Glitch (2020)

Los habitantes de Seúl observan sorprendidos un extraño objeto que cuelga de un puente sobre el río Han. El objeto es, en realidad, una monstruosa criatura mutante que al despertar devora a todo aquel que se cruza en su camino. En medio de tanto horror, la criatura mutante rapta a la hija del dueño de un quiosco que vive felizmente a la orilla del río. Mientras el ejército fracasa una y otra vez en sus intentos de destruir al monstruo, este hombrecillo anónimo y su familia intentan recuperar a su hija.

Durante un experimento que sale mal, un niño de 12 años desarrollará una conexión telepática con su mejor amigo: su perro.

Situado en los años 70, dos familias se desmoronan cuando malas relaciones, problemas de bienes raíces y nuevas enfermedades atacan el corazón de los suburbios.

El best-seller de Ronald Wright, Breve historia del progreso, inspiró este réquiem cinematográfico al "progreso de siempre". A lo largo de la historia de la humanidad, aquello que parecía "progreso" siempre ha resultado un tiro por la culata. Algunos de los más reconocidos pensadores, activistas, banqueros y científicos nos desafían a superar las trampas del progreso, las cuales destruyeron las antiguas civilizaciones, pero se encuentran traicioneramente integradas en la nuestra.

"Origins" takes a journey through the biological roots of where we have come from and where we have gone. Using fire as a metaphor for technology, the film looks at the advances of our civilization and how the recklessness of unchecked technology is now choking out the environment and poisoning our bodies. Interviews with the biggest names in the health and green space create compelling context and arguments for how we can better coexist with nature. "Origins" shows how man, technology, and nature can walk together in balance.

Beirut resident Soraya is drawn to two men: daredevil photographer Nabil and Talal, who must embrace his feudal heritage when his father is kidnapped.

The story of a platoon of Israeli soldiers in Lebanon of 1986, shortly before Israeli withdrawal, and the dilemmas they face in having to fight against Lebanese guerilla in a hostile but civilian area.

Architect, engineer, geometrician, cartographer, philosopher, futurist, inventor of the famous geodesic dome and one of the most brilliant thinkers of his time. Fuller was renowned for his comprehensive perspective on the world's problems. For more than five decades he developed pioneering solutions reflecting his commitment to the potential of innovative design to create technology that does "more with less" and thereby improve human lives. He spent much of his life traveling the world lecturing and discussing his ideas with thousands of audiences. Now more relevant than ever, this film captures Fuller's ideas and thinking told in his own words.

An engineering dropout who traps himself in one trouble or the other, meets a wonderful woman and her cousin who changes his life.

Tamara, nacida en un pueblo pesquero en la costa mexicana, volvió a sus raíces para dedicarse al buceo. Cuando descubre un montón de plástico en el mar, se propone lograr que la industria del buceo deje de usar plástico desechable.

Still Burning tells the unexpected reunion in Paris in June 1998 of André, a Lebanese filmmaker living and working in France, and Walid, the very close friend he has not seen for years. In their youth, in Beirut, during the civil war, they were both possessed by the same artistic vocation: Cinema, but also by the same woman: Amira. Their reunion, all night long, will not fail to awaken their old repressed demons for better or for worse.

Architecture in Beirut was the second greatest victim of the civil war, with pages of ancient and modern history erased by the end of the conflict. This documentary interviews citizens calling for a reconstruction plan that would preserve Beirut’s spirit of culture and openness.

Bahij Hojeij’s documentary studies the infamous Green Line between east and west Beirut during the civil war.

“Al Makhtufun” won the 1998 Best Short Documentary Film Award at the Mediterranean Film Festival for highlighting the issue of abducted Lebanese. The film raises two major issues: The abductee’s physical absence and his spiritual presence among his family members, and the parents silently wishing his return. The documentary looks at documents kept by Wadad, a mother who decides to step outside her comfort zone and share her papers and forms when other parents would not.

This political documentary by Hady Zaccak delves into the world of Lebanese Shiites through interviews with three Shiite youths, each with a different political and ideological affiliation, in addition to a very valuable interview with late Shiite cleric Sayyed Hani Fahs. The documentary explores the Shiites’ relation to Beirut’s Dahiyeh suburb, a Shiite stronghold, as well as the difference between the political and social perspectives of these youths.

In this video, the artist tries to overcome the effects of distance, and reflects on geography represented in exile due to war, and on the psychological distance represented in each one’s approach to her womanhood. The video beautifully weaves personal images and audio recordings of a very intimate nature, binding the personal with the political. Reading aloud from letters sent by her mother in Beirut, Hatoum creates a visual montage reflecting her feelings of separation and isolation from her Palestinian family. The personal and political are inextricably bound in a narrative that explores personal and family identity against a backdrop of traumatic social rupture, exile and displacement.

Day one of the FIFA World Cup. The residents of Beirut have eagerly anticipated the big event, but for some reason the telecast is interrupted by strange audio waves. Soon they realize that an Israeli attack is in progress, but instead of running away and hiding, they rush to their rooftops where they can witness a much bigger live event.

This documentary presents the scientific facts behind the issue of peat haze as well as points of view and opinions from local and regional stakeholders. The burning of the peat forests throughout tropical Southeast Asia creates pollution, and this posed significant challenges to human health and the economies of the region during the second decade of the 21st century. The problem of peat haze pollution has been somewhat mitigated in recent years but in spite of this positive progress a few of the critical issues are yet to be solved. A complete solution to this complex issue will not be a simple one.