The Veil

Jiang Zi Ya sealed Su Da Ji. Years later, a woman named Yang Wan Qiu stole the sealed magic weapon and released Da Ji. Su Da Ji pretended to help Yang Wan Qiu, but in fact, she secretly sucked her energy and used her to capture Qiqiao Ling Long's heart. Jiang Tian Shi came to the rescue, but was injured by Su Da Ji. At the critical moment, Yang Wan Qiu awakened her soul and made a choice.

A Chinese mandarin named Chang is blind and finds his only happiness is the caresses of his wife and the adoration of his son. One day, while out walking with his servant, Chang comes across a sorcerer who recognizes his rank and begs to be allowed to give the great man a potent liquid which will restore his sight. Chang submits to the administration of the sorcerer's cure and in a moment, for the first time in his life, he beholds the beauty of the world; everything about him holds untold ecstasies for his unaccustomed sight. He finds beauty in the very soil on which he walks. Hastening home he admonishes his servant not to say anything, but decides to surprise his family. Stealing into the house he peeks through the door into the study where his son and his tutor are supposed to be at work. There he witnesses his son's burlesque of his own helplessness and the tutor crawling on the floor in mirth. In the garden he discovers his young wife in the embrace of a neighboring mandarin.

Claire (Laure Marsac) is a 16-year-old young woman who discovers her father Pierre (Bernard Giraudeau) is not a healing physician but a killer with a bloody war record in the Lebanese conflict. She runs away from home and into the arms of Kamal (Michal Albertini). While Pierre stalks two terrorists, Claire and Kamal are violently confronted by Kamal's abandoned wife and family. The ravages of the conflict extend to those who are never participants in the battle but are among the casualties of war.

The history of nuns mirrors the history of all women -- in what we are taught about the past, women are almost invisible. Although today's one million nuns outnumber priests two to one, they must struggle to be heard by the all-male Roman Catholic hierarchy from which they are excluded. Behind the Veil: Nuns is the first film ever to record from a global perspective the turbulent history and remarkable achievements of women in religion, from pre-Christian Celtic communities to the radical sisters of the 1980s. Contemporary nuns of strength, dignity and commitment speak of their lives and of their predecessors.

Camellia is a transsexual girl who lives with her turtle and she is in love with a girl named Soosan. No one is aware of her trans sexuality. Camellia dreams about lovemaking with Soosan and Soosan intends to immigrate to west countries so as to follow academic graduation.

Armaghan returns to Pakistan after 25 years unaware of the family secret about to change his life. His mother had promised a Sufi Pir when she was childless that her child would "walk the path" in adulthood.

A woman tells a girl who's just been rescued from a notorious rake, four stories of men from her own life, one of whom she had to kill to protect herself.

The investigation of a mysterious serial-killer in a mountain village, set in Norway in the mid 1300s.

The story of Salome, who danced for the head of John the Baptist, has long been a source of fascination to scholars and artists.

The veils-of distance, color, and detached symbols-are both painterly in form and related to the acts of reading and writing seen throughout the film. The obscuring of the word represents my struggle to create an unnamable world of poetic mystery and nuance.

The sculptural video installation consists of nine scrims suspended parallel to one another. Projectors at either end of the row of scrims show images of a man and a woman walking towards each other, crossing in the center and moving apart.

As a daughter grinds away as caretaker for her father she discovers some memories are best left hidden under the veil of dementia.

After the sudden death of her pregnant partner, a closeted attorney must embrace her sexuality and humanity, as she seeks custody of their newborn.

When her daughter, Ga-yeon, gets a new boyfriend, Yeong-hee has a dream about the couple sleeping together.

In 1914, in the first months of World War I, Louise Jarraud loses her husband, killed on the front. Shortly after, she gives birth to a baby, who soon dies. Devastated by this double misfortune, Louise decides to dedicate her life to caring for the children of others. She becomes a nurse with several employers, giving her affection to little boys or girls. A widower and another man propose to her but she refuses twice determined as she is to live only for the children in her charge.

Citliali, a lonely woman, faces a difficult, marginalized life, which seems to be full of obstacles. During the day we will discover the real cause of her affliction.

With the help of hidden camera, Danish TV 2 documents how a known Danish imam teaches Muslim women about Islam's violent rules of adultery.

In 1952, London was engulfed in the Great Smog. As a result of industrialisation, a leaden fog settled over the entire city. The archive images from this period become letters from a desolate future.