The Ski Trip (2004)

Feature film from award-winning writer/director Patrik-Ian Polk, tells the story of five black Brown University classmate s- four gay men and one lesbian - reuniting in the Big Apple for a weekend of sin, fun, secrets, lies and drama.

As Noah and Wade prepare to marry in Martha's Vineyard, the personal problems of their friends - and the unexpected arrival of rapper Baby Gat - threatens to permanently end their relationship.

In his directorial debut, Patrik-Ian Polk chronicles the everyday dramas of four single, gay black men as they search for love — especially in the quartet’s favorite West Hollywood watering hole, Miss Smokies. The foursome includes successful shutterbug Marcus (Seth Gilliam), the recently scorned Hill (Dwight Ewell), self-destructive Dante (Renoly Santiago) and fabulous drag queen Chris (Jazzmun).

갓 스물이 된 린다 보어먼(아만다 사이프리드)은 숨 막히는 삶을 살고 있다. 혼외임신 전적이 있는 그녀를 부모는 엄하게 다스리고, 그녀도 어느 정도 부모에게 순종한다. 하지만 척 트레이너(피터 사스가드)라는 사업가를 만나 결혼하게 되면서 그녀의 삶은 급격한 변화를 맞는다. 부모로부터 벗어나 자유로운 삶을 꿈꿨을 뿐인 그녀는 알고 보니 포주였던 척을 돕기 위해 린다 러브레이스란 애칭을 달고 포르노 배우 일에 뛰어든다. 다행히 목구멍 깊숙이에서 뛰어난 구강성교 기술로 일약 스타덤에 오르지만, 그녀 뒤에는 늘 그녀의 성공을 악착같이 착취하는 척이 있다.

마이애미에 살고 있는 샤이론은 리틀이라고 불리는 작고 마른 흑인 소년이다. 내성적이고 말수 없는 그는 반 아이들에게 놀림과 괴롭힘을 받기 일쑤. 어느 날 아이들의 괴롭힘을 피하려던 리틀은 후안의 창고로 들어가고, 그와 가까이 지내게 된다. 그는 마약 중독에 감정 기복이 심한 엄마보다 자신을 있는 그대로 받아들여주고 지지해주는 후안에게서 많은 것을 배운다. 10대 청소년이 된 샤이론은 유일하게 자신을 무시하지 않는 친구 케빈에게 애틋한 감정을 느끼지만, 그를 괴롭히는 패거리는 둘 사이를 갈라놓는데...

Seventeen-year-old Randy tries very hard to be a good person. Since his father left, Randy takes care of his emotionally disturbed mother, and he's the kind of friend all of his classmates can depend on. As strong as he seems on the outside, Randy is hiding a secret inner struggle and denial of his true self. It's not until he opens himself up to love that he discovers that becoming a man means accepting who you really are.

젊은 흑인 레즈비언 영화감독이 1930년대에 흑인 가정부의 전형을 연기하던 배우 워터멜론 우먼의 삶을 파고든다.

텍사스에서 접시 닦기를 하던 조는 돈을 벌고자 뉴욕에 카우보이 차림으로 나타난다. 그가 가진 것이라곤 몸뚱이 하나뿐. 돈이 있어 보이는 여인에게 추파를 던졌으나 어쩐지 걸려들지 않는다. 실패를 거듭한 끝에 겨우 나이 많은 여인 캐스를 만나 호텔로 향한다. 그러나 그녀는 창부였고 오히려 조는 돈을 뜯긴다. 자포자기하여 바에서 술을 마시고 있는 조에게 랏소가 다가와 듣고선 매니저를 주선해 주겠다며 사기를 친다. 결국 호텔에서도 쫓겨난 조는 돈을 받으러 랏소의 아파트를 찾아가지만 병에 걸린 랏소를 보며 묘한 우정을 느낀다. 도시 생활에 지쳐버린 존은 병들어 죽어가는 랏초의 소원대로 따뜻한 마이애미로 떠나기로 하는데...

Questions about the identity of an amnesiac threaten his romance with the park ranger who rescued him.

고통을 지켜볼 것인가. 치료를 포기할 것인가. 투병 중인 말기 환자들과 그 가족에게 다가온 특별한 의료 전문가들. 그들은 죽음을 멈출 수 없지만 죽음을 다룰 줄 안다.

