Film Diary 2024

A magician seeks vengeance upon the man who paralyzed him and the illegitimate daughter he sired with the magician"s wife.

A prosperous young Indian man falls in love with his servant, a widow with the dream of becoming a fashion designer.

"In Vitro" is an otherworldly rumination on memory, history, place and identity set in Bethlehem decades after an eco-disaster.

Following a horrifying experience with the occult in Africa, a schoolteacher moves to a small English village, only to discover that black magic resides there as well.

This documentary features interviews with several leading ladies from Hammer"s peak period, who share illuminating and amusing anecdotes about the various films they worked on.

Two mismatched neighbours drive across the country to pick up the one toy that will make a little girl"s Christmas dreams come true.

A feature-length big screen documentary telling the riotous inside story of the infamous sex, drugs and rock "n" roll repertory cinema which inspired a generation during Britain"s turbulent Thatcher years.

A kindly English botanist and a gruff American scientist lead an expedition to the Himalayas in search of the legendary Yeti.

In the ancient walled city of Delhi, an American-born Indian finds himself on an unexpected inner journey as he learns about himself and his roots.

A trio of classy card sharks targets a socially awkward brewery heir, until one of them falls in love with him.

With hopes of becoming a doctor and not a product of her environment, a Brooklyn teenager is faced with numerous challenges that threaten her dreams.

Devdutt Anand works in a company selling musical instruments, and is always late for work, infuriating his boss, I.S. Johar. Things change for the better when Johar finds out that Devdutt has a talent for writing poems, and he gets Devdutt to write and even gets them published for him. This gets Devdutt into the limelight and increases sales for Johar"s business. While traveling home by BEST bus, he meets with Nanda, who has come to live in his neighborhood, and both are attracted to each other. One night Devdutt comes to the assistance to Bollywood movie actress Kalpana when her car breaks down, she finds out he is a poet and arranges a meeting with him, again both are attracted to each other. Devdutt is asked to deliver a piano to the palatial house of a wealthy woman named Simi alias Radha Rani. She too is impressed by Devutt"s poems and invites him over to her house for a party, and again both are attracted to each other. Knowing fully well that he cannot marry three women in his country, a tortured and uncertain Devdutt must now make up his mind as who he wants as his life-partner.

With 16mm camera in hand, Agnès Varda filmed 42nd Street in 1967, shooting passersby to the beat of The Doors. Pier Paolo Pasolini is with her, getting lost in the lights, bodies, faces and chaos of a crowded and multicultural New York.

Surreal comedy that follows Jamma"s quest for attention as he navigates chaotic family dynamics and literally stumbles through love.

When Shady and his Sister Maryam are very excited to visit their sick grandfather on the other side of the wall, their elder brother Mohammed, arrives in a hurry with the permit to cross. They arrive to the checkpoint, but having a permit sometime is not enough to let them pass.

In 1910, Hong Kong members of a secret Tong crime syndicate protect their identities by murdering the daughter of a British sea captain who vows revenge.

Tackling popular myths and stereotypes surrounding the spreading of STDs, Cling Film asks "What"s a bit of rubber between friends?" as it aims to break down taboos over condoms. The unflinching film includes shots of full penetrative sex.

A group of people discuss chance encounters they have had that has led to sex with complete strangers. One girl recounts her experiences in the middle of a busy club, another being caught by the police. A lady describes a lesbian clinch in the toilets, a man recounts his 30 second affair on a train and a woman takes a coach journey.

As a young woman realises her sexual needs have grown beyond her relationship with her boyfriend, a chance encounter allows her to take control of her fantasies.

Explores underrepresented tales of desire, intimacy and sexuality - casting light on stories, bodies and voices that are often kept in the shadows of popular culture.

A documentary examining the early days of horror films, particularly those crafted at Universal Studios during the 1930s.

A resurrected Egyptian mummy searches Cairo for the girl he believes to be his long-lost princess.

History of mummy films and history of the infamous curse.