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Lawrence of Arabia

December 1962 •English

During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes to fight the Turks.

Belgium - 20

August 2021 •French

What happens when a world that relies on traffic and the logistics that allow it comes to a standstill? What happens when sickness and even death are taken from us?

The Balcony Movie

August 2021 •Polish

Composed from the conversations that the director holds with people passing by in the street under his Warsaw apartment, each story in 'The Balcony Movie' is unique and deals with the way we try to cope with life as individuals. All together, they create a self-portrait of contemporary human life, and the passers-by present a composite picture of today's world.

Business Bag

December 2024 •Arabic

Under Riyadh’s moonlit hustle, Salim’s routine shatters when mischievous aliens whisk his bag away, launching him into an unexpected adventure.

Women 50 Minutes

December 2007 •Chinese

A representation of queer and feminist imagery that was mainly shot in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, remote and developing areas in southwest China, and metropolitan cities like Beijing from 2000 to 2004 to document the social changes in contemporary China. The director sympathetically and erotically represents a variety of women, including women as laborers, women as prayers, women in the ground, women in marriage, and women who lie on the funeral pyre with their dead husbands. Her camera juxtaposes the mountains and rivers in old times, the commercialized handicrafts as exposition, the capital exploitation of the elders’ living space, and the erotic freedom of the young people in a changing city.

Days

May 2021 •Chinese

Kang lives alone in a big house, Non in a small apartment in town. They meet, and then part, their days flowing on as before.

Portraits of Moscow Voyages: In Search of Laika

August 2013 •French

Exploring Moscow and paying tribute to Laika, the first dog in space.

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Invalid date •English

A jazzy ballet of vengeance set against Chicago’s towering skyline and deep shadows, this thrilling symphony of elevated action examines the edges of sovereignty, Machiavellianism and the indomitable human will.

Rain

January 2025 •Spanish

Story of six interwoven narratives in Mexico City, exploring the human condition against intermittent rain. With each encounter, the characters experience a moment of absurdity, brightness, or strangeness that reveals their true selves.

Hitori no Shita: The Outcast - Fanwai Pian

September 2018 •Chinese

Rosewater

May 1999 •English

A solitary man struggles to cultivate beauty in a desolate urban world. Lonely and dislocated, he drifts in and out of a dream state envisioning the promise of regeneration. ROSEWATER tells a story of hope sustained through perseverance, ritual and, ultimately, revelation.

Tickleberry Place

June 2024 •English

After having been given kitchen equipment, four friends Terry, Evie, Kato, and Kina crash at Grandma's bakery with the assigned task of making the world famous Rainbow Sprinkle Cake. One problem - Evie is an impatient brat who whines about sprinkles, clearly trying to seek attention her parents never gave her in the first place... until she learns the importance of patience.

Thugs of Ramaghada

January 2023 •French

View on Boulevard, New York City

September 1896 •English

Taken in 1896 on the Boulevard (upper Broadway) on the occasion of a bicycle parade in the heyday of the wheeling craze. Old-fashioned horse cars lend interest to the scene.

The Great Phuket

February 2024 •Chinese

Fourteen-year-old Li Xing lives in a district full of ruins and reconstruction. School brings him nothing but problems and his family is no help at all. One day, he finds an underground shelter where strange things happen...

Naughty Boys

August 2002 •Japanese

Gacchan is marking his birthday and his partner Takayuki is waiting for him at home so they can celebrate. However, not only does Gacchan forget about his partner but he is also flirting with others in the hood. Takayuki leaves their apartment and embarks on a night journey that will lead him to cheat on his partner. Will they be able to rehabilitate their relationship?

TINA

April 2024 •English

A 23-year-old revisits the family car he grew up with to experience the thrill of childhood again...

Knight Watch

June 2022 •English

Knight Watch saves the city from The Devil's Rose!

The Bristol Entertainment

December 1971 •English

A thousand years of the gossip, scandals, successes, disasters, eccentricities and cupidity that lie behind the facades of a great city.

Kaiserparade in Damaskus

February 1899 •German

Kaiser Wilhelm II appears before the people in Damascus.