The Culture

Midnight Snack

A pair of robbers break into a house, expecting to snatch a quick buck. What they find is far less appetizing.

Legends of Ska: Cool & Copasetic

Travel on a tropical journey from the birth of Jamaica's music to the end of the island's innocence. Without Ska, there is no Reggae.

La Joie de vivre

Brennan Heart - Evolution of Style

Documentary

Une Danse Des Bouffons

In this Dadaist love story there are many recurring themes: death and rebirth, multiple identities and doppelgangers, false prophets, love and love lost, the corruption of power and fragility of what is real or true. Using a recreation of Marcel Duchamp's Etant Donnes, a trickster of old mythology awakens Maria Martins (played by Kim Gordon) from the dream state. She learns that her lover, a captive Marcel Duchamp, has been kidnapped by a group of terrorists and forced to recite the chess moves to a historical match. Maria must enter a deep and strange rabbit hole to save her love.

Tim Kim's Great Escape 2

Directly following the events of the previous installment, Tim Kim attempts to make a run. But, when hit with his greatest threat yet, Tim must return to one thing he knows all too well... escape.

Among Thieves

Three friends – a reporter, an oil analyst and a financial executive – reunite after ten years and accidentally uncover one of the key, hidden reasons for what motivated the war in Iraq. The trio struggles to present evidence to major media that America invaded Iraq to force oil sales from the Euro back to the Dollar to preserve US global monetary supremacy. Against incredible odds, the team must face their pasts, find willing sources to corroborate the story, and survive the conspirators as they push to bring the truth to light.

Christmas Wreaths and Ribbons

A wreathmaker slips on ice and injures her arm which puts her holiday wreath deliveries in jeopardy until a selfless neighbor steps up to keep her business afloat.

Lucca Comics Daily

"Topless Cellist" Charlotte Moorman

Nam June Paik's first single-channel videotape since 1989 is a heartfelt tribute to his long-time collaborator Charlotte Moorman. This portrait traces Moorman's career as an avant-garde performer, from her classical training to her notorious arrest as the "Topless Cellist" and subsequent talk-show celebrity. Rare documentations of Moorman's performances include Otto Piene's Sky Kiss and Jim McWilliams' Chocolate Cello. Interviews with Moorman's friends, family and collaborators, such as Yoko Ono, Christo and Jeanne Claude, Otto Piene, and Barbara Moore, among others, provide intimate recollections of the inimitable Moorman.

Cooking History

A documentary about army cooks and how the everyday needs of thousands of armed stomachs affect the victories and defeats of statesmen. The film is based on eleven meals based on recipes from the Second World War till the war in Chechnya; from France through the Balkans to Russia.

Aloma of the South Seas

A young South Seas native boy is sent to the U.S. for his education and returns to his island after his father dies to try to stop a revolution.

Mother Tongue

An adult Korean woman remembers her childhood when her parents dragged her to a new life in Australia where she would never speak her native language again.