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Two lonely foragers are called to meet for tea when nature begins to stand still. Inspired by the book 'Essays in Idleness' by Kenko and Chomei.

This movie depicts the two years that young Stendhal spent in Italy. Stendhal, that time still known simply as Henri Beyle, is living the life of a wanderer, looking for a direction in his life, meeting famous Rossini and falling in love with young widow Giuseppina. A story of love, betrayal and an analysis of women and men's minds and souls.

A TV movie and part of groundbreaking Taiwan TV series “Eleven Women”

A simple man's search for success leads him to rediscover his roots.

Master swordsman and loya 'Hatamoto' (direct vassal to the Shogun), Saotome Mondonosuke, is sent to investigate an intrigue centering on the Date Clan. The 300th film in the long and illustrious career of Ichikawa Utaemon, one of the most popular Japanese film stars of the period; it brought out an all-star cast as well.

Twelve years old boy escapes summer camp in order to meet his brother currently serving in the army.

A wealthy member of the upper classes and his three sons withdraw to a country villa where they spend their days in complete idleness, having everything done for them by their young and beautiful maid. They surrender to the pleasure of sleep, while idleness permeates the tiny world of these living dead, with the exception of the woman who is the sole representative of positive values, will-power and action. Finally, the youngest son will try to break free.

Kung Fu star Dragon Lee appears as 'Golden Dragon', who teams up with 'Silver Snake' to take revenge on the men responsible for his brother's murder...

Two lovers hit the road for a holiday. They find a car that has been hit, and a dead woman by the accident. Two production assistants try to leave the set, but all the roads seem to hit the same spot, where they find a dead woman that walks.

Dizzy is a perennial student living in a small double room in a hostel. He never seems to study, but spends his time sleeping, watching TV, and drinking. Marko, a studious freshman from the country, is assigned to the other bed in the room, and he is soon joined by his young, very pregnant, girlfriend Ana. Meanwhile, Dizzy's girlfriend Marina is trying to get Dizzy to make a commitment, but he would prefer to continue his idle ways.

A subtile, soft exploration of the relation between love and death.

Love in Idleness it is a short animated film exploring the fleeting delusional love relationship between Titania and Bottom. The film focuses on the transformation and transfiguration of the two characters in the act of a frantic lovemaking. Scratchy animated lines, morphed body parts, fragments of flesh intersect and crash together into the rhythmical act performed by the deluded donkey and the tricked woman. There is no story, no time and no roles: only raw emotions and sensations. The film is made with charcoal on paper; the images are a series of drawings constantly erased and retraced. Funded by Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network and King’s College London in association with Film Club Productions.

“Essays in Idleness” is a reimagining of the ‘Tsurezuregusa’, a classic 14th-century text by Zen monk and poet Yoshida Kenko who wrote 243 short entries on the aesthetic beauty of nature, social rules, Zen Buddhism, and the concept of impermanence.

The title character of this humorous puppet film is a milk pot that swells to terrifying dimensions. The vain jar-lady becomes so big-headed that she rejects her customary role in life and even goes as far as to take control of the master potter’s workshop. However, at the local market most customers give her the cold shoulder, only a drunkard rag and bone man sees something in her: as a bottomless wine jug…

When the darkness in a musician's dreams tears its way into his waking life, a series of brutal murders rocks the city and word spreads of a spectral form looming over the rooftops.

The main character of the film, Stepanov, was known as a quitter and a drunkard. He was constantly late for work, skipped shifts, and often showed up to the factory intoxicated. However, Stepanov secretly dreamed of becoming like the skilled drummer Fedorov. With the help and support of the factory staff, he began to improve.

Mehmet Murat Ozyurt is a man who passes his days doing nothing. He goes out of his house in the mornings, spends time in the shopping malls and wanders around in various places of the city with no specific purpose. In the evenings he always goes to either an exhibition opening or a film premiere where he finds the opportunity to have a couple of drinks and socialize with his friends. Mehmet Murat whose days are always spent in similar ways sees himself as the dervish of modern times.

The Idle Ones is a profile of contemporary affairs - somewhere on the edge of Europe - in a place where unemployment for some young people is fast becoming a way of life. Covering a period of 18 months, the film follows the activities of a group of young men in their 20s who have finished their schooling and stayed in their home village - they loaf about unemployed since they can´t find any work in the remote district. The main characters are more or less idle young fellows whose stories link together and make up the film. Tinged with humour, The Idle Ones is a story about frustrated but vital young people in a period of transition, waiting for something to happen. For some, the waiting is becoming their life.

Loran considers himself an author and a man of art, while for the others he is merely an idler. Debt collectors are chasing after him, but Loran still enjoys his life, no matter how hopeless it might be.

A blues song of a lost city. An experimental poetic film of an exiled soul.

A mismatched couple's marital problems come to the surface when the husband develops an interest in their pretty boarder.

With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread. Samantha pines for studly older boy Jake, but worries that her chastity will be a turnoff for the popular senior. Meanwhile, she must constantly rebuff the affections of nerdy Ted, who is unfortunately the only boy in school who seems to take an interest in her.

A boy who lives at a country club where his father works decides to make some extra money by selling composted horse manure as fertilizer, and has his three sisters (two of which are older) join him in the enterprise. As their sales increase, they draw increased scrutiny from the IRS and state tax board, as well as the large scale competitor who seeks to put them out of business at any cost.

