A House Named Shahana

Shahana's daughter Dipa asks her tailor to stitch deep pockets on her burkha. The young waiter at the tea stall worships the ground she walks on; the maid at home revels in her affection; the widowed college teacher's he

Nameless

The story begins with an indiscriminate slaughter at a cafe frequented by young people. Security camera footage shows an unarmed man with shaven head, able to seemingly kill people with a simple touch. Police investigati

sum of the parts: what can be named

The eighteen minute video recounts the ‘disremembered’ journey of the Bowen family from its earliest documented history in Clinton, Jones County, Georgia in 1815, as told by Bowen herself.

A War Named Desire

Younger brother from HK visits older brother, who is a mid-level mobster in Thailand. He is looking to recoup money the brother took from the family when he fled HK 15 years earlier. His pesky girlfriend, refusing to sta

A Girl Named Mary

For 15 years, wealthy widow Marise Jaffrey has searched for her daughter Mary, who was taken away as an infant by her father and subsequently disappeared after he was killed in a train accident. Mary Healy, a stenographe

No History in a Room Filled with People with Funny Names 5

This film takes the rescue mission of 13 kids that were stuck in a flooded cave in Northern Thailand as a central focus to examine how the force of propaganda, spirituality, Royal History storytelling, Cold War politics

Eine Insel namens Udo

Udo is invisible - no one ever seems to notice him. He makes the most of it, working as a department store detective and living off other people's lives as they never notice him tagging along. Until he meets the one woma

How Strange to be Named Federico

On the 20th anniversary of Federico Fellini's death, Ettore Scola, a devoted admirer of the incomparable maestro, commemorates the lesser-known aspects of his personality, employing interviews, photographs, behind-the-sc

An Actor Named Brando

A short overview of Brando's career.

Im Namen der Freiheit

Names on the Cup

Every player in the NHL dreams of winning a championship and having the honor of their name engraved on hockey's most prestigious trophy. Here are the stories of those, legends and the lesser known, who achieved the ulti

A Virgin Named Mary

A second coming? This time our savior chose a shantytown outside Turin, in the north of Italy, overcrowded by poor families coming from the south in search of a job in a factory, or less legal ways to survive. Young Mari

A Mulatto Named Martín

A young mulatto finds himself with burning desires to serve God in colonial Peru. In a time during which slavery is in its peak, he struggles to show to slaves, priests and nobility that kindness, compassion and love has

Fatna, A Woman Named Rachid

After surviving arbitrary detention and torture for her political activism in 1970’s Morocco, Fatna El Bouih continues to pursue relentlessly today, her dream for change.

Names Live Nowhere

A Senegalese storyteller travels to Belgium and observes the lives of African expatriates in Europe. Dreams and struggles great and small are explored.

A Destiny Named Love

It seemed that Lyudmila Krylovа had a bright and happy future ahead of her. But suddenly, fate turns its back on her. In a single day, her fiancé runs away just before the wedding, the head of the chemistry lab takes cre

Sex, Booze and a Sheep Named John: Crimescene

When a strange woolen man comes to the aid of a hapless bank-robber the ensuing crime spree prompts this urgent appeal for help from the forces for law and order.

Code-Named: Tokyo Expo

Orders go out from North Korea to kidnap South Korean tourists at the Tokyo Expo and bring them to the north.

Ein Schweizer namens Nötzli

Josef Nötzli is a shy and somewhat awkward man. He has been working as an accountant in a chemical plant in West Berlin for 26 years. But Nötzli originally comes from Switzerland. Nötzli started out as an accountant and

Named After Tchaikovsky

A documentary film about the Tchaikovsky Music Competition in Moscow.