뉴욕에 사는 14살 소년 율리시스는 군인 출신 아버지의 죽음 이후밤낮으로 일하는 엄마를 대신해 엄격한 이모와 어린 동생 사이에서 생활한다. 어렸을 때부터 여자의 하이힐과옷에 흥미를 가지고 자신의 성 정체성에 혼란을 느껴왔던 그는 우연히 같은 고민을 나누는 친구들을 만나게 되고, 이들로부터 토요일 교회의 소수자 모임에 초대 받게 된다. 토요일의 교회는 율리시스에게 음악적인 영감과 성적 정체성에대한 내면의 갈등을 해소해 주는 유일한 탈출구가 된다. (2018년 제8회 서울프라이드영화제)

어느 여름 날, 아름다운 호숫가에 게이들이 약속이라도 한듯 모여든다. 프랑크는 일광욕을 하면서 마음에 드는 파트너를 찾아보지만 구석에서 늘 혼자 앉아있는 뚱뚱한 앙리와 수다를 떨다 집에 가는 일이 허다하다. 그러던 어느날 구리빛의 근육을 가진 미셸에게 강한 끌림을 느끼고 애인 사이가 된다. 얼마 후 프랑크는 미셸이 전 애인을 살해하는 장면을 목격하는데...

1987년 뉴욕, 흑인과 라틴계 게이, 트랜스젠더들이 이끌었던 ‘드래그 신’에 관한 영화. ‘볼‘의 참가자들은 그들을 거부했던 가족을 대신해줄 '하우스'를 중심으로 활동하며, 경쟁하는 카테고리에 따라 의상을 입고 분장을 하고 포즈를 취하는 등 역할에 적합한 ’진실성‘을 표출한다. 성별 이분법적이고 이성애 중심적인 사회가 만들어 놓은 언어로는 규정되지 않는 ‘불온한 존재’들을 그린다.

어디로 튈지 모르는 사랑스러운 트랜스젠더 신디는 자신이 자리를 비운 사이 그녀의 남자친구 체스터가 진짜 여자(!)와 바람을 피웠다는 사실을 알게 된다. 신디와 그녀의 절친 알렉산드라는 이 추문의 진상을 파헤치기 위해 LA 거리를 휘젓고 다닌다. 크리스마스이브에 시작된 골 때리는 그녀들의 바람둥이 소탕 작전은 과연 성공할 수 있을까?

1957 뉴욕, 음란물 출판 및 판매 행위 혐의로 출판업자인 로렌스 펄링게티에 대한 재판이 열립니다. 문제가 된 책은 바로 알렌 긴스버그의 "하울(아우성, 울부짖음)"이라는 시집이었습니다. 알렌 긴스버그는 비트 제네레이션 작가중 한 명이었고 5,60년대 히피 문화의 아이콘이었던 인물로 당시대를 대표했던 밥 딜런과의 친분으로도 유명했습니다. 시집의 판매를 중지시키려던 기성세대들의 의도와는 달리 "하울"은 언론의 주목을 받고 책이 매진되면서 사회적 반향을 일으키고 긴스버그는 일약 유명작가가 돼버립니다

A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.

The wildly popular British television show Absolutely Fabulous gets a Francophonic makeover with this film version directed by Gabriel Aghion. In this go around, Josiane Balasko and Nathalie Baye play the incorrigible Eddie and Patsy, who leave no impulse unenacted and no lust unsated -- be it for sex or the latest in designer clothing. Waking up from a night of drunken debauchery, the two dip right into a feast of champagne and caviar, much to the irritation of Eddie's elegant mother and her resentful daughter. As Eddie stretches an appalling pair of leopard-print leotards (complete with matching shoes, purse, and hat) over her massive rear end, she and Patsy learn of a handsome young Rollerblading delivery boy who quickly becomes the object of their lust. This film was screened at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival.

The story of legendary blues performer, Bessie Smith, who rose to fame during the 1920s and '30s.

25 years after Paris is Burning, we dive back into the fierce world of voguing battles in the Kiki scene of New York City, where competition between Houses demands leadership, painstaking practice, and performances on point. A film collaboration between Kiki gatekeeper, Twiggy Pucci Garçon, and Swedish filmmaker Sara Jordenö, we’re granted exclusive access into this high stakes world, where tough competitions act as a gateway into the daily lives of LGBTQ youth of color in NYC. The new generation of ballroom youth use the motto, “Not About us Without Us”. Twiggy and Sara’s insider-outsider approach to their stories breathes fresh life into the representation of a marginalized community who demand visibility and real political power.

Morgan is the inspiring story of Morgan Oliver, a gay young athlete determined that a bicycle accident that left him paralyzed will not change him. He takes a chance on love when he meets Dean Kagen on a basketball court. Dean helps Morgan train for the same race in which he had his accident. But when he sees that Morgan will risk everything to win, Dean walks out. Left alone to face the race and demons that caused his accident, Morgan teeters between what he needs and what he wants. Can he find the strength to pull himself back up again?

A comedy based on NBC's "People Are Funny" radio (and later television) program with Art Linkletter with a fictional story of how the program came to be on a national network from its humble beginning at a Nevada radio station. Jack Haley is a producer with only half-rights to the program while Ozzie Nelson and Helen Walker are the radio writers and supply the romance. Rudy Vallee, always able to burlesque himself intentional and, quite often, unintentional, is the owner of the sought-after sponsoring company. Frances Langford, as herself, sings "I'm in the Mood for Love" while the Vagabonds quartet (billed 12th and last) chimes in on "Angeline" and "The Old Square Dance is Back Again."

