Film Movement (Firm)
1) The settlers
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive look at life as a settler in Israel's controversial West Bank settlements.
2) Illegal
Series
Film Movement ; 9, film 1
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Tania is a former teacher from Russia, living illegally in Belgium with her 14-year-old son, Ivan. One day, they are stopped on the street for a routine check by the police; Tania is arrested and placed in an immigration detention center for women, while Ivan manages to escape. Threatened with imminent deportation and fearful for Ivan's fate, Tania embarks on a harrowing journey, determined to preserve her dignity and find her son. Short film : Rita....
Series
Film Movement ; 10, film 6
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Portuguese
Description
Found Memories: Every morning, Madalena makes bread for Antonio's old coffee shop. Every day, she crosses the railways where no trains have passed for years; she cleans up the gate of the locked cemetery, and listens to the priest's sermon before sharing lunch with the other old villagers. Clinging to the image of her dead husband and living in her memories, Madalena is awakened by the arrival of Rita, a young photographer who is arriving in the...
4) Three worlds
Series
Film Movement ; 11, film 5
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Al, a young man from a modest background, is ten days away from marrying the daughter of his boss, along with succeeding him as the head of the car dealership where Al has been working for most of his life. One night, while coming back drunk from his bachelor party, Al commits a hit-and-run when he hits a man by accident and is urged to leave the scene of the crime by his two childhood friends who are with him in the car. The next day, gnawed by guilt,...
5) Tanta agua
Series
Film Movement ; 11, film 11
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Español
Description
Alberto, a divorced father, takes his two children for a vacation at a thermal resort in Salto. Things don't turn out as planned as the non-stop rain forces them to stay indoors, away from the pools and with no TV. Alberto's efforts to entertain his children are met with indifference by Federico, his youngest son, and Lucía, his teenage daughter. -- imdb.com
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"Foreign Letters: Ellie, a 12-year-old immigrant girl from Israel, is lonely and homesick. Life brightens when she meets Thuy, a Vietnamese refugee her age. Trust slowly builds as the two teach each other about life in America. As Ellie and Thuy become inseparable, they eventually hurt and betray each other. Ellie must give up her most prized possession, in order to save their friendship." --
"A Summer Rain: An 11-year-old immigrant girl from Israel...
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Korean
Description
100-year old lovebirds, Byong-man Jo and Gye-Yeul Kang, have been inseparable companions for the past 76 years. Observing this fragile couple for 15 months, director Moyoung Jin acts as a fly-on-the-wall, capturing the tender moments of their twilight days as the two face the inevitable reality that their time together will soon be approaching an end.
10) Before your eyes
Series
Film Movement ; 9, film 8
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Kurdish
Description
Ten year old Gulistan and her brother Firat live in the heart of Turkish Kurdistan. Tragedy strikes when their parents are shot down by paramilitary gunmen before their very eyes. Traumatized and orphaned, Gulistan and Firat try to care for their infant sister, but their money soon runs out and they're forced onto the street. It is there that Gulistan meets the part-time escort Dilara. Accompanying her on a hotel call one day, Gulistan is shocked...
11) Amador
Series
Film Movement ; 10, film 3
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Español
Description
Marcela, a young immigrant with financial troubles, finds a summer job looking after Amador, a bed-ridden elderly man whose family is away. She thinks her problems are solved, but Amador dies shortly thereafter, putting Marcela in a predicament. His death leaves her jobless, something she can't afford to let happen. Faced with a difficult moral dilemma, Marcela will prove that death can't always stop life.
12) Prairie love
Series
Film Movement ; 10, film 2
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
As a mysterious high plains drifter travels across the wintry North Dakota prairie, he finds a man lying unconscious in the middle of the road and stops to lend a hand. After defrosting, the man explains that he's on his way to meet his pen-pal girlfriend for the first time, as she's being released from prison. Desperate for a girlfriend of his own, the drifter sees this as an opportunity to change his lonely existence, and hatches a plan to steal...
13) Queen of hearts
Series
Film Movement ; 9, film 11
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Français
Description
Thirty-something Adele is davastated after painful divorce, her cousin Rachel takes her in. With Rachel's help, Adele finally find the answer to her broken heart.
14) Men go to battle
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Bracing for another winter on their struggling farm in rural Kentucky, brothers Henry and Francis Mellon have become suffocatingly close. Francis' practical jokes become more and more aggressive until the night he accidentally injures Henry in a drunken fight. After humiliating himself in front of a daughter of the town's preeminent family, Henry disappears in the night. Months later, Francis learns that Henry has joined the Union army." --
15) Free men
Series
Film Movement ; 10, film 1
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Français
Description
In German-occupied Paris, a young unemployed Algerian named Younes earns his living as a black marketeer. Arrested by the French police but given a chance to avoid jail, Younes agrees to spy on the Paris Mosque. The police suspect the Mosque authorities, including its rector Ben Ghabrit, of aiding Muslim resistance agents and helping North African Jews by giving them false certificates.
16) Bad lucky goat
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Creole
Description
After accidentally killing a bearded goat with their father's truck, two incompatible siblings in their teenage years, embark on a journey of reconciliation.
17) Gigante
Series
Film Movement ; 7, film 9
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Español
Description
A shy and lonely 35 year old security guard at a supermarket works the night shift monitoring the surveillance cameras. One night he discovers a 25 year old cleaning woman through one of the cameras and is immediatly attracted to her.
Series
Film Movement ; 9, film 6
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Español
Description
Karen cries on the bus --"Karen has left her slimy but successful husband Mario after ten years of marriage. She needs a fresh start to find out who she is and who she could be, despite her husband's proclamation that she can do absolutely nothing. She walks out into Bogotá with no job, no friends, and hardly any money, but catches a break when she meets a hairdresser named Patricia at a cheap flophouse. With her younger and seemingly stronger friend...
19) Watchtower
Series
Film Movement ; 11, film 10
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
Türkçe
Description
A man and a woman seeking refuge from the world: Nihat at a remote forest fire tower, Seher in her room at a rural bus station. When their lives collide, each now has to fight their battle of conscience before the other.
Series
Film Movement ; 8, film 2
Publisher
Nord-Quest
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
Multiple
Formats
Description
"Welcome" - - Director Philippe Lioret (109 min.) [France] : "Bilal, a 17-year-old Kurdish refugee, has struggled his way through Europe for the last three months, trying to reunite with his girlfriend, who recently emigrated to England. But his journey comes to an abrupt halt when he is stopped by authorities in Calais, on the French side of the Channel. Left with no other alternatives, he decides to swim across. Bilal goes to the local swimming...