Moonflower

A short film by Matthew Cutchen.

A woman struggles with grief

Take a front seat ride and experience what it takes to make a first ascent on one of the world's biggest alpine faces in 2011. The film joins top British alpinists Jon Bracey and Matt Helliker as they honor their late friend Jules Cartwright by following his original vision of making a stunning and formidable new line on Mt Hunter's incredible north buttress; The Moonflower. Climbing the steepest and coldest section of the buttress; marvel at the dogged determination of the world class climbers as they approach exhaustion in an effort to complete the line before the increasingly freezing conditions irrevocably turn against them. The fruits of their efforts result in 'The Cartwright Connection' Ca 6000ft, Alaskan grade 6 (M6, AI6, 5.8, A2).

Kizaki kidnaps Yuriko and engages in a rape and torture session with her, which he photographs. With the photos, he blackmails flower arrangement teacher Yumeji, Yuriko's older sister. Rather than allow him to shame her clan by sending the photos to the media, Yumeji goes to Kizaki. Kizaki then proceeds to rape and torture Yumeji, who was his true desire all along.

Susan has left publishing and is living in Crete with her long-time boyfriend, Andreas. But her idyll is disturbed by the shadow of a murder committed at a British country hotel eight years ago. Alan Conway visited the hotel and wrote a novel based on what happened there. Cecily MacNeil, the young woman who helps run the hotel, read the book and believed the wrong man had been arrested. Now she has disappeared. Can Susan uncover the secret hidden in the book and find Cecily before it is too late?

The leader of the Shineyuki clan, Monroe Shimahara (played by Kobayashi Kobayashi), combines talent and beauty, and is known as the hope of the Japanese floral industry. Such a creature is naturally the object of admiration and fantasy in the hearts of countless men. The little character Kizaki (played by Konji on Water) admires Shimahara for a long time. To him, Miss Shimahara is like a snow lotus on a high mountain, pure, beautiful, and untouchable. With the opportunity of internal power competition within the flower path, Kizaki's desire was realized. He purposefully met Shimahara's sister (played by Kazuko Nakahara), took photos of her through violent means, and then sent them to Shimahara's office. In order to redeem his sister's film, Shimahara went alone to Kizaki's residence, but fell into a trap that had already been set

Behind the scenes documentary about the making of the two time selected film "Moonflower"

Margaret Mee and the Moonflower is a documentary about the life and work of the botanical illustrator, Margaret Mee, a pioneer and a visionary, one of the most important artists of the twentieth century. Through her diaries, interviews and narratives, the film reveals a tireless advocate for the preservation of Brazilian flora, whose love of nature and whose art provide a constant reminder of the need to preserve our environment.

A 25-year-old transgender woman dons the mantle of a male taxi driver by day—compelled by family expectations and fear of social stigma and rejection. By night, she transforms into a fiery bar dancer, living out her true persona.