On October 25, 1946... in a small crowded room at Cambridge University, two of the world’s greatest twentieth-century philosophers, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper, came face-to-face for the first and only time. A third man, Lord Bertrand Russell was also present, acting as umpire of the event. The meeting - which lasted only 10 minutes - did not go well. To this day, no one can agree precisely what took place in those fiery minutes. Almost immediately, rumours started to spread around the world that the two philosophers, Wittgenstein and Popper, had come to blows armed with red-hot fire pokers!
Nicholas and Isabel were made for each other but how will they ever know it? As ghosts, fate and the sheer power of true love pull them together, so too does life threaten to tear them apart.
The unique and complicated bonds amongst women who grow up but never grow apart, even when your married friends completely forget what it was like to be single and try to set you up with a guy who has no neck.
Katniss Everbean voluntarily takes her younger, royal blue elephant sister's place in the Hunger Games, a televised fight to the death in which two beanie babies from each of the twelve Districts are chosen at random to compete.
Home is more than a place where we live. It is also a feeling of trust, being within your family. This feeling is transferred from generation to generation. This film follows a little boy losing his home through mourning and relocation, and questions if it is possible to recapture the feeling in another place. A central theme in the film is the nature of connections between generations. Differences, similarities, and behaviour patterns that are transferred between the old and the new worlds. They tie together individuals and generations in a family the same way as fine silk threads interlace within the cloth.
The life and love story of a man who could not stand anywhere in North and South Korea in the 1970s
Mermaid is in a jar, and unless I loosen the top she's not coming out to kill me.
The passenger pigeon, the most abundant bird species in North America for thousands of years, became extinct by human hands in a geologic heartbeat. Its story remains relevant to conservation challenges today, and there are even plans for its possible revival. Rare archival material, CGI animation, and aerial cinematography combine to recreate the awe-inspiring nature of these birds.
Regular maintenance of the car (2021) is an upcoming Saudi-based film based on a book written by Muneer Lyati under the banner of Muneer Lyati Production [as].
Finland's most internationally successful pop star Suvi Vaahtera aka Summer Maple cancels her tour and disappears from the public eye. Her ex-boyfriend Antti Salokoski dives into memories of their youthful love, music, the moments that made them who they are and the choices that drove them apart.
Edith has been beset by vivid hallucinations that only end when she begins spying on her next door neighbor.
This stage version is by Bryony Lavery, with music and lyrics by renowned musician and composer Joe Stilgoe. A bang on the head during a cricket match at his boarding school has landed twelve-year-old Tom in the children’s ward of the spooky Lord Funt Hospital. Luckily, he’s not on his own with the child-hating Matron and the scary-looking Porter. George, Amber, Robin and Sally are in there too, and they’re not taking things lying down. When the lights go out and the clock strikes twelve, they’re off. But will they let new boy Tom join their forbidden midnight adventures through the hospital’s labyrinthine realm? This inventive tale of fun, friendship and the importance of kindness is adapted from David Walliams's biggest selling children’s book of 2016.
Ella and her school class, led by their teacher, go on a hilarious summer trip, but to everyone's surprise they find themselves in the middle of a major otter rescue operation.
“Russian Woe” is a musical adaptation of the classic Russian comedy “Woe from Wit” by Alexander Griboyedov. This tribute to a text well known to all Russians is full of humor and irony. All roles are played by young actors, shedding light on the political context of the time. The adaptation focuses on the social protests and romanticism of Griboyedov's time, satirizing post-Napoleonic Moscow society.
Film adaptation of Leslie Feinberg's eponymous novel.
The film "The Dragon Slaying Case of the New Seven Heroes and Five Righteousness" tells the story of Song Renzong Tiansheng five years ago, the young Bao Zheng took office in Beijing, but he was involved in a bizarre and mysterious case when he traveled to Jianchang County. Fortunately, on the way, they met Zhan Zhao, the "Southern Hero", and Bai Yutang, the "Jin Mao Rat." Although the three of them were young, they couldn't hide their chivalrous atmosphere. In the process of the three people's step-by-step investigation, strange signs occurred - in a ruined temple, the dead body was "resurrected"... In the face of a dangerous situation, in order to save Bai Yutang's body Zhan Zhao, who is seriously injured, when will Bao Zheng be able to understand this complicated case? Can Zhan and Bai be rescued successfully?