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The sailor's daughter Senta takes pity on the centuries-old legendary figure of the Flying Dutchman. He was condemned by Satan to sail the world's oceans until a woman frees him from this curse through her loyalty. One day, when Senta's father returns home from a long voyage with a mysterious man, Senta is the only one who recognizes the Flying Dutchman in the sinister foreign captain. At the cost of self-destruction, she decides to redeem him. Director Christine Mielitz and her set designer Stefan Mayer see Daland's and the Dutchman's ships as an image of the entire world, of life itself, in which we all have to find our way around.
FEVER explores the feeling of spring pushed to its limits. Messy and brimming with life, bodies collide as desire takes over. Using movement as its primary source of storytelling, FEVER presents something viscerally human. Blurring the line between control and release, what begins as a glimmer of renewal, quickly becomes something more urgent and consuming.
Short horror film about the horrors of the pool drain
All Mark wanted to be was a superhero but he became a monster instead.
On June 15, 1960, Michiko Kanba, a student member of Zengakuren, died during a demonstration against the Anpo Treaty at the National Diet, following a clash with riot police. She was 22 years old.
Does movement reveal memory? Faceless hands breathe in and out of the image, as if with a mind of their own, thinking, dreaming, remembering. Their performance eventually morphs into ritual; lyrical, suggestive fragments of gestures, ultimately becoming a mosaic enquiry of thought, action, intention and meaning.
After Luc´s best friend Filip dies, Luc´s view of life changes.
When the edge becomes the center.
A series of video oscillator to 16mm film tests shot one frame at a time in the middle of the night.
The ceiling resides in silence. Light, sound, and electricity live within it. It is a silent, service-oriented structure, a highway of energy flow between objects within the space. It is both overshadowed agency and a passage, supporting the hidden mechanisms of daily life.
David Byrne reflects on the state of the world through themes of love and our shared humanity at Coachella 2026 with a career-spanning set of Talking Heads and solo material.
A portrait of a Scottish community, land and heritage.
Single mom Kate signs up for a dating app with her daughter Sarah, turning it into a fun bonding moment. But the fun ends fast when Sarah goes missing after a date with someone she met on the app. With little help, Kate launches her own search.
