Year: 2009

Set against the gritty urban backdrop of Los Angeles, “Life on Earth” is a story about Lea, an 18 year old girl “aging out” of the foster care system. With no family or financial support, Lea and the other girls in her group home are instructed to get menial service jobs by their social worker Tamika. But when Lea finds inspiration in an unexpected place, she turns her new perspective into a rebellion that will bring hope to the other girls.

Year: 2009

On June 30th, 2005 our 8 year old Golden Retriever, Raja, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma (bone cancer). Over the next 8 months, we documented the fight for his life. This documentary is a tribute to Raja's love for life and an effort to help others understand this horrible disease.

Year: 2009

Based on Gabriel Garca Mrquez's novel, this is the unsettling story of 13-year-old noble Sierva and the dog bite that changes her life forever. Abandoned, displaced, in the midst of a sexual awakening and finally exorcised, Sierva finds an unlikely ally in a young priest and together they discover passion.

Year: 2009

IGOR is a professional boxer whose world comes to a halt when he learns that his brain has been severely damaged from his many years of fighting. Refusing to undergo surgery, he knows that his days are numbered. Not having much left, his last desire is to leave a child behind as his legacy. A young Vietnamese immigrant, YEN HA, agrees to have his baby in return for Polish citizenship. Despite the nature of their agreement, they slowly fall in love, but then Igor's health deteriorates…

Year: 2009

A comedy about aging, youth and other eternal truths. Of all days, precisely on her fiftieth birthday, Julia has to experience that age makes you invisible. Frustrated, she goes shopping and makes an acquaintance, spontaneously deciding to spend the evening with this stranger, rather than with the guests of her own birthday party. They wait for her in a restaurant, all dressed up and groomed, lively debating the years that have passed. The truths and wisdom of Julia's closest friends on aging and growing old are drowned increasingly in sufficient quantities of alcohol. In the mean time, on her eightieth birthday, Leonie, sulking over the loss of youth, is rebelling against her daughter, the senior citizen's home, conventions, and old age in general – and joyfully sabotaging the party in her honor.

Year: 2009

Emma, a young wife, is haunted by nightmares of her recent miscarriage. The film begins on the one-month anniversary of this event, as Emma bares her grief in the refuge of her psychiatrist's office. Later, on this pivotal night, her husband, Sam, secretly steals away to her sister, Lana. Alone, Emma fights off her nightmares with pills, until she hears a voice in the darkness and disappears outside. When Sam realizes that his wife is missing, he must make a difficult choice. The film explores the effects of deception on a marriage, and the capacity for vengeance that percolates underneath its sympathetic surface.

Year: 2009

“His Concern”: A man and a woman are attracted to each other on the train, but he is nearly tongue-tied. “I'm Here”: A wife hides every time her husband comes home, and wonders whether he will still look for her if she is not there after an upcoming operation. “33rd Man”: While shooting an erotic vampire movie, an experienced actress teaches her younger female co-star how to seduce the director. “The End and the Beginning”: After Jung Ha's husband dies, her husband's mistress insists on coming to live with her. “Believe in the Moment”: Three high school couples test their love by permuting partners for a day.

Year: 2009

A gang of skinheads 'Russia 88' are filming propaganda videos in order to place it on the internet. At the same time the camera records the life of the gang, they become accustomed to this and stop paying attention to it. The leader of the gang 'Blade' discovers that his sister is dating a Caucasian guy. This family drama develops into a tragedy.

Year: 2009

Claude Prs invited an actor to make love with him. They do not know each other. They do not know whether they like each other. They do not know what will happen. They meet in a flat. They are alone. For one night. For more privacy, Claude Prs will record images and sound. There is no contract, no obligation. They remain free to say and to do whatever they want. They can stop anytime.

Year: 2009

The lonely bank-employee Phillip follows a strict pattern of somewhat compulsive actions keeping his encounters with strangers to a minimum. When his home one day is robbed of all content and he later meets the enchanting blind cellist Lina, he finds, however, he needs to start improvising and taking chances.