I live alone in my heaven

„I Live Alone In My Heaven“
The Singer Günther Groissböck
He makes you feel what it's like to be lonely at the top. To see and hear him is to learn more about the search for the right path that preoccupies every earnest and serious person. The characters he plays on stage are deeply moving. Bass singer Günther Groissböck traverses the opera houses of the world as kings, scholars, philosophers, priests, mythical creatures and gods. You might call him an expert at playing lonely characters.Our cameras followed this artist from the Austrian town of Waidhofen an der Ybbs for two years, capturing on film the key moments of his life during that time: from his return to work after the pandemic to his debut as King Philip in Verdi's Don Carlo at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. The result is a very personal portrait depicting a unique attitude to life, epitomised in two lines from one of Mahler's Rückert-Lieder:
I live alone in my heaven, in my love, in my song.

30 Years ago, Hollywood screenwriter, Woody Keith made his directorial debut with Angel's Tide. Woody eventually left Hollywood and became Zeph E. Daniel. The movie was forgotten and never released. While working on the documentary "The Darkside of Society", a work print of 'Angel's Tide' was discovered. After a viewing and the urging of his partners at Crazed House. Zeph E Daniel was able to go back some 30 years later and finish the movie the way he had originally envisioned.
Synopsis:
Diane Collier, a woman of the 90's who has achieved almost everything a career woman could want, is stricken with a terminal illness that even her good credit cards cannot protect her from. As she balances denial and acceptance, she tries to "hold on" to her world through indulgence in sex and chocolate and consumption of material goods while trying to make peace with her father after years of self-imposed exile. Her father, a painter who never forgave Diane for going into the commercial art field, tries to welcome her back, but their personalities are on a crash collision course, and he is unable to be the willing ear for her secret, that she will soon die. The image of time slipping by is accentuated for Diane when she meets a wise clock-shop owner who rents her an apartment near her parents' house, while a mysterious angel, a cherubic little girl appears to Diane alone, calling her, inspiring her to paint a portrait of the angel and to face her destiny. Friends and family are not enough to lead Diane to acceptance of her fate, and she becomes kleptomanic in an effort to hold onto it all, culminating in a bank hostage crisis. Once her father realizes that he has held onto his own dreams for Diane instead of letting her explore her dreams, he relents and tries to assist her in "stealing" her life back. But it is the little angel who finally leads her to the tides and the realm beyond.

The shortcut

When leaving school Amir always ran. When there were five minutes to go, he writhed in his desk, his dirty feet always moving. Amir was the first to arrive and also the first to leave.

“IF Da VINCI MADE A FILM, THIS WOULDN’T BE IT.”
Combining the cheesiest parts of 9 epic “Sword and Sandal” movies
(including “Hercules”, “Hercules Unchained, and “Last Days of
Pompeii”), Hercules Recycled 2.0 is an insane, redubbed hybrid
comedy/adventure set in a future where the power’s run out and the
world has collapsed into primal chaos.
Throw in two geeky teenagers in togas, a multi-eyed monster, a space
puppet, the kitchen sink (literally), and over 150 CGI effects and you’ve
got a movie that took over 40 years to make after only 30 seconds of
rational thought.

When Simon knocks on a couples door, he brings news that will turn their world upside down.

A new mother tries to rest after a nasty fall, but is unsettled when her baby son seems to advance impossibly fast while in her husband's care.

The freelance painter Lao Chong dreams of becoming a film director. One day, he sends his script to his artist friend Gao Ge, hoping to get his financial support. After reading the script, Gao Ge expressed great interest. Lao Chong went to Gao Ge's residence for an interview. During the script discussion process, Gao Ge agreed to lend Lao Chong money without any return... It turned out that Gao Ge told Lao Chong a big secret: he had an incurable disease and had little time left. Lao Chong was shocked and suggested that Gao Ge use a family dinner and friends to hold a formal farewell ceremony

Death in Venice is a novel by Thomas Mann published in 1912.
It became a film directed by by Luchino Visconti in 1971.
One of the characters is the young Tadzio, played by Björn Andresen.
The director called him "the most beautiful boy in the world".
I wanted to return to the film's Venice locations to meet Tadzio's shadow..

Written by: Keya Vance

At the age of eighty-eight, my grandfather Fernando suggests we make a film together. His idea comes when I tell him I am moving out of his house. That is how we start filming; he carries his camera, I carry mine. Although we have lived together for more than 20 years, it is through the camera that we see each other in a way we have never done before. “That Breath” is an intimate recording of our bond, love, and loss, in an attempt to understand the meaning of being alive.

Set in the Southwest of England, 'BLUE' delves into the story of two fishermen, John Winter and his son, Charlie, as they grapple with the hardships of sustaining their livelihood on a small commercial fishing boat. Their relationship undergoes profound challenges, and both must navigate obstacles in their own distinct ways.

