During an interesting era in the history of Eastern Europe when Russia, under Peter the Great, and Sweden, under King Charles XII, struggled for power, Ukraine was the pawn in the middle. In 1709, Ivan Mazepa, Hetman of Ukraine, which was part of the Russian Empire, signed a pact with the Swedish king promising to support Sweden in its war against Russia provided that Ukraine was given its independence.

13 yrs after the American Civil War, in a strange town in New Mexico, a gunfighter and his gambler woman search for the lost Confederate fortune. Things turn deadly when they cross paths with a demented preacher who has other plans.

An audiovisual composition for an ensemble of traditional instruments in the style of Taiwanese Lâm-kóan music. However, the melody played only ever appears in fragments. It is based on the piano piece “A Maiden's Prayer” by the Polish composer Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska, published in 1856, which is used as the theme tune for garbage collection in Taiwan.

Mazepa, the Ukrainian governor is in love with his goddaughter Maria. He quickly wins her heart. But her old father treats the wooer harshly… Maria runs away. The furious father won’t submit. This intrigue makes the most of the ingredients of historical drama. Maria is confronted to the arbitrary; the young woman is in a dilemma between her love and her family. The tragic outcome is equal to her destiny.

Artistic portrayal of the difficult personality of Bohdan Khmelnytsky and his dramatic life against the backdrop of National-liberation war in the mid-17th century and the Cossack state building. The main storyline shows Khmelnytsky not only as hetman and commander, but reveals his private life and his complicated relations with his beloved woman.

Ukrainian silent film about Hetman Ivan Mazepa, based on Alexander Pushkin's poem. Lost.

Based on the Nicaraguan poet Ernesto Cardenal's tribute to Norma Jeane Mortenson, these Cuban filmmakers link the actresses' overdose/suicide to patriarchy, exploitation, and many of the ills of the twentieth century.

Based in a local bookmakers in North London on a Friday afternoon `A Punters Prayer` follows a group of friends going about their daily routine as they recreate in the local bookies. Yiannis (Andreas Karras) a soulful, garrulous Anglo Greek former factory owner, Jack (Tommy O`Neil) an outspoken, complex pessimistic long shot hunter - sporting two black eyes and a swollen nose after an apparent car accident and Ian (Jamie Crew) a gullible, ultra-optimistic young lad in his early twenties are an interesting trio. The three, vary in age and life experiences, yet bizarrely the dynamic of their friendship works well for them; laddish banter, discussion about family life, work, and of course the core topic of common interest amongst them - gambling. The gambling `bug` has a hold over each of them but they all differ in their approach to the habit. On this particular Friday afternoon, Jack decides to bet £250 on a horse win treble which if all three horses win, could net him approximately ...

An air-traffic controller faces the challenge of her career when she is forced to guide a disabled airplane to safety, unaware that her husband is aboard.