Push It in Raw (2012)

Scott ha sido un caso de desarrollo arrestado desde que su padre bombero murió cuando él tenía siete años. Ahora ha alcanzado la mitad de sus 20 años y ha logrado poco, persiguiendo el sueño de convertirse en un artista del tatuaje que parece estar fuera de su alcance. Mientras su ambiciosa hermana menor se va a la universidad, Scott todavía vive con su agotada madre enfermera de emergencias y pasa sus días fumando hierba, saliendo con los chicos, Oscar, Igor y Richie, y en secreto con su amigo de la infancia Kelsey. Pero cuando su madre comienza a salir con un bombero ruidoso llamado Ray, desencadena una serie de eventos que obligarán a Scott a lidiar con su dolor y dar sus primeros pasos tentativos para avanzar en la vida.

Ethan Dent is a bereaved English teenager. Dent's brother was murdered under suspicious circumstances and Dent has never fully come to terms with his loss. However, everything in Dent's life changes when he meets a man who has a striking resemblance to his brother. Slowly the man begins to convince Dent to get a tattoo to remember his brother and things begin to unravel from there.

A visit with a master of the Oldest Art In The World: tattooing. Disabled by arthritis since the age of four, confined to a wheelchair, his growth stunted, Stoney St. Clair joined the circus at 15 as a sword swallower. A year later he took up tattooing, and traveled with circuses and carnivals for fifty years practicing his craft. As we watch him at work, we see the determination which led Stoney to use his crippled hands in an art where mistakes are permanent, and we realize Stoney has overcome his handicap to heal himself and others with the magic of symbols. The film ends with a visit by New Age tattoo master Don Ed Hardy, who receives a permanent souvenir by Old School tattoo master Stoney.

Deborah se gana la vida dibujando la piel de sus clientes. Una noche, su compañera de casa invita a su novio y amigo a su casa. Sentados en el sillón, consumen la serie del momento, Gain of Clones, hasta que, de repente, se corta la señal y la pantalla se tiñe de rojo mientras flotan imágenes subliminales. Nadie recuerda lo que pasó los últimos dos minutos. La respuesta estará en la enigmática presencia de gatos gigantes que luego invadirán la ciudad. Como en El sol (2010), el segundo largometraje del animador Ayar Blasco esboza situaciones apocalípticas donde el caos y la paranoia es la mejor excusa para conocer criaturas y escenas surrealistas. Blasco entiende que la animación es un lenguaje con recursos que la acción en vivo no posee, y explota esas herramientas desde niño que se convirtió en adulto solo para darse permiso para jugar para siempre.

‘The Tattooist’ follows the dark obsessions of a tattooist whose studio is acclaimed for its exceptional and intricately crafted tattoos. Those who receive his prized masterpiece are drugged, imprisoned, and then forced to fight their fears in a race against the clock to escape. Can they escape or will they become victims of The Tattooist?

The second part of the Gamblers series.

Arikawa runs a transport company. But this is only a front for his gambling house. Yuriko is a regular on the scene, and she is fascinated by the dice and the one who throws them. A year before, Yuriko's father died in mysterious circumstances; she decides to go in search of the truth.

How did they migrate from the margin to the masses, from underground to mainstream? Tattoos have now permeated all levels of society, but what does the practice of tattooing actually convey? A remarkable investigation into the powers of tattooing. From Los Angeles to Tokyo, Paris to Amsterdam, the film will intermix personal stories from several key characters.

A young sailor inches towards an initiation and learns what it means to earn his first tattoo.

His work illustrates people. Densha Tattoo reflects on craft, inspiration and the scene. — What is the essence of a human being? One stitch at a time. A portrait about the tattoo artist.

Una joven acude a renovar su carnet de conducir. Cuando los funcionarios se dan cuenta de que tiene un tatuaje, la envían a la policía. Ellos decidirán si está capacitada para conducir.

Documentary based on interviews during the Birmingham Tattoo Convention in the early '90s.

A short Documentary about Tattoo Artist Dustin Stephenson and his Struggle´s to survive during the first COVID-19 Pandemic in Summer 2020.

Tras la muerte de su abuela un biólogo mexicano que vive en Nueva York regresa después de muchos años a su ciudad natal en Michoacán, un pueblo rodeado de bosques majestuosos donde habitan las mariposas monarca. El viaje lo obliga a enfrentar traumas pasados y a reflexionar sobre su nueva identidad híbrida, lanzándolo a una metamorfosis personal y espiritual.

When Scott wakes up one morning, to his horror he is tattooed from head to toe with stupid sayings. In distress, he flees to his friend Jay Cee, who jogs Scott's memory: the previous night's excessive binge ended in the Tattoo-Go-Go-Rama. Scott's only option to rid himself of the unwelcome body adornment seems to be a skin transplant. For this, however, 142 willing donors must first be found.

A bold reveal of a rose tattoo opens this 1980 documentary on tattooing in New Zealand. The potted history includes visits to tattoo parlours on K' Road and Hastings, and the studios of industry legends Steve Johnson and Roger Ingerton. Tattooists discuss public stigma, people's reasons for getting inked, and popular designs: sailors, serpents, swallows and tā moko. Made for documentary slot Contact, Skin Pics chronicles a time when "folk art has become high art".

Tattooing — "the world's oldest skin game" — is the subject of this iconic documentary. Writer/director Geoff Steven scored a major coup by signing Easy Rider legend Peter Fonda as his presenter. Travelling to Aotearoa, Samoa, Japan and the United States, the doco traces key developments in tattooing, including its importance in the Pacific, prison-inspired styles, and the influence of 1960s counterculture. Legendary tattooists feature (including Americans Ed Hardy and Jack Rudy), while the closing credits parade some eye-opening full body tattoos.

Tattoo girls is a memoir of life as it is and of women as they are. A window to the lives of seven women from the same city where nothing is exactly as it seems and reality is often hidden behind illusions. It's a female centric-film showcasing about a group of ordinary women (within a range of ages), and their different styles of daily life, showcasing their stories and the impact they have on society as real, everyday women. We are living in a era of the importance and empowerment of women throughout the world, and this documentary aims to convey ideas and topics to be felt, absorbed and discussed.