Brennendes Feuer der Leidenschaft

Wie Ethel Whitehead erfahren muss, gibt es nur eine Möglichkeit, sich als Frau in der Männerwelt zu behaupten: Sei so verführerisch wie ein Sahnetörtchen – und so zäh wie ein Steak aus der Pommesbude. Ethel plant ihren Aufstieg vom Armenvie…

Anna Holm ist eine kalte und berechnende Frau, deren eine Gesichtshälfte infolge eines Hausbrands in frühester Jugend gräßlich entstellt ist, was ihre Mitmenschen abstößt. Sie führt eine Gaststätte, nützt das Etablissement jedoch dafür, woh…

A dull office worker transforms into a costumed peeping tom at night.

In den 20er Jahren des 19.Jahrhunderts führt der Vater von Margaret "Peggy" O'Neal ein von Politikern gern besuchtes Lokal in Washington, doch gerade die direkte Art Peggys ist bei den Männern hoch angesehen. Peggy ist in Senator John Rando…

Richard, a millionaire in love with his secretary, Diane, is dispirited when his wife refuses to divorce him. Concerned that Diane will now lose interest, Richard offers her an all-expense-paid cruise to Argentina so that she can think it o…

A chic American jewel thief falls in love with one of her marks, an English lord.

Tokio 1988: Kikunosuke Onoue, der Adoptivsohn eines berühmten Schauspielers, entdeckt, dass nur deshalb für seine Leistung gelobt wird, weil er einen berühmten Vater hat. Hinter seinem Rücken lästern seine Kollegen jedoch über ihn. Die einz…

Balanced on the edge of what is visible, everything comes from nothingness and returns to nothingness. Strands of consciousness trying to convene with each other. Forms of personal significance in a time of crisis, set free into random moti…

An archival investigation into the imperial image-making of the RAF ‘Z Unit’, which determined the destruction of human, animal and cultural life across Somaliland, as well as Africa and Asia.

Nastassia Philippovna finds herself juggling the affections of four men over the course of a single evening. One is her benefactor, the bourgeois Totsky. Another is the opportunistic Ganya, whom Totsky has promised 75,000 rubles if he will …

Rahiem Shabazz continues the conscience-raising dialogue generated by his acclaimed documentary Elementary Genocide: The School To Prison Pipeline with his equally hard-hitting Elementary Genocide 2: The Board of Education vs The Board of I…

This documentary focuses on the careers of influential partners in trash film, John Waters and Divine. The film includes interviews with Waters' parents and sister, actress Edith Massey sings two songs (Punks, Get off the Grass and Fever), …

Tree planting in Rajasthan, India, has become a symbol of freedom in the middle of the desert. Families in this community have abandoned the belief that the birth of a girl is a curse.

In a quaint Scottish village in the Highlands, contenders from around the globe gather to compete for the title of World Porridge Champion armed only with oats, salt and water. As the ailing Porridge Chieftain's tenure ends, he embarks on a…

This short film follows a man lost in the woods driven by his fear of the unknown.

Fernand Martin, a schoolteacher in Nogent-le-Roi, is in love with Jacqueline, a postal worker and the older sister of one of his pupils. He asks for her hand in marriage, but her father refuses. One morning, he receives an appointment to Ta…

Ein Cowboy findet den Mörder seiner Braut, von dem er nur eine vage Beschreibung hat, in einem Rancher in Coroner Creek. Er nimmt einen Job auf einer von einer Frau geführten Ranch an, um seine Vergeltung vorzubereiten.