这部由电影制片人兼多媒体艺术家约翰·格里蒙普雷(代表作《双重特工》)创作的新纪录片堪称一部精心结构的电影随笔。影片以刚果及其首位民主选举的总理帕特里斯·卢蒙巴的谋杀为背景,融合了地缘政治、爵士音乐、冷战阴谋和殖民实践,是一部爆炸性的混合体。片中既有详尽的研究和数据,又在形式上绝对巧妙和自由。影片追踪了卢蒙巴的权力崛起以及殖民者对将国家控制权交给其公民的抵抗。同时,影片还记录了美国试图通过派遣爵士音乐家如妮娜·西蒙、杜克·艾灵顿、路易斯·阿姆斯特朗等人来影响该国的努力。这些音乐家来到刚果演奏,浑然不知他们不过是中情局阴谋的幌子。最终,这部影片充满了音乐和电影能量,同时对仍然拒绝被抹去的殖民幽灵发出了一声强烈的政治控诉“我控诉”。
Director John Raftopoulos co-wrote the screenplay with Dave Paterson (2067) based on the true love story between himself and his current wife. Take My Hand follows vibrant young Australian woman Laura, who forges a successful banking career in London and seemingly has the perfect marriage. Her world is turned upside down when she is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and her husband starts to show his true colors. When a tragic accident leaves her a widowed mother with three sons, she returns home to Australia, and is reunited with Michael, a high school friend and a divorcee with one daughter, who has loved Laura since they were teenagers.
希腊莱斯沃斯岛(Lesbos),因公元七世纪著名的女诗人萨孚(Sappho)而闻名,她留下无数动人的情欲篇章,也让原本称呼岛民的单词Lesbian成为女同性恋的专有名词。一千多年后,另一个名叫萨孚(Avalon Barrie 饰)的女孩在岛上诞生。她系出名门,家境优渥。性情奔放的萨孚嫁给了老实内向的英国画家菲尔(Todd Soley 饰),两人相约回到莱斯沃斯岛度蜜月。也许这个充满魔性的小岛唤醒了萨孚心中沉睡千年的欲望,她对性格迥异的丈夫越来越不满,而妖精一般的海伦(Lyudmila Shiryaeva 饰)又适时闯入她的世界。一场危险的三角爱情游戏就此上演…… 本片荣获2008年塞浦路斯国际电影节金美神奖。
驻扎在塔林、致力于编写欧洲网络防御密码本的罗杰·哈里斯在前往圣彼得堡的途中失踪。英国大使馆的彼得·奎尔认为罗杰已经叛逃。蒂尔达·罗宾斯 (Tilda Robbins) 冒充艺术史学家,由 JSC 派往布鲁塞尔,到达时发现罗杰斯的秘书穆里尔 (Muriel) 正在收拾行李。她受到俄罗斯裔爱沙尼亚持不同政见者的恐吓,要求透露有关罗杰的信息,并准备离开该国。蒂尔达试图劝阻她,但无济于事。蒂尔达只能自谋生路,她参观了网络防御中心并采访了最后一个见到罗杰的人贝蒂娜·吉滕斯。在回来的路上,彼得·奎尔强迫她靠边停车,他自称是军情六处。他警告她,俄罗斯未来打算重新占领爱沙尼亚,以及为什么该国对欧盟安全至关重要。
1944: Stella Goldschlag will Jazz-Sängerin werden und träumt von einer Karriere am Broadway. Aber die Nazis beherrschen Deutschland. Und Stella ist Jüdin. Nachdem Stella zusammen mit ihren Eltern untertauchen muss, verwandelt sich ihr Leben in eine schuldhafte Tragödie. Durch einen Verrat wird sie von der Gestapo gefasst, gefoltert und zur «Greiferin» gemacht: Um sich und ihre Eltern vor der Deportation nach Auschwitz zu bewahren, beginnt Stella, systematisch andere Juden zu verraten.
TRANSMITZVAH is a love story between siblings. They exhibit their wounds, exchange the pieces of each other’s puzzle, and complete (or start) the process of reaffirming their own identity. Rubén –the Singmans’ youngest son– challenges tradition by deciding to have a Bat Mitzvah instead of a Bar Mitzvah. Twenty years later, Rubén –now MUMY SINGER– returns to their hometown as a famous Yiddish singing star. After a sad event in the family, MUMY loses her voice and, with the help of her brother EDUARDO, tries to complete the path to adult life. A comedy with a jolly, playful, and musical dialogue about MUMY SINGER, and her trip to the past to make herself up, avoiding shortcuts and labels. The journey to who we really are can’t be avoided and must necessarily be taken.