Film Smile

'Smile.mp4' is a heartwarming Malayalam Short Film that seamlessly blends the contrasting styles of French New Wave (fluid) and Classic Hollywood filmmaking (static) to tell a poignant tale of change and acceptance. Just as these two distinct cinematic approaches converge in this short film, so do the lives of Diya and George, illustrating that harmony can exist even between seemingly disparate elements.

Ileana's Smile is the tragic story of a girl with a lightning smile who endures life in a trash dump community in Managua, Nicaragua, and the unlikely friendships that form around her. The film follows American musician Brad Corrigan, a Nicaraguan taxi driver, and pastor Bismark Rocha as they try to open up new healing paths for Ileana and her devastating choices.

A young married couple (Luna and Jin) spend the first day of summer but the last day of their loving relationship together, trying to find a mug that has more value than its worth.

Adam is a short dance film that emerges from rehearsals for the dance theater piece Life in this House is Over by director Samantha Shay. Exploring the social awkwardness of grief, and inspired by the writing of Anton Chekhov, the project gathers current and former artists of Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, as well as the Grotowski Institute-based physical theater company Teatr ZAR, as a reflection on the lineages of Polish Jerzy Grotowski and German Pina Bausch, their relationship and how their work resonates today. This particular piece features original company member and longtime collaborator of Pina Bausch, Josephine Ann Endicott, in poignant solo about aging, the passage of time, and nostalgia.

Smile is about a woman in her fifties and how she has to navigate day to day sexism, the fall out of sexual assault and how in the end she decides to fight back.

A regular at an early morning coffee shop begins to get a little too friendly with the young woman working there.

During its 2012 election campaign titled “Smiling Georgia,” the governing party promised its country’s poorest residents new teeth in exchange for their vote. Dentists began to pull people’s decayed teeth, but after the election defeat, the trusting public never received their new pearly whites…

The film tells the story of Tang Bohu, a famous scholar who spends most of his time wandering around the countryside.

The millionaire loves the sister of the observer claiming that he is a simple employee in the same millionaire company, love him and pay him without knowing that this millionaire is the one who filled her family money. But the girl does not weigh the money that filled her family, especially after moving to a rich neighborhood, but prefer to live in their apartment in the popular neighborhood, and ends the position that the worker lose the bet, and know the sister of the observation of the reality of the young man whom he loved and married,

Through the portrait of Alain Emery, who in 1953 embodied the child of the film 'White Mane', directed by Albert Lamorisse, this film is a tribute to the Camargue, its winter light, its peculiar rhythms to the men and women, guardians, bull-breeders and fishermen who give this land an incredible wild beauty. Returning to the scene of filming, this film goes in search of the poetic force that flows from end to end in Lamorisse's film.

While the politicians of the world are focused on saving Lebanon from a potential civil war and a reoccurring failed elections, the filmmaker goes on a family visit to south Lebanon and focuses the lens on her animated uncle Rami, who would much rather swim, little Mariam who is learning how to walk and Ali, the courageous farmer, who is giving his banana tree a Cesarean Section. The result is an intimate and vibrant family portrait, which represents the potency of the Lebanese dark humor—a talent that has helped them cope with wars still fresh in memory.

Mark McLachlan - aka Marti Pellow - speaks candidly about his time with Wet Wet Wet, his rapid rise to fame and the drug habit that was the downfall of the band and almost cost him his life.

an eight-hour long experimental film/performance art piece in which filmmaker chandler pippin creates their own arbitrary form of service work and films a shift in its entirety.

Deep down inside everyone wields a knife, whether to commit murder or suicide.

Shows the effect of the harassment women live with every day, ranging from ‘street humour’ and media stereotyping to actual physical violence. The film was made by women who lived in Leeds during the 1970s and early 80s, when a series of murderous sexual attacks by the so-called Yorkshire Ripper led to a virtual ‘curfew on women’. In response, the many women’s groups already active in the area decided it was time to put their own point of view.

Can you imagine living your whole life without any facial expression? How would you express yourself? Smile for the Camera follows Emma, an upbeat, hardworking woman with an infectious personality, who has been unable to move her facial muscles since birth. She can't smile, frown, wink or move her eyes. Emma, in her uniquely quirky spirit, delves in to her past, exploring the challenges she has faced while living with this condition, as well as celebrating her achievements and exploring her relationship with her daughter.

About a tall, chain-smoking con man and a short, bulbous patsy of a man.