Times, Waters

Flight of the Phoenix

December 2004 •English

When an oil rig in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia proves unproductive, an aircraft crew are sent to shut the operation down and fly them out. On the flight out over the desert on the way to Beijing, Capt. Frank Towns and co-pilot A.J. are unable to keep their cargo plane, a C-119 Flying Boxcar, in the air when a violent sandstorm strikes. Crash-landing in a remote uncharted part of the desert, the two pilots and their passengers -- a crew of oil workers and a drifter -- must work together to survive by rebuilding the aircraft. Soon, low supplies and a band of merciless smugglers add even greater urgency to their task.

The Naked Island

November 1960 •Japanese

A family of four are the sole inhabitants of a small island, where they struggle each day to irrigate their crops.

Nostalgia

June 1983 •Russian

A Russian poet, Andrei and his interpreter, Eugenia travel to Italy to research the life of an 18th-century composer.

Singendes Wasser

January 2007 •German

Signs

August 2002 •English

A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.

Sounds of Sand

May 2007 •French

On the one hand, there’s the desert eating away at the land. The endless dry season, the lack of water. On the other there’s the threat of war. The village well has run dry. The livestock is dying. Trusting their instinct, most of the villagers leave and head south. Rahne, the only literate one, decides to head east with his three children and Mouna, his wife. A few sheep, some goats, and Chamelle, a dromedary, are their only riches. A tale of exodus, quest, hope and fatality.

3:10 to Yuma

August 1957 •English

Dan Evans, a small time farmer, is hired to escort Ben Wade, a dangerous outlaw, to Yuma. As Evans and Wade wait for the 3:10 train to Yuma, Wade's gang is racing to free him.

Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India

June 2001 •Hindi

In 1890s India, an arrogant British commander challenges the harshly taxed residents of Champaner to a high-stakes cricket match.

Cada Vez Mais Longe

June 2014 •Portuguese

White Gold

February 1927 •English

A sheep farmer brings his new wife to his father's ranch and the old man takes an instant dislike to her.

Rabba Rabba Meeh Varsa

September 2022 •Panjabi

A drought-stricken village prays for rain, except for one child who wishes for the opposite, whose prayers will be answered?

Tokyo Story

November 1953 •Japanese

The elderly Shukishi and his wife, Tomi, take the long journey from their small seaside village to visit their adult children in Tokyo. Their elder son, Koichi, a doctor, and their daughter, Shige, a hairdresser, don't have much time to spend with their aged parents, and so it falls to Noriko, the widow of their younger son who was killed in the war, to keep her in-laws company.

Sexy Thing

May 2006 •English

The story of a young girl who escapes her reality by immersing herself in a watery version of the world.

The Water Diary

June 2006 •English

A story through a child's eyes about living through a drought.

Skylark

February 1993 •English

Jacob's farm is in trouble from a severe drought. Jacob and Sarah begin to wonder if Sarah can stay, and what will happen to Jacob if she and the children have to leave the farm.

No Worries

March 1994 •English

A family is forced off their farm due to drought, and move to Sydney.

Wild Things

March 1998 •English

When teen-socialite Kelly Van Ryan and troubled bad girl Suzie Toller accuse guidance counselor Sam Lombardo of rape, he's suspended by the school, rejected by the town, and fighting to get his life back. One cop suspects conspiracy, but nothing is what it seems...

Eggs

May 1995 •Norwegian

Two brothers in their seventies, Pa and Moe, have lived together all their lives in a little house in the country, the only interruption being when Pa made a weekend trip to Småland on his moped during the second World War. The past returns when his adult son dating from his Swedish visit, Konrad, comes to live with them after his mother has fallen ill. Soon Moe is about to discover that three is indeed a crowd...

White Water

February 2015 •English

White Water is the story of a 7 year-old black kid in segregated 1963 Opelika, Alabama who becomes obsessed with the desire to taste the water from the "white's only" drinking fountain and sets out on a quest to do the unthinkable: drink from it.

Dry Summer

December 1963 •Turkish

A scheming tobacco farmer sets out to ruin his competition by diverting the local water to his own property.