Small Paradise
The film illustrates life in a village on the border between Iraq and Iran, an eight-year war zone during the 1980s. These people were once suffering from having to relocate to the cities during the war, but now enjoy li
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The film illustrates life in a village on the border between Iraq and Iran, an eight-year war zone during the 1980s. These people were once suffering from having to relocate to the cities during the war, but now enjoy li
Evžen lives a bohemian life in Prague. An unexpected trip back to his homeland Switzerland confronts him with the smuggled crocodile Karlchen, his father’s sustained delusion and the grotesque charm of the bourgeoisie.
Documentary about self-made artists...
"A country's cultural warriors are more important than its political warriors," says the world-famous Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. And it is Africa's cultural combatants, we are presented to in Andreas Johns
After traveling to Finland in 1960, Vicente Saavedra plans TenBel, a touristic area in Tenerife (Spain), inspired by Alvar Aalto. Nowadays it's in decline. Alejandro Krawietz repeats that journey, reflecting on the idea
Five authentic tales of people young and old, searching for a fresh adventure and new beginnings, all with one thing in common - they all take place on the exquisite island of Okinawa.
A former convict discovers that his son has been adopted by a couple living on the mountains and tries to establish a contact with him
Tabel abandons his luxurious family life in favor of a bohemian life with his eccentric marginalized friends. When Tabel dies, his daughter attempts to give him a decent burial, but his friends take the corpse away to bi
Trying to acclimatize a group of overworked city dwellers from very different backgrounds to the open air and work in the fields, such is the unusual challenge that an original practitioner, the curious doctor Bouvard, i
A high school senior named Youtarou thought he was an only child — until he met his real mother and discovered that she has 19 daughters, from 0 to 18 years old. Now he ends up living with his true family.
“My Paradise” shows an intermediate world, a model world with real people. A model Dong's father created as an idea of an Asian paradise serves as the stage for the video. From conversations with her father, she learned
One of the popular Weimar-era musical comedies not released in the US until after the Nazi takeover, this one has a Cinderella-type plot.
In a post-apocalyptic stone desert, Fiona fights against starvation and for survival. A functioning society no longer exists, and resources are scarce. When her supplies run out, only one vague hope remains: a supposed p
According to legend, God gave Vincente Ferrer, patron saint of Juchitan, a bagful of queers, and everywhere he travelled, he left behind a homosexual. But when he reached Juchitan, Vincente's bag came undone, spilling al
A road film about living positively.
A journey to the heart of tax havens and institutionalised secrecy with Rudolf Elmer, the Swiss whistleblower who, through WikiLeaks, revealed to the world the dirty secrets of a Swiss private bank located in the Cayman
The ever-prolific Takashi Miike directs this wild and woolly prison drama, reportedly based on real-life cases of Japanese imprisoned abroad.
In a Mexican border town Arthur befriends cantina girl Poll. She falls for him but he still loves the dancer Rosa. When the cigar Poll gives him explodes and blinds him, Arthur is duped into thinking Poll is Rosa and mar
A 1955 Italian independent film, released in the USA in 1956, which is basically a travelogue telling four stories, each about a different island in the South Pacific. Native customs, tribal rites,ceremonial procedure, c