Battle Cries (1999)

The working-class family Bråten is living in a top floor of a tenement house on the outskirts of Oslo. The family includes three sons and two daughters, mother and father in one room and kitchen. Mother Hulda is the family hub while Mr.Bråten itself is a silent and withdrawn worker. Children contribute in their own way to the neighbors are right when they exclaim: Never anything but trouble! There are problems for all when the police come into the picture after the one his son is participating in a car theft. Middle of all this chaos, 16-year-old Maiken (Vigdis Røising) moves out and seek questionable friends, which brings her into conflict with his father. A tragedy brings the family together again.

A man falls in love with his young French language teacher. It becomes a complicated love story when his class mate Karin also begins to fancy her.

"Skotten i Knutby - The Road Home" is entirely based on real events surrounding the drama in Knutby where the pastor Helge Fossmo manipulated nanny Sara Svensson to commit murder. The film also contains authentic interviews with former members of the church, which is still active.

Gerd, considerada una mujer de dudosa moral, se enamora de un chico cuya familia no acepta su relación, por lo que ambos huyen y se instalan en una cabaña situada en el bosque donde conocen a un hombre huraño que pone a prueba su amor.

Thirteen German directors present short films exploring the state of their country.

At a high mountain hotel in Norway, porter Poppe tries to do the best he can for the guests with an often unhelpful piccolo Rudolf. This, however, leads to a lot of problems, and Poppe thinks some of the guests behave inappropriate.

Dos grupos de estudiantes de secundaria que compiten entre sí deben unirse y participar en una competencia de canto y baile para evitar que la iglesia se cierre.

Alex's high opinion of himself isn't backed up by reality as he is unemployed and having trouble with his girlfriend. When he finally gets a job with the local council/municipality of Hudiksvall his life is about to change. Suddenly Alex finds himself the leader of a local theatre group of people with learning difficulties. Through their work together, Alex comes to appreciate that we all have our own talents which can grow if given the opportunity and support. "The Importance of Tying Your Own Shoes" is based on the work of the Glada Hudik Theatre whose performances have met with success in Sweden and internationally since it was formed in 1996.

On the eve of selling her mother's house, a thirty-something housewife wakes up to a hangover surrounded by her best friends from high school...

Modulations se basa en una de las facetas más olvidadas de la electrónica: el elemento humano. Lee viaja por el mundo, desde América pasando por Europa y Japon con la intención de mostrar que la música electrónica tiene alma. Modulations enseña que incluso tras las composiciones más extrañas y alienígenas hay una condición humana.

Nick es un matón judío que ha empezado en el oficio hace poco pero ya tiene problemas y su vida corre peligro. Para intentar solucionarlo llama a su mejor amigo, Mikey, para que le ayude a ocultarse y averiguar la identidad del individuo que debe matarle.

Lost Boys of Sudan is a feature-length documentary that follows two Sudanese refugees on an extraordinary journey from Africa to America. Orphaned as young boys in one of Africa's cruelest civil wars, Peter Dut and Santino Chuor survived lion attacks and militia gunfire to reach a refugee camp in Kenya along with thousands of other children. From there, remarkably, they were chosen to come to America. Safe at last from physical danger and hunger, a world away from home, they find themselves confronted with the abundance and alienation of contemporary American suburbia

Nat es una mujer embarazada que decide huir de su marido para sentirse libre. Conduciendo sin rumbo fijo, en la carretera recoge a un autoestopista, un joven jugador de fúbol americano que padece un cierto retraso mental a causa de un accidente sufrido mientras jugaba.

Desde un mundo lejano llega a la Tierra un espíritu maligno que se introduce en el cuerpo de una niña de doce años, la cual, a partir de ese momento, se convierte en un ser agresivo que goza viendo sufrir a sus semejantes, incluso a su madre paralítica.

A look at the mystique of road movies, combining interviews, film clips, music, photography, literature and a narrative storyline featuring Paul Rudd and Tom McCarthy.

Stephanie Plum no está precisamente en racha. A sus 30 años acaba de salir de un divorcio, la han despedido y vive con su hámster en Trenton (Nueva Jersey). Sin blanca y desesperada, empieza a trabajar para un rastrero primo suyo, que es agente de fianzas. La urgente necesidad de conseguir dinero la lleva a encargarse de un caso muy difícil: la búsqueda de un policía local acusado de asesinato, que resulta ser el chico del que se enamoró en el instituto. La investigación acaba arrastrándola al mundo del crimen.

Una camarera de un local nocturno comienza a sentir una extraña atracción por un conductor de camiones.

Over centuries humans have been mysteriously disappearing with no explanations, just hushed whispers in the dark. On the surface Prophet Hills seems like a perfect place to live and raise a family, but Danny Kessler (Baldwin) has seen better days. This is one man's journey to find the culprit of the ultimate sacrifice he's endured. He must face his demons and go back to the place that has haunted him. He must convince family, friends and townspeople that something is not right in Prophet Hills. He must make them believe that something evil is living beneath their own backyards.

Bajo la estatua del Buda que destruyeron los talibanes, aún viven miles de familias. Baktay, una niña afgana de seis años, es incitada a ir a la escuela por el hijo de sus vecinos que lee los alfabetos frente a su cueva. De camino a la escuela, es acosada por unos niños que juegan de forma cruel reflejando la sociedad tan violenta que los envuelve. Los niños pretenden lapidar a Baktay, o destruirla como el Buda, o disparar contra ella como hicieron los americanos en el laberinto de cuevas. ¿Será capaz Baktay de superar estos obstáculos para poder aprender los alfabetos en su lengua materna?