Independent filmmaker Nina Hedenius Det speglar i mitt öga [My Eye Is Reflecting] is a poetic film on the act of seeing and on the details that rarely gets our attention. The film is a collage of diverse scenes depicting life, death, objects and people; a Swedish crayfish party, a classroom, cows in the meadow, the Stockholm subway…
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Parajanov: A Requiem charts the evolution of the controversial director’s artistry, which culminated in the creation of his brilliant, hallucinatory film fantasies of poetry and folk legends. Rare, extensive interviews with the outspoken director, along with film clips, drawings, photographs, and fragments of uncompleted films coalesce to make this a revealing account of an unforgettable artist.
A crossroad country, a nation divided, Iran is on the rise after a century of political upheaval. The nuclear crisis has revealed to the world its goal: to become a world power. For the first time ever, this film will look back over 100 years of Iranian history to the veritable wellsprings of the confrontation between Iran and the Western powers.
The story focuses on an ambitious young executive, Amanda, who inherits a lovely B&B on a remote island in Maine when her grandmother dies. She arrives with every intent of selling it all off and going back to her busy career, but in going through her grandmother’s belongings, she discovers much about her family’s past which ultimately makes her re-evaluate her life and values. Amanda is faced with making right decisions amidst trying circumstances.
Frankie is 15 and preparing for fatherhood. He is determined to be the best dad ever, but as his day goes on, he starts to realize how impossible this will be for him.
Oscar Nominee Sigourney Weaver and Emmy-winner Edward Herrmann portray an affluent suburban couple whose empty and gin-fueled lives are observed through the eyes of their neglected, eight-year-old daugther. Adapted by playwright Wendy Wasserstein from John Cheever’s short story, the tension and sadness behind the veneer of upper class life in Shady Hill are at the heart of this insightful drama.
In 1939, Charlotte Salomon leaves Berlin to seek refuge at her grandparents’ villa in the south of France. A little later, war breaks out, and Charlotte must, besides forgetting all she left behind, deal with her grandmother’s depression, and her mother’s suicide. To fight despair, Charlotte starts to paint, producing over one thousand images. “Is my life real, or is it theater?” This is the title she gives her body of work, which highlights her former life in Berlin. She finds herself though her art, but in 1943 is deported to Germany and Auschwitz.
Døden på Oslo S follows two teenage friends, Pelle and Proffen, in late-1980s Oslo as they navigate the city’s gritty underbelly. When Pelle falls for the troubled young Lena, who struggles with drug addiction, they both try to help her escape her destructive life. Their search exposes them to violence, addiction, and the harsh realities of life around Oslo Central Station.