Em 1916, Bill, um trabalhador de Chicago, mata o chefe da usina siderúrgica em que trabalha. Ele foge para o Texas com sua namorada Abby e sua irmã mais nova, Linda. Para evitar fofocas, Bill e Abby fingem ser irmãos e são contratados como parte de um grupo sazonal para trabalhar nos campos de trigo de um rico fazendeiro, o qual descobre estar morrendo de uma doença não identificada. Quando ele apaixona-se por Abby, Bill encoraja sua namorada a casar-se com o fazendeiro para herdar seu dinheiro.
Um homem relembra o passado, entre as coisas que viveu de verdade e a imaginação sobre as coisas que lhe foram contadas e que se confundem com a memória.
George é um ex-jogador de futebol que, na tentativa de se aproximar do filho, passa a treinar a equipe juvenil na qual ele joga. Só que ele não consegue se manter afastado das mães dos colegas de seu filho, a quem vive dando em cima.
Sid and Bernie keep having their amorous intentions snubbed by their girlfriends Joan and Anthea, so when they decide to take them on a holiday to Paradise Camp, they think they're off to a nudist colony—but they couldn't be more wrong, and meet up with the weirdest bunch of campers you can imagine.
On the last working day of Sheriff Wayne, his small town is attacked by blood thirsty ravens that eat human flesh. Meanwhile his wife Cynthia visits a farm where a Mennonite family lives to say farewell to her friend Gretchen and discloses a dark secret about the origin of the fierce ravens.
Os recém-casados Rhada e Shyamu vivem em condições precárias em uma comunidade rural juntamente com a mãe de Shyamu, que, para ajudar o casal, empresta uma quantia de Sukhihala, um homem que controla a vila. Ao emprestar o dinheiro, Sukhihala se aproveita da ingenuidade da mulher e faz ela assinar um documento que colocará a família em uma situação de extrema exploração.
Set in mid-70's, 12-year old Dvir Avni navigates between the equality values of his home-born Kibbutz and the relationship with his undermined mother, whom the Kibbutz members will to denounce.
Explorations of the effect nature can have on humans, as explored via a navy officer lost at sea, and a child in a field.
Nous sommes dans un coin de France reculé... très reculé.
A slow, hot summer afternoon. A father sleeps while his child is drawing with pencils in a cross word puzzle. A wind moves through the grass - something bad is about to happen.
Something is cooking in the town of Grimsville, Ontario. A bunch of wayward youths take on Grimsville High, Squirrely's Pizza and the Moose Meat Ladies with their revolutionary underground grilled cheese sandwich club.
Jelena spends her summer holiday tending a flock of sheep. A plane from a nearby aerodrome attracts her attention and she and the pilot engage in spontaneous games.
Full of determination and uncertainty, Nutmeg pursues her daydream to escape a dull reality with a Walkman and her case of few sentimental belongings.
Fresh out of university, agricultural engineer Voica Teodorescu returns to her native village where she joins a local team of engineers in the planning of a dam and an irrigation mega project.Although Voica is engaged to be married to Ilarie she also is romantically attracted to local engineer Radu. Radu doesn't agree with local boss Vasile Axente's management style and deems Vasile incompetent.Therefore, Radu tries to form an alliance with the village vice-mayor Dumitru Vardaru but when a large sum of money from the public works budget goes missing Radu is investigated by authorities for embezzlement of public funds.His relationship with Voica and the villagers gets sourly tested.
An esoteric teleplay about a Man who wakes up in a field in southern England with nothing but a bicycle, a massive bong and no memory of how he got there. When a strange Boy comes to collect him, the Man embarks on a journey to make sense of things and acquire a pint.
A prairie landscape undergoes a metamorphosis: rural idyll to over-urbanized dystopia. Director Anne Koizumi laments the changing face of her hometown of Calgary in this critique of the bacteria-like spread of suburbia and exurbia. This film was made as part of the third edition of the NFB's Hothouse apprenticeship.
