Burning Bodhi (2016)

As orações de Christine Collins são ouvidas quando é encontrado o seu filho, que havia sido raptado. Mas, por entre o frenesim mediático da foto do reencontro, ela apercebe-se que aquela criança não é o seu filho. Enfrentando polícias corruptos e um público céptico, ela procura desesperadamente respostas, acabando por se ver confrontada com uma verdade que mudará a sua vida para sempre...

O melhor filme indiano de 2001, é um drama familiar, onde o conflito de gerações, honra de família, o amor de mãe e filho são os principais ingredientes que tornaram este filme num verdadeiro sucesso. Com interpretações de grandes nomes do atual cinema indiano, tais como Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Kajol, Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor e Jaya Bhaduri, este filme tem uma maravilhosa trilha sonora,companhada de excelentes coreografias.

The daughter of a thief, young Moll is placed in the care of a nunnery after the execution of her mother. However, the actions of an abusive priest lead Moll to rebel as a teenager, escaping to the dangerous streets of London. Further misfortunes drive her to accept a job as a prostitute from the conniving Mrs. Allworthy. It is there that Moll first meets Hibble, who is working as Allworthy's servant but takes a special interest in the young woman's well-being. With his help, she retains hope for the future, ultimately falling in love with an unconventional artist who promises the possibility of romantic happiness.

Após a morte da mãe adotiva, Hortense, uma jovem negra de 27 anos, decide encontrar a sua mãe biológica. Quando finalmente se encontram, Hortense fica espantada ao descobrir que a mãe, Cynthia, é branca e tem uma filha de 20 anos. No início, Cynthia fica perturbada ao ver a filha que havia esquecido há muito tempo. Contudo, mais tarde, decide desenvolver um relacionamento profundo. Cynthia depara-se então com a tarefa de fazer a sua família aceitar o facto de ter uma filha negra...

Um grupo de amigos se reencontram para comemorar um aniversário especial, com a icônica Palm Beach de Sydney proporcionando um cenário deslumbrante para o drama que se desenrola. Os bons tempos rolam, com muitas gargalhadas, refeições suntuosas, vinho fluindo e música fantástica, mas lentamente aumentam as tensões e surgem segredos profundos..

A documentary about the history and reformation of Toronto punk band Death from Above 1979.

Uma paciente com leucemia tenta terminar uma briga de 20 anos com sua irmã para obter sua medula óssea. Depois de 20 anos cuidando de seu pai, uma mulher com câncer agora precisa se reconectar com sua irmã, e o sobrinho que nunca conheceu, depois de ser diagnosticada com leucemia. Seu amor ajuda o sobrinho adolescente zangado, e sua irmã aprende a se relacionar com as pessoas. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)

Num hall de um hotel abarrotado, Beth Cappadora distrai-se por um momento e naquele segundo acontece um dos pesadelos mais temidos por qualquer pai ou mãe: Ben, o seu filho de três anos desaparece sem deixar rasto. O menino reaparece milagrosamente nove anos depois, aos doze anos de idade, sem memória dos seus pais verdadeiros ou do seu irmão Vincent, um adolescente problemático.

Após 15 anos em uma pequena cidade de Ohio, Roxy Carmichael (Ava Fabian), uma celebridade, vai retornar à sua cidade natal. Tal acontecimento provoca uma certa excitação em grande parte dos habitantes, incluindo Denton Webb (Jeff Daniels), seu ex-marido. Mas é Dinky Bossetti (Winona Ryder), uma adolescente que foi adotada e que é ignorada pela maioria dos seus colegas, que é a mais afetada por tal fato, pois ela acredita ser a filha secreta de Roxy.

Diane dirige seu caminhão pelas estradas sem problemas. Mas sua vida tranquila e sem preocupações acaba de uma hora para outra, quando precisa cuidar de seu filho de 11 anos enquanto o pai está no hospital. Agora, a necessidade de exercer o papel de mãe acaba fazendo-a repensar a própria vida.

O filme mostra o reencontro de sete colegas da Universidade de Michigan, após dez anos da formatura, devido ao suicídio de um amigo em comum. A partir dessa reunião, eles iniciam um complexo balanço de suas vidas e muitos segredos e mentiras serão revelados.

