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- Rebecca is one of the world's top war photographers. She must weather a major emotional storm when her husband refuses to put up with her dangerous life any longer.
- Award-winning film and television journalist Sabrina Rani Furminger (The YVR Screen Scene Podcast) hosted the 2021 UBCP/ACTRA Virtual Red Carpet Special on November 20, 2021. Featuring interviews with Aixa Kay, Aleks Paunovic, Ali Liebert, Anja Savcic, Asia Mattu, Benjamin Jacobson, Bill Newton, Brent Miller, Carmel Amit, Chelah Horsdal, Crystal Balint, Eden Summer Gilmore, Gabrielle Rose, Heather Doerksen, Hiro Kanagawa, Jennifer Copping, Marlon Kazadi , Matthew MacCaull, Nicole Oliver, Patrick Sabongui, Praneet Akilla, Sachin Sahel, Sharon Taylor, Steven Roberts, Teagan Vincze, Tim Perez, Travis Turner, Veena Sood, Viv Leacock, and Yusuf Ahmed.
- A delightful musical based on the novel Little Women. Four Jewish sisters move into their mothers home as their men are off at war. A heartwarming film celebrating the powerful bonds of family. "Hannah has not been blessed with a child, but has been gifted with an extraordinary voice. She understands the modesty code of not singing in public settings, but feels torn, as she seeks ways to express herself... and to fill the void." A Sister's Tale is a woman's only musical film, whose cast and crew is made up of Toronto's finest talent. This film will take you along on a ride of faith, laughter, struggle and self awareness.
- Dealing heavily with perceptions of time, Aeon documents the urban cityscape as Wellington transforms through a zen-influenced eternal cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth within a 24-hour period.
- Alexandr Laime, at heart a romanticist and dreamer, went deep into the jungles of Venezuela in search of the 'Diamond River'. What else, besides diamonds, did Laime find in the caves of Angel Falls?
- A restless teenager explores the wilderness of his city while struggling with the absence of his father.
- This short film about a teen struggling to connect with his father took the top prize in NZ On Screen's inaugural ScreenTest film competition for high school students. Wakatipu High School pupil Lachie Clark made Alone with his Year 13 Media Studies classmates Ella Little and Alex Booker. Following the theme "coming of age", teen Charlie (Joel Malcolm-Smith) heads to the hills to escape his dad's harsh words. ScreenTest judge Jackie van Beek (The Breaker Upperers) praised the "beautiful landscapes, cinematography and editing". TV producer Philip Smith plays the dad.
- The Glass Bedroom profiles six Australian artists who use Instagram to create bold new works to share with their thousands of followers. The series takes viewers inside the 'glass bedrooms' of these Instagram artists to explore the relationship between authenticity, identity, and social media in their work.
- AN EPIC POEM explores the contradictions in man's conception of love through the myths and representations. Central to the film is the 'Rokeby Venus', slashed by militant suffragette Mary Richardson. It becomes an entry to the 'historic' past but also to myth and the unconscious, its imagery developed and shifted in a series of tableau-like encounters between Aphrodite and Ares.
- A young office worker uncovers the flaws in his stop-motion universe with the help of a mysterious talking ostrich.
- Animals director/producer Sophie Hyde describes the process of adapting Emma Jane Unsworth's novel of the same name to the screen. Hyde talks about how long-time collaborator Bryan Mason both shot and edited the feature, and how this unique approach can enhance the storytelling process. She also reflects on past learnings from her debut feature 52 Tuesdays and how this helped her approach to current projects.
- This film records the devising of a "work in progress" by theatre director Ashley Thorndyke (Jason Hoyte). The concept - by Duncan Sarkies (Two Little Boys, Scarfies) - mocks the gamut of thesp and drama school cliches: from 'wanky' director to wacky warm-up exercises (animal impersonations, primal screams, Love Boat theme song). Peter Burger, fresh out of Broadcasting School, co-directs, and the willing cast is drawn from the 1990s Wellington theatre scene orbiting around BATS and Victoria University. Future Conchord Jemaine Clement memorably learns to get loose.
