Seeds

A short TV advertisement based on a children's book about a fox who gives a boy a seed which grows into a giant house.

Two filmmakers document three years in the life of contemporary Greek painter Stefanos Rokos, as he is working on the making of his exhibition “Stefanos Rokos: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ No More Shall We Part: 14 paintings 17 years later.” His daily routines, his artistic process, some spontaneous inspirations, and his creative dialogue with legendary musician Nick Cave.

How did the willful daughter of a Himalayan forest conservator become Monsanto’s worst nightmare? The Seeds of Vandana Shiva tells the remarkable life story of Gandhian eco-activist Dr. Vandana Shiva, how she stood up to the corporate Goliaths of industrial agriculture, rose to prominence in the regenerative food movement, and inspired an international crusade for change.

Rainer toils by the sweat of his brow on a building site. His first job as site manager is his much-needed big break. Rising rents in the city have already forced him, his pregnant wife and 13-year-old daughter Doreen to move into a little house in the outskirts which needs renovating. At first, Doreen is not thrilled about her new life but then she meets her neighbour Mara, a girl whose parents are as rich as they are narrow-minded. Before long the new friends are playing with fire. Mara incites Doreen to play some nasty tricks and also entangles her in a theft.

In DES GRAINES DANS LE VENT, the handful of British workers tramping towards Amsterdam to fight for their rights in the “European March Against Unemployment, Insecurity and Exclusion” look pretty lost. Kramer accompanies the little group, but is overcome with doubt from the beginning: “You shouldn’t being doing something like this if you don’t want to, Robert.” Kramer leaves the group after a week, after being given advice about what isn’t working in the film that is still in the process of being made.

Featurette on the 2009 horror film Orphan.

During a Post-Apocalyptic period in the near future the majority of the European population has been wiped out by some sort of undefined plague. Cino and Dora, a young couple, are rounded up by what constitutes the authorities on an isolated temporary base. They are examined and given antibiotics which will protect them for six months, told to pick out a deserted house to live in the area, and use that time to conceive a child.

Sometimes regretful things happen. We still have to deal with those things, of course. It’s best to not bury our mistakes. At least not those kinds of mistakes. They tend to catch up with you. Seeds is all about how we start our day, what we plan for, and what we receive as a result.

A grieving mother holds onto her Catholic faith as her husband leaves to study and learn the secrets of an old New England cult. Secrets that the Catholic Church wants for their own use. Meanwhile the cult has deadly plans of their own.

Found footage of the 1926 film "Les Fonts by Ribas y Compañía" (my grandfather) as opposed to subjective filming of my present in Les Fonts. A parody, a game of contrasts between cultivated flowers, domesticated to serve patriarchy, and wild flowers, which grow on the margins of thought.

One of the world's most precious resources is at risk. This film will help others learn what is at stake and what can be done to protect the source of nearly all our food: SEEDS. While the price of gold and oil skyrockets the fate of our most priceless commodity is ignored. Seeds provide the basis for everything from fabric, to food to fuels. They are as essential to life as the air we breathe or water we drink... but given far less attention. Over the past one hundred years, seeds have steadily shifted from being common heritage to sovereign property. This film tells the story of seeds by following the challenges and triumphs of some of their most tireless stewards and advocates.

In the mountains of West Virginia, Alderson Cree is mortally wounded in an ambush by Kip Ryerson, after Kip's wife, Martha, seeks refuge at the Crees's home for herself and her stepdaughter, Eileen. Cree makes his young son, David, promise to avenge his death once he has grown into manhood. As David Cree runs for help, Alderson recants and instructs Martha Ryerson to release his son from his promise. However, to eliminate her brutal spouse, Martha Ryerson remains silent, and George Hedrick, the local storekeeper, leads a crowd to drive Kip out of town. Hedrick later announces Kip's death, relieving David of his obligation to his father. Years pass, and David, now an adult, is engaged to Mary Reddin. When Kip Ryerson returns to town, David's mother demands that he keep his promise to avenge his father.

On the day she learns of her pregnancy, a woman also finds out that her husband is sterile.

When the members of the wealthy Pontagnac family meet more or less involuntarily at their vacation home on the Greek island of Mykonos, none of them has any idea why they are here. Light is soon shed on an unknown beauty who purposefully settles in - and brings the truth about the family to light. The facade crumbles as jealousies, intrigues and dark pasts come to light. And then a considerable amount of drugs turn up. Drugs in which a Greek dealer gang has a great interest. Soon everyone is fighting everyone else - and their weapon is the seeds of discord...

The TARDIS lands in a space museum on Earth in the late 21st century, where the Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe learn that contact has been lost between Earth and the Moon. In this era, instant travel — T-Mat — has revolutionised the Earth. Its people have lost interest in space travel. The Doctor and his companions travel to the Moon in an old-style rocket and reach the Moonbase, control centre for T-Mat, only to find a squad of Ice Warriors have commandeered the base and plan to use the T-Mat network to their advantage.

In a small town located in the island of Mallorca, Anna and Marina, two sisters who were separated when they were teenagers, meet again to sell a bakery they’ve inherited from a mysterious woman they know nothing about. The two sisters have led very different lives. Anna has barely left the island and is unhappily married to a man she no longer loves. Marina travels the world working as a doctor for an NGO. As the sisters try to uncover the secrets hidden behind their enigmatic benefactor and her property, they are forced to confront old family disputes and make up for lost time.

A man who escaped from a prison comes to his inmate's village to find his wife, after having been told how wonderful she is. He hides at her place only to find out that she receives "night visits" from the village men. He starts a killing spree, causing panic among the locals.