Afastados há dez anos, os irmãos gêmeos Maggie (Kristen Wigg) e Milo (Bill Hader) escapam da morte no mesmo dia. Ao analisarem suas vidas fracassadas e problemáticas, eles percebem que o primeiro passo para a mudança positiva pode estar na reparação do até então complicado relacionamento familiar.

Almost 20 years after the start of the original "Brady Bunch" the kids are grown up and have kids of their own. Everyone is having a wonderful time back at the family house for Christmas, until Mike learns of a structural problem in one of the buildings he designed. As he is inspecting the problem, the building collapses, trapping him inside. As the whole family waits by the pile of rubble, they fear the worst. Will Dad be all right?

Após dez anos, antigos amigos de escola voltam a se encontrar e descobrem que, apesar do tempo, certas coisas não mudam.

Lucy has always used food to escape life's problems, but when this self-titled "fat friend" lures her group of old college buddies to the Montana wilderness, she reveals a new self - skinny, beautiful and still flawed.

In the spring of 1999, a group of old friends gather to celebrate their 20 year reunion. Among the group is Yeong-ho, a cold, unhappy man, whose demeanor puts a damper on the festivities. The seriousness of Yeong-ho's depression becomes apparent when he climbs a railroad bridge and looks like he might jump. At this crucial moment, memories of seven crucial episodes from Yeong-ho's past flood his mind.

Several alumni reminisce about their final year at St. Theresa's College and the events that shaped their lives.

O playboy Charley Pearl conhece a cantora Vicki Anderson em uma boate e começam uma relação com a moça. Porém ela é envolvida com o mafioso Bugsy Siegel's, que descobre sobre eles dois e os obriga a casar.

Quando um vagabundo faz amizade com um estranho mortista, uma parceria improvável é formada. Porém, a paranoia logo se desenvolve, e ambos os homens são obrigados a aceitar a fragilidade da amizade e da lealdade.

The fan-demanded sequel to the 2005 short film Dare. Ben and Johnny, now in their early 30s, fortuitously run into each other at a party in Los Angeles after not seeing each other since high school, where they shared one slightly dangerous, very sexy, boundary-pushing night in a swimming pool. Is their connection still alive, and what do they do about it?

Patton Oswalt delivers a fresh hour plus of stand-up, covering everything from misery to defeat to hopelessness. It's his most upbeat special to date.

Set in the present times against two backdrops, New Delhi with its shining buildings and apparent cosmopolitan veneer thinly veils an underbelly of crimes against women and corruption at all levels. And a small village just 80 kilometers from New Delhi that is stuck in a time warp. Kajarya a woman in her early thirties has a strange but important place in the village social structure; she murders unwanted girl infants in the garb of religion. Meera is a rookie reporter.

Songbirds are disappearing at an alarming rate. The Messenger is a visually thrilling ode to the beauty and importance of the imperiled songbird, and what it means to all of us on both a global and human level if we lose them.

The film on the life of guru Osho Rajneesh and his spiritual journey to enlightenment.

O que você faria se sua vida se tornasse um filme que você odeia? Uma divertida comédia argentina. Um crítico exigente de cinema - que odeia romances - não consegue evitar que sua vida se transforme em um filme do gênero ao se apaixonar por uma jovem.

The grim woes that surrounded famed director Peter Bogdanovich and his film, "They All Laughed."

Sam Klemke has filmed and narrated 50 years of his life, creating a strange and intimate portrait of what it means to be human.

Race. Class. Poverty. Faith. Hope. Soccer. Welcome to Alex––the largest and most notorious township in South Africa where soccer is lived, not played. With the first ever FIFA World Cup in Africa as a backdrop, witness the cultural importance of soccer in township South Africa through the lives of five individuals born and raised in the oldest and toughest of South Africa’s townships, Alexandra, locally known as ‘Alex.’ Seventeen-year-old dribbling sensation Nancy ‘Maradona’ Majola, former national team player Isaac ‘Shakes’ Kungwane, current professional Patrick ‘Raiden’ Phungwayo, 69-year-old Jacob ‘Babes’ Bopape one of the first professional soccer players in South Africa, and scholarship-winner Ricardo ‘Rico’ Kutumela will all take you into a culture dominated by soccer and into a storied township still largely unknown and misunderstood even among South Africans.

