Kotoinen saunani 1964
Kotoinen saunani 1964
27m | Documentary | 28 September 1964 (Finland)
Plot:
Money worries and other worries are forgotten on the benches. In addition to cleansing, pain and illness have also been treated in the Finnish sauna, as have births and deaths. The stove is the altar of the holy fire of the Finns.
Lukas and the Aspies 2015
Lukas and the Aspies 2015
26m | Short, Drama, Family | February 2015 (Denmark)
Storyline:
‘Lukas & the Aspies’ is a story about 12-year old Lukas. In many ways Lukas is a normal kid: He plays in a band, hangs out with his friends and fights with his kid brother. But Lukas’ has also Asperger syndrome – and hence his own set of unique problems.
The Shadow in My Eye 2021
The Shadow in My Eye 2021
Skyggen i mit øje (original title)
1h 47m | Drama, History, War | 28 October 2021 (Denmark)
Storyline:
On March 21st, 1945, the British Royal Air Force set out on a mission to bomb Gestapo’s headquarters in Copenhagen. The raid had fatal consequences as some of the bombers accidentally targeted a school and more than 120 people were killed, 86 of whom were children.
Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass 2015
Yellow Flowers on the Green Grass 2015
Toi Thay Hoa Vang Tren Co Xanh (original title)
1h 43m | Drama | 2 October 2015 (Vietnam)
Storyline:
Set in the countryside village of Vietnam, Yellow Flowers on the Green grass is a touching tale of innocent love, friendships and brotherhood.
Isaac 2020
Isaac 2020
1h 24m | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 26 September 2021 (USA)
Storyline:
Two friends meet after sixteen years, but neither one is who he once was in the past. Both have partners, but they are very different. Nacho and Marta are a perfect bourgeois married couple with good jobs, but they are unhappy because they are unable to get pregnant. The other couple, Denis and Carmen, are freer and more liberal; they live hand to mouth and are trying to get money to open a restaurant. When Denis offers to be their surrogate parent for the money they need to open the restaurant, the two couples will have to face their shortcomings and seek the happiness they have not yet found, even if it means breaking their own rules – even when the pregnancy is far along.
The Invisible Thread 2022
The Invisible Thread 2022
Il filo invisibile (original title)
1h 30m | Comedy, Drama, Family | 21 February 2022 (Italy)
Storyline:
Leone, 16 years old and two dads, Simone and Paolo, was born in California thanks to Tilly, an American woman who helped his parents to bring him into the world. Leone then grew up in Italy like all the other children but he also experienced the struggles for rights in which his family participated. All this is told in a short video that Leone is preparing as a school assignment together with Jacopo, his best friend. Just as, dodging prejudices and misunderstandings about his sexuality, Leone is about to experience his first love story, the solidity of his family seems to be in danger. Living a complex family situation will push Leo to reflect on the true nature of the “invisible thread” that binds him to his fathers and to all those who wanted his birth.
The Fall of Communism as Seen in Gay Pornography 1998
The Fall of Communism as Seen in Gay Pornography 1998
19m | Documentary, Short, Adult | 6 January 1998 (USA)
Storyline:
The Fall of Communism as Seen in Gay Pornography, a 20-minute tape by William E. Jones, is a fascinating critique of eastern Europe in the ’90’s that combines deeply disturbing imagery with genuine insight. Jones compiles excerpts from gay porn but shows no genitalia and focuses instead on faces smiling or frowning for the camera. The tape ends with a long series of screen tests in which a British pornographer quizzes prospective actors (What do you think about when you masturbate?) and gratuitously fondles them; they’re completely exposed while only his hands are visible, a clear articulation of the power relationship. Jones’s argument reaches past the commodification of sex: smiles and even thoughts are pinned down for the camera like butterflies, youths robbed of their privacy and their souls for “the money.”
