Strangers On The Earth

Six fresh short films on the topic "Own and Stranger" from even more fresh Estonian directors.

Based on the writings of Atahualpa Yupanqui and Marcelo Viñar, this dreamlike documentary addresses what it means to belong to a place. Through philosophical motifs and abstract compositions, La Extraña confronts the potential dissociation with one’s own sense of being. A Doc Fortnight/Cinema Tropical collaboration.

In the noisy urban village of Guangzhou lived a young man who made his living peddling drugs to medical staff. One day, at a hair salon near his home, he met a hair salon girl who never received patrons. They gradually became familiar with each other, and he learned that the girl had a boyfriend who was a security guard in Dongguan.

Taiwanese action film.

Mistaken for Strangers follows The National on its biggest tour to date. Newbie roadie Tom (lead singer Matt Berninger’s younger brother) is a heavy metal and horror movie enthusiast, and can't help but put his own spin on the experience. Inevitably, Tom’s moonlighting as an irreverent documentarian creates some drama for the band on the road. The film is a hilarious and touching look at two very different brothers, and an entertaining story of artistic aspiration.

Soo-jin (Seo Ji-seung) and Gwang-soo (Pyeon Bo-seung) leave their homes and are wandering the streets together. They have to worry about where to sleep tonight but they are pure enough to want a bite of the waffle. Danger lurks everywhere in the peaceful-looking city although they have a great day just by the warmth for each other. Then they coincidentally meet Mina (Lee Yoo-kyeong), Byeong-ho (Lim Sang-joon-I) and Ki-tae (Kim Jin-ho-I) and learn true happniness. However, reality is harsh for teenagers who have no income. Just as they were about to run out of money, all of them plot to raid Byeong-ho's house.

This story happened in the city of Almaty. Alisher, a young successful guy, one day meets a beautiful ambitious translator Eileen. They still do not understand that fate brought them together for a reason, and that there is one big secret behind their meeting. Young people fall in love with each other, but family secrets can change their lives forever.

The extraordinary journey of the 80-year-old Greek artist Stavros Kotoulas, who has followed five different life paths in five different European countries, in just one lifetime! Political conflicts, poverty, mistrust, and, as always, the decisions of others have shaped his life circle.

In this documentary Edo Maajka, Bosnian hip hop star talks about war, his life as a refugee, war crimes, forgiving and making peace, nationalism, music scene in Croatia and Bosnia, Balkans mentality, love and hate, cevap restaurants, Sava river, partings, life of music stars, Lepa Brena and Nele Karajlic, politicians. His mode of narration and his charisma, his sincerity and his relaxed camera appearance will surely capture the spectators' attention.

While spending the summer at a children's camp, some children began to notice that a strange shack had appeared outside the camp fence, with a stranger hiding in it.

A Taiwanese girl Yuwen comes to a village of Fukushima to study abroad. She thinks falling-in-love is a stupid thing and the land is unusually dry as Yuwen’s heart because of no rains. Yuwen struggles to speak Japanese but learns Japan culture and relationships from her host family and neighbors. As she opens her heart little by little, rain falls on the small village after a long time.

Artist Bai Xixi, while organizing a charity event, meets popular celebrity Lin Chuyu. After the event, Lin Chuyu, needing to escape the paparazzi, follows Bai Xixi home. Due to unexpected circumstances, the two are forced into home isolation together, leading to clashes in their daily routines.

Four Hong Kong directors portray Hong Kong through their own experiences.

Two teenagers with dysfunctional families decide to run away from a conservative Christmas party in order to live a night of their own.

Sanaa has been working as a city guide in Berlin-Wedding for years. But work alone is not enough for her. She is stubborn and trans. Her passion for the migrant men in the neighborhood keeps her really on her toes.

Even in their native land, writers are strangers who look at things from without and see them clearly. How does this affect a writer who is literally foreign? Does being familiar with two cultures without fully belonging to either of them make for even greater clarity, but also damage the writer to some extent? At what point do gains turn into loses? Stranger by the Sea focuses on the life and art of Turkish poet and writer Şavkar Altınel, resident for years in England, to look for some answers.

"A rubbish dump in the mountains of southern France. Camera-editing results in a suggested but untold story." —Milena Gierke

There is something that is hard to explain to family, lovers, or anyone in the world. Near and far, you are my familiar stranger.

Strangers In The Night is one of the greatest rock albums of all time. Here are all of the reasons why. Featuring rare previously unreleased footage of UFO in concert, this is the long awaited critical review of the album in the company of UFO founder member, the legendary Pete Way. Pete revisits the album after a gap of twenty-five years in the company of some of the UK s leading rock critics and working musicians including fellow UFO member Jem Davis. This powerful film is the definitive portrait of a under rated masterpiece. Featured cuts include a rare promotional film for Only You Can Rock Me. Also included is rare live film of the band performing as a four piece shortly after Michael Schenker joined the band. Never before released on DVD these tracks are included in their entirety as a marvellous record of UFO live onstage at a time when the band was beginning to emerge as a true rock phenomenon.

The film tells the story of Lei Xiaojun, a telecommunications scammer, who tries to restart his operations after his base is destroyed, but his business does not go well. His attempts to collaborate with other criminal groups are also unsuccessful. Meanwhile, the anti-telecom fraud team repeatedly fails to capture Lei Xiaojun during their operations. In the end, they take advantage of his greedy nature to finally apprehend him.