Beginning (2023)

POSTER GIRL is the story of Robynn Murray, an all-American Apple pie high-school cheerleader turned tough-as-nails machine gunner in the Iraq War and a “poster girl” for women in combat, distinguished by Army Magazine’s cover shot. Now Sgt. Robynn Murray comes home from Iraq, to face a new kind of battle she never anticipated. Her tough-as-nails exterior begins to crack, leaving Robynn struggling with the debilitating effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Shot and directed by first-time filmmaker Sara Nesson, POSTER GIRL is an emotionally raw documentary that follows Robynn over the course of two years as she embarks on a journey of self-discovery and redemption, using art and poetry to redefine her life.

En la actual Rajasthan, una joven llamada Trishna (Freda Pinto) se enamora de un hombre de negocios inglés, Jay Singh (Riz Ahmed) , pero la mujer se verá en una encrucijada cuando se vea obligada a escoger entre las tradiciones de su familia o las de su pareja. (FILMAFFINITY)

A comienzos del siglo XIX, en la India, comienzan a desaparecer periódicamente centenares de viajeros en una región controlada por una compañía británica. Un oficial descubre que estas desapariciones están relacionadas con una secta religiosa que adora a Kali, la diosa de la destrucción. Sus seguidores estrangulan a sus víctimas con un pañuelo de seda y luego las entierran en fosas comunes.

The film centres around three friends who love their bachelorhood so much that they place a bet among themselves that whoever decides to marry first will lose a huge amount in shares that were contributed by all three. All is well until one decides to take the plunge and make a commitment.

Ayurveda es el nombre que recibe la ciencia de vida y el arte de la curación; el lugar donde cuerpo, mente y espíritu tienen la misma importancia. Este viaje de miles de kilómetros a través de la India y de otros países se torna en único y poético viaje, donde encontramos a importantes médicos o simples aldeanos que viven en armonía con la naturaleza y según los principios de la Ayurveda en la era global del Internet, energía nuclear, etc.

India, 1850. Robert Case, un oficial mestizo del cuerpo de lanceros bengalíes, al servicio del su majestad en el ejército británico en la India, es degradado y condenado a prisón bajo una falsa acusación de cobardía: la de haber abandonado a un compañero herido en acción de guerra. Case decide escapar cuando Eli Khan, el cabecilla rebelde de una tribu enemiga, le ofrece asilo, el cual acepta dada su difícil situación. Case se convierte en el estratega del rebelde y comparte con él diversas escaramuzas. El objetivo principal es ahora el acuartelamiento de Fort Kandahar, uno de los principales asentamientos del ejército británico en la India (FILMAFFINITY)

La búsqueda de una mujer embarazada de su marido desaparecido la lleva de Londres a Calcuta, pero todas las personas a las que pregunta niegan haberlo conocido.

La India, en los días anteriores a su declaración de la independencia del imperio británico. Los movimientos de resistencia, que tan importante papel habían jugado en la consecución de la independencia, amenazan con promover una revolución sangrienta que los británicos se ven incapaces de detener. En estas circunstancias, el coronel Rodney Savage (Stewart Granger) recibe la orden de mantener a toda costa el importante nudo ferroviario de Bhowani. El oficial de enlace es la bella subteniente Victoria Jones (Ava Gardner), hija de un inglés y una india.

Basada en el best seller de la escritora Gong Ji Young, trata un caso real de violación y abusos sexuales ocurridos en una escuela para sordomudos en Gwangju. Gong Yoo interpreta el papel de un profesor que descubre el caso al lado de una activista de derechos humanos, interpretada por Jeong Yu Mi. Juntos intentarán por todos los medios dar a conocer los hechos, a pesar de que para ello deban enfrentarse al personal docente y algunos oficiales que tratan de ocultar el incidente.

An intimate journey into the twilight world of the devadasi, Hindus who are married to god in childhood and at puberty sold for sex. The girls of Karnataka, southern India who are forced to live in this ancient tradition despite it having been declared illegal for more than 60 years.

