Why Movies? (2024)

The Silent Laugh

Charlie Chaplin, The Tramp. In this documentary, we will take a look at the life of actor and director Charlie Chaplin, and talk about his films and hidden symbolisms.

Great Western Road

Take a virtual stroll down the streets of Glasgow’s iconic Great Western Road.

Tour de Cinema: The Nifty Fifties

Experience the 1950’s in the second installment of the “Tour de Cinema” series.

Jacques Rozier: From One Wave to Another

Jacques Rozier or the fierce, independent itinerary of a filmmaker in perpetual disarray, admired by his peers and pampered by the critics.

Tour de Cinema: The Grunge Era

Experience the 1990’s and the end of a millennium in the sixth installment of the “Tour de Cinema” series.

Archive of Life

This documentary short-film follows the story of The White Bus Cinema based in Southend-on-Sea. They keep the process of projecting real celluloid film alive by showing films from their archive of over 3,000 films, ranging from Super 8, 16mm, and 35mm prints. The film argues why it's important to continue the shooting and projection process of film in our current age of digital shooting and projection in modern Hollywood, amidst the chaos of studios removing films from their streaming services.

Tour de Cinema: Peace, Love, and Cinema

Dive headfirst into what many believe to be the most influential decade in filmmaking, the 1970’s.

Steve McQueen: The Lost Movie

The story of the abandoned production of 'Day of the Champion', a movie about Formula 1 which was set to film in 1966.

Room 999

In 1982, Wim Wenders asked 16 of his fellow directors to speak on the future of cinema, resulting in the film Room 666. Now, 40 years later, in Cannes, director Lubna Playoust asks Wim Wenders himself and a new generation of filmmakers (James Gray, Rebecca Zlotowski, Claire Denis, Olivier Assayas, Nadav Lapid, Asghar Farhadi, Alice Rohrwacher and more) the same question: “is cinema a language about to get lost, an art about to die?”

Discovering Christmas Films

Gathering for a Christmas lunch, the film critics and writers of Discovering Film discuss the merits of 20 films from Bill Murray's star turn in Scrooged, the James Stewart classic It's a Wonderful Life, Ingmar Bergman's Fanny & Alexander, to Bruce Willis' memorable Die Hard.

Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist

A subtle portrait of Japanese director Satoshi Kon by the specialist of Japanese cinema Pascal-Alex Vincent and a dive into a rich work. With interviews of the greatest Japanese, French and American directors inspired by his work.

Alone In Movie Theater

This documentary was written with passion and love for cinema, and on the other hand, he blamed her. Our fictional character for this documentary talks about her passion for cinema and how it affected her life and recounts the decades that passed on the cinema one after the other.

The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee

Aristocratic Italian roots, a close family connection to James Bond novelist Ian Fleming, wartime experiences in the British and Finnish military, post-war Nazi-hunting adventures and a side career as a heavy metal rock singer. And one of the most iconic actors of all time.

Sculpture

Video art of sculpture is the real life story of Rumi (Mevlana) and Shams Tabrizi. Rumi and Shams are well known international poets of Persian language. One day, Rumi invites Shams Tabrizi to his house, Shams throws the book into the pool of water and Rumi is worried and Shams returns the book to Rumi without any trace of water. The lost half of the sculpture in the film is a representation of the same concept, in which the dance of Sama, the sculptor's mind and the role of the face are visible. "Sculpture" has won more than 57 International Awards, third place (semi-final) in called Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival (Academy Award ® Qualifying, BAFTA Qualifying, Canadian Screen Award Qualifying) , Crown Point International Film Festival(Chicago) ,Vegas Movie Awards,Global Shorts( Los Angeles),(US),Gold Star Movie Awards (US),One-Reeler Short Film Competition (US),Accolade Competition (US),Berlin International Art Film Festival and many other events.

In a Silent Way

A film crew crisscrosses England trying to unravel the mystery surrounding a record released 30 years earlier, 'Spirit of Eden', that defined the passage from light to shadow of its makers, the band Talk Talk and its lead singer Mark Hollis. From overwhelming obstacles to unpredictable encounters, their journey soon turns into an organic quest. With silence as a horizon line. And punk as a philosophy, thinking that music is accessible to all and that the human spirit is above the technique.

Furias

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Cinemas de Verdade

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Habito

Habito tells the story of a poor, fat black man in pursuit of his dream of being a filmmaker, facing academic and personal challenges after his mother is diagnosed with breast cancer. A narrative that intertwines life, family and cinema, exploring the roots of Alagoas and Bahia.

