An Unreasonable Man is a 2006 documentary film that traces the life and career of political activist Ralph Nader, the founder of modern consumer protection. The film examines Nader's advocacy for auto safety features, such as federally mandated seat belts and air bags, as well as his rise to national prominence following an invasion of privacy lawsuit against General Motors.
Enigmatic singer-songwriter Nick Drake, a gifted artist who died tragically at age 26, left behind a musical legacy and considerable posthumous fame. This documentary seeks to uncover some of the mystery behind his brilliant but brief career. Drake's work is remembered through rare performance clips, photos and interviews with those who knew him best, revealing an astonishing insight into his music and his lasting influence.
"Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche never went to Russia – yet he was always fascinated by this mysterious country and wanted to visit it. This film gives him the possibility to do so after all. However, Nietzsche doesn’t arrive in 19th century Russia, but in a modern country which has been trying for years to create the civilization described by Nietzsche 150 years ago." (official)
Nif Fin is an experimental film about the end of a film with actress Carmen Sevilla as the leading role. Retaking the last shots through out of focus, this structural found footage piece recycles the original footage, by means of changing his narrative continuity. It misrepresents the cause-effect pattern to propose a new ending that challenges the notion of happy ending.
To be attacked by a knife-wielding masked stranger in the dead of night could be a woman's worst nightmare or her darkest fantasy. But which is it? Both perception and reality are challenged in this taut contemporary thriller.
People get abducted for reeducation, animals, too. Two of the hostages become lovers.
In 1960s’ Singapore Chinatown, hard-boiled detective Lee Kian Hock is hired by Mrs Chan to look into her millionaire husband’s extramarital affair. But when he finds Mr Chan murdered in a seedy hotel room and meets his enigmatic daughter, Michelle, a web of lies, intrigue and betrayal begins to unravel as each of the characters pursues their own agendas ruthlessly, in search of love and money.
The future. The corrupt regime broadcasts the illusion of a beautiful city to the chip in your head, when in fact the city is in ruins. The rebels know the truth and seek to foment revolution.
‘Nights and Days’ uses notes written and filmed during summer 2006 as a personal account of the experience of war. The first part, which resembles yet is not a diary of war, oscillates between day-shots and night-shots and features a soundtrack expressing the idea of time passing, awaiting, interrogations and fears experienced in such an unusual time. The second part is a journey to south Lebanon which was devastated during that war. It alternates between peaceful landscapes and ruins and destruction accompanied only by music, as no words could express this devastation. ‘Nights and Days’ questions the relation between image and sound and reflects on notions of ‘beauty’ and ‘horror through images of urban and natural landscapes, where sometimes a detail betrays the presence of war and its violence.
When housewife Ms. Van Dam receives an unexpected visit from a stranger needing the toilet, wild fantasies take over. Based on a short story by Jules Deelder.