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1945, Leningrad. WWII has devastated the city, demolishing its buildings and leaving its citizens in tatters, physically and mentally. Two young women search for meaning and hope in the struggle to rebuild their lives amongst the ruins.Read More »
2010s
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Kantemir Balagov – Dylda (2019)
2011-2020DramaKantemir BalagovRussia -
Shelly Silver – A Tiny Place That is Hard to Touch (2019)
2011-2020ArthouseDocumentaryJapanShelly SilverIn a faceless apartment in Tatekawa, Tokyo, an American woman hires a Japanese woman to translate interviews about Japan’s declining birthrate. The two women grate, fight, and then crash together in love or lust, at which point their story gets hijacked into science fiction territory, as the translator interrupts their work sessions with stories from a world infected with the knowledge of its own demise.Read More »
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Various – Ten Years Thailand (2018)
2011-2020DramaExperimentalThailandVarious10 Years Thailand is a collection of short films by five Thai directors imagining their country ten years into the future. The project is a continuation of 10 Years, a Hong Kong film produced in 2015 that posed the same question to five Hong Kong directors.
Featuring shorts by: Aditya Assarat, Wisit Sasanatieng, Chulayarnnon Siriphol, Apichatpong Weerasethakul.Read More »
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Pema Tseden – Khyi rgan AKA Lao Gou AKA Old Dog (2011)
2011-2020AsianChinaDramaPema TsedenSummary from Icarus Films:
A family on the Himalayan plains discovers their dog is worth a fortune, but selling it comes at a terrible price.The Tibetan nomad mastiff is an exotic prize dog in China, fetching as much as millions of dollars from wealthy Chinese. When a young man notices several thefts of mastiffs from Tibetan farm families, he decides to sell his family’s dog before it is stolen and sold on the black market. His father, an aging Tibetan herder, is furious when he discovers their dog missing. When the father seeks to buy the dog back, it leads to a series of tragicomic events that threaten to tear the family apart, while showing the erosion of Tibetan culture under the pressures of contemporary society.Read More »
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Isiah Medina – Log 0 (2019)
2011-2020CanadaExperimentalIsiah MedinaShort FilmClipping, noise, and other distortions are encounters with the threshold of photographic realism. the inner-workings of the systems we employ to generate adequate representations of the world become represented themselves in their failure – Isaac GoesRead More »
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Ivan Ayr – Soni (2018)
2011-2020DramaIndiaIvan AyrSynopsis
Soni, a young policewoman in Delhi, and her superintendent, Kalpana, have collectively taken on a growing crisis of violent crimes against women. However, their alliance suffers a major setback when Soni is transferred out for alleged misconduct on duty.Read More » -
Thunska Pansittivorakul – Jutti AKA Reincarnate (2010)
2001-2010ArthouseQueer Cinema(s)ThailandThunska PansittivorakulQuote:
In separate sketches, Thunska Pansittivorakul shows the homosexual love between a teacher and pupil more explicitly than ever. Several cryptic scenes refer to the oppressive Thai political situation. A clear reaction to the new law that subjected his previous film, This Area Is Under Quarantine (2009), to censorship.Read More » -
Bani Khoshnoudi – Luciérnagas AKA Fireflies (2018)
2011-2020Bani KhoshnoudiDramaMexicoQueer Cinema(s)Quote:
Ramin is a young gay man in his 30s who fled the repression in Iran and arrived to Veracruz after traveling clandestinely on a boat from Turkey. While coping with the distance that he has taken with his loved-ones, he begins to discover a freer life here, far from Iran.Read More » -
Pola Beck – Am Himmel der Tag AKA Breaking Horizons (2012)
2011-2020DramaGermanyPola BeckThe 25-year-old Lara (Aylin Tezel) takes her studies in architecture not very seriously and spends her free time with her best friend Nora (Henrike of Kuick) in Techno clubs. She is surprised when she becomes pregnant from a one-night stand. Initially full of doubt, the young woman decides ultimately to get the child and draws new strength from it. But soon Lara’s fate takes a cruel twist.Read More »