Remember This Place (2024)

Desynchronized

Recent studies show that insects are in decline across the globe and there may be a direct connection between the current climate crisis and these declining populations. DESYNCHRONIZED focuses on Pope Canyon Queens, a beekeeping and queen breeding company in Northern California. Pope Canyon Queens is currently trying to rebuild after the 2020 LNU Lightning Complex fires destroyed their farm, shop, and half of their hives. Their crucial work to breed honey bee queens with stronger genes fortifies beekeepers' hives across the country while they face the effects of climate change and unregulated industries. Dr. Nicholas Teets, PhD Entomology, explains how shifts in phenology are predicted to cause bigger issues. Howard Goldstein, Senior Forest Ecologist at the Prospect Park Alliance explores how community gardens and green spaces in large metropolitan areas may help insect populations recover from loss of habitat and food scarcity.

Torchy Blane in Chinatown

Torchy Blane joins her police-detective fiance to solve a series of murders involving a set of Chinese grave tablets taken and sold to a collector and death-threats written in Chinese characters.

Road to Film

My film tells a story of a director trying to make films, describing a freakish and twisted yet "prosperous and flourishing age" of Chinese film industry through the process of protagonist, Chen Feng, looking for investments of his film. It is like a Mobius strip and he is going through dream after dream just like Inception and cannot get out. He knows more about what film actually is than those asshole investors. However, the stay remains at his road to pursuit someone else’s shadow and cannot pursue his dream.

Greenfield

James' aspirations of rebuilding his former life with girlfriend Kelley, are short-lived when her brother confides him with a volatile secret.

Trees

Wrapping the audience in waves of sound, Alberi takes us on a circular journey through the Italian countryside. The marvelous natural music at the tops of the eponymous trees makes way for the rhythmic cadence of civilization—men baring axes and the natural clatter of daily life—before their unforgettable return home from the forest. The singular artistry of director Michelangelo Frammartino (Le quatro volte) is beautifully displayed in this mesmerizing homage to nature.

Joyful Youth

A group of young folks living joyful life not worrying about what is happening around but their sexual identity and basketball conversations. Among these seven young, their leader, Shakir turns out to be a virgin and this becomes their main concern. His friends start making plans to end Shakir's miserable womanless life.

Babykram ist Männersache

Arne and his younger brother Malte run the scrapyard they inherited from their parents on the outskirts of Hamburg and live a rather disoriented existence. One day, Malte finds an abandoned baby. He immediately takes the little one to his heart and wants to look after the child until he finds the birth mother. His brother Arne doesn't like the idea at all, but Malte wants to go through with the plan and even threatens to sell his brother the scrapyard. Disgruntled, Arne finally agrees and, as Malte is fully occupied with caring for the baby, sets off on a laborious search for the raven mother.

Foursome

Three collegues decide to go for a break to a sea spa hotel because they are overwhelmed with stress at work. There, they come to the realization that all their problems actually stem from one man. This man, who is making a fool of them works in the same company.. Now it's time for revenge!

The Captain

A misogynistic old man goes to complain about "his rights" after a woman is elected as the leader of his village's cooperative.

Red Nightmare

A man takes his American freedoms for granted, until he wakes up one morning to find out that the United States Government has been replaced with a Communist system. The basis for this short film, narrated by Jack Webb, is the alleged Soviet re-creation of US communities for the purpose of training infiltrators, spies, and moles.

Something Blue

Alice and Mary were classmates in the county town high school. After graduation, they’ve separated: Mary went to college, while Alice felt in love and stayed in the grange. They meet at Alice's wedding, but Alice receives her friend reservedly: she reckons herself as a victim, and Mary as the symbol of the life she has been deprived of.

Brother Outsider: The Life of Bayard Rustin

Documentary on Bayard Rustin, best-remembered as the organizer of the 1963 March on Washington.

Black Swell

A man tries to kill himself in a motel room.