Jag Mandir is a quiet and often overlooked film in the vast oeuvre of Werner Herzog. Apparently, 20 hours of footage was shot that covered the whole fest and the film hardly presents us a twentieth of that. A native walking into the film in between may well fail to immediately realize that it is his country that is being shown and these are figures from the mythology of various sections of his nation.

Una joven estudiante norteamericana llega a Francia para escribir una tesis sobre un famoso compositor ya fallecido. Tras conseguir alojamiento junto a la familia del músico en la casa donde éste vivía, una aislada villa en el campo, la chica se da cuenta de que hay algo raro en el ambiente, como si la casa o sus habitantes ocultaran algún oscuro secreto.

Tsuneo is a university student working part-time in a mah-jong parlour. Lately the customers have been talking about an old lady who pushes a baby carriage through the streets. They say she is carrying something for a crime syndicate, and they wonder what it is she has in the carriage Money? Drugs? One day, the owner of the mah-jong parlour sends Tsuneo out to walk his dog. A baby carriage comes rolling down a hill and crashes into a guard rail. The old lady asks him to look into the carriage, where he finds a young woman clutching a knife. This is how Tsuneo first meets the girl who calls herself Josee.

Bunty and Babli are two avid dreamers. Two free souls born into caged small town realities. They grow weary of being two specks on the horizon. They desire the horizon itself.And so they pack their aspirations in worn out bags, whip a scarf of confidence around their proud necks and set forth. On a journey across the length and breadth of the country, spinning circles around the people they meet.

A doctor of Indian origin returning to Mumbai from London is forced to participate in a terrorist plot.

During World War II, Chief Aviation Pilot Ned Trumpet is in charge of an airship at Lakehurst, New Jersey naval base. Trumpet orders an unauthorized and premature attack on a German submarine but the bomb misses and the submarine fires back, hitting the airship. Trumpet takes over the controls and sinks the submarine, The pilot faces a court-martial for disobeying orders but the older man takes the blame for his actions. Weaver transfers to the Ferry Command, and while on assignment in Burma, his aircraft crashes in Japanese territory. Trumpet rushes to the scene with a rescue team. Both are successfully brought out and are decorated for their heroism. Afterward, Weaver indicates that he will be returning to the lighter-than-air service in Lakehurst, to reunite with his "father".

A gang of blackmailers sends a cripple to San Francisco to expose a banker they have been blackmailing. However, the cripple meets and falls in love with the banker's daughter.

Sanjay wanted to study art, but his domineering father, an engine-driver in retirement after a crippling injury, insisted that a railway job, with its security, was the best thing for him. So Sanjay ended up as a train conductor, unhappy with the career forced upon him, and the mechanical, meaningless life that he lives. In the course of his duty on the train, he runs into a working girl, Shalini and feels attracted to her. His father hears about his interest in Shalini, strongly disapproves of it and intervenes in Sanjay's life once again. Unable to stand up to his father, Sanjay soon finds himself married to a village girl. Life becomes even more unbearable for Sanjay. He takes to wandering and seeks comfort in drink and brothels. One final chance comes his way to break loose from his shackles and plan a new life with Shalini.

Quique Heredia, El Cuajo, es un buscavidas payo agitanado con medio cuerpo afectado por una parálisis cerebral que le impide andar con facilidad. El Cuajo convence a su amigo Adolfo, un joven mulato que vive en un barrio dormitorio de las afueras de la ciudad con un padre alcohólico y con problemas de salud, para levantar un estudio musical donde ganarse la vida con el talento y la pasión que les une: el Hip Hop.

Mumbai, 1992. Naseem, a 15 year-old schoolgirl, lives with her grandfather and grows up with stories of pre-independence communal harmony. Later, she helplessly watches the communal situation regression with the demolition of Babri Masjid.