- Christmas and New Year. Three girls between 18 and 20, are hospitalized with cancer. All three of them have serious problems, not just in terms of health, but also in terms of their relationships with their nearest and dearest. The girls find a haven in each other's company, where they are free from the fear of death and loneliness, and a substantial part of the film describes their sense of humor, unrestrained candidness and uncompromising zest for life.
- Nathan and Laura, a young American couple, are on vacation in France to look for Baptist, an old friend of Nathan's who inherited a castle there. Nathan's motivations for the trip aren't exactly clear. Laura's presence, in any case, appears more than just fortuitous !
- Kinshasa, DRCongo, 2005: Benda Bilili, poor paraplegic street musicians, get noticed by a French film team. Studio recordings get their music out on album and 2009, they have concerts in Europe.
- Diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2002, artist and author Beverlye Hyman Fead beat the odds and wrote two award winning books about her experiences with the disease. Today, she tours the country sharing stories and insights about improving self esteem and learning how to age gracefully.
- A short reel containing some really remarkable views of birds in their natural surroundings. Scenes show collectors securing eggs for breeding from perilous situations on the face of the cliff. Only one egg is taken from a nest, and the young birds are never molested. A closeup shows a wood thrush building her nest, the eggs in the nest, and later the young birds being fed. The fishhawk and her young are shown, as well as splendid views of sea gulls, the bird of paradise and finally the regal white peacock of India.
- The cathartic tale of a young woman who can't see, hear, or speak, and the teacher who brings a ray of light into her dark world.
- A solitary figure at an empty bar, CIA clinical and forensic psychologist, Dr. John Flemington, is planning to visit his girlfriend in Mexico when he is pressured by mysterious underground operatives to join them on a secret mission. He really doesn't have a choice. A film in the drama/thriller/suspense spy genre, with esoteric origins.
- When he was a young man, talent agent Budd Burton Moss dreamed of becoming a bullfighter and working with legendary actress Rita Hayworth. From enduring friendships and love affairs with some of Hollywood's biggest stars to backstabbing and betrayals, Budd continues to stay on the lookout for the next great star.
- A man is determined to win the neighborhood's annual Christmas decorating contest. He makes a pact with an elf to help him win--and the elf casts a spell that brings the 12 days of Christmas to life, which brings unexpected chaos to town.
- The Glass Bedroom profiles six Australian artists who use Instagram to create bold new works to share with their thousands of followers. The series takes viewers inside the 'glass bedrooms' of these Instagram artists to explore the relationship between authenticity, identity, and social media in their work.
- Director Shah Krishna compiled this compelling documentary of Indian cinema after spending two years searching through film archives from all over the world. Included are films from the turn of the 20th century through the 1970s to illustrate various schools of filmmaking and the historical progression of the art form.
- The plot revolves around two heirs, Prince Frederick (Barry Gibb) and his brother Prince Marmaduke (Maurice Gibb), and their dying father (Frankie Howerd). On his death bed, The King orders his kingdom divided into two halves, the Kingdom of Jelly and the Kingdom of Cucumbers. Before the king even dies, Prince Frederick declares himself "King of Cucumbers" and Prince Marmaduke becomes the "King of Jelly". The film intersperses comedy sketches with Bee Gees songs plus performances by Lulu and Blind Faith with cameo appearances
- The Glass Bedroom profiles six Australian artists who use Instagram to create bold new works to share with their thousands of followers. The series takes viewers inside the 'glass bedrooms' of these Instagram artists to explore the relationship between authenticity, identity, and social media in their work.
- David is a young man who is fighting for survival in a world destroyed by a Zombie apocalypse, caused by The Risen Word Cult Leader Tyberius Krane. Lost in the woods with his father Terry who suffers from dementia, David soon finds another group of survivors who then seek shelter at the infamous Benoit Mansion. The mansion holds secrets from David's past and the mysterious Dr. Edward Brunner may be the only one who can unlock them.
