ജാഫ

Jaffa(2009)
Dir;Keren Yedaya
Country:Israel
The movie begins in the family owned garage of an Israeli family, where father, son Meir, and daughter Mali, work alongside a young Palestinian named Toufik. Meir is not the model son- rebellious, angry, ungrateful and disrespectful towards his parents and everybody else, he steals the attention from his quiet younger sister. No one suspects that she is having a love affair with Toufik and that they are secretly planning on getting married.

Religious and other tensions start building between the two young men, Meir and Toufik, and the outcome is shocking and devastating. Mali makes an extremely difficult sacrifice, depriving herself of a normal life by keeping hidden a truth which only she knows.

All of the actors are magnificent. The father is particularly memorable, always kind, trying at times to be a little bit stern, understanding of everyone throughout the film until his final, harsh condemnation. The ending is extremely powerful- completely unexpected and expected at the same time. Mali finally makes a choice for herself and we are left hoping that her life will be a happy one.

എ സെര്‍ബിയന്‍ ഫിലിം

A Serbian Film(2010)
Dir:Srdjan Spasojevic
Country:Serbia

Really, really shocking movie. This is probably the only edition that we will be able to find because already they banned it from movie theaters and releasing a dvd will probably never be done. Movie is quite graphic, done professionally and you will enjoy it if you like sick stuff.

Milos, a retired ex-porn star, now leads a normal family life with his beautiful wife, Maria and five year old son Stefan in tumultuous Serbia inn a modern era of transition, trying to make ends meet. A sudden call from his former colleague, still hot porn actress Layla, will change everything. Aware of his financial problems, Layla introduces Milos to Vukmir - a shady, mysterious, menacing and politically powerful figure in the porn business who makes Milos an offer he can't refuse. A leading role in Vukmir's new production will provide financial support to Milos and his family for the rest of their lives. Milos is hesitant at first, because a contract insists on his absolute unawareness of the script they will shoot or the dramatic situations that Vukmir is going to put him through during filming. Finally, he agrees, driven by the urge of security for his family, protecting it from the impending poverty so dominant in Serbia today. From then on, Milos is drawn into a maelstrom of unbelievable cruelty an mayhem devised by his employer, "The Director", of his Destiny, Vukmir. Relentless in his attempt to make an ultimate artistic "snuff-porn", the one that has never been seen, using poor people as his acting cannon fodder, and unleash it upon the hungry eyes of the world. Vukmir and his cohorts will stop at nothing to complete his "vision", and will go to unspeakable lengths to achieve it, using even innocent children as props. In order to escape the living cinematic hell he's put into and save his family's life. Milos will have to sacrifice everything: his pride, his morality, his sanity, and maybe even his own life. In a Serbian "Heart of Darkness" where life is cheaper then a candy bar, in a struggle with enemies powerful beyond belief and just as violent and pathologically evil, the chances of surviving are abnormally thin.

പ്രൈവറ്റ്

Private(2004)
Dir:Saverio Costanzo
Country;Italy
8 wins & 3 nominations See more »


Inspired by real events, documentary filmmaker Saverio Costanzo's feature debut is a minimalist psychological drama about a Palestinian family of seven suddenly confronted with a volatile situation in their home that in many ways reflects the larger ongoing conflict between Palestine and Israel. Mohammad, his wife and their five children live in a large, isolated house located halfway between a Palestinian village and an Israeli settlement. The house, in the crossfire of the two sides, is a strategic lookout point that the Israeli army decides to seize, confining the family to a few downstairs rooms in daytime and a single room at night. Mohammad refuses to leave his home and, reinforced by his principles against violence, decides to find a way to keep his family together in the house until the Israeli soldiers move on. Living in a state of constant confrontation and fear fragments the family's relationships - every member reacts in different ways to the soldier's presence in the house and to the father's authority. Mohammad chooses to stay and defend his home; his wife wants to leave the house in order to keep her children out of danger; their eldest daughter sneaks upstairs to spy on the Israelis; the youngest son amuses himself by imagining unique personalities for each soldier; their teenage son fantasizes about liberating his family by staging a surprise attack. Tensions between the family members and the soldiers nearly reach the breaking point just as the troops are ordered to move to a new post. The family's relief is short-lived, however, as a new group of soldiers moves into the house and the cycle of disruption and occupation continues. Winner of a Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival, PRIVATE is convincingly shot in a documentary style with a hand-held camera and a quick pace. Director Costanzo has created a unique occasion for both Israeli and Palestinian actors to work together, and being an outsider himself, he has worked to maintain a neutral standpoint while dramatizing the conflict.

വെന്‍ വി ലീവ്

When we Leave(2010)
Dir:Feo Aladag
Country:Germany
1 win & 6 nominations See more »

Umay is a young woman of Turkish descent, fighting for an independent and self-determined life in Germany against the resistance of her family. Her struggle initiates a dynamic, which results in a life-threatening situation. |

ദി ഗോള്‍ഡന്‍ ഇയര്‍സ് ഓഫ് ഇന്ത്യന്‍ സിനിമ

The Golden Years of Indian Cinema(1988)
Dir:uncredited
Country;india

This documentary has the stars of the Indian Film industry look back nostalgically at an era gone by. They reveal, with much passion, their personal memories and anecdotes of films from India belonging to late the 40's - mid 70's.