Construindo a Quarta Parede

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Iris Berben - Ein persönliches Porträt

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Tour de Cinema: The Eighties

Dive full-force into the most electric, profound, action-packed, and emotionally resonant decade in the history of filmmaking with the fifth installment of the “Tour de Cinema” series.

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Tour de Cinema: The Golden Age

Discover the birth of Cinema in the first installment of the “Tour de Cinema” series.

Tour de Cinema: The Swingin' Sixties

Dive into the game-changing 1960’s in the third installment of the “Tour de Cinema” series.

Galashiels and Braw Lads' Gathering

A big day in the Scottish Borders is captured with astonishing clarity in this remarkable film commissioned by the local cinema.

Feed Your Head

Torn between the desire to protect his little brother in a violent world and the longing for the utopia of a queer community, Hector (23) embarks on a journey between reality and fantasy to reflect on his own experience of violence and to find closeness to his brother again.

Mujib Bhai

How the beloved 'Khoka' of his parents became "Mujib Bhai" (brother Mujib) to the oppressed people of Bengal, his life struggle and his victory over the Pakistani oppressors.

Public Domain

"Public Domain" is a short film we shot in honor of those who support us with daily entertainment throughout this apocalypse. It's a love letter to cinema and a call to arms. Don't let the medium die.

The Canterville Ghost

An American family moves in to the Canterville Chase, a London mansion that has been haunted by ghost Sir Simon De Canterville for 300 years.

On the Dying Grass

After a Hollywood agent suffers the loss of her biggest client and closest friend, she is asked to represent an AI version of the deceased actor.

No. 9

Hana is an LGBT master painter. she has been rejected from Iranian society because of her sexual orientation. At the age of 9, she showed her interest in a girl for the first time. For this reason, the family also rejected him. Hana is ready to do anything to save her lover because of the many tensions she has gone through in her life.

Matinee

Set in a dimly lit, nearly deserted cinema hall, the film follows a protagonist whose encounters with a fellow moviegoer, a projectionist, and the presence of an unseen voyeur take on a charged, sexual undercurrent. As boundaries between experience and liminality blur, the cinema hall becomes a space of shared, ambiguous encounters where desire, tension, and vulnerability intertwine.

Eye Contact

Pete, a janitor at Super Fun Cinemas, clocks into work and begins his usual routine, but is rudely interrupted by the invasion of an otherworldly threat taking control of the theater. For the first time in a long time, today is quite different from yesterday.

Olağanüstü Türk Süper Kahraman Filmi

The movie is about Spiderman and Batman trying to prevent an assassination plan at Balıkesir Social Sciences High School in Turkey.

In the Shadow of My Memories

Emir is sleeping at his girlfriend Seren's house. Seren wakes Emir up and tells him that she is going to the hairdresser. Emir does not want to be alone because he was kidnapped in the past. He tries to convince Seren to stay with him, but he fails. Shortly after Seren leaves the house, Seren's neighbor Eren appears at the door. Emir remembers the voice of Eren. Eren is the person who kidnapped Emir in the past. Emir waits for Seren in fear. Seren comes back after a while. But Eren never acts suspicious. Seren tells Emir that he was not kidnapped, that they were all in his head, that he had suspected others before, and that they could no longer see them. The reason they couldn't see them is that Emir himself kidnaps the people he thinks kidnapped him. And his last victim is his neighbor Eren.

The Wizard of Speed and Time

A Hollywood filmmaker (Mike Jittlov) makes a short for an evil film studio. Unbeknownst to him, the producer has placed a bet of $25,000 that he won't come up with anything with a use. Luckily, our film creator gets the help of his friends.

Gokalypse

A cursed gambling machine must be destroyed by Arno when his friends get brainwashed.

Seret Efes

A rude loud-mouthed Israeli tricks "Comedy Central" into giving him a movie budget which in return ruins the lives of everyone around him and descends into chaos. An indie Israeli satire.

Watusi Zombie!

Set in Kochi right before the pandemic, boy genius Gabriel finds himself in the midst of an ugly rumor as he deals with small people with big city ideas.

Grosse Baston Partie 21

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Chica Quinqui

After the tragic and sudden death of her father, Isabel, a 17-year-old girl, is forced to move to a neighborhood on the outskirts of Valencia and start from scratch in a high school where she is bullied. There she meets Lola, a troubled teenager who her family forces to sell drugs and commit crimes. Isabel and Lola will have to team up to get ahead. Together they will forge a great friendship and end up discovering love.

The Script

Marcus Kendrick finds himself at a crossroads when presented with the opportunity of a lifetime. He approaches a studio that find his screenplay promising, giving his idea the chance to be developed at the potential cost of his creative integrity. His decision is the basis of his future career. Will he allow his dreams to be sold?