The heart gripping Their Own Life portrays three persons who survived a period of serious longing for suicide. Kris van der Veen was bullied in high school so intensely in his Christian community in the far north of the Netherlands, that he tried to take his life with pills when he was only 14 years old. Transgender woman Solange Dekker experienced no understanding of her narrow-minded family members and jumped of a high bridge twice. And Jean Passos heard from his Brazilian family he as possessed by the devil after coming out as gay.
The number of suicides in the LGBTQ-community in the Netherlands is five times higher than in the other part of the society. A shocking result of being not excepted, bullied, or even thrown out of your family completely.
The documentary is an initiative of Henk Burger who now already has experienced 25 suicides among his friends. Documentary maker Tim Dekkers follows Kris, Solange, and Jean in their actual support of others who struggle with loneliness, insecurities, depression and death wishes. Solange became a super model, winning even as first European transgender woman the prestigious Miss International Queen title of 2023. Kris managed to become a politician in the town council of Amsterdam, focusing on the ones who need attention the most. Jean developed a special Acrobatic Mental Health Workshop to give people more confidence.
Halfway the period of making this documentary, the shocking news came that Jean, despite his positive feelings, hanged himself in his studio. Suddenly his death became an unexpected part of the story, that will leave no viewer unmoved. How to go further with the knowledge that you can never really read one’s mind completely?
Their Own Life is not only a taboo breaking film, but it is also most and for all a heart-breaking cry for change.

Meet Jos. Landscape developer and specialist in syntropic agroforestry. His mission is to enrich landscapes and makes ecosystems healthy again. His unique vision on energy, food and biodiversity, provides tools to bring us back to what we humans in the very essence are: a useful species.

In a world torn apart by war, hope becomes the last beacon of light for a scattered group of survivors. Amidst the chaos, Karina broadcasts on Frequency 208.4, reaching out to others hiding in their own corners of despair. From a shattered shelter to a crumbling library, each listener clings to her words, finding solace and unity in her story. But as they connect through the airwaves, their enemies draw closer. This gripping tale unfolds with a mix of suspense, bravery, and the unyielding spirit of those who refuse to surrender. Will their collective hope be enough to triumph against the darkness? "Frequency 208.4" is a visually stunning, Waterford Youth Arts short film, written and produced and starring Waterford Youth Arts.

About a person who starts to question his line of work, he wrestles between his duty and morality.

memories, happy or sad are always memories.
a past time that can no longer return

A community comes together to express the many affectations of living with cancer and to herald the science that will one day find a cure.

20 years after the creation of the first-generation Soul Flyers team by Reunion Island native Loïc Jean-Albert, new-generation team members Fred Fugen and Vincent Cotte return to the island where it all began, to keep the Soul Flyers spirit alive.

In un presente che non esiste...
Lo Stato per contenere il problema della sovrappopolazione ha deciso di mettere sotto esame periodicamente ogni uomo e donna che raggiunga l’età considerata dell’obsolescenza...
Gli individui che superano i test possono continuare a vivere secondo le norme governative...
Chi non supera i test è considerato un soggetto obsoleto e viene eliminato.

While fishing, the grandfather gives his grandson a speech about the closed world of the baits in a jar.
He is explaining in a few words how the bait in the jar stay alive. By strength or luck, just like us humans.
The little boy looks at the jar and listens to his grandfather in silence, seemingly unaffected, uninterested in the story.
However, when he arrives home, he makes a decision.
He does not want to accept a world in which either force or luck decides our fate.

A dangerous elevator ride tests a couple's bond

"A woman copes with grief after her husband's sudden death, finding strength and purpose in rebuilding her life."

When bespoke becomes a label for optimized service, the human race is no longer content with customizing things; it begins to customize humans. One by one, the perfect service, the perfect children, the intricate global fertility chains, and the women therein fade out from the documentary footage, while director Jingjing steps into the spotlight from behind the camera. She becomes a Thai surrogate in captivity, but also a surrogacy agent who achieved upward social mobility; she turns into a selfless and hypocritical American surrogate mother – a product of technology born through surrogacy herself; she even tries to play an elite black lesbian at the very top of the feminist chain of contempt, only to collapse in on herself.

The story begins with a young lady named Sarah going for her usual evening walk. Sarah is abruptly attacked and murdered by the central character named Mike Borras. The film then transitions into a story of murder, stalking and the emergence of a serial killer. The killer becomes fixated with the leading female character, Kristine. Then the plot evolves into a police investigation, introducing detectives Victorri and Angelo who set about uncovering what they believe is a serial killer who is stalking and killing young women. As the story unfolds the detectives provide personal protection for Kristine as they investigate the case. The story ends in a tragedy with a twist, when one of the police detectives is murdered and Mike Borras is killed unexpectedly.

