An exploration —manipulated and staged— of life in Las Hurdes, in the province of Cáceres, in Extremadura, Spain, as it was in 1932. Insalubrity, misery and lack of opportunities provoke the emigration of young people and the solitude of those who remain in the desolation of one of the poorest and least developed Spanish regions at that time.
A high school cheerleader faces a grisly manifestation of her self-deprecating inner demons.
'SIGN' is a short film that tells, through vignettes, music, and sign language, the story of a relationship between Ben, a hearing man, and Aaron, who is deaf.
This is a sapphic/lesbian/gay/queer short film about what it's like to have a crush on your best friend.
Everything is fine for Aylin, who has just given birth. Her husband and mother are with her, she has a helper at home and her friends come to visit. However, Aylin has difficulty adapting to the role of motherhood, she is reluctant to even hold her baby or feed him. Her gaze is always fixed on the distance, she has a pensive mood.
In a world where every single person is a clown, a mime escapes a cabin massacre and must find his voice to save the girl of his dreams.
Every morning, during each breakfast, the Díaz family celebrates by singing of the extreme happiness they enjoy, even on those days that are sinister and stormy.
This is the backstory of Hana and Joon Seung, characters in the series "MARS" on Nat Geo. The twin sisters are struggling to fit into their new home and find a ham radio, allowing them to develop a friendship with a female astronaut..
A young woman spends the evening alone at home. She decides to give herself a treat, but not everything works out as smoothly as she imagined.
Pete Smith tells the story of 'Sparky', a German shepherd dog trained to lead his blind master, a country doctor who lost his sight in a fire, and now has to depend upon the dog to lead him in his daily rounds. 'Sparky" was the dog who was responsible for the Interstate Commerce Commission passing a special ruling allowing guide-dogs to travel first-class in Pullman cars to accompany their blind partner, and not as animals confined to the baggage car. Smith shows how 'Sparky' went to Washington D. C. with his master and helped sell the change to the legislators.
A grieving young woman attempts to find closure by spending a night in the hotel where her brother was murdered.
After a violent blow to the head, a lonely office worker wishing to be noticed suddenly finds himself the center of attention, which makes him question his reality as he slowly unravels
As the Vietnam War heats up, two sons of a widowed southern farmer choose divergent paths: the older son enlists and fights overseas, while the younger son dodges the draft by running to Canada. Based on the parable, this 20th century retelling focuses on two brothers divided by ideology in the name of what is right, and the redeeming power of their father's love.
Based on the amusing Russian tales about a resourceful and cheerful soldier.
After 25 years, a former hired gun visits his old colleague, now a small-town sheriff. Their past relationship is explored, as is how they reflect on it in the present.
Automated porridge production system provides the city with food for 3 years.
Edgar impulsively invites his boss, Mr. Markham, to his home for dinner when his boss compliments him for giving coffee money to a down and out man. At the train station Edgar intervenes, keeping another man from beating a young man named Frankie, and Edgar takes Frankie home with him, even though the stranger warns Edgar that the young man is nothing but trouble.
Edward G. Robinson talks to the audience about the history of gangster films and introduces his latest vehicle.
The majority of the story occurs in the office of Dr. Harper, a psychiatrist, where a man named Lester Billings talks to the doctor about the "murders" of his three young children.
A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and eventually stops at the platform. Doors of the railway-cars open and attendants help passengers off and on. Popular legend has it that, when this film was shown, the first-night audience fled the café in terror, fearing being run over by the "approaching" train. This legend has since been identified as promotional embellishment, though there is evidence to suggest that people were astounded at the capabilities of the Lumières' cinématographe.