Deep Breath

David is a troubled city boy, being looked after by his uncle on a farm. He is initiated into the drunken partying of the village and stumbles off drunk to find his friend Matthieu and cell-playing girlfriend in the forest. There he finds a brutal and horrifying outlet that will change his life forever...

Rate Me

A portrait of teen escort, 'Coco'.

Electronic Moon No. 2

Part of the "Video-Film Concert" collection released by EAI. From 1966 - 1972.

The White Stadium

A profile of the 1928 Olympic Games in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Dead Again

Thomas stumbles upon an old diary in an antique district. As he begins to read the haunting tale of love and loss, Thomas realizes the diary carries a terrifying curse. Written many years ago by Jeong Hoon, an aspiring author, anyone merely exposed to the diary becomes a cunning facilitator of the curse.

Epa

The music festival "Midnight Light Festival" employ 7 girls to chauffeur the festival's artists in their "epa-tractors". During two summernights we get a insight into the 7 young girls' lives, thoughts, culture and dreams in the Northern Swedish inlands. Youth, dreams and engines in Vilhelmina municipality.

Ahista Ahista

A professional witness at the marriage registrar helps a runaway girl when her boyfriend does not show up for the wedding. He falls in love with her, but then the missing groom returns.

Two-Syllable Name

60-year-old seamstress Cida needs to sign a document at her workplace, but can't read what it says. With the help of her granddaughter's teacher, she becomes interested in literacy and, at the same time, starts questioning things that happen at her job.

The Macaluso Sisters

Maria, Pinuccia, Lia, Katia and Antonella are five sisters who live in an apartment in Palermo. They make a living by renting doves for ceremonies. On a normal day at the beach, tragedy strucks.

Charlie & Boots

Paul Hogan plays Charlie McFarland and Shane Jacobson plays his estranged son, Boots. After a family tragedy Charlie and Boots try and put their differences aside and head off on the road trip of a lifetime - from regional Victoria to the Cape York Peninsula - they overcome many challenges to reach their dream - to fish off the northern most tip of Australia.

Golden Door

The story is set at the beginning of the 20th century in Sicily. Salvatore, a very poor farmer, and a widower, decides to emigrate to the US with all his family, including his old mother. Before they embark, they meet Lucy. She is supposed to be a British lady and wants to come back to the States. Lucy, or Luce as Salvatore calls her, for unknown reasons wants to marry someone before to arrive to Ellis Island in New York. Salvatore accepts the proposal. Once they arrive in Ellis Island they spend the quarantine period trying to pass the examinations to be admitted to the States. Tests are not so simple for poor farmers coming from Sicily. Their destiny is in the hands of the custom officers.

Amaranta

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I Can

A couple's adulterous affair leads to an unexpected pregnancy. They leave their spouses to begin a new life together, but their daughter Katelyn is born with a birth defect: only one fully developed arm. Although her dad believes Katelyn's condition is God’s punishment for the affair, Katelyn defies all odds with an incredible gift for softball.

Hands That Bind

A hired hand's plans to take over his boss farm are shattered when the landowner's son returns to claim his birthright.

Antonia's Line

After World War II, Antonia and her daughter, Danielle, go back to their Dutch hometown, where Antonia's late mother has bestowed a small farm upon her. There, Antonia settles down and joins a tightly-knit but unusual community. Those around her include quirky friend Crooked Finger, would-be suitor Bas and, eventually for Antonia, a granddaughter and great-granddaughter who help create a strong family of empowered women.

Meeting Ms. Leigh

A young writer in desperate need of inspiration begins an affair with an enchanting, enigmatic older woman during a weekend in Santa Monica. True feelings emerge, and they must decide whether to continue their torrid romance or go their separate ways.

Untangled

Introducing, Untangled - a modern day fairytale that combs through the intricate threads of my decade-long artistic journey to reconciling with love. Starring the magnetic Nailea Devora who plays Baby Sarah, leading us through a labyrinth of spiritual, physical, and emotional discovery.

