Under the Milky Way (Firm)
1) Daguerrotype
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Jean, a young Parisian with few skills and even fewer prospects, seems an unlikely candidate for assistant to famed photographer Stéphane, an obsessive perfectionist living in isolation since his wife’s unexpected death. Yet he soon finds himself in his new employer’s vast, decaying mansion, helping to create lifesized daguerrotypes so vivid they seem almost to contain some portion of their subjects’ souls.. Their primary model is Stéphane’s...
2) Two 4 One
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
A bittersweet comedic drama that sees a transgender hero in an unimaginable predicament.. When transgender man, Adam, helps his baby-crazy ex-girlfriend Miriam artificially inseminate, they wind up in bed together—and they both get pregnant. Now Adam must grapple with his identity, feelings for Miriam, and learn what it means to be a man.. Official Selection at the Vancouver International Film Festival and the Chicago Gay and Lesbian International...
3) Spanish Lake
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
A bold and uncompromising documentary focused on economic oppression in the suburb of Spanish Lake, Missouri. Operating without a local government, the lack of community leadership has disastrous effects, including a mass exodus of the white population in the late 1990's.. The themes of the film parallel America's growing political divide, underlying racism, and rise of anti-government sentiment. Highlighted in the film is a landmark U.S. Supreme...
4) 99 Francs
Pub. Date
2007.
Description
Adapted a best-selling French novel, 99 FRANCS is a perceptive and pointed satire of the advertising world set in 2001 Paris, following the life of Octave Parango (Jean Dujardin), a flamboyant ad designer, filled with success, satire, misery and love.. Jocelyn Quivrin won Most Promising New Actor at the Lumiere Awards for his work in this film.. "Scathing satire... pulls few punches in his portrayal of advertising agencies as dens of narcissistic,...
5) Switch
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
Sophie Malaterre, a 25-year old fashion illustrator living in Montreal, has steeled herself for a lonely summer in the city. She has no plans, no close friends around and no boyfriend. In desperate need of a change of scenery she hears about an apartment-swapping site: switch.com. As luck would have it, she finds an apartment in Paris, complete with a view of the Eiffel Tower.. Paris is everything she has ever dreamed of and her first day there is...
6) Tomorrow
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
Faced with a sense of powerlessness in the face of growing evidence of a coming mass human extinction, Melanie Laurent (Inglorious Bastards) and activist Cyril Dion travel to ten countries where grassroots pioneers are reinventing their economies and democracies. From Detroit, where urban farms have transformed a dying city, to Copenhagen, where nearly 70% of the energy is renewable, to Kuttambakkan in India, where participative democracy allows different...
7) White Shadow
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
In this stylish Ryan Gosling-produced drama, Alias, a young albino boy, goes on the run when witch doctors arrive to harvest his organs for their potions.. Winner of the Luigi De Laurentiis Award at the Venice Film Festival. Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Nominated for the New Director's Prize at the San Francisco International Film Festival.. “[WHITE SHADOW] herald[s] the arrival of a brave, totally uncompromising...
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
In this captivating historical drama, four French servicewomen are enlisted into the British Special Operations Executive. Their misson is to first rescue a British army geologist caught reconnoitering the beaches at Normandy, and then to kill a German SS colonel who is close to figuring out about the allies' imminent plan to execute D-Day.. Combining wartime intrigue with emotional drama, and based on the life of decorated SOE hero Lise de Baissac,...
9) Galore
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
It's a sweltering summer before the final year of school and Billie and Laura are friends who share every secret, except for Billie's biggest secret -- she's crazy in love with Laura's boyfriend, Danny. When Billie's mum, a social worker, takes in Isaac, a troubled teenager looking to get his life straight, the delicate balance of the three friends' lives is disrupted. As bushfires threaten the edge of their suburbs and they immerse themselves in...
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
One of the most ancient cultures on our planet is undergoing a major change. The Ju'Hoansi Bushmen in Namibia are not allowed to hunt anymore and need to converge with our so called "civilized" lifestyle. For the first time the Ju'Hoansi Bushmen travel through the Kalahari and then right into the heart of Europe.. What starts as a look at their fascinating culture becomes an even more fascinating look at our Western lifestyle. A warm and humorous...
