Twinkles

Spring of 1794, Poland is in a state of unrest. General Tadeusz ‘Kos’ Kościuszko returns to the country, planning to ignite an uprising against the Russians by mobilising Polish gentry and peasants. He is accompanied by his faithful friend and former slave, Domingo. Kościuszko is being tracked down by a merciless Russian cavalry captain, Dunin, who wants to do whatever it takes to capture the general before he starts a national revolt.

The story of a donkey Balthazar as he is passed from owner to owner, some kind and some cruel but all with motivations beyond his understanding. Balthazar, whose life parallels that of his first keeper, Marie, is truly a beast of burden, suffering the sins of humankind. But despite his powerlessness, he accepts his fate nobly.

Violence dans les Champs

An American girl who helps operate a Shanghai opium ring meets an American agent disguised as a mining engineer. The two fall in love, and she has to determine where her loyalties lie.

Peasant girl Jagna is forced to marry the much older, wealthy farmer Boryna, despite her love for his son Antek. With time, Jagna becomes the object of envy and disdain with the villagers and she must fight to preserve her independence.

Cows With No Name is almost a diary, filmed one day at a time, of each stage of this process, documenting the operation of the farm with critical and incisive humour. But it is also an intimate documentary. By filming scenes of daily life on the family farm, around the kitchen table during meals, or in front of the TV in the evening while everyone falls asleep on the sofa, more personal questions are raised: the farmer’s connection to his herd, or even the handover that Hubert has chosen not to ensure.

The silent majority is the Costa Rican peasantry, which has been the object of traditional contempt and which has manifested itself in various forms: unfair salary compensation, bad prices for their agricultural products, financing difficulties, land grabs, precarious housing and educational conditions. health. Precariousness, peasant migrations and the depletion of the agricultural frontier are also analyzed in the film.

Too often, if a child is illiterate at the end of third grade, they will fall behind forever. By nine years old, many children are already SENTENCED to the cycles of poverty, prison, and addiction that have devastated generations before them. Our story begins with a heartbreaking look at adults who never learned to read and ends with the children who still have a chance.

When a doubting young boy takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery that shows him that the wonder of life never fades for those who believe.

On a 19th century Caribbean island, slaves revolt against their beautiful and sadistic mistress.

Susan and her brother Johnny go to spend the summer with their aunt and uncle where they discover a map that may lead to some sort of treasure. Susan had been having nightmares about a girl (Rachel) who disappeared in a nearby mansion now old and abandoned. Eventually Susan and Johnny along with their cousin Billy begin a quest to find the treasure as well as the answers to Rachel's disappearance. While they are doing this 2 escaped convicts are also looking for the same treasure!

It’s Christmas time at the marsh and McBroom the dung beetle has decided to play Santa and give gifts to all the creatures of the pond. However when Bartle Bee and Flyby discover their presents are dung balls, they are less than satisfied. McBroom knows he will have to learn more about Santa and gift giving if he surely wants to give a memorable Christmas to all those at the pond.

After their father’s death shatters the fragile balance of their family, a distant mother tries to reconnect with her children as grief resurfaces buried resentments. With the one person who held them together gone, they must decide whether they can become a family on their own, or remain permanently broken.

17-year-old Haylee is caught in a tumultuous time as an unexpected pregnancy and an increasingly strained relationship with her parents has caused her to flee home.

The swamp folk of the deep Okefenokee live a brutal primitive life untouched by modern times - they support themselves by hunting alligators and selling them to the outside world. Jeff returns home from college with an engineering degree and dreams of bringing modern medical care and education to the swamps. He is immediately confronted by his old boyhood rival, "Gator-Bait" Blair, who thinks things are just fine the way the are. "Gator" whips the ignorant locals into a frenzy of fear and resistance. When Jeff is unintimidated by their threats, Blair sets out to stop his plans once and for all - with a rifle.

The protagonist was sent to South America after the war. Now he is back home and wants to meet his old love. At the same time, he takes on the job of looking after his in-laws' children, two very bad boys, while their parents are on holiday abroad. What will become of it? Anyone who meets the "fantastic aunt" at the beginning of the film, as well as Huba and Csaba, will have an inkling.

An eleven-year-old boy discovers the true meaning of silek (a martial art) when he meets a 60-year-old retired university teacher and former silek warrior that he is resolved to put an end to his feud with his competitors.

Assini is a rambunctious 7-year-old girl who doesn’t realize she’s an Indian. This is her story of self-discovery and self-acceptance. "Assini" follows this struggle towards self-awareness and self-acceptance. It’s a tale that follows the conflicts and inner battles of learning to like and accept who you are.

Serra da Capivara - July 2015 – Ana Pi, thorns & birds – with Clarisse in the Caatinga