And Then There Was You

Natalie and Joshua appear to be the picture-perfect couple, but looks can be deceiving. When Natalie discovers her husband has led a secret life, she is forced to deal with losing everything she loves. Newly divorced and soured on relationships, Natalie is picking up the pieces of her shattered world. In the process of healing, she meets a new man who challenges the boundaries of her trust and her ability to fall in love again.

Sleep, Eternally

When naive Ryan took on the role of a caretaker for his exhausted mother over the weekend. He doesn't realise the severity of his situation until he confides in his concerned teacher, Mrs. Watson. Together, they check on Ryan's mother only to be confronted with a harrowing discovery that challenges Ryan's innocence and changes his outlook on life forever.

Fly Me to the Moon

Sisters moving from Hunan to Hong Kong in the 1990s are faced with an identity crisis, poverty, and their father's drug addiction.

Mummy

After the untimely death of their mother, twin brothers struggle over what to do with her belongings and discover a dark entity.

Lajjpal

"Lajjpal" is a compelling narrative following the journey of an ordinary individual seeking divine empowerment to combat the malevolence of evil forces. Fueled by a deep sense of purpose, our protagonist embarks on a transformative quest, delving into the realms of spirituality and courage. As he navigates through trials and tribulations, he discovers the latent strength within himself, bestowed by the benevolence of the divine. With newfound powers, he confronts the darkness that threatens to engulf humanity, embodying the timeless struggle between good and evil. "Lajjpal" is a poignant tale of resilience, faith, and the triumph of righteousness over adversity.

The Sower

Little Chie knows that her sister, 3 year-old Itsuki, is unlike her. Chie’s uncle, Mitsuo, is also unusual. Suntanned and adorned in a rustic-looking floppy hat he couldn’t look less like Chie’s neat and respectable father. But Chie is overjoyed when Mitsuo walks back into their lives, having spent three years in a mental institution, and Mitsuo, overwhelmed with emotion, dotes on his two little nieces. This brief harmony is short lived. Frustrated by her little sister, Chie drops her, causing fatal injuries. Unable to allow his niece to take the blame, Mitsuo claims responsibility, shouldering all the condemnation that ensues.

KING GAME

5 girls and 5 guys find themselves mysteriously trapped in a room and are forced to play a psychological game of dare.

Pani's Box

A 10 year old girl escapes the grim reality of her situation by creating a world where all of her hopes and dreams come true.

Elisa

When Elisa confronts Sean about finally building towards the life they both dreamed of, it occurs to Sean that there's no time like the present to make a change. The question is, did he wait too long?

Sound of Sun

The discovery of self-awareness in a twisting venture between dreams and reality. (The first piece of the director's Transformational Trilogy)

Parks

Jun is a university student. She meets high school student Haru. Haru is looking for Sachiko, the ex-girlfriend of her now deceased father. Jun and Haru meet Tokio. Tokio is the grandson of Sachiko and they learn that Sachiko is now deceased. They find an open-reel tape from Sachiko's articles.

The Secret of Roan Inish

Ten-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a Selkie – a seal who can turn into a human. Years earlier, her baby brother was washed out to sea and never seen again, so when Fiona spies a naked little boy on the abandoned Isle of Roan Inish, she is compelled to investigate.

Akeelah and the Bee

11-year-old Akeelah Anderson has a way with words. After winning her schoolwide spelling bee, she decides to enter the competition, despite her classmates' derision and the antipathy of her mother Tanya. Thanks to the efforts of her teacher Dr. Larabee, she reaches the finala. As she gets to know her fellow competitors, Akeelah realizes that coming first isn't everything in life.

Scrooge

A musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic ghost tale starring Albert Finney.

The Castle

A Melbourne family is very happy living near the Melbourne airport. However, they are forced to leave their beloved home (by the Government and airport authorities) to make way for more runways. 'The Castle' is the story of how they fight to remain in their home.

Stranger

Alex and Jesse, ex lovers, re-unite by chance one night and learn of all the changes that have occurred in their time apart. A character drama exploring the lasting intimacy, emotions and memories from an unraveled relationship.

