A devastating plague has wiped out half the population of New York City, leaving it in a perpetual state of emergency. After years of lockdown, a young man, Paul, puts on his hazmat suit and ventures into the abandoned streets to meet Justine - a woman with whom he has developed a romance online, but never met. Paul has dreamed about this day, but doing this in reality is something else entirely. Will they be able to overcome their anxieties - and is it worth the risk?
November 1980. Southern Iran. We are at the beginning of the Iran-Iraq war. Abadan, the capital of the Iranian petrol industry resists the repeated assaults of the Iraqi army, but is soon under full siege. Omid, a 14-year-old boy, has stayed back in the city, with his grandfather, waiting for his elder brother to come back from the frontline. Along with Omid, we discover several other uncommon characters, each one having stayed for a personal reason. Each one resisting in his own way. But as the Iraqi siege of the city hardens, Omid has to quickly find a way to save those he loves.
A blind choreographer returns to the rehearsal room after years away. Dealing at the same time with the gradual loss of her visual memory, she must reconnect with touch in order to communicate with her dancers.
While preparing for the anticipated summer party in a cramped bathroom, Mercedes navigates her blossoming desires.
In a dystopian world where touch is forbidden, Matta and Matto offer refuge to the lonely at Hotel Vaip. In the deceptive labyrinth of mind-bending rooms at their transient hotel, deepest desires are fulfilled and surpassed, but this comes at a price.
Abby is a sought after massage therapist and a free spirit, while her brother Paul thrives on routine, running a failing dental practice with his assistant and daughter Jenny. Suddenly, Abby develops an aversion to bodily contact, which not only makes her unable to do her job, but also severely affects her relationship with her boyfriend. As Abby navigates her way through an identity crisis, her brother's dental practice receives new life when clients seek out his “healing touch.”
Touch: The Forgotten Sense
A documentary film about Tibetan traditional medicine.
Serviced explores touch based service businesses including cuddling, erotic massage, sex surrogacy and sex work. Meet the men who have foregone the 9-5 grind or are adding on a side-hustle service-based job. From cuddling to sex work we're looking at the world's oldest profession with eyes wide open.
What happens when two hands touch? How close are they like? And how can proximity be measured, and even more so, in times of a pandemic and distancing? We think we touch things, that we can take other people by the hand, but physics tells us quite another story.
A 30 second short film made in reference to Adult Swim bumps, with a horror twist.
Help your cat's physical mental and emotional well-being by learning how to do many of the circular TTouches, lifts and slides. A relaxed cat is a happy and healthy cat! The TTouch® can help correct undesirable habits, improve focus, promote healing, and create a closer relationship between you and your animal.
Multi BAFTA winning comedian Harry Hill is back with a glittering third installment of TV Burp Gold. Find out what happens when Stacy from EastEnders stops taking her medication. Witness a very spooked Dean Gaffney on 'Ghost Hunting with I'm a Celebrity', and discover the vegetable that's a spitting image of River Cottages' Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.
Following the kidnapping of his cat, a young boy calls upon his superhero identity to go and save him, encouraged by an original mentor.
David buys a pack of cigarettes, smokes one, takes the metro and gives the rest of the pack to François, whom he meets on the platform, before walking away without further explanation.
Friends are in town to visit new-homeowner couple Jared and Connie, but their off-putting neighbor Todd invites himself over as well.
Perry Blair starts off as a sparring partner for a fighter, but when he knocks the guy down, manager Charles Dunham immediately sees his potential. He takes Blair to New York, where he meets pretty Cecil Manners. Blair finds out that his next fight is fixed and he pulls out. When Dunham spreads a rumor that he is yellow, Blair decides to return west.
Nerdy tax official Eva is fired for giving speeches about a fairer tax system in the park. An Internet video of this goes viral, jeopardizing a planned mega-merger. That's why the company bosses are determined to stop Eva's popularity.
The story of four criminals: a thief with the experience of Nimble, Alphonse the swindler Koshchei, an avid bully-a brawler with a Sledgehammer and a naive and stupid pet thief Sprat. They all met in prison and now, before they give up their criminal lives, they decide on a final grand robbery so that they have enough money for the rest of their lives. Former prisoners rent a restaurant next to the bank and intend to secretly dig into the vault, but suddenly their institution with a prison kitchen and boorish service becomes a hit with visitors. Now the guys have to decide whether to succumb to the romance of thieves and carry out a robbery or choose a quiet life with a new business for them.
On the eve of the wedding of an old flame, a young man must come to terms with every woman he has ever loved and lost. No sleep tonight.