Bruce Elder’s Consolations picks up where Lamentations left off in the purgatory of modern existence, and aspires to regain, and reaffirm, a sense of meaning, goodness, beauty and mystery in the empty simulacra of the dead world. A philosophical meditation on everything from language to consciousness and aesthetics to morality, Consolations is a gargantuan achievement and a key part in Elder’s The Book of All the Dead cycle, inspired by Alighieri’s Commedia and Pound’s Cantos.

You need to suffer, to understand....

The first-ever animated feature from StoryCorps, Listening Is an Act of Love, presents six stories from 10 years of StoryCorps, where everyday people sit down together to ask life’s important questions and share stories from their lives. Framing these intimate conversations is an interview between StoryCorps founder Dave Isay and his nine-year-old nephew, Benji.

The title of the film recalls the well known story of the three blind men, who try in vain to recognize and define, by touch, an unknown object - in this case, an elephant. In a triptych of three different stories, told by three inmates of a jail, the story unfolds with sarcasm and irony regarding human actions. The heroes of the film try to tame human passions (erotically instinctive) - but, alas, they do not succeed. A situation comedy in which the nude appears in the plot where least expected.

Explores some of the most innovative attempts by contemporary artists, filmmakers, architects etc to explore multiple Temporalities and to counter the uniform sense of time promoted by our technology-driven society.

At an early age, Jang-ha learned from the death of his grandmother that once people pass away, you cannot meet them again. This coming-of-age film examines the memories of life and death Jang-ha collects as he grows up.

In 2013, United Methodist minister Frank Schaefer was defrocked for officiating at his son's same-sex wedding. Suddenly, the Reverend found himself an accidental LGBTQ activist. Considering all sides of the debate, this powerful documentary shows how the groundwork for a 2016 showdown that may transform American Christianity is being laid.

A close bond between two identical twins is tested when one sister rebels against their shared sense of oneness.

Government official Victor Letayev oversees road construction in the Perm region. He is a cynical kind, accustomed to always getting things done, and getting them done his way. He loves his job, he is good at it, and he has zero interest in anything else. His motto is, “I used to chop firewood for a living. Everyone needs firewood; you can’t heat a home with art or culture.” Victor’s attitude changes when art and culture become areas of priority for his region’s development. Now, in order to keep his job, Victor has to study Perm region’s cultural heritage. Hoping to make things easier for himself, he takes lessons from art historian Marina. Will she succeed in imposing cultural awareness on a pragmatic government functionary?

The events of the Easter Rising, told in the style contemporary news broadcasts and a series of dramatic reconstructions.