ലുല്ലബി

Kolysanka aka Lullaby(2010)
dir:Juliusz Machulski
Country:Poland

The latest master comedy genre - Julius Machulski Sexmission "," Kiler & "," What weighs a Trojan horse, "who this time decided to create a perverse mixture: combine
humor with horror elements. "Lullaby" is an intelligent and unusual comedy, which offers viewers original entertainment conventions. The mysterious circumstances, disappear sequentially residents and guests a picturesque village. The atmosphere of the best films
sensational, thickens from the scene on stage, and the engine ...

സോഷ്യലിസം

Socialism(2010)
Dir:Jean-Luc Godard
Country:Switzerland/France
A symphony in three movements. Things such as a Mediterranean cruise, numerous conversations, in numerous languages, between the passengers, almost all of whom are on holiday... Our Europe. At night, a sister and her younger brother have summoned their parents to appear before the court of their childhood. The children demand serious explanations of the themes of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. Our humanities. Visits to six sites of true or false myths: Egypt, Palestine, Odessa, Hellas, Naples and Barcelona

Godard’s ‘Film Socialisme’ Is Brilliant and Bewildering

Michael Jordan

One of cinema's most renown directors, Jean-Luc Godard, has brought his most recent (and perhaps final) film, titled Film Socialisme, to the Cannes Film Festival. The early word from critics is that the film is classic Godard: fascinating, brilliant, and somewhat impenetrable. Peter Brunette of Reuters wrote: "[Film Socialisme] is all over the place and (purposely) impossible to follow, but the master is adept at making you feel that if you don't understand it, it's your fault, not his." Roger Ebert said of Film Socialisme, "Jean-Luc Godard's new film is about what you think about when you watch it...some shots...are so beautiful and glossy they could be an advertisement." The film was shot around the Mediterranean sea, takes place largely on a cruise ship, and features stops in Egypt, Israel, Odessa, Greece, Naples and Barcelona. Film Socialisme has been described as a kaleidoscopic mosaic of art, history, and culture. It's a symphonic, non-linguistic triumph. Oh, and it features a mule and a llama living in a garage.

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3 Wise Men(2008)
Dir:Mika Kaurismaki
Country:Finland

Matti (51), a police inspector, Erkki (51), photographer and Rauno (51), actor, are childhood friends, who haven´t seen each other for a long time. They meet accidentally on Christmas Eve in Helsinki and spend the night together in a karaoke bar. Between drinking and singing they tell about the joys and sorrows of their lives, revealing some painfull experiences and taking even their friendship apart. The events take a dramatic turn, when a mysterious woman enters the bar.

യുവര്‍ നെയിം ഈസ്‌ ജസ്റ്റിന്‍

Your Name is Justine(2005)
Dir:Franco de Pena
Country:Poland
5 wins & 1 nomination See more »

While living with her grandmother in Poland, a young woman falls in love. Her boyfriend is charming and suggests they travel around Europe and work here and there to pay for their trip. Unfortunately, the boyfriend isn't as he seems and the young woman is sold as a prostitute when they cross over to Germany. We follow her ordeal as she tries to free herself and to stay sane as time goes by and her captors try to break and condition her to a new life of servitude.

ദി അദര്‍ ഹോളിവുഡ്

Cinema Europe:The Other Hollywood(1996)
Dir:Michael Winterbottom&Kevin Brownlow
Country:UK
Runtime:348(6episodes)


Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood was a 1996 documentary produced by David Gill and silent film historian Kevin Brownlow.

The six-part mini-series concerned with coverage of the origin of cinema, from its infancy as a novelty created by French inventors Louis and August Lumiere to a serious artistic and commercial contender against America (that is, until the surge of the Nazis).

The entire documentary is narrated by maverick filmmaker and actor, Kenneth Brannagh.

Original music in the film was composed by Carl Davis, Philip Appleby & Nic Raine.

The documentary was shown from time to time on public television stations, usually at late night slots, due to its length and occasional mature content.

The documentary is divided into the following sections, in order:

* "Where It All Began" (Introductory Episode)
Highlighting the world's first public presentation of films in Paris, the comedies by Max Linder, Abel Gance's J'Accuse and the onset of World War I.

* "Art's Promised Land" (Sweden)
Including Ingeborg Holm by Victor Sjostrom and Greta Garbo's star-making performance opposite Lars Hanson in Gosta Berling's Saga.

* "The Unchained Camera" (Germany)
Featuring The Battleship Potemkin by Sergei Eisenstein, Metropolis by Fritz Lang, Joyless Street starring Greta Garbo, The White Hell of Pitz Palu featuring Leni Riefenstahl and Louise Brooks becomes a star in Pandora's Box.

* "The Music of Light" (France)
Highlighting Abel Gance's masterpiece, Napoleon.

* "Opportunity Lost" (Britain)
Exploring the real career of Alfred Hitchcock.

* "End of an Era" (Finale)
Focusing on the arrival of sound films, The Jazz Singer and the onslaught of World War II.