
Aviva, a hard-working hotel cook in the small northern Israeli town of Tiberias, is on the brink of finally fulfilling her lifelong dream. Read More »
Tag Archives: 2000s
Cabin Fever AKA Når nettene blir lange (2000) Mona J. Hoel, Svein Scharffenberg, Gørild Mauseth, Zbigniew Zamachowski

A large family is going to the mountain for their christmas vacation, in a rented cabin. Read More »
Little Soldier AKA Lille soldat (2008) Annette K. Olesen, Trine Dyrholm, Lorna Brown, Finn Nielsen

Lotte is a soldier recently back from war. She drinks, and her apartment is a mess. Read More »
Munyurangabo (2007) Lee Isaac Chung, Jeff Rutagengwa, Eric Ndorunkundiye, Jean Marie Vianney Nkurikiyinka

From opposing ethnicities, Ngabo and Sangwa are tested when old-timers warn, “Hutus and Tutsis should not be friends.” Read More »
Karmen Gei AKA Karmen Geï (2001) Joseph Gaï Ramaka, Djeïnaba Diop Gaï, Magaye Niang, Stephanie Biddle

Bizet’s Carmen gets a modern adaptation. Seducting, provocating, sensual. All the ingredients for a perfect drama. With her charm, Karmen gets out of many situations. Read More »
Camel(s) AKA Nakta(dul) (2001) Ki-yong Park, Dae-yeon Lee, Myung-shin Park

An unremarkable man in his forties and a female acquaintance. They talk, eat, and though both are married elsewhere, have sex. Read More »
Lent AKA Quaresma (2003) José Álvaro Morais, Beatriz Batarda, Filipe Cary, Rita Durão, Ricardo Aibéo

David is married, has a daughter, and is about to leave Portugal with his family. Read More »
Butter on the Latch (2013) Josephine Decker, Isolde Chae-Lawrence, Emily Decker, Stephan Goldbach

At a Balkan folk song and dance camp in the woods of Mendocino, California Read More »
Family Ties AKA Gajokeui tansaeng (2006) Tae-yong Kim, Tae-gyu Bong, Tae-woong Eom, Gyu-pil Go

Mira is a shy, single woman who runs a small restaurant and tends her plants with love and care. Read More »
Death of a Salesman (2000) Kirk Browning, Brian Dennehy, Elizabeth Franz, Ron Eldard

An aging salesman is fired from his job after a long career in it. Broken, without much to look forward to Read More »