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South Africa's "B
Movies"
South Africa's "B
Movies"

Fishy Stones

Tonie Van Der Merwe South Africa, 1985

After a well-executed jewellery store heist, two amateur thugs go on the run. The police are not too far behind and after a chase through the countryside, the thugs are apprehended – but only after they stash their loot in a clump of nearby bushes.

Rich Girl

Tonie Van Der Merwe South Africa, 1985

29 days to watch
South Africa's "B
Movies"

When a highly trained bodyguard is hired to protect a wealthy businessman’s pampered daughter, he will have his work cut out for him. The beautiful young woman doesn’t want or believe she needs protection.

Müllheim (Ruhr)

Peter Nestler, Reinald Schnell West Germany, 1964

28 days to watch
A Vision of Resistance

Shot a few years after the first mining pits were closed in the Ruhr area, Nestler takes his audience on a journey through mining pits, coal heaps, cold stores and to workingmen’s settlements and pubs in the city of Mülheim.

Night of the Living Dead

George A. Romero United States, 1968

27 days to watch

When the dead start to come back to life as murderous zombies, several people find shelter in an old farmhouse, barricading themselves from the bloodthirsty creatures.

Eldorado XXI

Salomé Lamas France, 2016

26 days to watch

Set in the highest settlement in the world, La Rinconada y Cerro Lunar (5500m), in the Peruvian Andes. Moved by the same interests as in the ancient times, people live and work in the most precarious of conditions. An illusion of gold and a better life leads men to self destruction.

Essays

Peter Nestler West Germany, 1963

25 days to watch
A Vision of Resistance

A cheerful take on the lives of school children in a Swiss rural environment. Young pupils recite short essays they have written on subjects ranging from the long walk to school, the distribution of milk during breaks, and to a brawl in the courtyard.

Mardan

Batin Ghobadi Iraq, 2014

24 days to watch

A police officer finds himself haunted by a traumatic childhood memory as he searches for a missing man in the rugged mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan.

By the Dike Sluice

Peter Nestler West Germany, 1962

23 days to watch
A Vision of Resistance

In his first documentary, Nestler uses a rather unconventional way of telling the story of a small Northern German seaside village. The protagonist and narrator is an old, worn-out dike sluice, expressing its very own nostalgic views of the people living in the village.

Indecent Desires

Doris Wishman United States, 1968

22 days to watch

A man finds a doll in a garbage can, and seeing that the woman he lives with looks like the doll, he starts touching. However, the doll transmits these touches to her.

The Life of Jésus

Bruno Dumont France, 1997

21 days to watch

Bruno Dumont’s directorial debut takes place in a provincial town in the north of France, where a twenty-year-old named Freddy lives. Racial tensions arise when he sees his girlfriend talking to the new guy in town, an Arab.

La collectionneuse

Éric Rohmer France, 1967

20 days to watch

In Rohmer’s first color film, a bombastic, womanizing art dealer and his painter friend go to a seventeenth-century villa on the Riviera for a relaxing summer getaway. But their idyll is disturbed by the presence of the bohemian Haydée, accused of being a “collector” of men.

The Rendez-Vous of Déjà-Vu

Antonin Peretjatko France, 2013

19 days to watch

Since Hector encountered Truquette at the Louvre on July 14, he’s had only one thing in mind: to seduce this girl who he’s mad about. The best way to do so is to take her to the seaside. His pal Pator agrees wholeheartedly, particularly if she comes along with her friend Charlotte.

Asparagus

Suzan Pitt United States, 1979

18 days to watch

This candy coloured nightmare rocked audiences upon its release and catapulted maker Suzan Pitt to the front ranks of indie animation.

Public Hearing

James N. Kienitz Wilkins United States, 2012

17 days to watch

An American provincial town’s public consultation about the expansion of the Walmart supermarket, recreated in minute detail as a feature film shot in black-and-white 16mm.

Heartbeats

Xavier Dolan Canada, 2010

16 days to watch

Francis and Marie are best friends. One day the gorgeous Nicolas walks into a Montreal coffee shop and the the two friends, instantly and equally infatuated, compete for his indeterminate affections. The conflict climaxes when the trio visit the vacation home of Nicolas’ mother.

Scabbard Samurai

Hitoshi Matsumoto Japan, 2011

Kanjuro Nomi is an aging samurai who only has a scabbard. Deserting his lord to wander the land with his daughter Tae, Kanjuro is captured and sentenced to an unusual punishment: he has 30 days to bring a smile to the sad prince who has lost his mother—or else he must die.

