María, a seventeen-year-old Mayan (Kaqchikel) girl, lives on the slopes of an active volcano in Guatemala. An arranged marriage awaits her, but her suitor must first spend months working in the city. It is a world María knows nothing of, but is forced to grapple with when problems arise.
Farha is a 14 year old girl who lives in a small village in Palestine, 1948. Inseparable from her best friend Farida, who lives in the city but who spends weekends in the village, Farha dreams of joining her at a school in the city. Just when Farha's father is finally convinced and Farha's dream is at last coming true, Zionist forces declared the establishment of the State of Israel, the Nakba. As violence escalates, Farha is brutally separated from Farida. Terrorized for his daughter's safety and fearing for her life, Farha's father locks her up in a concealed, small food storage space by the house, promising to return. Over the course of the next few days, Farha undergoes a life-changing experience while buried in the tight dark space, her only connection to the outside world is a small hole in the wall and a few cracks in the wooden door.
In this popular Soviet animation that Hayao Miyazaki called his favorite film, The Snow Queen depicts a lonely and powerful monarch who kidnaps a human boy, but his best friend is determined to overcome any obstacles in her way to rescue him.
Ireland, 1920: people unite to form volunteer guerrilla armies to face the ruthless “Black and Tan” squads that are being shipped from Britain to block Ireland’s bid for independence. Damien abandons his burgeoning career as a doctor and joins his brother, Teddy, in a violent fight for freedom.
The highest grossing Soviet film of all time, a piercing drama by Vasily Shukshin based on the story of the same name. Yegor Prokudin, a man of lost fortune, was imprisoned for many years. After serving his sentence, Yegor goes to a village where a blue-eyed stranger Lyuba Baikalova lives, with whom he has been corresponding. Here he expects to live for a while and catch his breath before returning to the city. However, life in the village changes Prokudin’s plans, and he decides to forget his past forever. But is it possible to break the vicious cycle of crime?
Called the greatest Korean film of all time, and at one point banned in South Korea because of its stark depiction of the war, Obaltan depicts life in Seoul just years after the end of the Korean War as the hardships and anxieties of the social and economic devastation are played out by a few people trying to better themselves and those just trying to get by.
