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Richard III - version 3.0

December 2017 •Spanish

The Santa Marta Acatitla Prison Theatre Company performs "Richard III version 3.0" an adaptation of William Shakespeare's play from 1633. An amateur dramatics group has been turned into the first professional theatre company inside a Mexican prison. The prison is located south/west of Mexico City lodges about 3 000 prisoners, and has both male and female wards. The culture program started in 2010 and is supported by Foro Shakespeare, founded by Mexican actors Bruno Bichir and Itari Marta. The play "Richard III" has been updated to deal with current events, corruption and lack of future.

Bare-Handed

December 2017 •German

Martin Meyer is an Imam called Husamuddin. Imam Meyer fights his own war against ISIS by teaching the Koran. He deals with religious training and his students are the inmates of the Wiesbaden prison, in the heart of Germany. Imam Meyer knows these inmates well, some of them are returning fighters, they went to Syria to join ISIS and then fled back to Germany. They all are Germans citizens, second or third generation's immigrants coming from Islamic countries: misfits, excluded, marginalized and fascinated by the words of the ISIS recruiters. Prisons always have been a fertile ground for the seeds of revenge, social redemption and hatred.

Godot in San Quentin

October 1988 •English

A documentary made at the set up of a theater production, of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot", directed by Jan Jönson, played by prisoners, at San Quentin State Prison in California.The play is about two men who meet on a lonely country road, waiting for someone called Godot to confirm their lives and make life easier for them to live. Towards the end Godot announces that he will not come tonight, but maybe tomorrow. Producer and director John Reilly and a crew spent four weeks at the maximum-security facility; rehearsal and performance sequences are inter-cut with footage of daily prison life and discussions with the principal characters.

Bazán Frías, elogio del crimen

May 2019 •Spanish

A group of inmates decide to take on a workshop to act the life of Andrés Bazán Frías. Bazán Frías was born in poverty at the end of the XIX century and was known for stealing food to give to his neighbors. In 1923 he was murdered by the police. He became known as the "Robin Hood tucumano", and is now hold as a saint amongst the inmates.

Xolomeo y Pitbulieta

June 2018 •Spanish

Reflects on the segregation, hatred, intolerance, discrimination, racism and class oppression, inviting us to recognize our differences and live peacefully in the world. An adaptation of Romeo and Juliet. A tour of various scenarios taken from the territories traveled by migrants such as the desert and the Rio Grande, they will travel with the characters to the fantastic world of Holliwuau, they will become fellow travelers towards the American dream. The productions of the Santa Marta Acatitla Prison Theatre Company are created and performed by inmates of the prison, with help from outside drama educators.

Astronaut

July 2019 •English

A lonely widower battles his family, ill health and time to win a competition for a golden ticket to space.

O Bandido Antônio Dó

August 1980 •Portuguese

Dravci

April 1948 •Czech

Wild Beasts

Abodh

August 1984 •Hindi

Shankar is married to Gauri, but she has the brain of a child and does not accept him as her husband. She changes her behaviour and lives the life of a wife after attending the wedding of her friend.

Aai Shappath..!

July 2006 •Marathi

Ratnagiri-based young Gargi, who lives a fairly wealthy lifestyle with her widowed mother, Devki, re-locates to Pune to enroll in a hostel. It is here she will have to deal with a hostile room-mate, Roopa Bhattacharya; a wealthy Mohan Ranade, who wants to flirt with her; follow the instructions of her guardian, Shekhar, who wants to wed her; learn dancing and singing from famous maestro Pundit Omkarnath; as well as return home to deal with the fact that her mother had a secret life and that her father is still alive.

The Rest of Us

February 2020 •English

Two mother-daughter duos must contend with their grief and complicated relationships with one another when the person who connects them dies.

Rough Trade

January 2014 •English

The Stud spends his nights hustling neon-lit streets. He gets picked up by a john with a fetish for branding and begins to realize it's not just another night on the town. When the john invites him to join a cult, the Stud must decide to go back to the street or start a new life in leather.

To Catch a Killer

April 2023 •English

Baltimore. New Year's Eve. A talented but troubled police officer is recruited by the FBI's chief investigator to help profile and track down a mass murderer.

Clouds

October 2017 •English

On the verge of a nervous breakdown, a school teacher finds the wisdom she needs in the most unlikeliest of places.

Schemers

July 2020 •English

Set in late-1970s Dundee, Schemers is based on writer-producer David McLean’s early years in the music business. After a run in with a local gangster, a fledgling promoter and his two friends raise their ambitions to booking major bands in order to escape their debt.

Hidden

May 2022 •Korean

The seawater belonging to the National Intelligence Service's International Crime (Drug) Team is called 'Panfunction' in the house on behalf of a colleague who died during the operation, and the blankjack of the unidentified gambling, 'Blackjack', aims for 6 billion won drugs. You know that there is. Now there is only one way to catch him. Seawater decides to jump directly into dangerous gambling boards.

Last Resort

October 2022 •English

Two terminally ill hospice residents conspire to make their spouses fall in love with each other to lessen the impact of their death. Things go awry when they themselves fall in love and one of them begins to feel better.

Simply Girl

October 2019 •Portuguese

Denise, Hannah and Leticia are three ordinary women with extraordinary stories to tell. As transgender people, they talk about the challenges of finding their true identities within an intolerant and prejudiced society.

Promise

April 1987 •Thai

Sarin has been friend with Chalanda since they were small until they grow up. Sarin joins the military but comes home often. Chalanda marries a military officer for the sake of her parents, but she cannot stand the cruelty of her husband. Sarin has to interfere.