Silence of the Sea (2003)
Settled comfortably in Sweden with his wife and two children, Siavash finds himself at middle age consumed with guilt for having abandoned his parents when he left Iran many years before. A hasty attempt to return finds Siavash stranded in the free port of Qeshm, a sort of island no-man’s-land and departure point for smugglers, where the locals are as puzzled by this backwards-fleeing refugee as he is by their unfamiliar customs.
Laurel Canyon (2003)
Laurel Canyon focuses on Sam and Alex, a pair of upper-middle class lovebirds from the East Coast who relocate to Los Angeles. Enter Jane, Sam’s estranged mother, a successful record…
Under the Carp Banner (1992)
One of the notable directors of Japan’s “pink films,” Kazuhiro Sano helms and stars in this erotic thriller in which an isolated resort lures a host of individuals looking to…
Incident in a Small Town (1994)
Lily and her son John live alone in a small town as her husband has been killed fighting the war in France. Or at least that is what she told…
Life in a Day (2011)
A documentary shot by filmmakers all over the world that serves as a time capsule to show future generations what it was like to be alive on the 24th of…
Te Ata (2017)
The extraordinary life of Chickasaw Nation citizen Mary Thompson Fisher is given a heartfelt tribute in this moving look at a culture in transition, and the way one woman used…
Foster Child (2007)
Thelma (Cherry Pie Picache), together with her husband Dado (Dan Alvaro) and teenage sons Gerald (Alwyn Uytingco) and Yuri (Jiro Manio), are a poor urban family hired by a local…