Cargo to Capetown (1950)

Pi Patel é filho do dono de um zoológico localizado em Pondicherry, na Índia. Após anos cuidando do negócio, a família decide vender o empreendimento devido à retirada do incentivo dado pela prefeitura local. A ideia é se mudar para o Canadá, onde poderiam vender os animais para reiniciar a vida. Entretanto, o cargueiro onde todos viajam acaba naufragando devido a uma terrível tempestade. Pi consegue sobreviver em um bote salva-vidas, mas precisa dividir o pouco espaço disponível com uma zebra, um orangotango, uma hiena e um tigre de bengala chamado Richard Parker.

Visão multi-facetada da captura, em 2009, do porta-contentores norte-americano Maersk Alabama por piratas da Somália. É simultaneamente – através do olhar característico de Paul Greengrass - uma emocionante aventura e um complexo retrato dos inúmeros efeitos da globalização. O filme mostra a relação entre o comandante do Alabama, o Capitão Richard Phillips, e Muse, o chefe Somali, que o tem como refém. Phillips e Muse vêem-se em rota de colisão quando Muse e a sua tripulação decidem atacar o navio desarmado de Phillips. No inevitável confronto, a 145 milhas da costa da Somália, ambos serão confrontados com forças alheias ao seu controlo.

Detetive interroga um dos únicos sobreviventes de uma explosão no cais que provocou dezenas de mortes. O suspeito conta uma história sobre os eventos que levaram ele e mais quatro criminosos ao local do crime, deixando dúvidas sobre a verdade.

No filme online George, o Curioso, George, o macaquinho mais curioso do mundo, estrela mais uma história divertida e educativa. Nesta nova aventura, George e O Homem do Chapéu Amarelo estão contando os dias para o Natal.

Robert Crain, um alemão residente na Índia na Segunda Guerra Mundial, sofre chantagem dos Aliados para, usando seu conhecimento, salvar a carga de borracha de navio japonês, desativando os explosivos usados para destruí-lo, se capturado pelo inimigo.

O navio cargueiro MV Rozen está se dirigindo para o porto quando é invadido por piratas somalis no Oceano índico. Os homens a bordo – entre eles o cozinheiro Mikkel (Pilou Asbæk) e o engenheiro Jan (Roland Møller) – são feitos reféns em um jogo de vida e morte. A demanda por um resgate de milhões de dólares agrava a tensão que se desenvolve entre o CEO da companhia de navegação (Søren Malling), os piratas e os marinheiros. Drama psicológico dinamarquês exibido no 69º Festival Internacional de Cinema de Veneza.

O cargueiro do espaço Kassandra, está na rota para a distante Estação 42. Somente Laura, uma jovem médica, desperta a bordo. Seus companheiros de equipe estão todos dormindo, congelado. Quando a exploração do espaço por uma nave de carga fria dá errada, toda a tripulação deve ser congelada. Faltam mais quatro meses para que Laura chegue ao fim de sua missão. Durante a sua ronda de inspeção diária através da nave vazia e quieta, Laura tem um pressentimento de que não esta sozinha a bordo. Ao ouvir estranhos ruídos decide finalmente acordar o capitão Lacroix. Algo ou alguém parece estar escondido nos compartimentos de carga. Um jogo de gato e rato começa, em que nada é o que parece ser...

After a line of mischief Philip Gale, an American sailor, is lured into hiring on the "Yorikke", a tramp cargo, by Lawski, a stoker from Poland. Still, the two become friends within the motley crew of losers from all nations. Gale and his new companion soon are more than disillusioned: the "Yorikke" is far from seaworthy and more of a coffin than a ship, work is close to slavery, and treatment by the officers and their subalterns is harsh and cynical. One day they make an alarming discovery in a tin of plum butter they have procured from the ship's cargo... Written by Anonymous

A cargo ship is stuck on the Canadian Saint Lawrence River for repairs. Traoré, an Ivory Coast mechanic is unjustly accused of causing the damage.

A college student befriends various crew members while working a summer internship at sea.

1945, em um velho navio de carga em algum lugar nos confins do oceano Pacífico: o capitão Morton se esforça para se tornar comandante, e por isso exige a máxima qualidade do trabalho de sua tripulação, sem conceder-lhes liberdade ou favores - ignorando que estão a milhares de quilômetros de distância Da frente de Batalha. Em uma palavra: ele enlouquece sua tripulação. Eles estão quase revoltados, mas ninguém ousa dar o primeiro passo. Até que o alferes Pulver faz uma brincadeira com o capitão, o que desencadeia consequências fatais.

