Halfway
In this high school romance Hiro is dismayed to learn her new love Shu will be going away to college in Tokyo. She asks him not to go.
Director: Eriko Kitagawa
Actors: Hiroki Narimiya, Junpei Mizobata, Kie Kitano, Masaki Okada, Miho Shiraishi, Riisa Naka, Takao Osawa
The Family Game
A sendup of the stereotypical Japanese family: dad is a salaryman jerk, unable to relate to anyone; mom is a hopeless housewife; the older son is a moderate academic success;…
Nuovo Olimpo
In 1970s Rome, a casual encounter between Enea and Pietro at a movie theater turns into an unforgettable romance — until destiny pulls them apart.
The Sacrifice
Alexander, a journalist, philosopher and retired actor, celebrates a birthday with friends and family when it is announced that nuclear war has begun.
Farhana
Farhana, a devout Muslim woman and mother in a middle class family, with her family’s consent, takes a call center job . Although the job gives Farhana freedom, it also…
An Enemy of the People
Ashoke Gupta is an idealistic doctor working in a town near Calcutta. He discovers that the water at a popular temple is the source of an outbreak of typhoid and…
Funeral Parade of Roses
Set in the underground gay culture of 1960s Tokyo, a loose adaptation of Oedipus Rex in which a transgender sex worker kills his mother and sleeps with his father.
Schmitke
Schmitke is an old German wind turbine engineer. One day, he is dispatched to the Czech side of the Ore Mountains to fix an old squeaking wind turbine. His colleague…
The Firemen’s Ball
The firemen of a provincial Czechoslovakian town throw a ball in honor of the old chief’s retirement. There will be music and dancing, a beauty pageant and a raffle. The…
Blonde Animals
Fabien, former star of a television show, always seems disoriented when he wakes up. He feels abandoned since the disappearance of Corinne, his co-star, whom he loved so much. Nothing…
Parole, Inc.
A federal agent’s life is in danger when he’s exposed while investigating a parole scheme.