Skirt Day

L'enfer c'est les autres

April 2023 •French

S.F.W.

September 1994 •English

An alienated and misanthropic teenager gains sudden and unwanted celebrity status after he's taken hostage by terrorists where his indifference to their threats to kill him makes news headlines.

Vegas

September 2009 •Norwegian

You don't choose your family. You choose your friends. Vegas is the story of Thomas, Marianne and Terje - three teenagers with nowhere to go.

Victory at Entebbe

December 1976 •English

The film is based on an actual event: Operation Entebbe and the freeing of Israeli hostages at Entebbe Airport (now Entebbe International Airport) in Uganda.

Kintsugi

April 2023 •English

Kylie, a college nursing student troubled and traumatized by the recent events of her passing boyfriend, learns to find peace and strength through an ancient practice from the relationships around her.

Bitter Berry

January 1975 •Russian

Adolescent love troubles set in a beautiful Uzbek mountainside.

Sisyphus Unbound

April 2023 •English

Virgil, a college writing student, hopes to have his latest story published, but he must first get over one major hurdle before his work gets out to the world, his mercurial writing professor Richard Laymen.

Age 13

January 1955 •English

Tells the story of Andrew, a 13-year-old whose mother dies and leaves him with an indifferent step-father. Andrew, receiving only hostility from his classmates and step-father, begins to steal. An understanding counselor at school helps Andrew reform and readjust.

Kabul Express

December 2006 •Hindi

Five people - two Indian journalists, an American journalist, an Afghan guide and a Pakistani soldier who takes them all hostage - are taken on a 48-hour journey into Afghanistan in a jeep called the Kabul Express, a special and unlikely bond developing between them along the way.

Truth or Consequences, N.M.

May 1997 •English

Raymond Lembecke is a con just out of prison after serving time for selling drugs for his mob boss Tony Vago. (Lembecke was innocent and took the rap for Vago.) Lembecke thinks Vago owes him big time so, when his former boss gets him a measly job in a warehouse, he decides on revenge and plans to steal a million dollars worth of drugs from him.

Tree of Knowledge

November 1981 •Danish

As a group of Danish children pass into adolescence, gradually the most popular girl becomes an outcast, for trivial reasons that she never understands.

Duma

April 2005 •English

An orphaned cheetah becomes the best friend and pet of a young boy living in South Africa.

Lost Son

May 2021 •English

A modern retelling of the parable of the prodigal son.

ANA

August 2017 •Spanish

A Swedish Love Story

April 1970 •Swedish

The puppy love of two teenagers is set against a backdrop of adults struggling with their own lives. As a couple in love, they don't care about anything but themselves and seem totally unaware about everything that surrounds them.

Mad City

November 1997 •English

A misguided museum guard who loses his job and then tries to get it back at gunpoint is thrown into the fierce world of ratings-driven TV gone mad.

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

November 2005 •English

A tale of an inner city drug dealer who turns away from crime to pursue his passion, rap music.

Colors

April 1988 •English

A confident young cop is shown the ropes by a veteran partner in the dangerous gang-controlled barrios of Los Angeles, where the gang culture is enforced by the colors the members wear.

Offside

January 2005 •German

The Ref

March 1994 •English

A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.