Shabu
A heartwarming coming-of-age story about 14-year-old flamboyant Shabu, who lives in a deprived part of Rotterdam. While joyriding, he crashes his grandmother´s car. His family punishes him by making him pay for the damage. He goes through hell trying to earn money with jobs and chores he despises.
Los Reyes de la Salsa
Los Reyes de la Salsa is a vibrant musical journey that chronicles the ups and downs of salsa sensation duo Richie Ray and Bobby Cruz. The movie delves into their lives. From their first meeting in New York City, Richie, a child prodigy, and Bobby, a young man immersed in the harshness of the street, find the passion that will unite them for the rest of their lives: music.
Ramona
Filmmaker Victoria Linares Villegas’ second feature is a deceptively simple prospect on paper – a young actress (Camila Santana) prepares to portray a teenage mother in the Dominican Republic by interviewing actual teenage mothers in the region. As Ramona follows the process, a rather more slippery, uncategorizable meta-film swims into view, where things are far from simple.
The Quiet Girl
The director´s debut feature. A silent movie on many levels. In rural Ireland in 1981, people live and work mostly in silence. Beneath the surface there are all kinds of soul stirrings that are suppressed as much as possible. This is the background against which 9-year-old Cáit grows up. In a large chaotic family, poor, desperate, with neglectful parents.
The President´s Daughter & the Richest Freeborn Lady
The leading role in this documentary is played by the gifted and always energetic writer Cynthia McLeod (1936). She has set herself one last mission: to bring lasting attention to the history of slavery and the legendary first freeborn woman and first black female millionaire in Suriname, Elisabeth Samson (1715 – 1771). Filmmaker Mildred Roethof follows her on a journey through the Dutch colonial past.
Le Pot-au-Feu
France at the end of the 19th century. A beautiful chateau with a lovely, lush garden. Fresh vegetables and herbs. All the ingredients for a place where haute cuisine must have been invented. Eugenie, a great role played by Juliette Binoche, shines as a chef alongside the grand master Dodin Bouffant (Benoît Magimel).
Plan 75
A quiet dystopian movie about the Japanese government and its plan to deal with an aging population. In a country where 30% of the population is over 65 and the birth rate is low, an economic and health crisis is looming. The program, Plan 75, offers financial and logistical support to citizens over that age who wish to be euthanized. Those who volunteer will receive a bonus for a last dream vacation and a free funeral.
Perfect Days
A delicate portrait of the world of an introverted janitor in Tokyo, who cleans state-of-the-art public toilets specially designed by renowned architects for the Tokyo Toilet Project. German director Wim Wenders manages to portray a complex Japanese point of view that is warm and optimistic. In essence, it is a praise of the so-called insignificant little things of life, events and encounters.
The Old Oak
The movie, part of the trilogy, I, Daniel Blake and Sorry We Missed You, is set in a small mining town in decline, where the last remaining pub has little chance of survival. Inevitable closure threatens the town´s only remaining social gathering place. The arrival of a group of Syrian refugees adds to the turmoil, fueling already latent feelings of unrest.
La Nuit du 12
In the corridors of the criminal police, it is said that all the investigators have a crime that haunts them. One day or another, they come across a case hurting them more than the others, without always knowing why. It starts spinning in their heads to the point of obsession.