Lost in Karastan

Webseries: The Movie

June 2019 •English

In 2019, a group of four "filmmakers" set out to make a world-changing web series.

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

October 1941 •English

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break is a 1941 film about a man who wants to sell a film story to Esoteric Studios. On the way he gets insulted by little boys, beaten up for ogling a woman, and abused by a waitress. W. C. Fields' last starring role in a feature-length film.

Co-ed Starlets

April 1996 •English

Directors at a California film school compete for Hollywood financing of a feature film.

State and Main

August 2000 •English

A movie crew invades a small town whose residents are all too ready to give up their values for showbiz glitz.

Caged

April 2024 •English

Two film students with one week left to make their senior project need $10,000 to hire Nicolas Cage to star in their film.

Lest You Forget

October 2020 •German

Hearts of the West

October 1975 •English

Lewis Tater writes Wild West dime novels and dreams of actually becoming a cowboy. When he goes west to find his dream he finds himself in possession of the loot box of two crooks who tried to rob him.

A Chef in Love

June 1996 •Georgian

The story of Pascal Ichak, a larger-than-life French traveller, bon vivant, and chef, who falls in love with Georgia and a Georgian princess in the early 1920s. All is well until the arrival of the Red Army of the Caucasus, as the Soviet revolution that has swept Russian comes to Georgia. Told as a flashback from the present, as a French-Georgian man whose mother was Pascal's lover translates his memoirs for Pascal's niece.

Watermelon

June 2012 •Georgian

In Georgia, in the middle of a desert, on the hottest day of summer two water-melon sellers cross paths.

Killed Alive

November 2023 •English

Three film students attempt to make a horror movie 'blockbuster', but their Hollywood plans get derailed when their very own horror movie slasher escapes the chains of film and script and springs into reality to cause chaos and mayhem upon their neighbourhood on Halloween night. Now its up to these teenage misfits to put end to their film mascot come to life while also attempting to save those who ridiculed their creative visions.

Untitled Summer Film Project

January 2023 •English

A group of high school boys attempt to create a movie during the summer before college starts and before they go their separate ways.

5-25-77

October 2008 •English

Alienated, hopeful-filmmaker Pat Johnson's epic story growing up in rural Illinois, falling in love, and becoming the first fan of the movie that changed everything.

Calling the Shots

September 1988 •English

Documentary about women in the film industry. Numerous notable actresses and female directors share their thoughts.

Melodies of the mountains

January 2006 •Russian

Film about the singing and dancing culture of the Ingush people

Salam Aleikum, Ingush people!

January 1993 •Russian

Documentary film about ethnic cleansing in the Prigorodny district in October-November 1992.

Society of the Snow: Who Were We on the Mountain?

January 2024 •Spanish

An in-depth look at the creative process behind "Society of the Snow," featuring cast, crew, director J.A. Bayona and even real-life survivors.

45 Days: The Fight for a Nation

September 2021 •English

A feature documentary presented and directed by former Royal Marines Commando Emile Ghessen. The documentary tells the story of the 2020 war between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno Karabakh. In the fall of 2020, Armenia and Azerbaijan fought a brutal bloody war. Azerbaijan won, decisively. The feature documentary 45 Days: The Fight for a Nation tells the story of this conflict, from the Armenian perspective, focusing on the human cost of war and its impact on the large Armenian diaspora.

John Ford Goes to War

January 2002 •English

When World War II broke out, John Ford, in his forties, commissioned in the Naval Reserve, was put in charge of the Field Photographic Unit by Bill Donavan, director of the soon-to-be-OSS. During the war, Field Photo made at least 87 documentaries, many with Ford's signature attention to heroism and loss, and many from the point of view of the fighting soldier and sailor. Talking heads discuss Ford's life and personality, the ways that the war gave him fulfillment, and the ways that his war films embodied the same values and conflicts that his Hollywood films did. Among the films profiled are "Battle of Midway," "Torpedo Squadron," "Sexual Hygiene," and "December 7."

Movies Are My Life

October 1978 •English

The very first full-length documentary on Scorsese offers an invaluable look at how he was perceived by his colleagues, and himself, in 1977. Catching Scorsese while he was in post-production on New York, New York and editing The Last Waltz, British filmmaker Peter Hayden gets the manically hyper Scorsese to comment on his youth, his relation to his lead characters, and most importantly, his approach to direction. The doc doesn’t quite move at the pace of Scorsese’s revved-up speed-talking, but it does offer some real insight into his productivity in the 1970s, thanks to an impressive array of talking heads. Included are Scorsese’s collaborators Jay Cocks, Mardik Martin, Brian De Palma, Steven Prince (who co-produced this doc), and his mentor John Cassavetes. Also the performers, who discuss his working methods in detail — Jodie Foster, Liza Minnelli, and, of course, Robert De Niro.

You Do the Best You Can

January 2001 •Swedish

Follows Roy Andersson around different film festivals as he tries to launch his new film "Songs from the Second Floor" mixed with interviews with family members and colleagues.