Rodnik dlya zhazhdushchikh (1965)

The Red Head

A red-haired boy is his mother's punching bag; only his father's presence is a great comfort to him, but this weak man is under the shrew's thumb. His pain is so great he feels suicidal.

Launder Run

Launder Run tells the story of Jake, a man returning to his gritty hometown after years away, carrying the weight of a troubled past. The film opens on a rainy Saturday afternoon as Jake trudges through a bleak estate, visibly exhausted and clutching a plastic bag. Arriving at his sister Sue’s chaotic, unkempt flat, he confronts the ruins of his old life—a dirty fridge, a cluttered bedroom reduced to storage, and the ghosts of a once-close family. Seeking solace, he revisits his old pub, a place teeming with memories. As he steps inside, the bartender recognizes him with shock, hinting at Jake’s mysterious past and the reasons for his long absence. “Lounder Run” explores themes of homecoming, redemption, and the unshakable grip of one’s origins.

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Return

A young man returns home for the weekend to discover the difficulty of juggling friends, parents, magic mushrooms and several thousand chickens.

Guru Chela

Guru Chela is a heartfelt short film celebrating the timeless bond between a teacher Guru and student Chela. The story revolves around a young Chela who invites his Guru to attend his Bratabandha ceremony, a significant event in Nepalese culture marking a boy's transition into adulthood and spiritual maturity. The ceremony takes place at the Southall Temple in the United Kingdom, bringing together tradition and diaspora life. The Bratabandha combines choodakarma tonsure and Upanayana samskara, symbolizing a promise vrata and a sacred bond bandhana. It is a moment of reflection on cultural identity and spiritual growth. As the Guru blesses the Chela during the rituals, the film delves into their profound relationship. The Guru, representing the source of wisdom and guidance, imparts teachings on life and spirituality, while the Chela demonstrates respect and gratitude for his mentor's influence.

Semele

Opera superstar Cecilia Bartoli offers her first operatic release on DVD in 12 years, and also her first opera in English. Bartoli stars as Semele (a role usually taken by a soprano) in Handel s late opera, which features such well-known arias as Endless pleasure, endless love, Myself I shall adore, and Oh sleep, why dost though leave me? Robert Carsen s stylish modern dress production hints at parallels with the problematic relationship between the late Princess Diana and the British Royal Family. Recorded live at the Zurich Opera House in January, 2007.

Un ragazzo adorabile

Todd Barret is an aspiring businessman. He's got what it takes, but what he doesn't have is enough money to stay in college. So he cooks up a plan to make the first ever all male sports calendar. He eventually convinces Cactus Jack, a very shadowy and tough loan shark, to give him enough money to make the deal. Todd makes enough to pay for his education, but what about the money he owes Cactus Jack?

Return

RETURN tells the story of a retired Green Beret who embarks on a healing journey from Montana to Vietnam. There he retraces his steps, shares his wartime experiences with his son, treats his Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and seeks out the mountain tribespeople he once lived with and fought alongside as a Special Forces officer.

1983: O Ano dos Videogames no Brasil

1983: O Ano dos Videogames no Brasil tells the story of how video games, as a new form of entertainment, officially arrived in the country in 1983, but it will also bring information about the before and something about the after. The focus is essentially on devices that preceded the cartridges, such as Casio's game watches, Game & Watch handhelds and PONGs/Telejogos, but mainly - and especially - the first national generation of video games itself, the Odyssey generation, the Atari 2600 and its clones, Intellivision and SpliceVision (ColecoVision).

Arthur Hailey's Detective

Detective Sergeant Malcolm Ainslie, a Catholic priest turned distinguished investigator for the police, has agreed to hear the confession of a convicted serial killer sentenced to death in a just a matter of hours. What he promises to reveal to Ainslie is the truth behind the crimes and the reason he confessed to the one crime Ainslie doesn't even believe he committed. What unfolds between the two men is a serpentine trail into both men's pasts based on the bestseller from master storyteller Arthur Hailey.

Imbroda, el legado del maestro

Biopic of Javier Imbroda, coach and teacher, who transformed people and cities. The story of an overwhelming personality who made everyone win. Imbroda made it possible to take his school team to the national elite, the creation of Unicaja, the Lithuanian revenge or the genesis of 'the family', the best Spanish team in history. The documentary questions the conception of superficial and fleeting success compared to the human and profound triumph that Javier Imbroda represented in all its facets.

Zéro m²

After a series of unsuccessful flat hunting in Paris, Paul finds finally a nice and affordable studio. However, he soon notices that something must be clearly going wrong considering his neighbors´ strange behavior and the dubious noises during the night. Besides that, what if his apartment were shrinking?

Happy Birthday!

An unlucky Birthday boy must fight for his life against a masked psychopath.

Hidden

Lonely and closeted, Xiao-Wei turns to the internet—until real-life feelings bring more questions than answers.

Espy minaccia extrasensoriale

Per combattere una fantomatica organizzazione criminale responsabile di una serie di gravissimi attentati ai danni di autorevoli personalità delle Nazioni Unite, gli scienziati giapponesi convincono Miki Tosh, un giovane pilota automobilistico dotato di superiori poteri mentali, ad improvvisarsi agente segreto. Raggiunta Ginevra, con l'aiuto di due amici e di un maestro di parapsicologia, Tosh scopre che il suo avversario è Ulrok, un genio del male che usa facoltà telecinetiche per rendere schiavi della sua volontà eminenti statisti con l'obiettivo di incrinare la coesistenza pacifica delle grandi nazioni e diventare arbitro dei destini del mondo. A rischio della propria vita il giovane riuscirà a penetrare nel quartier generale del nemico a Tokyo e a sconfiggerlo in un epico scontro usando l'astuzia e la forza del pensiero.

Pori

Pori, who has been captured by an evil group in Thailand. The film's somber subject matter immerses viewers in Pori's existence, which may be buried in the shadows behind all of society's glitter.

BLACKN3SS

NEGRUM3 proposes a dip in the march of black LGBT people in São Paulo. An art film about blackness and queerness.