At the height of Reign of Terror Maximilien Robespierre orchestrates the trial and execution of several of his fellow leading French revolutionaries including Georges Danton.

Produced in 1943 under the guidance of Army Air Force Lieutenant Clark Gable, this film follows a single 8th Air Force B-17 crew from training through a series of missions over Europe.

Letters, Riddles and Writs is a one act opera for television by Michael Nyman broadcast in 1991.

Iskyss is a strong and poetic love story based on Gunvor Galtung Haavik’s double life through 30 years. During the Cold War, she was employed by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and assigned to the Norwegian Embassy in Moscow. With the information she had access to in the capacity of her position as interpreter and secretary, she frequently fed the KGB secret information.

A girl has to decide who to marry: a poor country boy or a rich nightclub owner.

Moody, atmospheric ghost story starring Mason as a retired tradesman who purchases an old mansion that has been vacant for 40 years because it is believed to be haunted by the spirit of a young woman who had died there. Unaware of the mansion's reputation, Mason and his wife Mullen move in and hire a young woman, Lockwood, to keep house. Soon after Lockwood's arrival, strange things begin to happen in the household, and it becomes apparent that she is possessed by the spirit of the dead girl, though Mason scoffs at the idea. On death's door and bedridden, Lockwood asks for the same doctor who treated the woman who died 40 years ago. He arrives and treats her. The next morning Lockwood is cured, and it is revealed by the police that the doctor's dead body was found in his carriage hours before the time Mason claims he arrived to see Lockwood. Convinced that not only the ghost of the girl but that of the doctor as well entered his home, Mason finally believes in the supernatural.

A loving couple struggle to fend for themselves in modern day Los Angeles, One a loner and down and out, the other a lonely but hardworking secretary. Eventually, as cracks form in their passionate relationship, they resort to robbing an aging actress for money.

A filmmaker returns to Normandy thirty years after a working on a movie based on a local homicide and tries to find the actors who worked on the project.

This is not merely another film about cinema history; it is a film about the love of cinema, a journey of discovery through over a century of German film history. Ten people working in film today remember their favourite films of yesteryear.

The story of the Dassau family, a family of artists: Frau Dassau is a composer, her husband is a writer, and their children are equally gifted as painters, poets and musicians. But unfortunately, no one wants to invest money in their art. The family is about to starve when Nicole comes up with a marvelous idea: She is going to write the "most scandalous book", the sex memoirs of a teenager. For this, she hides under the pseudonym of Eva. The book becomes an enormous success indeed, but Nicole's parents are decent people, and the public interest in their sluttish daughter begins to bother them. Things begin to get even more unpleasant when Nicole falls in love with an American publisher who'd prefer a virgin…

Four nights in Caracas. A documentary essay about chaos and civilization.

On Christmas Eve, Léa and Juliette, a couple, want to rob a supermarket that Juliette knows is empty of surveillance on this festive evening. But, as much for each of them as for Eric, the vigil who is there after all, nothing will happen as planned. Besides, shortly before leaving him alone, the store manager gave Eric a gun, just in case.

While Douglas Coupland works on a grand art project about Canada, the writer recounts his life and his musings about the various aspects of Canadian identity.

I love Vienna is a social comedy that explores the clash of cultures and values.

Based on a story by Vietnam veteran Paul Staples, the film concerns six American Green Berets, held for 17 years in a Vietnamese POW camp. They are finally released in secret, during a delicate trade-talk session between Vietnam and the United States. Captain Tom Watkins, the ex-prisoners' CO, begins to suspect that government-man Adam Roth, who is in charge of the debriefing, may be pursuing a hidden agenda that will result in the early deaths of Watkins and the five men under his command.

A humorous and satirical comedy, which places a man from the year 2222 one day in the (then) present day life in GDR, East Germany under Communist regime. Using a crystal for mind reading he uncovers some improprieties and moral weaknesses in the "Beautiful future" professed by VEB ("Volkseigener Betrieb" – "State Owned Holdings").

The subject of this historical drama is a splintering Berlin in the years of 1948 and 1949. Played against the backdrop of social upheaval, the characters in the drama come to epitomize the best and worst of each pole of the political sphere. A 17-year-old hoodlum by the name of Gladow works hand-in-glove with a local white-collar criminal to rob and pillage every day and night, defying capture. While he and his gang of thugs are terrorizing the people of Berlin, the Soviets are trying to make the blockade of their region of control impermeable. The future casts long shadows over the drama, as Berlin's problems take the shape of times to come.

The same day of their marriage, Jean's wife dies of a strange ailment in the middle of surgery. Afflicted by the loss, the young man abandons his medical studies and takes refuge in the memories of his time of courtship. At the same time that this happens, a wave of murders shakes the city with the same pattern of behavior: the victims are surgery students whose bodies have had both hands amputated.