A series of short stories explore the connection of love between dogs and people.
Director : Shunichi Nagasaki
A breathtaking investigation into blockbusters, a film genre that enjoys worldwide success yet keeps its secret weapon well hidden backstage in Hollywood. The blockbuster appeals to a very wide audience, from 7 to 77 years and from Paris to Beijing. These films, which have boosted the film industry, started out with “Jaws” and “Star Wars” and are still prospering with Avatar or Alice in Wonderland. To succeed, the films must meet a few precise criteria, one of them being their cost – at 100 million dollars minimum. But in Hollywood, the films’ ingredients are a well-kept secret; perhaps for fear of discovering that the studios’ house rules are not as rosy as in certain fruitful happy endings? The pressure and the stakes are colossal. This fascinating documentary reviews the numerous professions affiliated with the blockbuster, via interviews with producers of the major studios (Walt Disney Studio, 20th Century Fox…)…
Director : Anne Feinsilber
Filmmaker Robb Leech attempts to understand his stepbrother’s journey from middle-class white boy in Weymouth to convicted terrorist. In 2010 Robb spent a year filming his stepbrother Rich after he turned his back on the world in which he grew up to become a fundamentalist Muslim called Salahuddin. Robb began filming with his stepbrother as he entered a strange new world where everyone talked about fighting jihad and implementing Sharia law. The result was Robb’s acclaimed BBC Three documentary, My Brother the Islamist. When, in 2013, Salahuddin is convicted of preparing terrorism acts and jailed for six years, Robb is desperate to know what triggered his stepbrother, and others like him, to cross the line. Robb seeks out imam and psychologist Alyas Karmani to understand what drives young British-born men and women into radical jihadism. And he confronts Anjem Choudary, the man who converted Rich, about his role in Salahuddin’s radicalisation
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A thief comes across a little girl who says that he’s her father. When he learns the truth about his lookalike, who’s an honest cop, he decides to turn a new leaf and help get rid of the local baddie.
Director : Siva
A holiday in Sicily tests the relationship between Germana and Elisabetta, two friends in the grip of a sentimental crisis.
Director : Mirca Viola
Footage of Devil’s Gate Dam insterspersed with text occultist text by Jack Parsons, co-founder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, who some believe opened a portal for dark energy nearby.
Director : Laura Kraning
A short by Diego Puertas.
Director : Diego Puertas
After dense matter from an imploded white hole hits Earth, the planet’s rotation is devastated. A group of government agents must locate a lost satellite network that is the world’s only hope for survival.
Director : David Hogan
As Josh struggles with the death of his wife Sam, his grief begins to manifest itself in haunting and strange ways. When Josh comes face to face with his dead wife who is somehow alive and well, he slowly realizes that his world consists of two divergent realities. As he journeys between the two realms, hopeful of recreating the life he shared with Sam, tragedy ensues.
Director : Rodrigo Lopresti|Zak Mulligan
In Passing is a collaboration between seven different filmmakers from around the world in response to Jesse Richards’ 2008 Remodernist Film Manifesto.
Director : Christopher Michael Beer|Dean Kavanagh|Heidi Elise Beaver|Kate Shults|Peter Rinaldi|Rouzbeh Rashidi|Roy Rezaali
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