A miserable man who doesn't believe in the holidays must contend with his 11 children and wife celebrating the most wonderful time of the year.

A filming of and around a Chat Noir show revue from 1972.

Timian and Rudolf owns a car repair shop, where a 1930 Ford is the main thing, when someone steals their savings.

A filming of the revue Vi spillopper.

A multimillionaire, whose son is gay and daughter a lesbian, leaves a will with one clause: His children will inherit his money only if at least one of them produces him a grandchild within a year of his death.

The feel-good hooker musical of the year! Get ready for the high-spirited hijinks of three working gals on the loose in the big city, with men on their minds! Featuring music by Jilly Idle and wacky original songs, METER GIRLS is a fun-filled story of girls gone wild in a mod, mod world.

King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black Knight who, despite having had all his limbs chopped off, insists he can still fight. They reach Camelot, but Arthur decides not to enter, as "it is a silly place".

Casper is a kind young ghost who peacefully haunts a mansion in Maine. When specialist James Harvey arrives to communicate with Casper and his fellow spirits, he brings along his teenage daughter, Kat. Casper quickly falls in love with Kat, but their budding relationship is complicated not only by his transparent state, but also by his troublemaking apparition uncles and their mischievous antics.

The King of Far Far Away has died and Shrek and Fiona are to become King & Queen. However, Shrek wants to return to his cozy swamp and live in peace and quiet, so when he finds out there is another heir to the throne, they set off to bring him back to rule the kingdom.

A pizza delivery boy must balance the needs of his sick mother, his mentally retarded friend, and the comatose girl of his dreams.

In this feature-length documentary, 8 Inuit teens with cameras offer a vibrant and contemporary view of life in Canada's North. They also use their newly acquired film skills to confront a broad range of issues, from the widening communication gap between youth and their elders to the loss of their peers to suicide. In Inuktitut with English subtitles.

The study follows the journey of Eric Nelson, a man leading a compartmentalized triple life as a pleasure-seeking rebel, a cutthroat corporate executive, and a nominal Christian. But when confronted with a near death experience, Eric embarks on a spiritual journey that transforms his commitment to Jesus Christ and tests the faith of his friends and family.

A supernatural, benevolent surveillance agency monitors teenagers in an attempt to protect them from outside dangers and-- worse yet-- themselves.

Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny is an irreverent look at Western Civilization through Inuit eyes. Inspired by the satirical essays of Zebedee Nungak, the film turns the tables on generations of anthropologists, teachers, adventurers and administrators who went North to pursue their Arctic Dreams. Now it’s their turn to be poked, prodded, examined and explained. A new generation of Inuit is ready to take on the Qallunaat at their own game. Grounded in their own traditions but educated in the South, they have a unique perspective on the culture that has come to dominate the planet. And they are not afraid to speak their minds.

Sergey is a Russian athletics champion whose career is destroyed in a moment by a car accident. Then he discovers that while his injuries have diminished his athletic abilities, they have also given him paranormal abilities to see the past, when his heart races too fast. Meanwhile, detective Nastya is trying to stop a maniac who is killing women in the city. And, somehow, all the victims are related to Sergey, who will need to master his new powers to stop the murderer.

Katya and her fiancé Andrey - successful young banker fly to Malta on holiday. At the diving center they accidentally meet Max - professional diver, secretly engaged in black archaeology and Katya's ex boyfriend so the adventures start...

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A mentally challenged boy gets a visit from his cousin, who brings bad news.

A man is interrupted while he ' s having an important phone-call about a war.

A miserable young man gets proposed a life-changing cure for his suffering mental condition.

Filmed across the Festival’s Worthy Farm site at landmarks including the Pyramid Field and the Stone Circle, the event will see a range of artists giving their time to perform in support of the Festival, including Coldplay, Damon Albarn, HAIM, IDLES, Jorja Smith, Kano, Michael Kiwanuka, Wolf Alice, plus DJ Honey Dijon, who will all perform as part of an uninterrupted film production. There will also be a number of unannounced surprise performances.

In the third installment of the Scary Movie franchise, news anchorwoman Cindy Campbell has to investigate mysterious crop circles and killing video tapes, and help the President stop an alien invasion in the process.

Viola Hastings is in a real jam. Complications threaten her scheme to pose as her twin brother, Sebastian, and take his place at a new boarding school. She falls in love with her handsome roommate, Duke, who loves beautiful Olivia, who has fallen for Sebastian! As if that were not enough, Viola's twin returns from London ahead of schedule but has no idea that his sister has already replaced him on campus.

MiniDV visions portraying the anguish of a curious artist who becomes obsessed with replicating images of a woman he sees in his dreams.

TV's hottest vampire-hunting show's newest season premiere is upon us, and they've got a brand new idea for this first episode: invite their biggest fans on to see them in action. The Archibald sisters are anything but your typical fans, and the Blood Drive crew will soon discover this fact as they traverse through the night doing business as usual.

Two teenage boys embark on a dangerous quest to solve their friend's murder, uncovering dark secrets and facing life-threatening situations in a small town plagued by a notorious serial killer, "The Seminole Heights Shooter".

Two similar-looking friends question their relationship in the aftermath of a odd conversation with a stranger at a bus stop.