My Friend "A"

The Albatross

January 1998 •English

A ship sets sail on an epic voyage through malignant natural and supernatural elements from which one man alone survives. An adaptation of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner illustrated by19th Century wood engravings which are animated by scratching directly into the surface of color filmstock. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner with its message of ecological redemption has a curiously contemporary resonance, but it is at the level of the mythic that the poem has lasting relevance; for this epic tale of extraordinary events simply mirrors the struggle that each human being faces on their own in his or her life. -VDB

KKN: Curse of the Dancing Village

April 2022 •Indonesian

Six students were terrorized by a mysterious dancer while running a community service program in a remote village. Apparently, one of them violates the most fatal rule in the village.

Jonah and the Pink Whale

November 1995 •Spanish

A schoolteacher in the small city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra has a passionate affair with his frigid wife's sister—despite the risk of having to confront not only his wife, but also his dubious father-in-law.

Young Man Seeking Company

November 1954 •Swedish

A lonely young man falls in love with a girl he has observed from a distance. One day he stops her on the street and asks if she has lost a piece of jewelry.

Orphan of the Past

August 2012 •English

After being sentenced to community service, Sara begins working with Artur, a lonely septuagenarian in a wheelchair.

Berlin Alexanderplatz

June 2020 •German

In 2015, thirty year old refugee Francis, the sole survivor of a boat that illegally crossed the Mediterranean, is drawn into Berlin's seedy underbelly.

If I Could Marry the Minister

December 1941 •Swedish

Eva Örn is a newly graduated teacher, who becomes a school teacher in rural Vikarlunda. She is a beautiful young woman with firm opinions and she does not live up to the locals' picture of the ideal female teacher. She has an affair with the pastor, Ingvar Hagson, but they have to keep their love a secret.

That Damned Humility

January 1972 •Lithuanian

The 19th century in the serf village of Lithuania. Young Severija and violinist Mykoliukas like each other, but their love is challenged by Geišė, a much older, though still lively and imperious, tycoon.

Tordyveln flyger i skymningen

August 2025 •Swedish

Beyond the Sands

February 1974 •Romanian

Bad luck and bad judgment follow two generations of men in this Rumanian tragedy, set in the World War II era. Ion (Dan Nutu) seeks to find out why many years ago his father was falsely accused of being a communist, an accusation which led to his execution. He discovers that his father's mistress, now married to a wealthy man, made the accusation for money, as she was deathly afraid of poverty. Ion's own girlfriend seems to be similarly concerned about issues of livelihood, and abandons him for a richer suitor. Frustrated and angry, he burns down these couple's houses and takes up with some anti-communist arms smugglers.

Seni Memahami Kekasih

September 2024 •Indonesian

Agus and Kalis are in a romantic relationship. It's not a romantic romance, but their relationship is full of uniqueness.

Wezwanie

March 1971 •Polish

A family drama set in a Polish village - a woman recounts her life after her husband's death, focusing on the differences between her two sons and the tragedy that befalls one of them.

Věra Lukášová

March 1966 •Czech

Unplanned

March 2019 •English

As one of the youngest Planned Parenthood clinic directors in the nation, Abby Johnson was involved in upwards of 22,000 abortions and counseled countless women on their reproductive choices. Her passion surrounding a woman's right to choose led her to become a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood, fighting to enact legislation for the cause she so deeply believed in. Until the day she saw something that changed everything.

Bartleby

May 1970 •French

French short adaptation of Herman Melville's classic. The employee of a lawyer is in a mental hospital following a scandal. Some time later, he finds his employer.

One Second

November 2020 •Chinese

A movie fan escapes from a labour camp during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and strikes up a relationship with a homeless female vagabond.

Brat

January 1970 •Slovak

A television film based on a novella "Zhanobená krv" ("Dishonored Blood") by František Švantner.

Under the Blood-Red Sun

September 2014 •English

December 7, 1941 - TOMIKAZU “TOMI” NAKAJI (Kyler Ki Sakamoto) and his best friend BILLY DAVIS (Kalama Epstein) are playing baseball in a field near their homes in Hawaii when Japan launches a surprise attack on the US at Pearl Harbor. As Tomi looks up at the sky and recognizes the Blood-Red Sun emblem on the fighter planes, he knows that his life has changed forever. Based on actual events, Under the Blood-Red Sun is an unforgettable story of friendship, courage and survival.

No One Gets Out Alive

September 2021 •English

An immigrant in search of the American dream is forced to take a room in a boarding house and soon finds herself in a nightmare from which she can't escape.

Figures in a Landscape

November 1970 •English

Two escaped convicts are on the run in an unnamed Latin American country. But everywhere they go, they are followed and hounded by a menacing black helicopter.