Alan Smithee

Montsouris Park

May 2024 •French

On a beautiful autumn day, in Montsouris Park in Paris, Jacques and Nathan are looking for interesting people to shoot their documentary. They chance upon Pierre and Martin, two odd dodos about to have an unusual experience.

Radikals

May 2024 •Tagalog

A young rookie from a bizarre chicken-dance group faces a heckler after being the worst dancer at a performance -- leading him to a series of strange events that reveal what the group does to their weakest link.

Undercover Porno

August 2005 •German

Dead Girls Dancing

June 2023 •German

On a road trip across Italy, recent high school graduates Ira, Malin and Ka pick up the intriguing backpacker Zoe. As the four girls stumble across an abandoned village, they start to experiment with the limits of their newly found freedom, away from the expectations of their parents and teachers.

Hanging Gardens

August 2022 •Arabic

When As’ad, a 12-year-old rubbish picker, adopts an American sex doll from the Baghdad dumps, he crosses into a perilous red zone, finding himself caught in the crossfire between abusive forces of commercialism and fundamentalism in a world where defenders of humanism have lost their power. He embraces the courage it takes to not just survive, but live.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid Christmas: Cabin Fever

December 2023 •English

A hilarious and heartfelt holiday tale centered around everyone's favorite disaster-prone middle school student, Greg Heffley, which finds him desperately fighting to stay off Santa's naughty list as the family prepares for a major winter snowstorm.

The Battle of St. Theresa's

Invalid date •English

A young Catholic school student tries to get kicked out of school.

How Wives Sold Husbands

February 1972 •Ukrainian

This cartoon is based on a humorous Ukrainian folk song about how wives decided to sell their disgraced husbands. One wife wants to get rid of the reveler, the other - from the drunkard, the young woman is tired of the old man, the worker is lazy, and the tall - the husband is too small in stature.

STAR DRIVER: The Movie

February 2013 •Japanese

In the remote Southern Cross Island, a secret organization named The Glittering Crux plans to reactivate giant machines that have been sealed for ages. Known as Cybodies, they can only be controlled by pilots identified as Star Drivers. To unleash their full power, the mysterious group must break the seals of the four shrine maidens that reside in the isle. Recently arrived outsider Takuto Tsunashi vows to stop the Glittering Crux in order to protect Wako Agemaki, the girl who saved his life and is one of the four maidens. Wako is a lively young lady who has already been betrothed to Sugata Shindou, a rich and talented childhood friend. Despite being very close to Agemaki, Sugata quietly disapproves of this engagement since it was forced on them due to a family tradition. The melancholic couple becomes a radiant trio as Takuto becomes not only their friend but protector of the seals since he is none other than the Galactic Pretty Boy, gifted Star Driver of Tauburn, the 22nd Cybody.

The Paleface

January 1922 •English

A butterfly collector unwittingly wanders into an Indian encampment while chasing a butterfly, but the tribe has resolved to kill the first white man who enters their encampment because white oil tycoons are trying to force them from their land.

The Chosen

August 1981 •English

In a 1940s New York, two Jewish teenage boys are determined to remain friends despite the deep differences between their two families.

The Prince and the Pauper

November 1990 •English

Long ago in a land with an ailing king, there was a pair of boys who looked exactly alike, a pauper called Mickey and the other, the Crown Prince.

Reflexes

May 2023 •Swedish

Coming home one night, a girl discovers a strange growth inside her mouth and struggles to ask for help as it grows at an alarming rate.

2017 Oscar Nominated Short Films - Live Action

February 2017 •English

The 2017 OSCAR® nominated short films, live action: Midenki (Sing), Silent Nights, Timecode, Ennemis Interieurs (Enemies Within), La Femme et le TGV (The Woman and the TGV).

Unexpected Journey

March 2017 •Finnish

Lasse is an old racist who has lives in an apartment block filled with a selection of refugees and immigrants. Kamal is a 16-year old boy who's fed up in his life in Finland, and dreams of moving to Nairobi to live with his father. Only problem is that he doesn't have the money to buy the ticket.

Head in the Clouds

January 1994 •French

In his film 'La tête dans les nuages' ('Head in the Clouds') Jean-Marie Teno criticizes the ills of the modern world and the regression of African societies. This short documentary shows the capital of the Cameroon, Yaondé, but might equally show other African cities: heaps of rubbish lie at the edge of streets, academics are out of work, officials unpaid, corruption is the norm, and misery everywhere. For Jean-Marie Teno 'colonization, civilization, independence, then humanitarian talk are merely excuses and theatrical gestures to ensure that Africa remains the place which foreign powers can exploit with a good conscience.'

SONYEO

September 2022 •Korean

No one is welcomed in the world of a little girl and a man until a stranger rings the doorbell. As astonishing things happen right in the face, the girl freaks out.

1996

May 2024 •French

1996, 16-year-old Solveig longs for her first kiss...

Sauna Day

May 2024 •Estonian

Sauna Day invites you into the world of Southern Estonian men who go to the dark-intimate space of a smoke sauna after a hard day's work. Beneath their tough exteriors lies a desire for connection, veiled in secrecy.

Motorcycle

May 2019 •Polish

Raised by an overprotective mother and having recently moved from the city, 17 year old Wojtek tries to fit in by taking part in a local motorcycle competition.