From visionary director Takeshi Kitano, comes the story of Nishi, a beleaguered Japanese police officer. His wife, Miyuki, is suffering from leukemia, and his partner, Horibe, is paralyzed after gangsters violently attacked him.. Nishi is fed up, and wants to give up his job in order to be with Miyuki. To do so, he is forced to borrow money from the Yakuza, and then, to clear his debt, he robs a bank. The Yakuza, however, are not pleased so easily, and they continue to hound Nishi for more money.. Winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Nominated for Best Foreign Film at the César Awards.. "HANA-BI is a rare and unique portrayal of violence, futile anger and defiance." - Jordan Adcock, CineVue

Nominated for "Best Narrative Feature" at the Tribeca Film Festival, VIAJE follows two strangers, Pedro and Luciana, on a spontaneous trip into the Costa Rican forest.. Pedro and Luciana meet at a party and end up spending the night together. The next day, Pedro decides to make a trip up to Rincon de la Vieja, a volcano area in Costa Rica, where he's working on his scientific thesis project. Since Luciana is leaving on a trip soon, they may never see each other again... unless she goes along with him for the weekend. VIAJE is about this first weekend together.

Admitted to a rehabilitation center after a serious ski accident, Tony becomes dependent on the medical staff and pain relievers while looking back on a turbulent relationship she experienced with megalomaniac Georgio. Who is this man that she loved so deeply, and how did she allow herself to submit to this suffocating and destructive passion? For Tony, the physical work of healing may finally set her free.

Spring is in the air as an attractive young woman and her two accidental male companions flirt and tease their way around beautiful St. Petersburg. As the story progresses we realize that perhaps this seemingly spontaneous encounter was not so accidental after all. There is a mystifying secret that the young woman does her best to hide.

Korean bad boy Kim Ki Duk strikes again with this tale of twisted obsession and love. When a local pimp is publicly humiliated by a snobbish college girl, he manipulates her into a life of sexual slavery at his brothel, where he gradually falls in love with her.

Marie and Boris decide to get a divorce after 15 years of marriage. Tensions rise when cash-strapped Boris must continue to live with Marie and the two children while trying to figure out how to divide the assets.. Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival.. "Lafosse, along with actors Bérénice Bejo and Cédric Kahn, infuse the film with a brutal honesty that makes it ... compelling." - Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic. "An insightful and involving drama." - Anita Katz, San Francisco Examiner

Dani is a petty thief who falls for the policewoman that arrests him after robbing a store. This is real love at first sight, a moment of unexpected glare and, especially, something totally new for Dani, who has never been in love before. From that moment on, the only thing that keeps him alive is the crazy hope of seeing her again.... Winner of the Audience Award and the Fernand Raynaud Award for Best Comedy at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

In a small town in Paraguay, Virgilia, a shy and innocent chipa seller, spends her days daydreaming about Walter, her best friend from childhood and current toll post official. Her friend Juanita encourages to confess her love but Virgilia is afraid of being rejected. But when letters and financial support from her brother Anselmo stop arriving from Spain, Virgilia must leave aside the illusion of love, to support her family without the help of anyone but herself.. A box office success in Paraguay, La Chiperita: By The Road speaks to us of love in different ways: the impossible love that might come true, the love of family and friends, but most importantly, the importance of doing things with love.

Joy, a young woman living in Tel Aviv, has a love-hate relationship with the city's casual sex scene. As it stands, she lives in the same neighborhood as her ex, making it nearly impossible for her to move on. And when her new hook-up buddy tells her flatly not to fall in love with him, she's stuck suspended, just out of reach of something meaningful. This is a story about young people who yearn for intimacy but are scared to get too close.. Winner of the Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature at the Calgary Underground Film Festival. Winner of Best Film in the International Competition at the Mar del Plata Film Festival.. "...A work that attests to creative thought and is worthy to be called art. Everyone for whom Israeli cinema is important should take an interest not only in what is happening at its center but also on its margins, where promise resides." - Uri Klein, Haaretz

In the second installment of Ernst Marischka's trilogy, the young Empress Sissi is enchanted by Hungary, a country she has never visited, but feels an affinity with. The Hungarians are deeply affected by Sissi's love for their country, and want to crown Emporer Franz Joseph and Sissi as King and Queen of Hungary. Sissi then gives birth to a daughter, but her happiness is broken, when her mother in law, Archduchess Sophie, decides to nourish the baby herself, and takes it away from her.. Sissi runs away to her family in Bavaria. Franz Joseph follows her, and takes her on a honeymoon in the Austrian Alps. Sissi's mother, Duchess Ludovika, goes to Vienna to implore her sister, Archduchess Sophie, to give the baby back to Sissi.. The Sissi trilogy presents through heartwarming storytelling and undeniable visual beauty a Cinderella story in scrupulous detail, in three chronologically biographical films that, together, take nearly six hours to watch.. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

In the third and final part of the Sissi trilogy, The young Empress Sissi is staying at the Godolle Palace in Hungary with her little daughter. Here she can be herself, liberated from all the strict court rules in Austria. She spends her days with Count Andrassy, riding in the woods. At a ball in his castle he declares his love for her. Because of this Sissi feels forced to break her relationship with him, and moves back to Vienna. It is soon discovered that she is seriously ill with tuberculosis. Her mother, Duchess Ludovika, then decides to go to Madeira to help Sissi recapture the joy of life.. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival.