Two Irish immigrants in Berlin plan a robbery on an old bookstore as "That is where all the money is these days" Unable to come to terms with his own sexuality, TONY (Sean Gormley) plans to take his own life, when he is interrupted by GLEN (Andrew Kingston) a recently redundant hair transplant salesman. As they plan a heist on local German bookshop a feeling of unsaid truths lie just below the surface.
Shot on black-and-white 16mm film, Local Sensations opens a loose, playful dialogue with Chatri Prakitnonthakan’s essay, How to Design a Modern Monument That Won’t Become a Shrine. Rather than illustrating the text, the film generates pluralities—unraveling the dichotomy of object and subject—and gestures toward a kind of topological politics.
A brave young soldier, Trey Simmons, just 31 years old, is putting everything on the line to unveil the dark schemes lurking within the shadowy corners of a secret government agenda — one that involves the horrific realities of child trafficking, abduction, and abuse on a global scale, concealed within underground tunnels, military installations, and secluded private islands. Trey's mission in life is clear: to uncover the truth behind what some might dismiss as mere 'conspiracy theories,' yet he has seen firsthand the dreadful and atrocious acts that have long been hidden from the world. Seeking methods to shield himself, particularly as the sole survivor, he strives to amplify the voices of the unheard and bring clarity to the unresolved.
A passionate sea swimmer turned reluctant activist, Jo Bateman takes on one of the UK’s biggest water companies in a David-and-Goliath battle to protect our oceans from devastating sewage pollution. As Jo’s courage helps ignite a growing movement, this film exposes the dire state of our water system and asks: who will stand up for our right to swim in clean natural waters, for the species and communities that rely upon them?
After years abroad, Amber returns to Malaysia seeking closure with her ex-lover, Jun, but when she finds her, Jun claims not to know her, sparking a tense game of cat and mouse in KL that will unravel painful secrets.
A tribute to an artist who inspired great painters in a decisive way, by creating works of immortal beauty. His art straddles two worlds: on the one hand the architecture of Piero della Francesca and on the other the devotional painting. Perugino achieved in painting a perfect balance between human being and nature, reality and ideal. He invented compositions and iconographies that set the school, spread a new ideal of female beauty through his Madonnas, and conceived extraordinary fresco cycles as in the Collegio del Cambio in Perugia. A journey through Italy to discover his great masterpieces, from the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel to the two rooms entirely dedicated to him in the National Gallery of Umbria.
Every family has that one child, the one who feels different, distant, or left behind. In this story, a father’s deepest wish is to bring that child back home and mend the broken bonds that have long divided them.