Off Frame AKA Revolution Until Victory (2016)
Genre : Documentary
Runtime : 1H 2M
Director : Mohanad Yaqubi
Synopsis
A unique historical portrait of the Palestinian people's struggle to produce their own image. Using material long hidden in archives across the globe, the film reaches back through the modern history of Palestine and reverses decades of colonial dominance with a mosaic of struggle from the perspective of the colonized.
While being chased, Chris discovers a baby on his stairs who appears to be destined for him. Suspicious, he goes in search for the child’s mother.
A documentary filmmaker attempts to imagine, along with his father, his grandmother's experience at a labor camp during the holocaust.
Nuan, a pretty nurse is engaged to Chai, a son from the wealthy Wongwuttiporn family which owns a huge mansion, which is eventually given to the young couple as a wedding gift. Meanwhile, Khun Ying, Chai's mother, plots to take the mansion back for herself in order to trade it to someone to get money for her debts. In order to do so, she has to get rid of Nuan. Unexpectedly, Nuan is killed and comes back to the mansion as a vengeful ghost to haunt Khun Ying and the people who caused her death.
A drama thriller about a rising artist who reaches the top of stardom, gradually turning into one of the celebrities of society. But there is always a price for fame that have to be paid, when a murder takes places and she gets involved.
Canadian actor and filmmaker Connor Jessup (Closet Monster, Falling Skies) profiles Apichatpong Weerasethakul, a maverick of Thai cinema who explores the slippery nature of time and consciousness with a sublimely idiosyncratic, often surreal approach to film form.
"From archives to community building, this video engages U.S. histories of racialization and objectification through and documentation of discussions and participation with the Arab/Muslim community of Dearborn and Detroit, Michigan. As a video-collaboration between Qais Assali and Jose Luis Benavides created for the exhibit “Costume Party at the Moslem Temple” at MSU Union Gallery (2019) this work culls various collections, original footage and conversations with an ex-Playboy Bunny and community activist as well, to chart the often overlooked history of orientalism, Islamophobia and minstrel brown-facing, or Arab-facing inherent though invisible to our discussions of American racism in order to question the limits of our awareness and our true understanding of culture and civilization."
A family of Lumad keeps their eldest daughter's 'adhikain' (aspirations) by immortalizing her into a myth, blurring the line between reality and folklore.
Dung-aw (Lament), 16mm. experimental short film on children of war produced by Goethe Institut was awarded Best Experimental Film, 1991 Gawad Urian (Filipino Film Critics Award) and 1st Place Experimental Film Category, 1990 CCP Gawad Para sa Alternatibong Pelikula at Video (Cultural Center of the Philippines' Award for Alternative Film and Video).
Segundo has just 60 seconds to shuck as many oysters as he can! Inspired by turn of the century actuality films made by cinema’s early pioneers, we attempt a contemporary version with a high-speed 35mm camera.
Tami-aw is a docu narrative film about the journey of a less fortunate widow Louigina "igi" on her way to claim cash aid from the government. such aid was supposed to be an educational support but it turns out to be used to support but it turns out to be used to support their survival. Is there any other way to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty of a Filipino family?
A Columbia Scrappy cartoon released March 9, 1934.
Diego and Gabriela Silang are landed Ilocos natives disaffected with the imposition of the indulto de comercio (a law giving right to Spanish officials to buy rice and tobacco at the price they prefer). The year is 1762 and the British invade Manila, the childless couple is among the landowners denying aid to the Spaniards in thwarting the British. When the Spaniards in retaliation jail Diego, his wife gathers their confederates and leads the uprising herself.
After suffering a plane crash on a mysterious island, a young man embarks on an epic journey through forests, deserts and mountains trying to escape the shadow of a huge dark spirit.
In the 1970s, five men struggling with being gay in their Evangelical church started a bible study to help each other leave the "homosexual lifestyle." They quickly received over 25,000 letters from people asking for help and formalized as Exodus International, the largest and most controversial conversion therapy organization in the world. But leaders struggled with a secret: their own “same-sex attractions” never went away. After years as Christian superstars in the religious right, many of these men and women have come out as LGBTQ, disavowing the very movement they helped start. Focusing on the dramatic journeys of former conversion therapy leaders, current members, and a survivor, PRAY AWAY chronicles the “ex gay" movement’s rise to power, persistent influence, and the profound harm it causes.
When a young Master Ip stops a kidnapping, he ignites a turf war with a ruthless human trafficking ring. In retaliation, the gang kidnaps one of Ip Man’s close friends, forcing him to face the group’s brutal boxing champion head-on.
When a vintage Jack-in-the-box is opened by a dying woman, she enters into a deal with the demon within that would see her illness cured in return for helping it claim six innocent victims.
While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife must make life-altering decisions while wrestling with her own personal drama.
Chuck Nolan, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia crashes at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and finds himself marooned on a desolate island. With no way to escape, Chuck must find ways to survive in his new home.