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• Fang : an epic journey / a film by Susan Vogel ; producer, Ed De Carbo ; director, Susan Vogel ; New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & TV
  "This is a work of fiction but everything in it is based on real events." About the journey of an African sculpture, beginning in Cameroon in 1904. The film then traces what happens to the sculpture in Paris in 1907 and 1917, Berlin in 1933, and New York in 1948. The sculpture finally ends up in a museum in 1970
• Der Damm & Film oder Macht / Vlado Kristl
  
• Das Haus in Montevideo / Curt Goetz / Valerie von Martens
  "A straight-laced German schoolmaster, married with twelve children, finds that his daughter has inherited a house in South America from her aunt, who was banished from the family for her loose morals. Along with the house comes a considerable fortune. However, there is a catch: unless there is an occurrence in the schoolmaster's own family, similar to the circumstances that led the family to disown his sister, the deceased aunt, and before a certain date, his daughter cannot claim her inheritance. The prim and proper schoolmaster is in a quandary: shall he sacrifice the moral integrity of one of his virtuous daughters or let his girl miss out on inheriting her aunt's fortune?"
• A story from Chikamatsu = Chikamatsu monogatari / a Daiei production ; produced by Masaichi Nagata ; adapted as a play by Matsutaro Kawaguchi ; screenplay by Yoshitaka Yoda [that is, Yoshikata Yoda] ; directed by Kenji Mizoguchi
  "An exquisitely moving tale of forbidden love struggling to survive in the face of persecution. Based on a classic of eighteenth-century Japanese drama, the film traces the injustices that befall a Kyoto scroll maker's wife and his apprentice after each is unfairly accused of wrongdoing. Bound by fate in an illicit, star-crossed romance, they go on the run in search of refuge from the punishment prescribed them: death"--Container
• Some like it hot / screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond ; directed by Billy Wilder
  Two musicians disguise themselves as women and join an all-female band in order to evade the Mafia, since they witnessed the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. Directed by Billy Wilder. On the National Film Registry
• The magnificent Ambersons / director, Orson Welles
  A brilliant, moving portrayal of an aristocratic American family in what many critics consider a masterpiece equal to Citizen Kane. Based on a novel by Booth Tarkington, the drama begins in the 1870s when the Amberson family is at the height of its wealth and prestige. But the day arrives when all the Ambersons are stunned by the truth of their financial ruin
• True stories / Warner Bros presents ; produced by Gary Kurfirst ; co-producer, Karen Murphy, executive producer, Edward R. Pressman ; written by Stephen Tobolowsky, Beth Henley and David Byrne ; directed by David Byrne
  A small but growing Texas town, filled with strange and musical characters, celebrates its sesquicentennial and converge on a local parade and talent show
• Kamla ki maut / [Cineye Films] ; National Film Development Corporation
  
• Rui ka bojh / A.K. Movies ; produced by N.F.D.C. ; directed by Subhash Agrawal
  Kishunsah is a self-respecting wise old man who decides to divide his property among his family. He has three grandsons-Nunulal, Chunma and Munma who with their behaviour and pranks fill the old man's life with hope, joy and sometimes sadness. One day he is thrown into a junk-yard room to live. He feels completely detached from the family and decides to snap all his relations, emotions and renounce the world forever
• Kal yug = Kala yuga = Kalyug / Film-Valas ; Shashi Kapoor presents ; a film by Shyam Benegal ; screenplay, Girish Karnad, Shyam Benegal ; produced by Shashi Kapoor ; directed by Shyam Benegal
  Portrays the conflicts within an industrial dynasty in India, with events taking a tragic turn. Includes elements of the Mahabharata set in modern-day society
• Party = Pārṭī / directed by Govind Nihalani ; produced by National Film Development Corporation
  A biting social satire of the socialite world of Bombay
• Pestonjee / N.F.D.C. ; Vijaya Mehta, director
  "A story set in the 50's and 60's. Piroj and Pestonjee are two friends who get along well inspite of being so different in temperament. What transpires through the course of the film is a an interesting reflection on their personalities and relationships."--Cinebella website
• Suraj ka sātvān ghoda = Seventh horse of the sun / National Film Development Corporation and Doordarshan present a Shyam Benegal film ; screenplay, Shama Zaidi ; direction, Shyam Benegal
  "Young bachelor Manik Mulla, a railway postal employee stays in an old part of Allahabad in northern India. Over several evenings, Manik tells his friends stories about his boyhood, adolescence and adulthood. His stories intertwined with notions of love, romance, and separation lead to all kinds of social, political, and literary polemics and discussions among them."--Container
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail / Python (Monty) Pictures in association with Michael White presents ; written and performed by Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Michael Palin ; executive producer, John Goldstone ; producer, Mark Forstater ; directed by Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones
  The quest for the Holy Grail by King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table is retold in the inimitable Python fashion
• Junoon / Film-Valas ; produced by Shashi Kapoor ; screenplay & direction, Shyam Benegal
  Set during the Sepoy Rebellion of 1857, the story of a doomed romance between a Pathan and an Anglo-Indian woman. Explores cultural, class, and religious differences
• Dharavi = Dhārāvi = Quick sand = Dharavi / NFDC, Doordarshan present ; executive producers, Ravi Malick, N.P. Mukane ; story, script, direction, Sudhir Mishra
  Rajkaran Yadav is a taxi driver living in Dharavi - a sprawling ghetto community in southern Bombay - who hopes to buy a textile factory with friends and become a rich businessman. His obsession with wealth and success alienates all those around him
• Push / Summit Entertainment presents, in association with Icon Productions, an Infinity Features Entertainment, Inc. and Icon Productions production, a film by Paul McGuigan ; produced by Bruce Davey, William Vince, Glenn Williamson ; written by David Bourla ; directed by Paul McGuigan
  Nick is a 'mover' - someone who can move things with his mind. He meets up with Cassie who is a 'watcher' - someone who can predict the future. She is trying to rescue her mother from the government. As they try to piece things together, Kira enters their lives. Kira is a 'pusher' - someone who can influence the thoughts of others. She has had a relationship with Nick and is the only person to survive a powerful 'enhancement' drug that was administered to her by the sinister Company. Now, the Company is after her, and Nick and Cassie will need to help her if they want to survive
• The square / producerad av Platform Produktion i samproduktion med Film i Väst, Essential Films, Parisienne, Coproduction Office, Sveriges Television, Imperative Entertainment, Arte France Cinéma ach ZDF/Arte ; producerad av Erik Hemmendorff & Philippe Bober ; manus och regi, Ruben Östlund
  A prestigious Stockholm museum's chief art curator finds himself in times of both professional and personal crisis as he attempts to set up a controversial new exhibit. A satirical drama reflecting the times, about the sense of community, moral courage and the affluent person's need for egocentricity in an increasingly uncertain world
• Joe / D.C. Company ; written by Norman Wexler ; produced by David Gil ; directed by John G. Avildsen
  An account of how an average "Joe" becomes a murderer. A friendship grows between a wealthy executive and a blue-collar welder due to their common fear and frustration with the "liberals" and "hippies" who are ruining the country