Hard Cinema

This picture shows an old gentleman seated at his shaving table. The razor is evidently giving him a great deal of trouble...

Pluto walks past the zoo and sees the huge bone the sleeping lion has but getting it out is easier said than done. He gets it out of the lion's cage, but then has to face the kangaroo and its playful joey. Next is the gorilla, then the crocodiles.

Delves deep into the anxiety, thrill and uncertainty of six aspiring animation artists as they are plunged into the twelve-week trial-by-fire that is the NFB's Hothouse for animation filmmakers.

Detective Sergeant Malcolm Ainslie, a Catholic priest turned distinguished investigator for the police, has agreed to hear the confession of a convicted serial killer sentenced to death in a just a matter of hours. What he promises to reveal to Ainslie is the truth behind the crimes and the reason he confessed to the one crime Ainslie doesn't even believe he committed. What unfolds between the two men is a serpentine trail into both men's pasts based on the bestseller from master storyteller Arthur Hailey.

An intimate glimpse into the life and world of one of Tibet's most revered teachers: Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910-1991). A writer, poet and meditation master, Khyentse Rinpoche was an inspiration to all who encountered him. His many students throughout the world included the Dalai Lama. This unique portrait tells Khyentse Rinpoche's story from birth to death... -- from his escape following China's invasion of Tibet to his determination to preserve and transmit Buddhist teachings. Along with rare photographs of Tibet, Bhutan and Nepal, this film features interviews with the Dalai Lama. Director Matthieu Ricard -- French photographer, Buddhist monk and bestselling author -- travelled with Khyentse Rinpoche for over 14 years.

Handmade and uniquely personal, this 16mm film in two parts explores a rural landscape with mythical connotations. First part: prelude. “Darkness, darkness, burning bright In the forests of the night. Vast flowered paths, fresh branches, Groves full of perfumes, birds and whispers, Site often seen again, and always contemplated....” Second part: oraison. “Darkness, darkness, burning bright In the forests of the night And the mad impulse of this distraught soul, And that had, the forehead circled in copper, under the moon….”

Neunundneunzig Prozent der Weltbevölkerung wurden durch einen biochemischen Krieg zerstört. Für die wenigen Überlebenden gibt's nur eine Regel zu befolgen: Essen oder gegessen zu werden. Doch der Kannibalismus ist noch das kleinere Übel. Horden von Zombies und anderen abscheulichen Wesen sind ebenfalls auf der Suche nach essbarem: Menschenfleisch!

Philippe, the order of an old colonel, surprises the wife of his boss in the arms of a young lieutenant. So that he remains silent, she offers herself to him

A very rare Japan-only video with eleven promo clips.

A young convict woman desperate for freedom rashly chooses a new master, but alone on his isolated farm her hopes for a new life are undermined by the grim truths she discovers.

Ein mysteriöser Krimineller, der sich "Adler" nennt, "schreibt" mit seinem Flugzeug Drohungen gegen Flugzeugbauer an den Himmel. Der Verdacht fällt auf Nathan Gregory, einen ehemaligen Fliegerhelden des 1. Weltkriegs, der einen Wanderzirkus leitet. Der erfahrene Pilot Craig McCoy ist von Gregorys Unschuld überzeugt und will die wahre Identität des unbekannten Himmelsschreibers enthüllen.

The beautiful wife of a tweedy astronomer becomes convinced that her astrologer's prediction of a new dream man in her life will come true.

Squame explores the body's sensitive envelope, the skin. The ephemeral animated desquamations, created with the help of sugar casts, evoke fragile landscapes in a world at the edge of abstraction. Somewhere between archeological artifacts and macroscopic observations, the friable frontiers of these human bodies elude our gaze.

When Grace "Ariel Mortman" is "ghosted" at the same time as recovering from an injury, she drives herself mad waiting for a call. Grace must confront reality in her sedentary state in order to heal both mentally and physically.

On one rainy night in Tokyo, three strangers experience solitude from three unique perspectives.

This was Henri Storck first art documentary, a portrait about the painter, Paul Delvaux.