Love Syndrome: The Beginning (2024)

Male Entertainer

A young man named Max tells his story as an escort and how he works to support his family. His younger brother, Min, and various clients also share their thoughts on escorts, along with the details on their relationship with Max.

Saved by the Belle

The stooges are traveling salesmen stranded in Valeska, a tropical country prone to earthquakes. Having no luck selling fur coats to the natives they are arrested when they receive a telegram instructing them to "get rid of present wardrobe" and an official thinks they are planning to assassinate president Ward Robey. With the help of Rita, a beautiful revolutionary, the boys escape a firing squad, and are sent on a mission to deliver important plans to the revolutionary leader. When they deliver a rolled up calendar by mistake, they are once again heading for a firing squad but are spared when Rita arrives with the real plans.

Mine

Fifty years of marriage. Fifty years of love and happiness. Fifty years of lies. When Walter steps on a live land mine in a remote field in England, he finds himself at the mercy of his wife Diane, who has recently unearthed a deadly secret buried in their past. As the tension mounts and truths are unraveled, Walter and Diane's relationship speeds towards an explosive climax.

The Song of the Tree

Esen, a young man who has been expelled from his village, escapes with the daughter of one of the most powerful men in the village. Whilst being pursued, he is forced to fight for her hand in a battle that results in the destruction of a sacred totem tree. This puts the whole village in jeopardy, and it is up to Esen to redeem himself and save them all.

Re/cycle

With input from actor and writer Jan Hlobil, director and cinematographer Rene Smaal presents a film in the true surrealist tradition, in the sense that only 'found' elements were used, and that it defies interpretation based on ordinary cause-and-effect time sequence.

FILM

A boy walks through an abandoned building and films the interior. Suddenly his camera disappears.

WWE Survivor Series Showdown '89

In the led-up to the 1989 WWE Survivor Series, top WWE Superstars strive to Survive!

Priyan Ottathilaanu

Dr. Priyadarshan, a middle class man, silently goes through the pangs of hyperactivity and ADHD that entangles him into a series of coincidental events. He then meets Priscilla, a feisty, constantly doubtful and depressed girl.

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

New York store clerk joins a hobo and an illegal immigrant heading for his newly bought land in Arizona.

Salvage Mice

In Hiroshima, Mai (Mitsuki Tanimura), disguised as a Salvage Mice, steals a lost treasure and returns it to its rightful owner. Mai’s long time parter Mariku (Tomohito Sato) betrays her. Because of this Mai is placed on the most wanted list as a thief. Mai becomes broken-hearted by her colleague’s betrayal, but there’s also no mercy for anybody that treats Mai like a fool. Meanwhile, Mai contacts Mio (Julia Nagano), who can knockout the biggest men with her bare hands, and their friendship grows…..

La Salada

Three intertwining stories that take place in La Salada — the largest unregulated market in Buenos Aires: a Korean father prepares his daughter for an arranged marriage, a young Bolivian man searches for work, and a Taiwanese DVD seller tries to woo a young woman to be his girlfriend.

Kein Wort für die Liebe

Cheers for Miss Bishop

Ella Bishop is an inhibited girl whose frustrations grow as she approaches womanhood. As a women, her ambitions to teach cause her to lose her only opportunity for true love. Ella's life becomes one of missed chances and wrong choices. As she reaches old age, she reflects back and realizes she allowed the years to go by without achieving what she believes to be her true fulfillment. However, her years have not been without glory, and her moment of triumph arrives when her numerous now-famous students from over the years, return to honor their beloved Miss Bishop.