Zen Comedy (2023)

For freedom and justice

A picture of the life of the Danish people from the late 1820s to the introduction of the free constitution in 1849. A fictional character, Rasmus Nielsen, travels around the country, first as a traveling teacher, later in other positions, and through his experiences we are introduced to the conditions of various population groups. The central figure in the portrayal of historical figures is the politician Orla Lehmann.

Hearts That Do Not Age

Azem has retired after 30 years working as a truck driver. However, he still hasn't gotten used to this quiet lifestyle. His friends help him go through this important moment of his life.

Sonic Underground The Movie - World War 3

The time has come for Sonic Underground Warriors to take a stand against tyranny. Pick up your sword and choose a side!

The Waves Call You

A Puerto Rican seamstress ponders leaving her island to go live with her daughter in the United States.

Le Bossu

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ABC

16-year-old girls Alma and Bea had managed to lure the middle-aged football coach Carl into a changing room at the football club. They got him where they wanted. He wanted to see them naked. They wanted to see him suffer. They shouldn’t have done that, or should they?

Malvatrem

The music video, and short film, by singer Slipmami for her track Malvatrem.

Six Hours: Surviving Typhoon Yolanda

In the middle of a broadcast about Typhoon Yolanda's initial impact, reporter Jiggy Manicad was faced with the reality that he no longer had communication with his station. They were, for all intents and purposes, stranded in Tacloban. With little option, and his crew started the six hour walk to Alto, where the closest broadcast antenna was to be found. Letting the world know what was happening to was a priority, but they were driven by the need to let their families and friends know they were all still alive. Along the way, they encountered residents and victims of the massive typhoon, and with each step it became increasingly clear just how devastating this storm was. This was a storm that was going to change lives.

Wanted: Good Looking Receptionist and Messenger with His Own Motorcycle

Alexander and her friend Diosa start working in a furniture store, Alexander suspects that the owner is involved in a murky business.

Mostefa Ben Boulaïd

The film revolves around the life of the martyr Mustapha Ben Bouleid (1917-1956), who was a member of the Algerian National Movement, who worked with his comrades to explain the idea of the armed revolution in which he led in Aures region in 1954. The film depicts how Ben Bouleid traveled to a number of Arab countries Disguised to bring arms to Algeria for the revolution and how the French colonial forces arrested him in the Tunisian-Libyan border, and from there to Algeria to be sentenced to death.

We Home Toilers

The stern, but kind-hearted, Kristiana from the country takes place as a maid with the Larsson family in Stockholm, previously (in)famous for its rapid turnover of housemaids.

Locks

A young man in Oakland, California, wakes with a heavy heart and decides to take a walk through the neighborhood to the local barbershop.

Sweet Obsession

When a university student moves in with a family in Mexico City, conflicts emerge. An inevitable affaire with the father, a rebellious bond with the adolescent daughter and tensions with the mother lead up to a painful secret that will shake the family apart.

$POSITIONS

Blue-collar Kansan Mike Alvarado attempts to save his family from the throes of poverty by investing their savings into speculative cryptocurrencies. However, as his investment strategy decays into a full-blown gambling addiction, he sends his life into a nightmarish anxiety-inducing downward spiral, compromising his relationships with his girlfriend, his mentally disabled brother, and his recovering junkie cousin.

The Flag of Iron

Loyal gang member Iron Panther takes the heat for his boss after a dustup with their rivals, only to end up betrayed in this vintage kung fu yarn.

Dhool Ka Phool

The story of an abandoned Hindu child who is found and raised by a Muslim man.

He's My Girl

Bryan and Reggie are best friends who are in the music business in Missouri. When Reggie enters Brian for a chance to go to L.A., Bryan wins the contest and wants to bring Reggie with him. However, Bryan must bring a girl. In an effort to make sure Bryan gets his shot, Reggie decides to pose as a girl. When the duo arrive in L.A., both fall in love with two women and they must stop the promoter of the contest when he steals Bryan's song for his star, Simon Sledge.

Chattambi

Set in 1995, Chattambi follows the lives of abrasive outlaws in rural Idukki. When Kariah feels he is being excluded from the clan, he decides to lead his life on his own terms without realizing the grave consequences of his decision.

Scooby-Doo: Agence toutou risques, vol. 1 : Le voleur de vélo

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Jesus the Revolutionary

A man named Jesus takes on the ruling military junta.

The Debut

The delicate story of the impossible love between an older married man and a fourteen-year old schoolgirl.

Ölümüne Aşk

Tahsin has been working as a gardener for the Altınel family for many years and falls in love with Ayperi, a beautiful maid who has been working in the house for five months. When the family, who owns the house, goes on vacation, Tahsin finally gets the chance he’s been waiting for to confess his feelings. However, everything changes when Timuçin, the mischievous son of the house who didn’t go on vacation with his family, suddenly comes home in the middle of the night with his friends to throw a party.

