Fire In The Dark

On November 18, 2017, a fire broke out in Xinjian Village, Xihongmen Town, Daxing District, Beijing. The fire caused 19 deaths and 8 injuries. This film mainly tells the bitter story of Li Zhiyong, the party involved, who moved three times after the fire broke out.

Hi no Sakana (火の魚, Fish of the Fire) is a Japanese novel by Murō Saisei; it was first published in 1960, and was later adapted into a single episode TV drama that was broadcast on NHK Hiroshima in 2009. The story describes the interactions between an elderly author and a young staffer from a publishing company as they collaborate on a book cover design for the author's latest novel.

“Lives begin and end, but everything goes back to the earth.” A tour-de-force of cinematography and sound design, this captivating, award-winning documentary looks at three generations of sheepherders in the Carpathian Mountains. While father and son take their flock on their annual journey through the highlands, the 82-year-old widower Vasyl reflects on his past back home. A sublime look at the cycles of life and the waning of tradition.

Ding tells the story of his life and how it was shaped by three women which includes his godmother, her adopted daughter and his wife.

In Baška Grapa, near the Italian border, lives a farmer who took advantage of his talent and uses water power at his work.

In 1916, Colonel Kit comes to Balochestan with excuse of creating telegraph lines. Eydokhan, unaware of his plans, welcomes him, but G. Ant and Molla Ali who are aware of his deception began to fight him.

Chen Guan, a poor scholar, gives up the imperial examination to become a novelist of monsters. He meets a silent young swordsman, Cui Chengyu, and together they travel to Changxing County, where the snake plague has resurfaced, and overcome all the difficulties and obstacles.

A film about the development of ironwork in Iceland. An old forge in Árbaer is visited where ancient handcraft is demonstrated. Also shown are a machine shop and a metal casting shop in Thingeyri, dating from the beginning of the century, that are still being used.

On the day of the summer solstice, before the harvest, villagers gather to throw away their debris. At midnight, the pile is burned. Three women talk about what they would have liked to have disappeared in the fire.

In a small village, a young man named Yudha revolts against ruthless, oppressive tribal chief Mahesa and his pet monster, Gordo. After Yudha is defeated and falls into a ravine, he ends up in a land of amazon women and then plots of decapitate an evil princess with death ray eyes to use as a secret weapon.

Grappling with the reality of their situation, a boy and a man, find their secrets coming full-circle around a late night's fire.

Story of a group of Boy Scouts and their first encounter with the erotic, laughable, disturbing, and yet oddly beautiful world of adulthood. Faced with secrets and pretense, their friendship goes through trial by fire.

The summer ahead is long and hot but the burden of shame from the past is haunting Joonas, 24, and driving him to solitude. A sudden phone call changes the direction of his summer and brings Joonas to an old manor for a summer job, forcing him to open up to his new workmates and to face his shame. Joonas works hard under the burning sun, driven by his past mistakes, whilst the others lounge under the calming shade of trees. On the last day the group loses track of time and misses the last bus home. They are left at the old manor and a magical midsummer night begins.

A couple (Golzar & Afshar) who have been bickering & fighting from day one, are contemplating divorce until by chance they both end up visiting a therapist (Pesiani) who dishes them the secrets of a good relationship. Various episodes from the couple's married life are represented as flashbacks in a lighthearted manner.

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Bloody slave drama from the southern states of hatred, murder, revenge- and impossible love.

Short film by Antoni Padrós

An escaped convict meets a young girl with incurable disease and falls in love. The girl is visiting for only seven days, so they decide to hide the truth from each other and enjoy their brief life together.