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Annabelle Dances and Dances

A remix of Dickson's Annabelle Butterfly Dance with a modern score.

Alicia Bustamante

Milestone

An old man is invited as the guest of honor at a Kazakh school's celebration of the 69th anniversary of the end of World War II, but has a difficult time answering questions about his heroic deeds.

Neighborhood Rats

Mexican feature film

The Beheading of Tito's Bird

Tito, a determined manager, sets his sights on marrying Tirza, but her father's unexpected question triggers his deepest fear: circumcision. Facing a daunting dilemma, Tito embarks on a slapstick quest to overcome his fear, leading to a sidesplitting journey of absurd antics and unexpected revelations in his pursuit of love.

Montana

Nikolai, a Russian hit-man escapes from his adversaries into the streets of Los Angeles. He is taken into the household of Lesley and her son Johnny. In exchange for refuge, Nikolai repairs the single mother's decaying house and symbolically mends fences between everyday people of Russia and the U.S. When enemies get too close to his new home, Nikolai makes his escape to Montana.

The Frozen North

For more than 30 years a man by the name of Dick Proenneke lived alone in the Alaskan Bush. His only neighbors were the wolves and grizzly bears and his only transportation was his canoe and a good set of legs. Through the years, Dick kept written journals of daily life at Twin Lakes but would also document much of his adventure on film with his 16 mms Bolex camera. The Frozen North is Dick's own filmed account of his life alone in this "One Man's Wilderness", produced from original footage not included in "Alone in the Wilderness" or "Alaska Silence & Solitude".

Black Sabbath - Don Kirshner's Rock Concert

Filmed at the height of their fame, and including all four original members of the band, Black Sabbath performs masterfully in front of an eager Santa Monica crowd. Killing Yourself to Live, Hole in the Sky, Snowblind, War Pigs, Paranoid

Lost Hearts

A young orphan, Stephen, is sent to go and live with his strange, much older cousin at his remote country house. Once there, Stephen experiences terrible dreams in which he sees a young girl and boy who are missing their hearts.

Air Balloon

After their once scalding hot relationship fails, Julie carries her ex-girlfriend's mementos in a large box wherever she goes.

Untitled (34bsp)

Untitled (34bsp) is a 35mm film that was shot on-site at the Ciccillo Matarazzo Pavilion, an iconic building designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer which has been the home of the Bienal de São Paulo since 1957. In this new work, which was co-produced by Phileas, Fleischmann reflects on the cultural impact of the monumental 30.000 square meter pavilion and interacts with its physical space through the medium of film, using a series of large, site-specific cameras that become sculptural forms traveling through the building from floor to ceiling.

Gladiator of Pompeii

Epic drama of Pompeii at the city’s height of glory, up to the eruption of Vesuvius in AD 79, this film is one of titanic proportions, recounting on the grandest scale, its untimely destruction which killed 20,000 people in a matter of hours.Pompeii was a world where men and women had slaves, where gladiators fought to the death to provide entertainment to the bloodthirsty crowds. Helpless against a succession of apocalyptic events (a great earthquake,tidal waves, thunder and lightning), the inferno continued for three days and then all was silent.

Art of Deception

After uncovering the CIA’s ruthless master plan for world domination by gaining complete mind control over the entire population, top scientist Joseph Markham is ultimately left with a choice: save the lives of billions…or the life of his wife, who has been kidnapped, interrogated, and brutally tortured but continues to viciously fight for her life. As a nationwide manhunt ensues, deadly assassins pursue, and one man’s decision will determine the fate of the world. Art of Deception is about a fight for life, love and world dominance.

Where Rabbits Come From

In a cold, grey, dystopian world, a widowed father rabbit challenges absolute authority by trying to infuse an ounce of wonder, and a little bit of hope, magic, and possibility into his daughter’s life after the mysterious disappearance of her mother. A story of resilience, love and hope in the face of darkness.

The Wonder Of A Summer Day

Kanata (NOGISHI Konoha) and her younger sister Sumire (IKEDA Nonoka) have been living apart since their parents' divorce. Kanata is having trouble adjusting to her new school and is spending her summer holiday helping her mother run her snack bar. When Kanata's mother suggests that she go to her grandmother's house for a final summer holiday memory, Kanata heads into the countryside. Once there, Kanata can't hide her annoyance at the innocent Sumire who bubbles with enthusiasm for the time they will spend together but a trip with Sumire in search of fireflies, which are not supposed to appear during the summer, forces the lonely teen out of her shell.