill. The two stories unfold parallel to each other and are alternated.

In the Shadow of Death

March 1972 •Latvian

A group of men go under-ice fishing, but find themselves trapped on a piece of ice, that has broken off. As they are drifting through the sea, the tension between them rises.

Closed Doors

July 2019 •English

In search of his missing daughter, a young father must deal with his destructive actions and fears or lose everything he has.

Blossom

March 2012 •Japanese

Angels watch over an old farmer as he works to bring a tsunami-ravaged land back to life.

Oleander

August 2019 •English

A seventeen year old sex-positive YouTuber starts a social media war against her Christian abstinence program.

The Candidate

August 2011 •English

An underhanded company man is offered assistance by a secret organization that immerses him in forces beyond his control.

No One Man

January 1932 •English

When the boyfriend of a rich, bored socialite dies from a weak heart, she finds herself attracted to the doctor who treated him, a hard-working idealist decidedly different from the usual spoiled society rich kids she is used to.

Shadows

March 2021 •English

A high school senior and her Catholic family cope with her older brother who has returned from prison as a converted Muslim.