Tis The Season

Every year Karen dreads the holidays but, this season, her husband, friends, and one particularly wacky neighbor pitch her a new perspective.

Hec Tic Tac

When the young Austrian couple oversleeps, the imminent arrival of the girl's parents creates a stress situation that turns into slapstick and chaos.

Pure Sweetness

A muffin thief troubles Mr. Baker, so he seeks help from a sleek detective. They agree to catch the thief at night in the bakery in Baker Street.

I Could Never Be Your Woman

Mother Nature loves to cause mischief, and she steps in to help two love-starved souls find happiness. She helps an aging professional woman and single mother, Rosie, who's unlucky in love find her match with Adam, a much younger man. As their relationship blossoms beyond physical attraction, matters complicate when her adolescent daughter starts to fall for a handsome local boy.

Crocodylus: Mating Season

Bored Private Investigator, Harry Bates, goes on a wild adventure when an alluring new client, Allie Glades, hires him to find her brother that just might be their sleepy small Florida town’s mythical monster, “The Crocodylus” in this comedy-horror that is like Ace Ventura mixed with Monty Python.

Fever Pitch

When Ben Wrightman, a young teacher, begins dating pretty businesswoman Lindsey Meeks, the two don't seem to have a lot of the same interests, but they fall in love, regardless. Their romance goes well until baseball season begins, and Lindsey soon realizes that Ben is completely obsessed with the Boston Red Sox. Though she tries to understand Ben's passionate team loyalty, eventually it threatens to end their otherwise happy relationship.

Monday

The 50+ time award-winning short film, MONDAY, follows a day in the life of a young hustler who ‘code-switches’ through disparate cliques while being everyone's one-stop-shop for all things illicit. His reasons for the hustle aren’t apparent, but as he maneuvers through his neighborhood, he’ll confront racism as well as question the morality of his occupation.

Enlightenment Guaranteed

Two middle aged German brothers - one New Age and recently divorced, the other uptight and sceptical - travel to a Zen monastery in Japan in search of enlightenment, or perhaps just in search of themselves.

Car Trouble

Two skilled hot-headed mechanics engage in a heated battle over a car's engine problem but as their egos clash and sparks fly, they must confront their own immaturity to fix their real issues.

Paradise Beach

“I’m guessing we are out somewhere right now, and you’ve said to me, ‘Go to your happy place.’ This is my happy place.” - Two friends experience a quaint relocation. While Jon enjoys the breeze, Bradley nags with questions.

Two Too Odd

A suitcase explores Vienna's suburbia and finds giant soap bubbles. It befriends the soap bubble girl. They create a show together and have a suitcase-child.

Angry Ladybug

Angry Ladybug is an anthology short film analysing the worst feelings us as humans feel... anger, the subject is a black teenager as the narrator goes through his daily life explaining his day and emotion.

Qız qaçırtma

Kidnapping a bride goes wrong when two men realize they kidnapped the bride’s twin.

Fantasy A Gets a Mattress

Fantasy A, autistic Seattle rapper, suffers trials and tribulations from total creeps as he attempts to become a superstar. Along the way he also finds a mattress to sleep on, after being kicked out of his group home.

Verdiana

After a big fight, a couple wakes up with an unbelievable problem: he can't speak and she can't hear anything. Doctors and exams are useless. A female Zen Master and a very special plant come to their aid.

8 First Dates

Vera is a famous TV personality who wakes up with Nikita in bed after a hard day of partying. The next day, when she wakes up, the same thing happens.

Regalis

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Getting Over February

Following a breakup, Dustin tries to figure out what to do next.

Fidel

A young Filipino man learns to be the caregiver of his abusive grandmother who suffers from dementia, only to be mistaken as her old lover.

Hail to the Breadsticks!

Writer producer Donick Cary (The Simpsons, Parks and Recreation, Have a Good Trip, etc.) has been a huge fan of the Washington D.C. pro football team since before he could walk. Passed down from his dad, he was excited to pass the tradition onto his kids. Donick never questioned the team name and or Native American logo until one day, while watching a game, his 9-year-old son, Otis, asked him if it was racist. When Otis suggests they ask Native Americans how they feel, it sends the two on a cross-country journey full of unexpected surprises.