Ahti Ikonen is a reliable captain at the height of his career. He is in command of the 35,000-ton container vessel Brugge, which enters the port of Savannah/United States behind schedule. The loading of the ship commences in haste as the crew, led by the ambitious Romanian officer Katia, works by the piece so that they can sail in time. The Filipino seaman James has an accident during this semi- legal lashing procedure. Ahti has to face the consequences of his orders: In the port of Rotterdam/Netherlands unionized dockworkers exploit the incident and refuse to unload the ship. Standstill. The captain is caught between the frontlines. Ahti is keen to elucidate the accident, but the situation becomes more and more contradictory…

Kristofer está preso em uma tediosa rotina trabalhando como guarda de segurança de um navio cargueiro. Um dia ele é detido ao ser pego roubando garrafas de bebida. Passando por problemas financeiros, Kristofer é seduzido pela oportunidade de ganhar dinheiro rápido quando um velho amigo, Steingrímur, lhe garante os meios de voltar ao seu antigo trabalho. É quando Kristofer inicia uma onda de roubos em Rotterdam.

Gabriel, dit Le Poulpe (The Octopus) is a laid-back private investigator who works on cases for his own pleasure. He is drawn to the fictional Loire Valley port of Angerneau, with his lover Clotilde who has been summoned by the police concerning the defacement of a deceased relative's grave. Since Angernau is her home town, she wants to leave it as soon as possible to avoid old acquaintances, but Gabriel stumbles on intriguing events concerning the cargo of a ship in port.

Getting away, that's the only thing that's real. For Manue, here there's nothing to hope for, whereas in America everything is possible. On the next pier, a container ship is heading for Massachusetts and they're looking for sailors. Gaffia agrees to hold Manue's hand for the long voyage.

A mysterious ship is found adrift in mid-ocean without a crew. But this mystery is soon forgotten when Captain Ramsey, his two sexy first mates and the crew discover its precious cargo of ancient Aztec treasure. However, their joy quickly succumbs to greed, paranoia and fear, as they must battle the murderous creature which guards the accursed treasure.

Jeremy Clarkson tells the dramatic story of the Arctic convoys of the Second World War, from Russia to the freezing Arctic Ocean.

Documentary short film about the Antwerp harbour.

There's something very odd about Romano, a notorious gangster serving time in the federal pen. For one thing, Romano doesn't sound much like himself. For another, he always seems to be hiding something. Detective Lee suspects that something's amiss, and he's probably right!

A young girl is travelling to London to find work. Arriving at the station, she meets a man who has been stabbed by a member of a gang of crooks involved with greyhound racing. She becomes a suspect, but flees the scene in order to deliver a message to the dead man's brother. She is protected from the police by a night club entertainer, who she learns is the man she is seeking.

A jailed cop befriends a mob chieftain and stages a breakout with him.

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.

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 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.

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

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.

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.

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.

KNOW YOUR MUSHROOMS follows uber myco visionaries Gary Lincoff and Larry Evans (two of the more expert and unforgettably mercurial characters in the community) as they lead us on a hunt for the wild mushroom and the deeper cultural experiences attached to the mysterious fungi.

It is a love story between a prostitute and an artist. It was one of the first German films to break several taboos: nudity, suicide and euthanasia. In the Germany of the '50s, this caused a lot of negative reactions by the politicians and the Roman Catholic Church. The opposition reached the degree of banning the film and scandalizing it which paradoxically made it one of the landmarks in the history of film.

An American insurance executive, who sees his wife and children die when a plane crashes into their vacation cottage on the Irish coast, uncovers a series of suspicious clues indicating that it was no accident after a pretty financial reporter who resembles his dead wife turns up.

Vincent Vivant agrees to Stephan the spy's proposal: he is to cross the border with a mysterious suitcase.

Abel Hradscheck, the owner of an inn in the Oderbruch country, faces financial ruin. For this state of affairs, Ursula, his wife and former actress, is by no means free of blame. She is a "newcomer" to the area and even after eleven years in the area, still a "stranger". A Cracow company announces that a money-collector is on his way to the innkeeper. Mr. Szulski arrives and the debts are settled - with money supposedly stemming from an inheritance. The next day, Szulski departs but according to the maid and the stable-boy, behaves in a very strange manner. Soon afterwards, his carriage is discovered in the Oder River, but there is no trace of the drowned man. Hradscheck's neighbor starts casting suspicion on the innkeeper. The Counselor of Justice, who heads the investigations has the spot under the pear tree dug out. A dead body is exhumed...

Young Chinese-American filmmaker Wei-ming travels from New York to his childhood home on Lamma Island to make a video documentary about the imminent opening of a Disneyland theme park in Hong Kong. While doing research for the project, he meets Larry, a dancer/choreographer.