'Who is Alice' carries us on a darkly funny, compelling and sometimes cringe worthy journey into the highs and lows of what human beings will do to try to avoid pain and connect to happiness. Alice is a 35 year old actress desperately hanging on to her 'new young thing' career. She is willing to sacrifice almost everything in order to reach the top and this mind-bending story takes us down the rabbit hole with her.
An ode to stillness, in the form of an experimental documentary miniature, inspired by Vitosha mountain and Sofia
Suren, the son of a zamindar of Bangladesh, lives his life in his own way. He takes up the private tutor job for a girl whose elder sister is Madhabi, an ill-fated widow. But after a few days, he returns to his rich family and marries. But he cannot forget Madhabi who loves him like an elder and caring sister. In the meantime, when Madhabi's sister-in-law drives her out of the house, Suren hears that and arranges to return the property to her.
When a wealthy man accidentally stumbles upon his lookalike who is poor, the two of them decide to swap places in a bid to escape from their problems. Things take quite an interesting turn after that.
The film tells about the collision of cars outside Baku on New Year's Eve. During the heated argument between drivers and passengers who are blaming each other, the heroes are about to completely forget that there are only a few minutes left until New Year, and they have to make an urgent decision about how to spend it...
The events take place in New York in the apartment of the mother of the owner of a seafood restaurant, Barney Cashman. The man is already over 40. One fine day he thinks that he has lived a gray, boring life: he has never cheated on his wife, never got into a fight, or gotten involved in any adventure.
When a dedicated rescue worker inadvertently gets caught up in the kidnapping plot of a mogul's tween daughter, he must save her from the clutches of rival gangs hunting them down with unpredictable dangers around every corner.
A Nepalese family navigate cultural differences in the US, and the complications social media can cause. Despite their struggles and fears, the family support each other. The question of what 'normal' is subjective to the culture.
Saxophonist walks through the city at night. He is haunted by a melody, an annoying motif, like a fluttering butterfly, he first appears and then dissolves again in the darkness of the night.
This film uses the important process of "pattern making" in Chinese cheongsam craftsmanship as a medium to tell the story of a father and son living in a Beijing hutong. Their relationship is shaped by the inheritance of their craft, leading to many heartwarming and touching moments. Despite numerous challenges, the father and son ultimately unite their hearts to bring Chinese cheongsam to the world stage.
Snowflake Anthology: “Japanese natural aesthetics” — with the theme of Japanese elegance, a magnificent picture scroll presented in dance that unfolds gracefully. Starting with the glorious scenery of spring, then the glittering waves of summer, the autumn moon, and then from a pure silver world of dancing snowflakes to an ode to the riotously blooming cheery blossoms, the dazzling scenes build up one after another. The Golden Desert: In a far-off desert kingdom, the spoiled and lonely Princess Talharmine has been raised together from infancy with her personal slave, Giy. When Talharmine must marry a foreign prince, the impending separation confuses them both, stirring up deeply rooted anger and deeply buried desire. After a fraught night together, they decide to escape to the mythical “Golden Desert,” an oasis where they will be free of the roles they were born into. But in doing so, a terrible series of events is set in motion...
Kevin returns home with a birthday surprise for his mother, Lisa, only to discover her lost in the mundane act of cooking. But something is terribly wrong—Lisa’s irritability, her forgetfulness, her unrecognizable gaze. What starts as a simple celebration spirals into a chilling revelation of a son witnessing his mother’s mental decline. Flake is an emotional exploration of the fragile nature of memory and the profound bond between mother and son.
No Me Digas Wey
Ramesh is the eldest brother in a close-knit joint family. When his salary is doubled, he pays more attention to his wife and child's needs, making others jealous. The family disintegrates as members start moving out to live separate lives. Will they realize the shortcomings of living independently?
An ambitious girl wishes to lead a simple life and who desires to lead a simple life, and who desires to fulfill her dreams. However, as in life nothing goes as decided and something unacceptable happens.
This production was originally staged for the Pepsico Summerfare Festival, The International Performing Arts Festival of the State University of New York at Purchase. Leaving the lyrics in their original Italian, acclaimed American director Peter Sellars transports Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Don Giovanni" to a modern-day metropolis, nestling the opera's beloved characters among the brownstones of New York City's Harlem. Sellars's contemporary retelling of a classic musical tale is one of three performances in a Mozart series that also includes "Le Nozze di Figaro" and "'Così Fan Tutte."
Lassie - The Road Back
A lyrical sketch in the style of a silent film, telling the story of an artist carrying a large, long roll of paper across the city.
Niru is a young Bengali woman married to an English colonial bureaucrat – Tom. Tom loves Niru, exoticising her as a frivolous plaything to be admired and kept. But Niru has a long-kept secret. And just as she thinks she is almost free of it, it threatens to bring her life crashing down around her. Tanika Gupta reimagines Henrik Ibsen's classic play of gender politics through the lens of British colonialism, offering a bold, female perspective exploring themes of ownership and race. Performed between September 6 and October 5, 2019 at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London, UK (filmed October 5, 2019).