The Misadventures of Mistress Maneater

Ava Moriarty, Art History PhD dropout-turned-dominatrix, wants OUT. But there's no safeword for golden handcuffs. When her mobster ex gives her 30 days to repay a massive loan, she's forced to agree to one last job--seducing and extorting "Father Dracula," a small town Episcopal priest. But Father Radovan Markovic brought his own secrets from Serbia, and moonlights as an MMA fighter while unwittingly hiding the world's greatest lost painting. Not to mention he's the one hot guy avoiding Ava like loose glitter. Certain he's embezzling a priceless art collection, will she win his heart only to destroy his life, or doom herself to a custom pair of concrete stilettos?

Simon

An absolute loser discovers the world is ending in a few hours and must finish his bucket list before time runs out.

Pato Maybe Pato

A duck accidentally eats a radioactive burger that turns him giant. Shenanigans ensue when the people of Smallville panic and will do everything to demonize and destroy this innocent duck without realizing the damage they themselves do.

The Best Dumplings in Melbourne

A comedy-adventure short film about three friends who decide to embark on the most impossible adventure in Melbourne...to find the best dumplings.

Close-Up: an odyssey

Join Lucy as she embarks on a spiritual journey to Mars in this psychedelic short film full of music and mischief.

Pink Robots

An ailing sister asks her older brother for a bedtime story.

Moses vorm Busch

A person travels to a place and performs a recurring ritual there while being accompanied by a film student, who documents the process.

Dirty Airforces

A short film about two best friend's day out and what they accomplish in a day. This short film was inspired by a poem created by the writer (Khalid Rashid) wrote.

Dumb Warfare: End of the Road

The Dumb Warfare crew is back for one final time to bring you the ultimate finale full of stunts, pranks, and sheer stupidity.

Dzai Dzai Dzai Delilah

Delilah is a typical bestie who believes she radiates a supporting role energy in other people's stories, not until she realizes she wants to be a main character herself.

Worm Detective: The Worm is the Detective

A string of seemingly random and bizarre murders catches the eyes of the world's greatest detective, Worm Detective, and his loyal associate Dr. Wormson. Soon, they find themselves entangled in a mystery involving infidelity, swamp monsters and lots of shenanigans.

A Genuinely Horrible Person

A teenage girl, Emma, deals with the fallout of her sex tape being leaked in a panicked state.

Doboj Storages

Short parody indie film based on the TV show "Storage Wars". The plot is located in a small town in Bosnia and Herzegovina called Doboj.

Planet Disagreements 9

With all the gloves at his disposal and LaRusso finally dead, White Glove has everything he needs to finally live out his plans to conquer the galaxy.

La Migration

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Project Maggi

A teen kid stuck in a residential school craves for Maggi and his wish is granted but to what extent ?

Benchmark

A man whose job it is to inspect public benches gets several unexpected assignments that cause him to question his job.

Picture Day

A classic coming of age movie reimagined into a TikTok styled format. This follows the 3 sisters trying to fix a haircut gone wrong for picture day

FRIDGE

An AI-powered refrigerator takes desperate measures to teach its owner a lesson.

Max Gimblett: Original Mind

Max Gimblett: Original Mind documents the life and process of eccentric, creative genius Max Gimblett. One of New Zealand’s most successful and internationally prominent living painters, Gimblett has been working in America since 1962. The filmmakers spent a week in Gimblett’s Soho loft where he and his devoted studio assistants generously revealed the techniques and philosophy behind his beautiful art.

Deliverance

Two monks on a mission choose very different paths

The Zen Diary

Tsutomu lives alone in the mountains, writing essays, cooking Zen food with the vegetables he grows and the mushrooms he picks in the hills. His routine is happily disturbed when Machiko, his editor and love interest, occasionally visits. Tsutomu seems content with his daily life. On the other hand, he still hasn't let go of his wife's ashes, although she died 13 years ago.

Zen

In the early 1200s, Dogen brought Chinese Zen philosophy to Japan, and established the Japanese Zen school of Buddhism. He taught that a person was capable of realizing Buddhahood within himself, by way of Zazen. Zazen is extended hours of sitting and meditating to achieve a state of “Mu” (nothingness, or empty existence).

Kochuu

A film about modern Japanese architecture, its roots in the Japanese tradition and its impact on the Nordic building-tradition. Winding its way through visions of the future, traditions, nature, concrete, gardens and high-tech, KOCHUU tells us how contemporary Japanese architects strive to unite the ways of modern man with the old philosophies in astounding constructions. Interviews with, and works by, Japanese architects Tadad Ando, Kisho Kurokawa, Toyo Ito and Kazuo Shinohara and Scandinavian architects Sverre Fehn, Kristian Gullichsen and Juhani Pallasmaa.

Thousand Cranes

The entangled relations between the son of a seductive tea-ceremony teacher and the women in his father's life. Based on the novel by Kawabata Yasunari.

Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East?

About three monks in a remote monastery; an aging master, a small orphan and a young man who left his city life to seek Enlightenment.