Winter Vacation

Last Holiday

January 2006 •English

The discovery that she has a terminal illness prompts introverted department store saleswoman Georgia Byrd to reflect on what she realizes has been an overly cautious life. With weeks to live, she withdraws her life savings, sells all her possessions and jets off to Europe where she lives it up at a posh hotel. Upbeat and passionate, Georgia charms everybody she meets, including renowned Chef Didier. The only one missing from her new life is her longtime crush Sean Matthews.

Is it Cold in Winter?

June 2021 •English

After an unremarkable semester one, several university hall residents try to process the idea of connectedness, fleeting relationships, love, and the future through the month-long ennui and languor of winter vacation stay.

Pokémon: Pikachu's Winter Vacation 2

December 1999 •Japanese

When these Pokémon friends begin the holidays with Christmas quarreling, can Pikachu restore good cheer? Then, on a winter's eve, when not even a trailer is stirring, the Pokémon are making a Yuletide discovery you won't believe!

Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street

November 2001 •English

Principal Prickly gets his car stuck in a snowbank and decides it has to be the Recess gang's fault, but the teachers look back and remember all the good times they've had with T.J. and the rest of the gang.

Intimate Confessions of Stella

June 1978 •Spanish

I'll Be Skiing Ya

June 1947 •English

Popeye and Olive are on a winter vacation in Lake Plastered, NY. Popeye is teaching Olive to ice skate (but not doing a very good job); she catches the eye of skating instructor Bluto. But when Bluto takes her up a ski lift and puts the moves on, she calls for Popeye to save her, and soon, everyone is skiing down that hill.

There were 100,000 of us

January 1951 •Czech

Dovolená venkova

December 1950 •Czech

Document on recreation opportunities for members of unified agricultural cooperatives. Some spend their winter holidays in Prague, the sick are given the option of treatment in spas, and young people find it convenient to stay in mountain recreation centers.

When Night Falls in Late December, Everything That Was is Left Behind

Invalid date •English

A series of vignettes captured in Brevard, North Carolina at the end of December.

Dovolená na sněhu

January 1949 •Czech

Neither by Day Nor by Night

June 1972 •English

An American soldier is wounded in Israel and slowly begins to lose his sight while hospitalized.

The Last U-Boat

January 1993 •German

Near the end of WWII a lone U-Boat is sent from Germany to Japan carrying plutonium needed for a Japanese A-Bomb. During the long journey, news arrives on the radio that Hitler killed himself and Germany has surrendered. This causes a rift in the crew, the Nazi Party members wanting to continue to Japan since they are still at war, while the others just want to surrender or return home.

Jayhawkers

March 2014 •English

A group of unlikely allies modernized college sports and changed a small Midwestern town, serving as a parallel to the Civil Rights movement that would transform the entire American society.

Behind the Door

December 1919 •English

Oscar Krug is looked upon with suspicion by his neighbors because of his German name. When the US is drawn into the war with Germany, he enlists and travels the seas with his wife, Alice Morse. During a submarine attack Alice is snatched from Krug's side by a German officer. Krug now lives to have his revenge, and when the opportunity presents itself, he will have it.

Tonny

January 1962 •Norwegian

Tonny is a school boy in foster care who serves his first sentence in jail. We follow him 24 hours before his parole and 48 hours after his release. We get to see his experiences in prison and his relationship with his mother, friends and girlfriend Kari.

Gloria Mundi

April 1976 •French

An actress of political torture movies made by her husband has to finish his latest film and arrange a screening for distributors while the husband, who is also secretly an anarchist revolutionary, is away for some resistance operation.

The Idlers of the Fertile Valley

October 1978 •Greek

A wealthy member of the upper classes and his three sons withdraw to a country villa where they spend their days in complete idleness, having everything done for them by their young and beautiful maid. They surrender to the pleasure of sleep, while idleness permeates the tiny world of these living dead, with the exception of the woman who is the sole representative of positive values, will-power and action. Finally, the youngest son will try to break free.

4 Moons

March 2014 •Spanish

Four interwoven stories about love and self-acceptance: An eleven year-old boy struggles to keep secret the attraction he feels towards his male cousin. Two former childhood friends reunite and start a relationship that gets complicated due to one of them’s fear of getting caught. A gay long lasting relationship is in jeopardy when a third man comes along. An old family man is obsessed with a young male prostitute and tries to raise the money to afford the experience.

Guns of Darkness

July 1962 •English

Committed pacifist Tom Jordan's decision to help former President Rivera escape a military coup is a simple act of mercy that takes him and his wife to the edge of despair. It turns them into outlaws and fugitives, hunted by a vicious South American regime; yet it could also bring them together in a way they have never been before.