11) TRI
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Natalie, an ultrasound tech with a history of not finishing things, is inspired by a cancer patient to sign up for a Triathlon. Natalie is introduced to the strange (and aerodynamic) world of triathletes and meets a colorful cast of characters as she trains for the nation's triathlon. With the support of her new teammates, she digs deep to discover just how far she can push her mind and body.. . "Winner! Film of the Year" - Northern Virginia International...
12) Dalida
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
A powerful biopic based on the true and fascinating story of acclaimed music icon Dalida. From her birth in Cairo followed by a traumatic childhood to her worldwide huge success with 170 million albums sold, DALIDA is the intimate portrait of a strong, fiercely independent, liberated, complex and talented woman…. Official Selection at the Munich International Film Festival.. "[Sveva Alviti is] a charismatic force of nature that's impossible to ignore”...
Pub. Date
1986.
Description
This Oscar-nominated drama follows a group of intellectual friends during a country holiday. As the conversation naturally turns to sex, the men brag about their promiscuity while their female counterparts dish on their own exploits at a nearby gym. But what was a fun and titillating topic devolves into the catalyst of hurt feelings and accusations when an unexpected dinner guest reveals some shocking secrets.. Nominated for Best Foreign Language...
14) The Student
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
This Cannes Film Festival award-winning feature follows a young man whose growing religious fervor spills into the public sphere.. When Venya refuses to participate in mixed swimming lessons because it is "against his religion," his mother blames shyness. Exempted by the school's devout principal, Venya grows increasingly certain that his strict, rigorous Bible studies give allows him to manipulate all forms of authority. Challenged by a teacher over...
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
In this century alone the world population will increase to 10 billion. Where do we get enough food for that many people? How do we stop mankind from destroying the very foundation of its food source? Valentin Thurn travels the world to study the essentials of food production, during which he encounters diverse interest groups. He meets organic farmers and agriculture industry speculators, visits urban gardens and commercial slaughterhouses. The film...
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
This documentary film explores the revival of manual work through the passion of motorcycle enthusiasts who have found their way to a happy life.. Shot in 16mm in California, Utah, Indonesia, Spain, Scotland and France, mechanics and custom shop founders try to understand the difference between manual work and intellectual work. The unique satisfaction that result from doing something tangible, the sense of time, the relation between the form and...
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
While on vacation in Goa, India, Canadian filmmaker Chris McDonell turns his camera on Shilpa Poojar, a 9-year-old beach hawker hustling tourists to buy clothes and jewelry from her seaside shop. Funny, charming and skilled beyond her years, she is a migrant worker from the unique Banjara people and the primary breadwinner for her family. Forging a connection in this chance encounter, Chris returns 3 times over the next 7 years to capture Shilpa's...
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
A year-in-the-life portrait of Native Alaskan teenagers coming of age in Barrow, Alaska - the northern-most community of the United States. For these teenagers, growing up has become a little more complicated than it was for their ancestors. They are the twenty-first century descendants of a culture that has endured for millennia on this isolated, but rapidly changing tundra. The harvest of the agvik (bowhead whale) remains the heart of their culture...
19) Lake Los Angeles
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
An award-winning narrative that tackles human trafficking with a sensitive style and dreamlike cinematography, LAKE LOS ANGELES is the story of two unlikely companions, a lonely Cuban exile and an undocumented Mexican girl struggling to survive in an unforgiving environment.. Nominated for Best Narrative Feature at the Los Angeles Film Festival and the Cine Latino Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival.. "[With] captivating performances...
20) CERN
Pub. Date
2013.
Description
CERN is a self-contained, independent research zone -- a parallel universe so to speak. Here the big bang scenario is recreated, searching for the smallest particle.. Nikolaus Geyrhalter's documentary gives an impression of the huge infrastructure which makes an institution like CERN possible. Geyrhalter searches for moments of tension between man and technology. He observes how insight is made, how knowledge originates.. At CERN, the European Organization...