- The characters are the cast and creatives of a forthcoming West End production who have gathered in the designer's flat to talk about the play. Enter Detective Inspector Hughes to discuss an anonymous and life-threatening letter which the designer has received from one of the others present. Tensions mount and someone is murdered - but not, as we might anticipate, the recipient of the death-threat.
- Suppose a guy could come up with a computer program that would tell him how a girl's brain works? Dewitt Fulbean works day and night to solve this problem. Dewitt has a real someone in mind and she lives in the same apartment building. The name on her mailbox is M. Vornellini. Dewitt hasn't gotten past her mailbox. He doesn't want to send premature signals to her brain by doing something rash like, say, starting a conversation. Meanwhile, their parents' meet the old fashioned way and decide to help with Dewitt and Maria's social lives. What happens next is a funny roller coaster ride through love, loss, technology, plumbing, dancing and a misunderstood superhero's curse to Dewitt's discovery of M. Vornellini--Maria.
- This 1960 National Film Unit documentary visits the Cook Islands, a group of volcanic isles and coral atolls administered by New Zealand. Ron Bowie's film surveys the challenges of island life (sourcing fresh water, lack of timber for housing) as well as agriculture (coconuts), recreation and schooling. Though patronising - describing Rarotongan people as "the cheerful islander" - the narration confronts some impacts of modernity (eg the shift to European diet for dental health), and anticipates young people will be the islands' biggest export.
- Bibby's best and only friend Theo lives on the roof. The two are so inseparable that Bibby can't focus on anything else and her cello lessons suffer for it. Their carefree coexistence is about to change when Bibby meets a guitar-playing runaway teenager who has set up camp on the same roof.
- Edna Rae Gillooly was born in Detroit, Michigan on December 7, 1932. Growing up in a troubled home, she learned how to handle adversity from an early age. She left high school early to pursue a career as a model and actress under various names including Erica Dean, Keri Flynn and Ellen McRae. In 1957, she had her Broadway debut in the comedy Fair Game. Over the next decade, she appeared in a number of popular television shows, regularly returning to the stage. By the late 1960s she joined The Actor's Studio under the direction of Lee Strasberg and came to be known as Ellen Burstyn. Unable to perform during the COVID-19 pandemic, Ellen is taking the time to reconnect with nature and reflecting on her storied career, her relationship with her late mother and the legacy she hopes to leave behind.
- A young artist is at a crossroads in her life. A married businessman offers her a marriage, and an unknown poet sends her weekly letters of poems written specifically for her. She goes to see an old friend from the art school, hoping he can understand her.
- In Episode 3: MOVERS and SHAKERS, Sabrina interviews Prem Gill (CEO of Creative BC), Angela Moore (chair of the UBCP/ACTRA BIPOC Committee), and Kim Haxton (Elevate Inclusion Strategies): individuals in leadership and advisory positions who are committed to making the Vancouver film and television industry safe, inclusive, and rewarding for BIPOC artists.
- After two farm boys move to the big city and in with an unwitting housemate, they concoct hairbrained schemes to assimilate into metropolitan life.
- Los Angeles native Florene Rozen has dedicated her life to helping others cultivate the divine spark within themselves. A devoted student of Jewish literature and mysticism, she continues to inspire others to tell their stories by sharing her own.
- Narrated by former driver and motorsports enthusiast Jason Priestley, Girl Racers is a documentary series that charts the course of North America's leading female race car drivers, Danica Patrick, Milka Duno, Melanie Paterson amongst others, over the course of the 2004 racing season. Going behind-the-scenes in one of the most highly watched sports on North American television today, we capture for the first time the unique world of female race car drivers, as they navigate one of the few sports where women compete directly with men. Girl Racers is a story of hopes and dreams, heartbreak and victory and despite their differences, the defining characteristics that bind these women is the conviction that they were born to race.
- A modern day love story, set in Manchester, about how coincidences bring two strangers together and take them on an eventful and beautiful life changing adventure, in just one day.
- The Glass Bedroom profiles six Australian artists who use Instagram to create bold new works to share with their thousands of followers. The series takes viewers inside the 'glass bedrooms' of these Instagram artists to explore the relationship between authenticity, identity, and social media in their work.
