O Rolo Proibido (2020)

Japanese Masao Maruyama, co-founder of the Madhouse studio and producer of the cult films Perfect Blue and Tokyo Godfathers talks about the fantastic universe of mangaka and filmmaker Satoshi Kon (1963-2010), one of the most brilliant and fascinating authors of world animation, ten years after his death.

A pious old man, who is a proponent of suicide attackers, comes to Kabul to visit his only son, who, after the holy war had remained in the Soviet Union. He had enrolled his son in a religious school "to study the Koran and return to the village as a Mullah". In Kabul he learns that his son had decided to become a divine suicide bomber so as to go to Heaven. The film presents two different forces of the inner world of the protagonist father: paternal feelings and the holy religious ideology. The spectator witnesses how he loses his only son and holy belief. Shot in chaotic and dirty Kabul, the film portrays the incorrect interpretation of religion and the conflict of generations.

Afghanistan 2006 - A young aspiring journalist gets the opportunity of a lifetime when he is embedded with a small band of American soldiers.

A docudrama aimed at propagandizing the prevention of venereal disease

This documentary on the effect the talent competition "Afghan Star" has on the incredibly diverse inhabitants of Afghanistan affords a glimpse into a country rarely seen. Contestants risk their lives to appear on the television show that is a raging success with the public and also monitored closely by the government.

Desvende a história verdadeira do líder mórmon fundamentalista que passou mais de um ano na lista dos mais procurados do FBI por fugir das acusações de supostos arranjos de casamentos ilegais envolvendo meninas menores de idade.

A woman and a soldier exchange letters for a year before their worlds collide.

About a hundred kilometers away from Kabul, Salim Shaheen, the most popular and prolific actor-director-producer in Afghanistan, comes to show some of his 110 films and to shoot the 111th in the process.

União Soviética, 1984. A filha do líder do partido comunista local desapareceu sem deixar rastros ao sair de uma discoteca. Na mesma noite, é cometido um assassinato cruel na periferia da cidade. Ambos os casos são investigados pelo capitão da polícia local.

A meio de uma filmagem, a atriz principal pede uma reunião com o realizador para o informar de que não fará a cena de nudez que deveria ser filmada na semana seguinte. Recusa-se a despir-se porque não acredita que seja um projeto honesto. Este será o início de uma longa discussão sobre a honestidade neste trabalho e a razão pela qual nos dedicamos à arte.

Barcelona, Spain, June 1977. A chronicle of a demonstration held to demand the repeal of a 1970 Francoist law criminalizing homeless, prostitutes and homosexuals.

Soraya está andando até sua morte enquanto o presidente ainda está lendo sua longa carta. Será que a carta o convencerá a perdoá-la? Ao mesmo tempo, desconhecendo o destino de sua mãe, seus filhos jogam no jardim, enquanto Behzad, seu colega, se castiga porque ele é a causa de todos os seus problemas. Se Soraya for executado, seus filhos vão cuidar de seu avô, um mafioso. O presidente lerá a carta eventualmente, mas ele poderia decidir contra a decisão do tribunal?

Poland, 1970. When popular protests erupt in the streets due to rising prices, the communist government organizes a crisis team. Soon after, the police use their truncheons and then their firearms. The story of a rebellion from the point of view of the oppressors.

Nesta comédia satírica, um grupo de aspirantes a homens-bomba bastante desajeitados e fundamentalistas organiza um ataque terrorista no centro de Londres. Isso se não acabarem se matando acidentalmente antes.

Um pelotão de soldados norte-americanos fica estacionado um ano num dos vales do Afeganistão.

A Kafkaesque docudrama of an actual case involving a Christchurch small businessman and the New Zealand Inland Revenue Department. Most people can relate to running up against a bureaucrat (especially the tax man), who knows he can cause you trouble if you say something he doesn't like and then proceeds to use his power to hurt you. In this case, the businessman, Dave Henderson refuses to give in and, for the most part, kept his sense of humour.

This was a news film with elements of reenactment. From December 1927 to 1932, 2,000 bus and train drivers were fired, provoking a strike. This film was edited out of footage shot from that strike over a long period.

Probably filmed in 1895, a group of people stand along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. The train pulls up and attendants help passengers off and on. This was not in the Lumière's official catalog, and was likely screened in early 1896.

The story of five British soldiers trying to stay alive on the last night of the Afghan War, facing not just the Taliban, but also supernatural forces more terrifying than anything they've encountered before.

A serious Swiss melodrama/documentary about abortion, marketed as a sexy exploitation movie in the US. The film contains real medical footage.