Imperiet hersker over galaksen og Jedi-ordenen synes udslettet. Oprørerne har stjålet planerne til Imperiets nye, hemmelige våben, men bliver opsnappet af den ubarmhjertige Darth Vader og prinsesse Leia bliver tilfangetaget. Ved et tilfælde ender planerne hos den unge Luke Skywalker, som sammen med den gamle Ben Kenobi, smugleren Han Solo og hans makker Chewbacca, må befri prinsessen og ødelægge Dødsstjernen.
Locked out of the school art room, a creative non-binary teen named Frog grapples with anxiety as they seek a new place to eat lunch. Imagination blurs with reality in this hybrid work of live action and animation about finding a place to belong.
In 1920s China, a nineteen year old Songlian is forced to marry the much older lord of a powerful family. With three wives already, each living in a separate chamber in the mansion, they constantly play mind games for his attention. Songlian joins the fierce competition, slowly uncovering the dark truths that lie within their gilded cage.
Aziza and her husband Abdullah are both day laborers who work on various farms. When Aziza is brutally raped by a guard while she is picking potatoes in a field, she tries to hide the pregnancy and kills the baby once it’s born.
Film from Andrew Morgan. The True Cost is a documentary film exploring the impact of fashion on people and the planet.
Året er 1999, og der er borgerkrig i Sierra Leone. Fiskeren Solomon's drømme bliver knuste, da han bliver kidnappet og tvunget væk fra kone og barn for at arbejde i en diamantmine, der finansierer borgerkrigen.
A startling expose of rape crimes on US campuses, their institutional cover-ups, and the devastating toll they take on students and their families. The film follows the lives of several undergraduate assault survivors as they attempt to pursue—despite incredible push back, harassment and traumatic aftermath—both their education and justice.
I 1950'ernes Sverige bliver den 16-årige Erik smidt ud af skolen efter at have været i slagsmål. For at beskytte Erik fra hans voldelige stedfar får hans mor ham optaget på overklassekostskolen Stjärnsberg. Men Stjärnsberg er ikke mindre præget af vold end Erik's barndomshjem. Tværtimod. Med ledelsens velsignelse styrer de ældste elever skolen med hård hånd, og ydmygelser og brutal afstraffelse hører til dagens orden.
Deraldo, a popular poet from Northeast Brazil, arrives in the capital of São Paulo, making a living only from his poetry and pamphlets. All is well until he is mistaken for a multinational worker who killed the boss at a party where he received the title of symbolic worker.
I Pakistan bliver mere end hundrede mennesker hvert år ofre for brutale og invaliderende syreangreb. Langt de fleste ofre er kvinder, og i mange tilfælde bliver overgrebet aldrig anmeldt. Med lidt eller ingen adgang til plastikkirurgi går ofrene rundt med sår på krop og sjæl, mens gerningsmændene, ofte en ægtemand eller et andet nærtstående familiemedlem, slipper med lidt eller ingen straf. Her følger vi to syreofre, Zakia og Rukhsana, og deres vanskelige kamp for at bringe deres overfaldsmænd for en domstol, og den britisk-pakistanske plastikkirurg Mohammad Jawad, der på velgørenhedsbasis hjælper med at genskabe de vansiredes kvinders ansigter - og deres liv.
I 1988 tvinger et massivt internationalt pres den chilenske militærdiktator Augusto Pinochet til at afholde folkeafstemning om sit formandskab. Oppositionens ledere overtaler en smart ung reklamemand til at stå i spidsen for kampagnen, der skal få det chilenske folk til at stemme NEJ!
Den berømte ekspert i militærstrategi, General Irwin,er blevet dømt ved en krigsret og afsoner sin straf i et stærkt bevogtede militærfængsel, ledet af den barske oberst Winter. Winter har umiddelbart stor respekt for den tidligere legendariske general, men da Irwin kritiserer fængselsinspektøren, bliver de fjender. Det bliver til en regulær krig, da Irwin samler sine medfanger i en hær for at tage magten i fængslet.
English vicar Dr. Syn becomes a scarecrow on horseback by night to thwart King George III's taxmen.
Caroline (Ellen Barkin) er alenemor med problembarnet Toby (Leonardo DiCaprio) og leder efter en god mand. Dwight Hansen (Robert De Niro) virker som den perfekte match med ordnede forhold og egne børn. Desværre har Dwight også et udpræget behov for at dominere sine nærmeste omgivelser, og det går ud over både Caroline og hendes utilpassede søn, som Dwight skiftevis sviner til og slår.
A detailing of the plight of white South African farmers.
En enkemand, der mister forældremyndigheden over sin datter, finder sig ude af stand til at fastholde et job. Han tager et job hvor han skal køre en lastbil gennem landet, uden at stille spørgsmål til lasten. Men da han opdager, hvad han skal leverer, står han overfor et livsforandrende valg.
A satirical take on the mundane absurdities of life in modern-day Iran, these nine vignettes illuminate the lighter side of enduring under authoritarian rule. Whether choosing a name for a newborn, graduating from grade school, getting a driver’s license, applying for a job, or seeking approval for a film script, if you live in Iran, you best come fluent in Orwellian discourse. Progressing along a rough timeline from birth to death, each story is shot in a static camera angle as a single petitioner negotiates with an authority figure hovering just outside of frame, who is practiced in the language of doublespeak.
Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. However this revolution eats their own children and they cannot avoid corruption.
The Toth family resides in Northern Hungary. The couple has a daughter and a son, the latter a member of the armed forces. When his weary major is ordered to take a vacation, the son talks him into a visit to his family home. Comedy ensues when the Toths go overboard trying to make things pleasant for the visiting major in hopes of an easier life for their son the soldier.
Inspirational true story of Iranian dancer Afshin Ghaffarian, who risked his life for his dream to become a dancer despite a nationwide dancing ban.