The Gate of Departure
The Gate of Departure is a meditation on grief, death and psychological entrapment that dispenses dialogue and narrative for a visual experience that breaks the conventions.
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The Gate of Departure is a meditation on grief, death and psychological entrapment that dispenses dialogue and narrative for a visual experience that breaks the conventions.
Morocco, 2004. Adil, aged 11, spends the summer playing with his friends and waiting for his idol, Olympic runner Hicham El Guerrouj, to compete in his last Games. The arrival of his father and older brother from France
Chiharu Matsuyama, completed his book at the age of 23, and this film depicts his experiences until he made his debut as a singer, such as his encounter and heartbreaking farewell with a local radio director named Kenji
AZKi’s solo live concert for 2025, performed at Pia Arena MM 11.19.2025.
August 5th, 2000 :: The first night of Pro Wrestling NOAH's Departure extravaganza took place on August 5, 2000 at the Tokyo Differ Ariake in Tokyo, Japan. Matches include: ⦁ Akira Taue & Mitsuharu Misawa vs Jun Akiyam
This is the only feature directed by the famed French painter and sculptor Martial Raysse. In keeping with the revolutionary spirit of the time, the movie has no plot to speak of and appears to have been largely made up
A documentary on the turbulent life and final years of Rui Itō (伊藤ルイ), the fourth daughter of the thinker Noe Itō (伊藤野枝)—who was murdered alongside Sakae Ōsugi (大杉栄) by the military police—and herself a civic activist. B
In 2016, the ex-Yugoslav Navy flagship Vis was deliberately sunk in order to turn it into a scuba diving attraction in Croatia. The ship lies on the seabed of the waters close to Brijuni Islands where in 1956 Nasser, Neh
In winter of 1986 our mother writes in her diary: “To scratch the surface of a subject does not penetrate deep into the subject”. Almost three decades later, Pictures of Departure takes this entry and sets off to explore
August 6th, 2000 :: The second and final night of Pro Wrestling NOAH's Departure extravaganza took place on August 6, 2000 at the Tokyo Differ Ariake in Tokyo, Japan. Matches include: ⦁ Jun Akiyama vs Kenta Kobashi ⦁
'Points of Departure’ uses archive footage of a collective past and combines it with personal recollections to fracture the normative culturally dominant view of Glasgow’s cityscapes and re-insert a Scottish Asian presen
The landscape of a railroad switchyard in a small Midwestern town and the relationship a French filmmaker has with the railroad. As an homage to Louis Lumiére's Arrivée and early cinema, the film feels nostalgia for the
Clara is a little girl madly in love. When you're a six-year-old, what do you do if your loved one goes away?
A doctor flees to London for a new life after another child dies on his operation table, but soon he finds out...
A war propaganda film centered on the mobilization of student soldiers.
Three women get in a horse-drawn carriage, as servants load luggage on the roof, before it pulls away.
A man questions existence after losing his mother.
Ana, a shy young woman trapped in the monotony of her job at a mate shop (a South American drink, similar to an infusion), finds solace in dancing and dreams of making it a part of her life. However, she navigates the pr
As a beloved high schooler faces her final days, her barkada plans a bittersweet despedida, forcing them to confront their deepest fears about loss and celebrate the true meaning of friendship.
One evening in front of a bar, Hunay bumps into an acquaintance, Benjamin. He recently visited her native country, Azerbaijan, which she had to flee in 2011 with her family for political reasons. A precipitous departure