A group of lifelong mob movie extras mount a production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in their local Staten Island theater in order to finally get some speaking roles. But the theater is the secret hideout of a real-life gangster who fancies himself an actor, and whom the FBI are hunting for the recent murder of a Broadway producer. The Feds insert their own undercover agent to audition for the role of Cassius, seeking to determine who is the real gangster among a cast of make-believe criminals. All the while, the oblivious cast seek only to prove to themselves, their families, and friends that they are more than just extras.

After his mother is injured in a car crash, baby koala Yindi is raised by humans. Yindi later reunites with his mother, and the two of them are released into the wild, where they adapt to their new surroundings and try to survive a brutal bushfire. Filmed on location in Eastern Australia, this entertaining documentary highlights the many difficulties koalas face and the special ways humans can work to help them.

In order to check the German offensive, Partizans send an elite team of explosive experts to blow up a strategically important bridge. Besides being heavily guarded, that bridge is almost indestructible and the only man who knows weak spots in the construction is the architect who built it. He is, however, reluctant to cooperate because he doesn't want to see his masterpiece destroyed.

With World War I, the Bolshevik Revolution, and the Russian Civil War as backdrop, it's an old-fashioned, blood-and-guts narrative, filled with earthly humor and a wealth of colorful characters. The story concerns the fluctuating fortunes of Grigory Melekhov, a young Cossack who is both a hero and a victim of the uprising.

Jim Traficant was a legendary quarterback turned mob busting Walking Tall Sheriff who rose to power on a platform of “honesty in politics”. He quickly ascended to the hallowed halls of Congress, becoming its most outspoken member. "Jimbo" as his die-hard supporters called him, was known for his polyester thrift store suits, shock top wigs, vulgar humor and profanity laced rhetoric against the FBI, IRS, and every president since Reagan. His one minute speeches made C-SPAN must see programming, as he signed off with his patented “Beam Me Up!” In his post-industrial hometown of Youngstown, Ohio -- dubbed Crimetown, USA for being the most mobbed up city in America -- "Jimbo" was a living legend, once garnering more than 90% of the vote. However, the eccentric maverick also had a dark side, becoming only the second Member of Congress expelled since the Civil War, eventually spending over seven years in federal prison on bribery and tax evasion charges.

Jasper has arrived in Delhi to begin a tour of India, where the newness of his surroundings quickly prove overwhelming. As he is drawn into the dynamics of his host family, the Bhatias, he finds that his mere presence has upset the natural order of things. Jasper finds that the first day of his journey is possibly more than he bargained for.

When a poker player hits rock bottom he enlists his best friend to pull off a high-stakes heist.

A sheltered, intelligent college student Doug changes his life forever when he hires an underachieving driver Scott. In order to escape his oppressively loving mother, Doug agrees to go on a spontaneous road trip with Scott and his college crush Stephanie. At the height of the journey, a tragic series of events tests their bond and opens the road to self-discovery. Drugs, gambling, and romance await the three friends in this coming-of-age drama.

When troubled teen Ray Klonsky began writing letters to prison inmate David McCallum, both of their lives changed forever. Hundreds of letters later, Ray graduated from university determined to set his wrongly convicted friend free.

Two young women are raped on their way home. The story follows the lives of both women and the different ways they deal with the crime.

After running away and finally finding her dream forever home, 13 year old foster kid Zoey Manning suddenly finds herself in a fight to protect her new family and their beloved dog Max.

The collapse of the Soviet Union led to a volatile but highly advantageous environment for young Russian businessmen eager to build the fledgling market economy by any means necessary. The most successful of these oligarchs was Mikhail Khodorkovsky, who quickly became the wealthiest man in Russia. But Khodorkovsky was invested not only in business, but also in true social reform and a new ideal of an open society, an attitude that ran afoul of the absolute rule of Vladimir Putin. Tracing Khodorkovsky's dramatic, ambiguous rise to power and subsequent fall at the hands of Putin's KGB-infested government, this probing, deeply troubling documentary reveals a nation still unsure of its commitment to economic and social liberties. - Written by Los Angeles Film Festival