Talk To The Hands

Once there was the port of London, and the East End next to it. Once there was a film, Lorenza Mazzetti’s Together, in which the port is still active. And there is a river the director and Mazzetti herself talk about as they travel to the past and the present, among maps, films and photographs.

A woman returns home with a new plant to the dismay of her partner.

A disturbing mystery lurks on a old backwoods farm brought to new light when a traveling camera team arrives... seeking the one and only Hans Crippleton.

16mm | Uruguay (1:50)

Four old friends - Kamil, Lesha, Sasha and Slava - all well-to-do professionals in their late 30s embarking on a two days road trip from Moscow to Odessa. They wish to escape the metropolis and the everyday routine of work, family and girlfriends to relax in a nightclub run by Slava's friend and to see the popular band B-2 show.

A meditation on civilization. July, 2001: friends wave as a cruise ship departs Lisbon for Mediterranean ports and the Indian Ocean. On board and on day trips in Marseilles, Pompeii, Athens, Istanbul, and Cairo, a professor tells her young daughter about myth, history, religion, and wars. Men approach her; she's cool, on her way to her husband in Bombay. After Cairo, for two evenings divided by a stop in Aden, the captain charms three successful, famous (and childless) women, who talk with wit and intellect, each understanding the others' native tongue, a European union. The captain asks mother and child to join them. He gives the girl a gift. Helena sings. Life can be sweet.

Karo (28) is freshly separated and is struggling with the non-existing relationship with her father. When her mother MICHAELA (50) wants to go on vacation with her to Rügen, Karo suspects there is again some failed love affair behind it.

This talk show was initiated by director Jia Zhangke. It opened an in-depth dialogue with 8 guests from all walks of life to discuss topics such as "the departure and return of hometown" and "the source of nutrition for creation". The resonance of the individual and the times.

Four unlikely assassins question their assignments because they genuinely care about their customers and victims. However, they attract police attention and a prosecutor is on their trail.

Set against the war in Ukraine, this documentary delves into the complex relationship between a Russian mother and her daughter, who is marrying a Ukrainian citizen amidst the war. Through phone conversations and nostalgic VHS tapes of family gatherings, the film raises profound questions about the meaning of family, love, and the impact of war on human relationships. It offers a poignant reflection on the universal human desire to maintain connections with our roots, even amidst the most challenging circumstances, while exploring the boundaries between private life and the catastrophic influence of politics.

Nuria is a young girl with a good life, a boyfriend to marry him and a parents who love her, but a problem: she still is married with Jorge. Former CEO, Jorge lives almost in the ruin together his ex boss and friend Lucas. After two years separated, Jorge doesn't forget her, but Nuria tries to ask him files for divorce when she wrongly discovers that Jorge has tried to commit suicide jumping by a window. Feeling responsible by it, Nuria talks with her parents Miguel and Patricia, according cheat Jorge for that he beliefs that they aren't divorced and Miguel didn't lose his company due to the Jorge's bad business inversions that ruined his parents-in-law, in order to get the divorce without pain for anybody. The real problem is what when the lies accumulate, the situation is each time more dangerously out of control.

Bravely going where no ventriloquist has gone before, Nina Conti concocts a virtual zoo of puckish characters for this world premiere show. Talk to the Hand is an hour of nimble, profanity-strewn stand-up from the vibrant Nina Conti and her touring companions: the scruffy monkey, a posh-sounding owl-poet with a taste for generic verse, a Scottish granny, and the vodka-loving Lydia, recently purchased from another ventriloquist and yet to find a voice she likes. Her alter-egos come face to face with apparitions, special guests and real live humans which means you can rely on consistent lashings of warmth, technical brilliance, and vibrant wit.

Film historians, and survivors from the nearly 30-year struggle to bring sound to motion pictures take the audience from the early failed attempts by scientists and inventors, to the triumph of the talkies.

When it's the big questions, who do you trust? Danny Dyer explains the birds and the bees along with Miriam Margolyes, Alastair Campbell, London Hughes & Ulrika Jonsson.

Never broadcasted feature film by Chinese documentary filmmaker Kang Jianning.

Two girls talking passionately about culture in Tokyo late at night.

Ex-boxer Eddie is framed for murder. While serving time, he tries to clear his name and uncover the real culprit behind the deadly setup.