Adoration 2008
R | 1h 41min | Drama, Romance | 24 April 2009 (Canada)
Storyline:
Simon, a Toronto high school student, has been raised by his maternal Uncle Tom since Simon’s parents, Rachel and Sami, died in a car accident eight years ago. Tom, a tow truck driver, decided to move to the city into Rachel’s house and assume the mortgage, something he could ill afford, largely not to disrupt Simon’s life, but equally to get away from his and Rachel’s father, Morris, an openly bigoted man. That upbringing has made Tom a sullen and angry man. Morris only recently passed away. Rachel and Sami met when she, a violinist, brought her instrument in to be serviced, Sami the repairman. Simon now owns his mother’s expensive violin, which Tom would like to sell to help pay the mortgage and Simon’s imminent university tuition. One day at school, Simon’s French teacher Sabine reads a French newspaper story from several years ago as a translation exercise for the class, the story about a pregnant woman traveling to Israel, her then boyfriend who, unknown to her, planted a bomb in her luggage intended to blow up while the airplane was in flight, meaning that if it was not caught before departure, which it was, it would have killed her and their unborn child. Because Simon interestingly translates the story from the perspective of him being that unborn child now a teenager, Sabine, who is also the school’s drama teacher, asks Simon to flesh out the story as a play, either in French or English. Simon begins to pedal the story widely as his reality, in other words that the woman in question truly was his mother Rachel and the bomber truly was who ended up being his Palestinian father, Sami, which may or may not in fact be true. Simon, Sabine and Tom all have to make decisions surrounding this issue, which they do to help their individual self deal with his or her own reality of the situation.
Mein Erster Frühling 2007
3min | Short | 2007 (Switzerland)
Storyline:
A young boy about 10 or 11 is playing in the woods by himself. Then he meets a woman who then gives him a head band and a feather and paints some stripes on his face with her lipstick. So now he looks like a little indian. The boy then strips of all his clothes and continues to play in the woods.
Tá 2007
5min | Short | 24 August 2007 (Brazil)
Storyline:
Two twenty-something boys in a public restroom. They sniff coke, talk about sex, get dirty. But the film takes on another tone as they reveal what it is that they really want.
Son of Rambow 2007
PG-13 | 1h 36min | Action, Adventure, Comedy | 4 April 2008 (UK)
Storyline:
SON OF RAMBOW is the name of the home movie made by two little boys with a big video camera and even bigger ambitions. Set on a long English summer in the early ’80s, SON OF RAMBOW is a comedy about friendship, faith and the tough business of growing up. We see the story through the eyes of Will, the eldest son of a fatherless Plymouth Brethren family. The Brethren regard themselves as God’s ‘chosen ones’ and their strict moral code means that Will has never been allowed to mix with the other ‘worldlies,’ listen to music or watch TV, until he finds himself caught up in the extraordinary world of Lee Carter, the school terror and maker of bizarre home movies. Carter exposes Will to a pirate copy of Rambo: First Blood and from that moment Will’s mind is blown wide open and he’s easily convinced to be the stuntman in Lee Carters’ diabolical home movie. Will’s imaginative little brain is not only given chance to flourish in the world of film making, but is also very handy when it comes to dreaming up elaborate schemes to keep his partnership with Lee Carter a secret from the Brethren community. Will and Carter’s complete disregard for consequences and innocent ambition means that the process of making their film is a glorious roller-coaster that eventually leads to true friendship. They start to make a name for themselves at school as movie makers but when popularity descends on them in the form of the Pied Piper-esque French exchange student, Didier Revol, their unique friendship and their precious film are pushed, quite literally, to breaking point.
Dante’s Cove S03xE04 Like a Virgin
45min | Drama, Horror, Mystery | Episode aired 7 December 2007
Storyline:
Grace and Griffen “seal the deal” with Grace swearing her loyalty to the Tresum Council and to him, while Kevin reveals to Toby that he stole Ambrosious powers and is now free from his spell. At the same time, ‘Bro’ heads to the Lair sex club where he drains the power from the various attendees to try to re-charge his own powers. Meanwhile, Michelle, in the form of the evil House of Shadows, assaults and nearly kills Elena. Grace finally discovers that Michelle is the host to the House of Shadows and is forced to talk to Diana to help them defeat the evil forces and re-imprison them in the mystical chest that Brit found on the ocean floor.
Moon Child 1989
Moon Child 1989
El niño de la luna (original title)
1h 58min | Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Storyline:
Adopted by a treacherous semi-scientific cult where extraordinary mental powers are common, extraordinary 12-year-old David begins an archetypal journey across two continents to find his destiny as Child of the Moon.
