The story of Shmilu, a Hasidic Jew in crisis, torn between his community and the romantic possibilities of trendy East London.
Street Youth
Shmilu / Samuel
Yoel
Shmilu's Wife / 'Jezebel'
Zeidy
Aaron Feldman
Bubby
Tatty
Girl
Housing Officer
Chani
Gitty
Street Bully
07 Jun 1909
A contest is being held in Cremona for the best violin, with Giannina's hand in marriage as the prize. Filippo is secretly in love with her, but is also ashamed of being a cripple, so he switches his superior violin with that of another apprentice, Sandro, whom Giannina loves.
30 Apr 2011
The story of a Christmas tree is told through the 'voice' of the tree itself. The tree has big ambitions, doing everything it can to grow so tall that it reaches the sky. Featuring extraordinary photography, the film follows the adventures of its life from sapling to maturity. One December day, everything changes when a little boy falls in love with the fir tree.
24 Jun 2000
The short drama film follows the daily life of the Juan and Jorge, two brothers living on the streets of Mexico City. It won an Academy Award in 2001 for Best Live Action Short Film.
13 May 1993
Ira wanders around the streets of Moscow. She's pregnant with the child of Adrissa, an african student.
01 Jan 2012
A Cambodian immigrant plays chess in the heart of New York .....
01 Nov 2014
A nurse is taking care of an elderly dying woman on a small island near the Torshavn. An old repressed memory of the island resurfaces to haunt the nurse and, as the elderly lady's health deteriorates, so does the sanity of the nurse.
01 Jan 1994
Sudanese filmmaker Ibrahim Shaddad provides a dramatic and powerful account of the trials and tribulations of a Sudanese villager in a large alien city. Shot entirely without dialogue, the film's innovative use of sound helps tell the story of a shepherd who leaves his wife and herd to settle in a nearby town. Since its premiere at the Alexandria Film Festival, Human Being (إنسان / Insan) has been shown in a number of festivals in the Middle East and Europe. This film is a prime example of experimental Arab cinema.
21 May 2011
Jack means well, but sometimes good intentions have horrible consequences.
28 Mar 1942
Bugs Bunny exploits the situation when an uncle leaves Elmer Fudd three million dollars on the condition that he harm no animals, especially rabbits.
05 Apr 2013
A young woman, stressed by her busy and continually crowded New York City existence spontaneously retreats to a solitary lake deep in the Adirondacks.
12 Nov 2015
After finding out that his girlfriend cheated on him in his Star Wars bedsheets, Nico decides to reencounter with his true love: Cinema. For this, he reunites his former university friends in order to shoot a low budget short film. Together, Nico and his friends go through wacky situations, between reality and fiction, which makes them question their friendships as well as their lives.
23 Feb 1961
This charming student film by Kobakhidze shows us the intrigues of love.
14 Aug 2014
A filmmaker comes back to his grandparents' house to make them a video-portrait. That's what cinema is about, isn't it?
05 Apr 2013
On a sweltering hot day, a very pregnant Maria, desperate for a cooling swim, encounters obstacles on her path to the river.
01 Jan 1992
In the Second World War, probably in a concentration camp somewhere, Gary Sinise is a soldier who conducts Jews everyday to some place where only clothes come back, under the eyes of an young prisoner boy (Elijah Wood). This witness disturbs the soldier, driving the story to a tragic and sad end and a new beginning.
01 Jan 1988
The film is about five men who meet up at their old hang-out spot after finishing their first semester of college.
28 Sep 2002
A mockumentary about gerbils.
06 Aug 1955
Inspired by the 1928 experimental film by Robert Florey and Slavko Vorkapich, The Life and Death of 9413, a Hollywood Extra, this amateur short is the story of a man who spends his entire life under the thumb of anonymous bureaucrats. The titular seal adorns everything in life, from birth to death, in a criticism of bureaucracy and power over the individual, in a film that makes stylistic references to silent cinema.
02 Mar 2002
A young English banker has a curious encounter with a young homeless woman.
01 Sep 1992
"Do what you want because everything will be legal".