The City of Children (2012)

Miracolo italiano

7 segments about life in 1990s Italy: two MPs from the opposite sides of the political spectrum spend the night together; during their honeymoon, a woman cheats on her husband with her favorite soap opera star; a married man pretends to be ill to seduce his younger nurse; a family discovers that their son's beautiful fiancée is transgender; an unsatisfied single woman is duped by her celebrity crush for Kevin Costner; two best friends want to have fun; a couple on a tropical holiday is fascinated by their indigenous masseuse.

A Short History

An anonymous narrator reflects on their national history as it forms and collapses their identity. They shift back and forth between two reels of 16mm found footage.

Gunpowder

At the end of September 1941, Soviet artillery troops in besieged Leningrad realize that pretty soon they will fire their last shot, and after that the defense of the city will be doomed. The film is based on a true event: a small group of fearless soldiers transported a large supply of gunpowder through enemy lines to Leningrad.

Cristina Guzmán

Soul Boy

Abila (14) lives in one of the most miserable slums in Africa. His girlfriend Shiku belongs to a different tribe, as the result of which he is not really allowed to fraternize with her. And then one drunken night his father gambles away his own soul.

Get Back

It’s a great pop music myth that in Liverpool everything began and ended with the Beatles. It didn’t. Get Back documents the real story of the city’s music outpourings, from post war years to present day. It’s a story of a city where literally thousands of bands and artists, hundreds of clubs, promoters and managers put on the biggest, loudest and longest party in history. The golden era of The Cavern and Merseybeat generated a massive tectonic shift in popular culture and in the 1970s it started again with a new scene and yet another cellar club at its heart – Eric’s. Bands such as Deaf School, Echo and the Bunnymen and OMD led the way. Then Frankie Goes to Hollywood, the Farm, the La’s, the Christians. And more recently it continued, the city’s bands always inventive and always re-inventing, with the Zutons, Coral, Wombats and more. The story is unending but Get Back offers music fans a chance to enjoy the narrative and the sounds created so far in the city that rocked the world…

Atlantic

A heavily fictionalized version of the RMS Titanic story.

On the Streets of Brazil

On a corner of a city in a neighborhood in a state in a country. a mad man is basically mad in the street.

RM10

Money never sleeps. In the night-time hustle and bustle of a busy neighbourhood, a bank note is passed from hand to hand. It bares witness to all the interactions of a society.

Da Easter Bradah

Someone is hired as da easter bradah. Someone who needs to give away eggs during easter. A child attempts to take his silver egg to make a wish that will change the world.

The Sole of the Foot

Borders (and all the politics attending the drawing of borders) exist to keep some people in (citizenship) and others out. This film is an attempt to capture the presence of people otherwise denied the political right to be at home in some place that is their home, where they have their roots, where they have their being.

The Southern Shaolin's Angry Eye

During the Republic of China pirate leader Cai Yan was framed. Later, under the guise of amnesia, he was taken in by the abbot of the South Shaolin Temple, Huiyuan. In the face of pirates chasing and killing the Southern Shaolin disciples, they used flesh and blood to protect the villagers, and also influenced Cai Yan, who did not believe in the world, and helped him grow into a "The Angry Eye" who protects the soil and water.

Star of the Giants - Bloody Final

"Become the brightest star in the Giants' constellation!" Hyuma was told by his father, Ittetsu. Ittetsu entrusted his child, Hyuma, with a dream he couldn't fulfill. Despite rebelling against his father, Hyuma plays in Koshien through his eternal rival, Mitsuru Hanagata, and his encounter with his partner, Sota Ban.

My Father and The Man In Black: Growing Up with Johnny Cash

When Johnny Cash's agent Saul Holiff died, he left a cache of letters and audio recordings. Their revelations form the basis of this film. Holiff's son Jonathan uses the information to shine a light on the collaboration that shaped both men's lives.

Easy Sex

Packard Schmidt is a burnt-out, middle-aged college English professor. In a desperate attempt to restore some sense of vitality to his lonely existence he embarks on a series of impulsive romantic exploits resulting in a cavalcade of disaster both personally and professionally. These disasters change and educate Pack and serve eventually as a meditation on the meaning and power of desire, loss, and love.