Oscilloscope Pictures
Language
English
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Description
Filmmaker Kurt Kuenne's poignant tribute to his murdered childhood friend, Andrew Bagby, tells the story of a child custody battle between the baby's grieving grandparents and Shirley Turner, Bagby's pregnant ex-girlfriend and suspected killer. Initially, Kuenne made this documentary as a memorial for Andrew's loved ones, but it morphs into an emotional legal odyssey when Turner goes free on bail and is allowed to raise her son.
Language
Korean
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Description
Sisters Jin (Hee-yeon Kim) and Bin (Song-hee Kim) must fend for themselves when their mother abruptly packs her things, leaving the girls in the care of their alcoholic aunt without a word as to when she'll return. In a tale of innocence lost, the sisters try to make sense of their mother's absence. But in the meantime, 6-year-old Jin will be forced to mature far beyond her tender years.
3) Kisses
Author
Language
English
Description
On the fringes of Dublin two kids, Kylie and Dylan, live in a suburban housing estate devoid of life, colour and the prospect of escape. Kylie lives with five other siblings and her overworked mother. Next door, Dylan lives in the shadow of an alcoholic father and the memory of an elder brother who ran away from home two years earlier.After a violent altercation with his father, Dylan runs away from home and Kylie decides to run away with him. Together...
Author
Language
Danish
Description
Robert Hanson is a Copenhagen police officer transferred to a small provincial town following his nervous breakdown. There to take on the mysteriously vacated Sheriff position, Hansen quickly finds himself in a community governed by its own bizarre rules. TERRIBLY HAPPY is a taunt, noirish psychological thriller about the depths to which people will go to achieve a sense of security and belonging.
Author
Language
Finnish
Description
In this darkly comic gem, it's Christmas Eve in northern Finland, and an archeological dig has just unearthed Santa Claus. But this Santa isn't one you want coming to town. When local children begin disappearing, Pietari and his father capture the mythological being and attempt to sell Santa to the corporation sponsoring the dig.
7) Burma VJ
Author
Language
English
Description
Anders Østergaard's award-winning documentary shows a rare inside look into the 2007 uprising in Myanmar through the cameras of the independent journalist group, Democratic Voice of Burma. Risking torture and life imprisonment, the VJs vividly document the brutal clashes with the military and undercover police – even after they themselves become targets of the authorities.
8) The Maid
Author
Language
Español
Description
After 23 years working as a devoted maid in an upper class Chilean household, embittered and ailing Raquel (Sundance Film Festival and Gotham Award winner Catalina Saavedra) can no longer care for the family alone. Trapped by guilt, matriarch Pilar (Claudia Celedón) refuses to let Raquel go, even though it is clear their longtime maid is slowly unraveling. Instead, Pilar hires more help, throwing Raquel into a jealous frenzy. The seemingly happy...
9) Rebirth
Author
Language
English
Description
Oscilloscope Laboratories presents REBIRTH. REBIRTH follows the ten-year transformation of five people whose lives were forever altered on September 11, 2001. Time-lapse photography simultaneously tracks the evolution of the space where the Twin Towers once stood.
Author
Language
Deutsch
Description
This potent documentary uses a long-lost film reel to illustrate how the Nazis controlled images of Jewish life during World War II. Though the Nazis made a propaganda movie of contented Jews in the Warsaw ghetto, the missing spool exposes the truth. Director Yael Hersonski shows how the imagery was staged to distort historical knowledge and, with the aid of Jewish survivors' testimony, chronicles the horrifying reality of ghetto life.
11) Combat obscura
Language
English
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Description
An unvarnished perspective of the intensity and paradoxes of war shot by Marine Corps videographer Miles Lagoze. This ingeniously edited documentary is composed solely of footage the Corps did not intend for you to see. Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary Feature at the **Dallas International Film Festival.** *"...Lagoze detonates any lingering illusions of military heroism." - Lawrence Garcia, **AV Club*** *"An unfiltered tour-de-force...
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Each year, His Holiness the Dalai Lama travels the world, offering teachings and public talks to individuals from many different faiths and backgrounds. In 2010, His Holiness traveled to New York City to teach A Commentary on Bodhicitta by Nagarjuna and A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life by Shantideva. In his talk, His Holiness discusses ways in which one can achieve the realization of selflessness and ultimately achieve inner peace, which generates...
13) Buzzard
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Marty is a caustic, small-time con artist drifting from one scam to the next. When his latest ruse goes awry, mounting paranoia forces him from his lousy small town temp job to the desolate streets of Detroit with nothing more than a pocket full of bogus checks, a dangerously altered Nintendo Power Glove, and a bad temper. Albert Camus meets Freddy Krueger in BUZZARD, a hellish and hilarious riff on the struggles of the American working class...Festivals:.AFI...
14) Howl
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Allen Ginsberg recounts the road trips, love affairs, and search for personal liberation that led to the most timeless, electrifying, and controversial work of his career. Pushing the limits and challenging the mainstream, the passionate and provocative Howl and its publisher find themselves on trial for obscenity, with prosecutor Ralph McIntosh setting out to have the book banned, while defense attorney Jake Ehrlich fervently argues for freedom of...
15) The messenger
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
In his first leading role, Foster stars as Will Montgomery, a U.S. Army officer who has just returned home from a tour in Iraq and is assigned to the Army's Casualty Notification service. Partnered with fellow officer Tony Stone (Harrelson) to bear the bad news to the loved ones of fallen soldiers, Will faces the challenge of completing his mission while seeking to find comfort and healing back on the home front. ..When he finds himself drawn to Olivia...
16) The garden
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
The fourteen-acre community garden at 41st and Alameda in South Central Los Angeles is the largest of its kind in the United States. Started as a form of healing after the devastating L.A. riots in 1992, the South Central Farmers have since created a miracle in one of the country's most blighted neighborhoods. Growing their own food. Feeding their families. Creating a community...But now, bulldozers are poised to level their 14-acre oasis...The Garden...
17) Summer 1993
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Catalan
Description
Six-year-old Frida looks on in silence as the last objects from her recently deceased mother's apartment in Barcelona are placed in boxes. Punctuated by moments of youthful exuberance and mature ruminations, this coming-of-age drama, set amongst summery hues, is an extraordinarily moving snapshot of being a child in an adult world.
18) Mother of George
Pub. Date
℗2014, ©2013.
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
English
Description
Adenike and Ayodele are a Nigerian couple living in Brooklyn. Following the joyous celebration of the their wedding, complications arise out of their inability to conceive a child, a problem that devastates their family and defies cultural expectations, leading Adenike to make a shocking decision that could either save her family or destroy it.
Pub. Date
2016, [2017]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Language
עברית
Description
As Eyal finishes the traditional Jewish week of mourning for his late son, his wife Vicky urges him to return to their routine. But just because the shiva has ended doesn't mean it's life as usual. Each coping in their own way, Eyal and Vicky both attempt to regain a sense of control over their future, as they struggle to discover that there are still things in life worth living for.
20) Polina
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Français
Description
A young girl studies classical ballet. As a young woman she turns to modern dance and choreography.
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