Symbol

Hitoshi Matsumoto Japan, 2009

In the central tale, a Japanese man wakes up alone in a brightly illuminated white room with no windows or doors. When he presses a mysteriously phallic protuberance that appears on one wall, a pink toothbrush materializes from nowhere, setting in motion a very strange series of events.

Big Man Japan

Hitoshi Matsumoto Japan, 2007

An eccentric man aged about 40 lives alone in a decrepit house in Tokyo. He periodically transforms into a giant, about 30 meters tall, and defends Japan by battling similarly sized monsters that turn up and destroy buildings.

Scarred Hearts

Radu Jude Romania, 2016

12 days to watch

Summer, 1937: Emanuel, a young writer, is committed to a sanatorium on the Black Sea coast for treatment. He reads, he writes, he smokes, he drinks and he romances. As he gets accustomed to the sadness of his new life, Emanuel discovers that there is still a life to be lived to the fullest.

Bad Girls Go to Hell

Doris Wishman United States, 1965

11 days to watch

After hubby Ted goes to work, Ellen putters around the apartment in her nightgown cleaning up. When she takes the trash out, the janitor forces her into his apartment and rapes her. When he tries to rape her again, she dispatches him and then hits the road, a fugitive from injustice.

Nude on the Moon

Doris Wishman, Raymond Phelan United States, 1961

10 days to watch

Brilliant scientist Jeff inherits $3 million and builds his own rocketship. When he and the Professor reach the Moon, they find it inhabited by telpathic nudists with antennae. Suddenly, workaholic Jeff has time to learn about this thing called “love!”

The Republic

James N. Kienitz Wilkins United States, 2017

9 days to watch

A confederation of aging libertarians open their borders to the wealthy young widow of a traitor in order to survive winter. Read the full playbill here.

How to Reach God Through Proper Exercising

Gabriel Herrera Torres Poland, 2016

8 days to watch
Competing at Oberhausen

In a local sports center, a man with a great need to talk but little to say recounts a recent dream to a nearby colleague, with deeply confusing and unexpected results.

Strange Says the Angel

Shalimar Preuss France, 2017

7 days to watch
Competing at Oberhausen

Seven-year-old Nina cannot be her aunt’s daughter. Nor can she be her father’s lover. In this world threatened by contamination, what then is Nina’s place?

The Revolution Isn’t a Gala Ball

Youri Tchao-Débats France, 2015

6 days to watch

Lola is hitching rides at a highway rest stop, where she meets Karim, who accepts to take her to Paris. Lola would like to be a movie actress. Karim would like to change the course of history. The revolution will take place with or without them.

Tower XYZ

Ayo Akingbade United Kingdom, 2016

5 days to watch
Competing at Oberhausen

Accompanied by a lilting soundtrack, characters wander through London’s concrete jungle as the narrator reflects on the current state of the city and her imagined future.

Stabat Mater

Josef Dabernig Austria, 2016

4 days to watch
Competing at Oberhausen

Hotel guests look restrained, sedated in the diffuse light of the service provider’s shimmering cage. A network of joists, pilasters and fluting exposes the proverbial off-season chill in the seating arrangements. Smart-phones and tablets mask a total lack of communication.

Earthly (Opposite to the Sky)

Sofia Lena Monardo, Ivan Murgic Argentina, 2016

3 days to watch
Competing at Oberhausen

Terrenal is the portrait of a village in Patagonia where the forms of life of two different social groups are related. These two ways of living in the same place show a crude and hostile environment whose experience is conditioned.

The Republic of Enchanters

Fanny Liatard, Jérémy Trouilh France, 2016

2 days to watch

Ghislaine dances on the roof, Kamel makes himself look smart, and Salomon lies to his brother. Their three stories recount an entire high-rise block, a Republic of Enchanters.

Ecce bombo

Nanni Moretti Italy, 1978

Expiring at midnight
Moretti's Comedies

Michele Apicella is a neurotic young man dealing with family issues that sometimes center around his disillusioned mother. He’s also often flanked by friends, with whom he discusses and reacts to the issues of the day. He tries to find purpose for his life and some sort of adventure.

I Am Self-Sufficient

Nanni Moretti Italy, 1976

Michele, abandoned by his wife, lives with his son in a tiny apartment in Rome. His friends are all he has left, among which Fabio, who persuades Michele and the rest of the gang to put on a play.

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