Only Human

A tale of people unfolds under the night sky. These doomed couples and lost individuals begin journeys and attempt to find resolution in their lives. Love is observed from a distance, sadness is in the air. With little sympathy for the loss and destruction caused to the characters, the stories progress and become neatly woven into a minimalistic portrayal of modern life.

Leni takes Rafi to meet her family in Madrid. Leni's family is Jewish - mother, father, older sister and daughter, brother, and grandfather. Rafi is Palestinian, in Spain since age 12. Before her father returns from work, Leni reveals Rafi's origins. He accidentally drops a block of frozen soup out the flat window, probably killing a passerby. Leni initiates a cover-up and Rafi figures out the body is probably Leni's father. The body disappears and without telling the rest of the family what they know, Leni and Rafi organize a search for dad. Mom is sure he's having an affair. Leni's belly-dancing sister kisses Rafi. Her brother grabs a rifle to shoot the Arab. Can anything be put right?

Ordinary citizens now augment themselves with cybernetic implants and live alongside fully synthetic androids, who have taken over the bulk of humanities’ service positions. This bleeding-edge technology is all controlled by global corporations, with the most dominant being the Toronto-based tech-giant; Red Crow. As private investigator Duncan Reeves clings onto ideas of the past and distresses over his cybernetic arm obtained during past wars, a corporate murder and a mysterious woman make him question the lines between human and android.

Pretty boy high school jock, Lucas, has it all, the girl, the game, the looks. He just didn't expect to meet Vanessa, who threw a curve in his perfect little life. Now with his high school love ending and college starting, he's lost, searching for where he fits in... A familiar face comes back into the picture - and what Vanessa makes Lucas do to prove his love will stay with him for the rest of his life. This is a story of one boy's path to becoming a vampire through the deceptions and influences of the women around him. And his struggle to remain only human.

A parasitic slug bites off more than is chewable.

Only Human is a documentary shown on ITV in the UK giving an insight into daily lives of people with various disabilities and special needs, as well as various other illnesses such as cancer and weight issues. Many stories are truly heartwarming with many of the shows subjects being triumphant over great adversity to live their lives in the most normal way possible.

What is Man? “Homo” shows six faces, six phases in cleverly- connected, blackly comic episodes as desperate characters meet unwittingly in a modern metropole in the eternal search for the means to survive, and find some kind of love. The jobless graduate becomes a grave digger, the grieving widow a nun, the priests gamble and gangsters rule the courts. Only the lonely child may find some affection when hope springs eternal.

Set in the present day, this short film about the relationship between promising pianist Kryštof and porn actor Filip takes on the complicated issue of prejudice, both in society at large and within the LGBTI community. Despite the two young men’s great love for one another, their relationship is a troubled one – Kryštof can’t come to terms with Filip's profession, while Filip is fed up with conformity. Their impossible situation culminates in tragedy, after which Kryštof tries to fight for justice. What happens when a porn actor dies and his loved ones want to stop to his videos from spreading across the internet? Can Kryštof find forgiveness?

Through her attempt to ignite a romance with a much older man, Sarah, a fiercely independent teenager, learns to appreciate not only her youth but also her overbearing mother.

Vlado Kristl rejected the word anarchy. Nor did he like the word utopia, nor the term experimental film. As a matter of fact, he didn't like any words if they weren't freed from the conventional ways of thinking. Following the shooting of "Kunst ist nur ausserhalb der Menschengesellschaft" he was only pleased when hardly anything he expressed in his poems performed, thrown and hurled against any hostile and alien environment by Carola Regnier was understood. - Markus Nechleba

A cop, who plays by his own rules, brings down a notorious gangster.

Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2009.