An artist recites lines from Saadi’s Gulistan (The Flower Garden) ― a monument of Persian literature ― as her body moves through space and away from the words of the poem. In 2009, while working in Iran, she was instructed to take photographs of flowers instead of taking self-portraits that addressed social concerns. In response, the artist, Atashi, started exploring the historical, literary, and symbolic connotations of flowers in Iran.
Since the 1960's, journalists, scholars and filmmakers have been examining the Rastafarian movement in an attempt to explain its origins and its core beliefs.
A young Russian woman, smuggled into America by human traffickers, and a notorious Egyptian transporter hired to drive her from the Mexican border to New York City, form an unlikely bond that transforms them and threatens to derail the traffickers' plans.
The film is a short story about a guy called Steve who has struggled with the Christian faith, having seen his parents, who are both Christians, break up because of his dad's unfaithfulness.
Antonia is a single mother who works as a hotel maid in Berlin. A normal hot summer day takes a dramatic turn when she crosses paths with a particular guest of the hotel, famous blind portrait painter Julius Pass.
There's a new teacher in town—Spelunker! This unusual man is anything but a typical instructor, giving speeches about traffic safety to the students, reacting strangely to a humidifier, and enjoying lunch— albeit with ample condiment mishaps.