At All Costs

Achilles is driven by a relentless pursuit of monetary gain, unaware of the profound secrets that lie hidden within his own past. As his journey unfolds, he gradually unravels the tragic truths that have shaped his life, leading to a reckoning with identity, revenge, and the consequences of his choices.

Reunion 2

"Reunion 2" continues the story of four friends who came from different parts of the world to meet again at their hometown of Plovdiv, 20 years after they left. This time they unite to help a fifth friend who is trying to save one of the last wild beaches at the southwest of the Black Sea from construction. As one of them is an actor, they decide to make a movie about their story and to buy out the beach with the profit. This leads to bunch of comedic and dramatic situations where their friendship and their relationships with their significant others are put on the line.

Closer Than A Brother

After having an abrupt falling out with his childhood friend and bandmate, William, Ben Aiken must contend with the idea of striking out on his own, making amends with his friend, or giving up on his dreams altogether.

Krisha

When Krisha decides to join her estranged family for a holiday dinner, tensions escalate as she struggles to keep her demons at bay.

A World of Ours

Noé comes into sixth grade at the same time he discovers a new city and a new house where he has just moved with his father, Marc. Coached by him, Noé takes intensive training of combat sport. And Mark does not hesitate to put him in a situation of attack. They are in danger, he must be prepared to respond to any aggression. While keeping the secret of his "double" life, Noé has to learn how to find a place in his new college. He becomes friend with Marine, a young girl full of energy. Noé discovers a world whose vision was shaped by his father so far. A father so near and yet so mysterious. Between them there is a history of complicity and confrontation.

Hurry Up & Wait

When a reckless snob returns to his hometown after causing a horrific traffic accident, the repercussions of his past quickly catch up to him.

Dinner

Two school friends who have drifted apart over the course of adulthood spontaneously arrange to have dinner together. What starts off as an innocent attempt to get back in touch develops into a renegotiation of their shared past, estranged relationship and lost future.

The Taste of Tea

A spell of time in the life of a family in rural Tochigi prefecture. Yoshiko is not an ordinary housewife, instead working on an animated film project. Uncle Ayano, a successful music producer, is looking to get his head together after living in Tokyo. Meanwhile, Sachiko is concerned with why she seems to be followed by a giant version of herself. As the lazy days pass by, each member of the family is followed in a series of episodic vignettes.

Sita Sings the Blues

Utilizing the 1920s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw, the epic Indian tale of exiled prince Ramayana and his bride Sita is mirrored by a spurned woman's contemporary personal life, and light-hearted but knowledgeable discussion of historical background by a trio of Indian shadow puppets.

In The Woods

Alice, a recently widowed director, is alone on her grief after her daughter leaves home. Alice clings to the only structure she has, a fragile foundation at risk of collapsing: an essay film project, about first loves, dependent on funding. Suddenly we enter in another dimension, another place and without prior notice we are in the film conceived by the director.

Mamanam

West Germany, Christmas Eve, 1971. 7-year-old Kimîa captures her family’s celebration through the lens of her Super 8 camera. But the mood changes when her mother, Hanna, discovers her husband’s plans.

Ghorme Sabzi

As is tradition, brothers Arian and Navid meet up one late night to cook a special meal together, but this time their meeting is going to revolve around something completely different, as Navid asks his brother a favour that will change his life forever.

Centimeter

Centimeter is an upcoming sci-fi comedy drama movie directed, produced, and cinematographed by Santhosh Sivan. Gokulam Goplan bankrolled this movie under his home banner Sree Gokulam Movies. Manju Warrier and Kalidas Jayaram are playing the lead roles and share screen space with Yogi Babu, Nedumudu Venu, Aju Varghese, Indrans, Basil Joseph, and Shaylee Krishen as important characters.

The Unbreakable Boy

When Scott and Teresa LeRette learn that their son Austin is both autistic and has brittle bone disease, they initially worry for their son’s future. But with Scott’s growing faith and Austin’s incredible spirit, they become 'unbreakable', finding joy, gratitude, and courage even in the most trying times.