Abdallah, an Arab Muslim civil engineer married to Irene, a Greek Cypriot woman, has to come to terms with his own responsibility in the collapse of a building in an Arab refugee settlement, which causes the death of 7 people. Having been radicalized, Iman and Leila, two young Europeans of Arab origin, are sent to Cyprus, with a secret mission. Michelle, a lonely 17-year old girl, child of a broken family, falls for Angelos, a handsome, domineering young man. Three stories, each involving characters whose actions may mean the difference between life and death, are defined by their search for redemption from their past, their guilt, their loneliness.

Directed by: CORINNA AVRAAMIDOU, KYRIACOS TOFARIDES

Alice wanders into an apartment. A couple arrives for a real estate visit. Ms Tourville looks exactly like Alice. Yet neither M. Tourville nor the nanny seem to notice.

Elba and Paula are spending the day at the pool of the resort where they’re staying. That’s when they realize how well they’re doing since they first met, a long time ago. But when exactly did they first meet?

In 1935 Egas Moniz, renowned Portuguese neurologist, visit psychiatrist Sobral Cid in order to persuade him allow his patients to be act as subjects for Moniz's experiemntal treatment - frontal leucotomy. After some resistance Cid agrees. The first such operation is staged, but Moniz's exhaltation is cut short by an attempt on his life. This self-contained chamber opera is actually scene 7 from a longer opera of the same name that tells three stories from the history of 20th century brain science (rather than a screenplay we worked with a libretto). it was filmed very quickly with little resources and involved professional and non-professional cast & crew.The music is by Stephen Brown.

The role of historians is key in the history of humanity because their objective is to investigate the past to avoid repeating the same mistakes in the future. Furthermore, they often bring to light the history of unique individuals who, due to circumstances, have not received the recognition they deserve, especially in the case of women. This documentary focuses on the work of the historian Aïda Sánchez, who rescued Dolours Vives Rodon from oblivion, one of the pioneering women in piloting aircraft in our country and who played a vital role during the Spanish Civil War.

A violent incident uproots queer Russell's turbulent young East Coast life and lands him in Seattle in the care of his grandmother, Ida.

Pizza call center worker Claire knows that something is terribly wrong when her long time customer James struggles with his usual order.

Just a young boy finding his path… in the best possible shoes.
Shoes is a simple story, with global ambition. A story about Munidi, a young boy from a village somewhere in Africa. Munidi isn’t happy with his image and so he sets about transforming his life. Among other westernised ideals, Munidi looks to his screen idols of the western world for inspiration. But who can help him realise his Big Life Ambitions? Bond? … James Bond, that’s who!
Munidi’s transformation begins as seeks out the finer things and steps into a new life and a new pair of shoes. Meet the fresh and improved Munidi who is 100% ready to fulfil his dreams, when a series of everyday encounters make him realise that the things he idolises, aren’t quite what he thought they would be? This is the story of how one young boy’s real transformation comes with understanding who he is and what is important to him.

A heartbroken violin maker tests the healing power of music.

Both my mother, and my sister, were adopted..but I was not. I made this film to help share the complexities that adoptees and their families face over their lifetime. I never understood what that was like for them. I am a Secret is an intimate short about family history, searching for answers, and the lifelong journey that accompanies of lives of adoptees. I want to know why adoption comes with so many painful secrets? And how it echoes throughout the lives of adoptees, no matter the age.

In a world where the line between reality and illusion is getting thinner, artificial intelligence is emerging as the undisputed protagonist of a new era.

Data become the lifeblood of technological progress.

Recent research focuses on the development of increasingly sophisticated machine learning algorithms capable of analyzing large amounts of data and drawing accurate conclusions.

Engineers, roboticists, and technologists are working to turn this data into practical tools used in diagnostic imaging, robotic surgery, and vehicle autonomy.

As every great story, the progress of technology brings with it ethical dilemmas.

The main challenge is to ensure that the data-driven use of artificial intelligence is done responsibly, thus avoiding possible negative consequences.

Join Alma in her journey.

A man suffers from schizophrenia and imagines a group of friends with whom he spends time in his house. The doctor prescribed a medication that he does not take. Because of this, he reacts and has hallucinations. He sees people who don't exist and carries on having conversations by himself.

TERRIERS IN THE JUNGLE

When an American dancer returns to Kenya following a personal tragedy, her adorable terrier helps her mend her wounds and work toward saving her beloved elephants.

A documentary about autism in women and the assessment protocol designed to bring it to light.

David Michaels, a troubled New York poet finds inspiration and heartbreak in the enigmatic, institutionalized Poet Regina Romanescu (Olga Kent)
As their bond deepens, David must confront the darkness of Regina's past and oppressive forces that seem to keep them apart.
Will their light shine bright enough to overcome the shadows or will it become a tragic victim of it's own beauty set against the timeless backdrop of Paris.