This documentary short film was made in collaboration with Miguel Arroja who had been capturing action on camera since 2001. After he saw my work he wanted to share his precious footage with me. I was impressed with the activities at the place. I went there in 2013 to experience it myself and do more filming.
Conviction 2010
R | 1h 47min | Biography, Drama | 5 November 2010 (USA)
Storyline:
Betty Anne Waters (Swank) is a high school dropout who spent nearly two decades working as a single mother while putting herself through law school, tirelessly trying to beat the system and overturn her brother’s (Rockwell) unjust murder conviction.
Piotr Majdrowicz’s film The Misunderstanding of 1978 presents the story of a young photographer in love with an athlete whose pictures he performs. Compulsory heterosexuality has turned out to be a barrier to homosexual fulfillment and as such has become a sign of repressive and alienating PRL.
Sex in the Russian Way 1998
1h 28min | Adult | Video 1998
Storyline:
Russian latitude and recklessness, incendiary rustic humor and, finally, a lot of beautiful Russian girls – all this will leave a lasting impression and a sense of presence on Russian holidays.
Another Happy Day 2011
R | 1h 59min | Comedy, Drama | 8 December 2011 (Greece)
Storyline:
A family weekend is fraught with emotional landmines for mercurial and sensitive Lynn (Barkin) as she arrives at her parents’ Annapolis estate for the marriage of her estranged eldest son Dylan (Michael Nardelli), accompanied by her three younger children (Ezra Miller, Kate Bosworth, Daniel Yelsky). Lynn’s hopes for a joyful reunion are crushed as her wry but troubled middle son Elliot (Ezra Miller) lobs verbal grenades at his mother and her relatives while daughter Alice (Kate Bosworth), a fights valiantly to keep her longtime demons under control. The weekend quickly unravels as Lynn demands to be heard by her aloof, disdainful mother (Ellen Burstyn), ailing, distant father (George Kennedy) and ever-judgmental sisters (Siobhan Fallon, Diana Scarwid), but most especially by her ex-husband Paul (Thomas Hayden Church) and his hot-tempered second wife Patty (Demi Moore). Confronted with the deeply painful, half-buried truths that have given rise to the family’s primal web ofresentments and recriminations, Lynn struggles to maintain her equilibrium as her best attempts at reconciliation veer quickly off-course.
To monon tis zois tou taxeidion 2001
1h 27min | Biography, Drama | 8 February 2002 (Greece)
Storyline:
As Georgios Vizneyos, one of Greece’s greatest authors, degenerates in an Athens mental asylum, the tale of another story-teller, his grandfather, begins to emerge through his mad ramblings. This lavish film recreates (through his own words) the writer’s childhood life, rich with fantasy and legend. Apprenticed to a tailor, young Georgios’ mind is filled with his grandfather fairy tales. He ponders the hill from which one can climb into the sky and waits each day for the chance to bring clothes to the princess and win her heart through song. But, just as reality begins to germinate doubt in his mind, Georgios is called home to his ailing grandfather, who will reveal one final, true story that may prove to be the most fantastic of all.
Twin Brothers – 53 Scenes in Chronological Order 2011
Pangpangbröder, 53 scener från en barndom (original title)
1h 20min | Documentary | 30 September 2011 (Sweden)
Storyline:
Gustav and Oskar are twins. Oskar has Achondroplasia, a common form of dwarfism. Both have blue eyes and blonde hair. They approach life in different ways. The director, Axel Danielson, have filmed Oskar and Gustav over a ten year period – from nine to nineteen – as they grow up together in an old farmhouse in the country-side, in the very South of Sweden. In 53 scenes in chronological order we follow the brothers through their journey of childhood, adolescence and struggle for identity.
The Second Coming 1995 bonus Dear Rock 1993 short movie
53min | Drama, Sci-Fi
Storyline:
Futuristic story of Carlos and Ben who fall in love in high school despite the racism and and homophobia. When Fundamentalist forces threaten to take over the U.S. the pair join forces with an underground resistance movement.
Mannen som elsket Yngve 2008
1h 30min | Comedy, Drama, Music | 15 February 2008 (Norway)
Storyline:
It’s November 1989, and the Berlin Wall is falling. In Stavanger, Norway, teenage boy Jarle has a great new girlfriend and is starting a rock band with his buddies. But when a new boy, the synth pop-listening Yngve, joins his class, Jarle is more fascinated than he wants to be, and the world as he knows it starts to crumble.