Hell Bento: Uncovering the Japanese Underground

In New York City, an illegal immigrant gets into trouble because of his relationship with a self-destructive prostitute.

Documentary about the life and work of Carlos Inzillo, a cultural reference for jazz in Argentina, creator and coordinator of a series of jazz concerts that have been held every Tuesday in the City of Buenos Aires since 1984.

Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, masterminded by crooked criminal defense lawyer Newton. Scorpio eventually takes over Frank's operation, beats a rival gang, becomes wealthy, and dominates the city for several years until a secret group of six masked businessmen have him prosecuted and sent to the electric chair.

Genesis - Two Night Stand - First Night - 6th May 1980 - Lyceum Ballroom, London, England. Tracks are: Deep In The Motherlode / Dancing With The Moonlit Knight / Carpet Crawlers / Squonk / One For The Vine / Behind The Lines / Duchess / Guide Vocal / Turn It On Again / Duke's Travels / Duke's End / Say It's Alright Joe / The Lady Lies / Ripples (Last Part) / In The Cage / Slippermen / Afterglow / Follow You Follow Me / Dance On A Volcano / Drum Duet / Los Endos / I Know What I Like Total Running Time : 2:20:34

In the midst of a strike, people find their liberty limited by the walls of their homes. In these micro-worlds there are no rules nor conventions and home becomes a white canvas where anyone can rethink life and its nonsense.

Héctor Peirano is about one of the many legends referring to death in northern Argentina. In this case the grim reaper is personified by a man they call “the walker” with a very calm voice and very clear eyes.

A man arrives late at his own wedding.

The police detective Waldo, of immersed and circumspect disposition and temper, investigates several crimes associated with indigenous rituals that occur in some regions of the Peruvian Andes. There we find a boy and a girl who are about to enter puberty and begin to interact with certain mythical beings, a supernatural belief very common in many Andean villages. A sinister character, pretending to be on a mission of faith, but imbued with religious dogmatism and intolerance, interrupts this peaceful scene as he casts an ominous shadow over these ancient Peruvian beliefs. Although Waldo's boss considers him inferior and distrusts his methods (a form of discrimination), the policeman continues his efforts to capture the "Extirpator of Idolatries.¨ At the same time, Waldo will resolve his own inner conflict which has troubled him all his life.

Asdrúbal is the zoo sweeper, the handyman. One day, when he was feeding the turkeys, he noticed that one of them was talking.

John and Ben go on a survival-games weekend together where they intensely annoy the sergeant in charge. After the games are over John and Ben hang around and meet up with the sergeant who drunkenly challenges them to another game the next day. This time the sergeant and his friends turn up with real guns.

Ben Tucker accidentally murders his girlfriend in a fight and hides the body in a sewer. The story follows him as he slowly starts to lose his mind while being constantly haunted by his dead girlfriend.

Ein Flittchen verwirrt die Besatzung einer trostlos-einsamen Pumpstation in der Sahara und zieht damit den Zorn des eifersüchtigen Ex-Ehemanns auf sich.

Using multiple camera angles and minimal repetitions to modulate her friend David Wheeler's personal narrative of his battle with leukemia, Holt presents his physical illness as a site for metaphysical and aesthetic reflection. Holt's editing procedure both frees Wheeler's narrative and closes in on it, effectively projecting the personal into the conceptual.

Als Stanley Kubricks Film "Uhrwerk Orange" 1972 in die Kinos kam, wurde der Autor der Romanvorlage, Anthony Burgess, der Gewaltverherrlichung beschuldigt. Zu Unrecht, denn tatsächlich prangern der Roman und seine Verfilmung die sicherheitspolitischen Maßnahmen des Establishments als Reaktion auf ein wachsendes Unsicherheitsgefühl der westlichen Gesellschaft an. Die Dokumentation führt an den Ursprung des Skandals zurück und beleuchtet das Werk anhand des von Burgess hinterlassenen unveröffentlichten Manuskripts "The Clockwork Condition".

In den 60er Jahren entstand in Japan ein neues Filmgenre, 'Yakuza Eiga', zu Deutsch: Yakuza-Filme. Angesiedelt im japanischen Mafiamilieu, liefen die von Kampfszenen geprägten Filme den Samurai-Streifen den Rang ab. Die Dokumentation porträtiert das Filmgenre und stellt seine wichtigsten Regisseure und Darsteller vor.

Saras Freund, der Dokumentarfilmer Ole Schell, nimmt nicht nur ihren beruflichen Alltag auf, sondern befragt auch Model-Kolleginnen, Designer und Stylisten, um eindrucksvoll zu zeigen, was es wirklich bedeutet, ein Topmodel zu sein. Sogar Sara selbst nimmt die Kamera in die Hand. In ihrem Videotagebuch sind Bilder entstanden, die uns hinter die Kulissen einer Traumwelt führen. Ob im Backstage-Bereich einer Laufstegshow oder bei intimen Interviews mit Saras Modelkolleginnen - so nah war bislang noch niemand am Herzschlag der Fashionbranche. Ein Muss für alle Modefans und ein Augenöffner für alle, die glauben, dass gutes Aussehen und ein wenig Glück genügt, um als Model durchzustarten...