Songs From the Shed

Jean-Jacques

January 2005 •French

Alexandre, a thirty-year old tailor, has decided to improve his cultural level. That is the reason why he has decided to attend an evening school. The lessons are given in the classroom of an elementary class by a teacher named Etienne. The subject of the course is : "The solitude of Jean-Jacques Rousseau". Will Alexandre become another man after grappling with with Rousseau, Diderot and ... Etienne? - Guy Bellinger

The Wind Rose

March 1957 •German

An international anthology about the struggles of female workers around the world.

Rao Saheb

January 1985 •Hindi

Adaptation of a literary work on the slow deterioration of an orthodox family, where the women are unable to achieve emancipation and the men succumb to insanity.

Nona. If They Soak Me, I'll Burn Them

January 2019 •Spanish

Josefina, a radical homemaker, committed a crime of passion that led her to self-exile at a coastal town. She tries to find peace in solitude, immersed in the house routine, while coexisting with a past of lovers and Molotov cocktails. Her body suffers the metamorphosis of aging, and she must undergo cataract surgery.

Night #1

October 2011 •French

Clara and Nikolai meet at a sweat-soaked rave and end their night at his apartment. The first part of the film is an erotic and candid portrait of their lovemaking. When Clara tries to sneak out without saying goodbye, this typical hookup takes an unexpected turn...

Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity

September 2002 •English

Twelve-year-old Mindy Ho inexpertly tries Taoist magic to fix her single mother's financial situation and seemingly hopeless romantic prospects.

A Hard Rain

January 1994 •English

A Hard Rain is the story of a revenge killing in a small Pacific NW island community.

Offerrollsretorik

January 2013 •Swedish

A short film about women who is comfortable in their role as victims.

Sicily!

May 1999 •Italian

A man returns to visit his native Sicily after living in New York for a long time. He learns about the Sicilian way of life from stylized conversations with an orange picker, his fellow train passengers, his mother, and a knife-sharpener.

Summerland

July 2020 •English

A woman during the Second World War opens her heart to an evacuee after initially resolving to be rid of him.

How Is Your Fish Today?

July 2006 •Chinese

A dreamed trip between village and city, between reality and fiction in a chaotic China.

Violet Perfume: No One Is Listening

March 2001 •Spanish

Yessica is a rebellious girl who forms an unlikely friendship with quiet schoolmate Miriam. Yessica's home life is ruled by her brutal stepfather and her amoral stepbrother, Jorge, while Miriam shares a calm, loving household with her mother. The girls' friendship is shattered after Jorge arranges to have one of his friends rape Yessica.

The Promise

February 1995 •German

East-Berlin, 1961, shortly after the erection of the Wall. Konrad, Sophie and three of their friends plan a daring escape to Western Germany. The attempt is successful, except for Konrad, who remains behind. From then on, and for the next 28 years, Konrad and Sophie will attempt to meet again, in spite of the Iron Curtain. Konrad, who has become a reputed Astrophysicist, tries to take advantage of scientific congresses outside Eastern Germany to arrange encounters with Sophie. But in a country where the political police, the Stasi, monitors the moves of all suspicious people (such as Konrad's sister Barbara and her husband Harald), preserving one's privacy, ideals and self-respect becomes an exhausting fight, even as the Eastern block begins its long process of disintegration.

My Brother's Wife

November 1966 •English

A man's wife starts having an affair with her brother-in-law, who is temporarily staying at their apartment.

Les liens du cœur

December 1996 •French

Civilisées

September 1999 •French

Lebanese director Randa Chahal Sabbag spins this bleak war drama about the brutal absurdity of the urban warfare of Beirut during the 1980s. Opening with the shocking image of kittens being blown apart, the film loosely follows the travails of Bernadette (Nada Ghosn), a naïve country girl sent to the city as a maid for a mansion long since abandoned by the owners. There she meets Therese (Renee Dick), a veteran house cleaner who takes her under her wing. One day, while accompanying her friend to the cemetery, she meets a rakish Arab militiaman, and the two fall in love.

Stranger

October 2004 •Polish

A pregnant 22-year-old with a dreary job, a difficult home life and an absent boyfriend learns to love her life and share this love with the child in her womb.

My Stepson, My Lover

June 1997 •English

A kind nurse finds herself embroiled in a tense and potentially deadly family affair when she falls for the son of her ruthless new husband.

Ticket of No Return

October 1979 •German

A sartorially resplendent woman of few words arrives in Berlin with plans to live out the rest of her days as a drunkard.

Subjektitüde

January 1967 •German

A concise blast of feminist film making, Sander's first film is a tense yet playful four minute short that dissects a typical urban scene at a bus stop on a busy street in Berlin.