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Cruel and Unusual
Five transgender women share their prison experiences. Interviews with attorneys, doctors, and other experts are also included.
Scooby-Doo: Agence toutou risques, vol. 1 : Le voleur de vélo
The Grand Heist
Ice suddenly becomes a more valuable commodity during the Joseon Dynasty and a gang of eleven professionals are assigned to protect the market situation from irresponsible people.
Fire With Fire
“We never know how high we are till we are called to rise” could be the motto of this stunningly filmed, high impact and suspenseful motion picture that is based on a true story. Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu is a teenage hawker who is drawn into the liberation movement to fight against an oppressive apartheid South African government. When he and his comrades are accosted by police while on a mission he is charged with two counts of murder. He is in a fight for his life and must prove his innocence.
The Big Boss: Return to Thailand
Film Director Matt Routledge presents and narrates this 'Then and Now' documentary on Bruce Lee's first feature film 'The Big Boss', featuring new interviews and eye witness reports of the original filming.
Hello...?
"a colorful poem of the first copy-motion film... the system registers images directly from a color (xerox) duplicator model 6500... an original, versatil, unique system developed by Darino" –Back Stage
The Necrotic
The psychopathic M.D. murders his unfaithful wife and meddling sister, then goes on to further vengeance with his female patients, injecting them with lethal doses of Curare.
Shock Cinema: Volume Four
A documentary about special makeup effects on low budget horror films. Includes behind-the-scenes footage from Murder Weapon (1989), Robot Ninja (1989), Ghoul School (1990) and Skinned Alive (1990).
Dick: The Documentary
In August 2008, filmmaker Brian Fender posted an add on Craigslist to solicit volunteers for a documentary project. He invited "subjects" into his living room to strip down and reveal themselves physically and emotionally through personal stories about their relationship to their penises. Fender interviewed a vast cross-section of anonymous, naked men about their prized appendage: from monks to transsexuals to ex-marines to designers, ranging in age from 21 to 80. Hoping to demystify, illuminate, and even celebrate this "member" in our society, this DIY documentary is a candid exploration of what it means to have a dick.
The Four Days of Naples
September 1943. After Italy surrenders to the Allies, people in Naples believe the war is finally over, but soon they realize Germans are still in control — and as ruthless as ever. Armed with makeshift weapons, civilians rise up en masse against the invaders — and overwhelming odds.
Otherworld
Whilst celebrating Lleu's 18th birthday, Lleu and two friends go for a boat ride, when they discover beneath the water the golden doorway to the Mabinogi (the Otherworld). They swim down and are transported back in time many centuries to the Mabinogi. There they encounter some problems with mediaeval life, and they have to deal with the conflict between fate personal choice and magic
Late Spring
Noriko is perfectly happy living at home with her widowed father, Shukichi, and has no plans to marry -- that is, until her aunt Masa convinces Shukichi that unless he marries off his 27-year-old daughter soon, she will likely remain alone for the rest of her life. When Noriko resists Masa's matchmaking, Shukichi is forced to deceive his daughter and sacrifice his own happiness to do what he believes is right.
Was Kinder brauchen - Neue Erkenntnisse aus der Hirnforschung
Original recording of a seminar in Zurich, July 2006, and a lecture in Idstein, October 2006. The latest studies show that children's brains are more malleable – and therefore also more deformable – than was believed just a few years ago. No other species is born with a brain as capable of learning and shaping as humans. And in no other species is brain development so dependent on the emotional, social, and intellectual competence of adult caregivers as it is in humans.
The Ballad of Wallis Island
An eccentric lottery winner who lives alone on a remote island tries to make his fantasies come true by getting his favourite musicians to perform at his home.
Ararat
Interrogated by a customs officer, a young man recounts how his life was changed during the making of a film about the Armenian genocide.
Fire!
When a young musician and his wife become witness of a bank robbery they get in the midst of a political conspiracy with the risk of losing their lives.
The Animated Nativity
Journey with Mary and Joseph to Bethlehem and witness the humble birth of our Savior together with the shepherds. The cunning plan of King Herod does not deceive the devoted wise men, but ultimately it is the Angel who intercedes to warn Joseph and Mary to flee into Egypt.
Father
A man falls into an existential crisis when he must simultaneously cope with the death of his father as he celebrates the birth of his first child.
Equinox Flower
Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a coworker and is adamant to live life her own way, instead of agreeing to an arranged marriage. Outwitted by his female relatives, Hirayama stubbornly refuses to admit defeat.
The Last Train
Three old men and a little boy try to preserve what they consider to be National Patrimony in the form of a locomotive nicknamed the "33"