A Letter F

Based on a piece of spoken-word poetry, the writer/performer explores his own Mental-health by writing a letter to his Depression.

Jonas Mekas' video letter to John Hanhardt, in which he declines an offer for Anthology to be taken on by the Guggenheim, insisting that they must maintain their hard-won independence. Many years ago, Jonas gave a copy to Ed Halter (of Light Industry); we think of it often.

A collaborative film created during Lockdown in response to the political landscape and the work of Daisaku Ikeda.

Artist and political activist San Zaw Htway experienced the full force of military repression in Myanmar back in 1999, when he was sentenced to 36 years in prison for involvement in the re-establishment of the banned student union. Twelve years later, under a more lenient regime, he was released.

A young man learns to navigate his way through an ever-changing London borough, as he rekindles his relationship with a long-time friend of his late father.

A filmed diary that the director, Silvia Staderoli, addresses to her 16-year-old daughter and to all teenage girls around the world. In the context of France in the era of “Me too,” her daughter's hopes for a better future collide with the reality of daily, systemic gender violence. The “land of women” of the title does not exist, but alongside the bitter realization of a male-oriented society, the tension and collective effort for radical change emerges. Between cinema, confession, and literature, the film is a chronicle of life moments and encounters with women committed to fighting gender violence.

About the way of life in the East, in China, during the months before spring. An early spring.

Slobodan meets his father Nenad for the first time in twenty-five years to discuss signing over the deed of the house, which Nenad wants to leave him. Their relationship has been strained ever since Nenad left Croatia during the war in the nineties.

Behind the dark, sensuous and almost hallucinatory images, a grim story is smouldering about a school teacher and social activist, who after a questionable trial was convicted for killing four police officers in a Mexican province.

The main character is a participant in the first Chechen war. He reads a story dedicated to his comrade in arms. A vision comes to the hero during the reading of each letter. Now war, death, love take on peculiar images. After he finishes reading, he leaves the room and finds himself in a cemetery with unmarked graves. Next to him is a Chechen with a severed ear. Men have a short dialogue before they disappear.

In 1960, American dancer and actor Gene Kelly created for the Paris Opera Ballet an original choreography that was highly acclaimed at the time, yet rarely performed thereafter; a genius work that the Scottish Ballet, accompanied by the stirring and evocative score by composer and pianist George Gershwin, epitome of orchestral jazz, brings back to life sixty years later.

In this warm-hearted romantic comedy, Stormy La Rue, a rising star T.V. Talk Show host in Philadelphia must dig her way out the hole she creates by telling an innocent white lie. Stormy's relentless aspirations of becoming the next talk show superstar are sidelined when her nana, the only person in the world who means more to her than her precious career, is diagnosed with a fatal illness. Stormy would do anything to please her Nana, even if it means lying to her on her deathbed! So when Nana's dying wish is to have her favorite granddaughter married, Stormy tries to pull off the biggest show of her life - faking her own wedding!

Letters and words a kid tv show

A father writes down in a letter to his daughter how he feels about his Alzheimer's disease.

Two young women keep their long-distance friendship alive by sending each other letters. They write about all kinds of mundane issues and dream of having a coffee together soon and to enjoy the sun that finally started shining again.

A video poem that celebrates the resilience of womxn in a culture full of body politics, through a young woman's retelling of her abortion. The film travels in real time through the raw and heartfelt reactions from her circle of friends.

Based on a true story, this is the love affair between a Lithuanian genius and the woman and the country he adored. Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis was born into a Lithuanian peasant family in 1875. Despite his lowly origins he soon revealed himself to be a child prodigy able to both paint and compose music of startling and often frightening intensity. Soon after he was struck down by a mysterious mental illness, which would plague him for the rest of his life. During his short lifetime, Ciurlionis produced over 300 paintings and 300 musical compositions. Supporting him throughout his short and painful life was his beloved wife, Sofija Kymantaite, a journalist and political activist.

Jordi was born 51 years ago with cerebral palsy. Although he can’t speak, he tries to communicate using his letter chart. That’s how he tells Maider, the director of the film, that at the age of 21 he felt God talking to him for the first time. But today, now that he has moved out of his parent’s house into a home, he no longer feels God. Once a year, Jordi makes a pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, where he searches for his connection with God, despite not knowing if God will come back one day.