Madonnas

The Way Home

April 2002 •Korean

This is the story of a 7-year-old boy, Sang-woo, born and raised in the big city, and his mute grandmother, who has spent her whole life in a small rural village.

Dancers

March 2008 •Danish

»Dancers« is centred round a dance school run by the bright and lively Annika and her no-nonsense mother. One day Annika meets Lasse and falls passionately in love. But there is something Lasse hasn't told her, something he has done that is not so easy to forgive. Confronting an unknown darkness in Lasse, and in herself, Annika is forced to recognize the high cost of saying yes to love.

In Your Hands

January 2004 •Danish

Anna, a young theology graduate, starts work as a prison chaplain. She becomes especially concerned about one inmate, Kate, regarded as difficult and withdrawn, but whom the other inmates credit with mysterious healing powers.

The Angel

October 2009 •Norwegian

A drug addict becomes a mother and has to deal with responsibility and self-respect.

Aftermath

March 2004 •Danish

A young married couple has to deal with their emotional breakdowns after the death of their only daughter.

The Valachi Papers

January 1972 •English

When Joe Valachi has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese, he must take desperate steps to protect himself while in prison. An unsuccessful attempt to slit his throat puts him over the edge to break the sacred code of silence.

Diary for My Father and My Mother

January 1990 •Hungarian

This story follows a young student, who is orphaned as she grows to adulthood in the shadow of the 1956 Hungarian uprising. Coming from the Communist intelligentsia, she sees her friends and family react differently. Her lover, a married factory manager, supports the patriots and later assists fellow workers in staging a strike. Meanwhile her sister and others express anger at being forced from their homes during the revolution and continue to express a hatred for the rebels afterwards. But in the end they realize that for all people, real life is not possible after the revolt and its brutal suppression by the Soviets and their collaborators.

Handling the Undead

February 2024 •Norwegian

On a hot summer day in Oslo, the dead mysteriously awaken, and three families are thrown into chaos when their deceased loved ones come back to them. Who are they, and what do they want?

Woman Against the World

September 1937 •English

A young woman marries against her father's will, but the happy life she expected turns into a series of tragedies.

Riki-Oh: The Wall of Hell

June 1989 •Japanese

In the late 1990s, society is descending into ecological collapse and totalitarianism. Saiga Riki-Oh, a mysterious man with a six-pointed star on his fist, finds himself at the privately-owned Tokyo State Prison. Serving a term of three years due to assault, his first offense, Riki-Oh openly antagonizes The Four Emperors, four powerful prisoners that control the prison and keep the rest of the inmates in line...

Dokyumento: SEX joshi daigaku

May 1983 •Japanese

Currently in the spotlight of the media, a sexual clinic in Nishi-Shinjuku, Tokyo called "SEX Women's University" (president: Ikuro Nishikawa, chief professor: Happy Funatsu) is visited with a camera, and patients (male and female) suffering from sex are shown. This is a series of secret shots of the patient's sexual sensitivity enhancement treatment, featuring a young woman, a middle-aged couple, and a young couple. The SEX treatment by the director, the chief professor, and a beautiful nurse is a sight to behold.

Mindsight

December 2016 •Russian

After the death of his parents, teenager Max discovers in himself an unusual ability to move into other people, penetrating into their minds. The viewer gets acquainted with the grown-up hero, behind whom there are already several journeys into the depths of the human mind, and one of them, the most pleasant for Max, is connected with the beautiful artist Vera. With her help, Max comprehends the true beauty of nature and the harmonious integrity of the world, and also shares his own unique knowledge with the girl. Together, the heroes have to go through a fascinating path, the routes of which lie far beyond the usual perception of reality.

Dream

July 2015 •English

A young girl strives to rekindle her parent's dwindling romance at their desert town's annual carnival, and learns hard lessons about love in the process.

Gradiva: Esquisse I

August 1978 •French

The movie shows a smattering of images from the story of Wilhelm Jensen's Gradiva. The subject is sublimated desire.

The Russians Are Coming

February 1968 •German

It’s the spring of 1945 in a small resort town on the Baltic. Günter is 16 and firmly believes that the Germans will win the war. During the hunt for a forced labourer who is on the run, Günter catches him and watches as he is shot to death. He proudly accepts the award of an Iron Cross before being shipped to the nearby front as part of the last contingent of troops. He is quickly captured by Soviet soldiers, but manages to escape and return home. When the town is occupied by the Red Army, Günter is arrested for the murder of the forced labourer. The film was banned in 1968 before it was completed, and a large portion of the negative was later destroyed.

Down by the Creek

March 2013 •Chinese

The Bremen Town Musicians

October 1969 •Russian

The adventures of the wandering musicians from Bremen such as Troubadour, Donkey, Dog, Cat and Rooster. In one of the towns Troubadour falls in love with a Princess and makes up a plan how to get the King's confidence.

The Agent

September 2009 •English

It's all in a day's work for high-flying literary agent Alexander; manuscripts to read, deals to be done, celebrity clients to be taken out to lunch, but first there is an author to deal with whose latest book the agent thinks is, frankly, not up to scratch. However he hadn't counted on the author's resourcefulness.

Twisted Roots

October 2009 •Finnish

In this stylish Finnish drama, the secrets and desires of a family can no longer be suppressed. Mikko turns out to have a hereditary illness. Since then he has been worried. How long can he continue to run the family business that he and inherited from his father, just like his illness? And how does he tell his teenage daughter and adult son that they might have the wrong genes? The imaginative eight-year-old Lumi, adopted from China, also cannot get away from her roots.

Apron Strings

July 2008 •English

Celebrity Chef Anita hasn't seen her family for twenty years. That is until her son Michael decides to do some soul searching and track down his aunt.