- Haunted by the memory of her child, Glory is drawn to a broken toy doll in a children's playground. Imagining the doll to be a real child, and conjuring up the memory of a past lover, Glory builds the family that she has always dreamed about. Yet even in her idyllic fantasies, the past unravels itself, coiling and ready to strike. Glory examines the stain of love and tragedy that marks a person through the rest of their life.
- Jim is an expatriate Australian artist, teaching in Canada. His wife, Zoe, is suffering under the combined burden of the climate, isolation, and Jim's stubborn selfishness. His failure as a painter is emphasised by the arrival of his confrere, Mike, glossy and successful in the New York Art scene. With Mike is his current girlfriend, Molly, who turns out to be the wife of Jim's college boss. Confrontations follow, on personal, professional and national levels-with comic and tragic overtones.
- A classically trained actor and director, Robert Englund has become one of the most revolutionary horror icons of our generation. Throughout his career, Englund starred in many well-known movies, but shot to super-stardom with his portrayal of supernatural serial killer Freddy Krueger in the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET franchise. This unique and intimate portrait captures the man behind the glove and features interviews with Englund and his wife Nancy, Lin Shaye, Eli Roth, Tony Todd, Heather Langenkamp and more.
- Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson find themselves on opposite sides of the so-called social media controversy. To resolve their differences they both resort to creating their own avatars. The film is rife with references and cross-references to both the Sherlock Holmes canon and The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.
- A tour through the modern Spanish capital, where much that is up-to-date is mingled with some that is thoroughly medieval. Ox carts still slow up traffic on the streets, which in other respects are quite twentieth century in appearance. Scenes show some of the most picturesque spots in Madrid, especially parks and gardens. The Spanish royal palace comes in for its share of attention, and one is shown the changing of the guard.
- The film confines itself to one scene after another of the Leatherstocking country around Otsego Lake near Cooperstown, N. Y. Present-day views of the spot where Deerslayer killed his first Indian, or the place where Judith bade farewell to her beloved Deerslayer- with a motor launch skipping over the water. There are the vacation ceremonies of some imported "pale-face maidens," dressed in Indian costume, who frolic in "Pathfinder Lodge" - where once stood the wigwam of the red man. A scene following Leatherstocking through his adventures- is the scene of Natty Bumppo's Cave - which except for some carved initials, looks as it might have, then.
- Vera receives a parcel with no name and address. The mysterious gift gets her deeper into the abyss of her consciousness, to the border between reality and the beyond. There she meets Ivan, her guide through a labyrinth, where Vera's survival is at stake.
- Ordinary, law-abiding people often dream of adventure and the thrill of the chase, but when opportunist McHugh takes a seemingly prize possession from its rightful owner, Ciaran, he steps over the line. Without the skills or mind-set needed to survive, McHugh finds himself ill equipped and facing brutal consequences, as psychotic Ciaran issues punishment to satisfy his own needs in the name of justice.
- When his car breaks down, Amitabh Bachchan finds himself in a busload of students. Shortly, the students, debating heatedly whether man is greater or a woman, put the question to their esteemed guest.
- Lawrence Harvey Zeiger was born in Brooklyn, New York on November 19. 1933. He moved to Florida in his 20s to pursue a career in broadcasting and was hired as an assistant at WAHR , a small station in Miami Beach. On May 1, 1957, he was put on the air for the first time when one of the station's announcers didn't show up. On that day, Larry King was born. As Larry stays home in quarantine with his son Chance during the COVID-19 pandemic, he reflects on his life, his family, growing older and his incredible career.
- The Glass Bedroom profiles six Australian artists who use Instagram to create bold new works to share with their thousands of followers. The series takes viewers inside the 'glass bedrooms' of these Instagram artists to explore the relationship between authenticity, identity, and social media in their work.
- A young woman tries to ease the pain of her fiancé's death by sending romantic texts to his old cell phone number, and forms a connection with the man the number has been reassigned to.