Mandragora

Fast Food Women An inside look at the lives of women who fry chicken, make pizzas, and flip burgers at four fast food restaurants in eastern Kentucky. Documents the low-wage, no-benefits jobs in America’s new service economy.

Broncho Billy's Mistake Broncho Billy, a woodsman, living in northern Montana, is greeted by Paul Harding, an artist from New York City. Harding presents Broncho Billy with a letter of introduction. The newcomer is taken into the rough western home and is told to make his headquarters there until he has finished with his painting. Harding sees in Broncho Billy's wife, an excellent subject for oils, and is given consent to paint her portrait. Harding takes a deep interest in the woman and not only teaches her how to read and write, but gives her a thorough knowledge of worldly things in general. Some time later, Harding receives a telegram demanding that he return to his home immediately, that his mother is critically ill. Broncho Billy's wife takes Harding to the railroad station in their buggy. Broncho gets wind of his wife driving away with Harding, and comes to the untimely conclusion that she is eloping with the artist. Harding is overtaken by Broncho Billy and a fierce struggle ensues.

Personae (Drei Generatio... The short film Personae is based on isolation, duplication, and repetition, deriving its wit and complexity from simple movements. The protagonists of the three-generation piece are its author, his girlfriend, and his daughter. Personae follows the symmetry of a butterfly. Bodies simultaneously measure the space while evading each other, and in temporal displacement they test and alphabet of relations, presence and echo.

Ettore Scola, nous l'avo...

Planet Kratochvil Short animated film about an alien planet.

Romans 13:8 A priest struggles to choose between his faith and his love.

Edward VIII: The Lion Ki... Home movies shot by the controversial Edward VIII reveal the untold story of his extravagant safaris with the real life cast of "Out of Africa" in the late 1920s, complete with adultery, champagne and specially built airstrips. At the height of the Great White Hunter era, Edward turned his back on big game hunting and championed conservation instead. Inspired by his safari guide, Denys Finch-Hatton - played by Robert Redford in the Oscar winning film - he put down his rifle and picked up a movie camera, pioneering the photographic safaris we all know today.

The End of Walnut Grove It is forever night and nobody knows why. Humans hide in caves and pits. Dirt and darkness are their companions. All they hear is the wind howling across the frozen wilderness. Joe does not hear the wind, though. He only hears the deafening rattling noise of his generator which provides light and life. He does not need to worry about night monsters. He has ample time to look for the solution to the mystery of eternal darkness. INTEC has something to with it, and he will find out the rest as well.

Bitter life The disabled Marina (Anna Fonsou) learns with joy that a childhood friend of hers (Phaedon Georgitsis) has returned to Greece as a brilliant doctor, after many years of studying abroad. She remembers the moments they lived, as well as the way another friend of hers (Kostas Karras) and her aunt (Rita Mousouri) pushed them away. Their meeting will dispel the clouds and even give the disabled girl a hope for a cure.

Alba, the wandering shad... Teared from his family after the disappearance of his father, Mickael returns to his native country, Bolivia. He meets back with his brother, William, in San Javier, where they used to live before. They get closer and love the same woman, Cristina. They learn the death of their mother in La Paz. After the funeral, Mickael leaves alone in the desert where his father disappeared, and starts a wandering leading to the shadows of past. The film is a poetic view in the memory of a man seeking a forgotten land and lost mother, an elegiac meditation on the impossible mourning of childhood.