Homescreen proudly presents their newest releases. Here’s the full list.
CLOUDBURST (available from 13th February).
Director: Thom Fitzgerald
Stars: Olympia Dukakis, Brenda Fricker, Kristin Booth
SYNOPSIS :
A lesbian couple escape from their nursing home and head up to Canada to get married. Along the way, they pick up a young, male hitchhiker.
EAT SLEEP DIE (available now)
Director: Gabriela Pichler
Stars: Nermina Lukac, Milan Dragisic, Jonathan Lampinen
SYNOPSIS :
A young Eastern European immigrant, working in Sweden, is faced with a painful choice when she's laid off from her factory in the name of efficiencies.
METEORA (available now)
Director: Spiros Stathoulopoulos
Stars: Theo Alexander, Tamila Koulieva-Karantinaki, Giorgos Karakantas
SYNOPSIS :
Rocks and flesh. Divine perfection and human weakness. The gritty imagery of a digital camera vs the beautiful handiwork of a striking animated sequence. "Meteora" by Spiros Stathoulopoulos is full of contradictions - and that's exactly where its power lies.
WORKERS (available now)
Director: Jose Luis Valle
Stars: Jesus Padilla, Susana Salazar, Barbara Perrin Rivemar
SYNOPSIS :
After a whole life of work at Tijuana, Rafael and Lidia are victims of injustice against their rights and dignity: Rafael learns that due to a paperwork mistake, he will not be entitled to his retirement pension. As for Lidia, she finds out that her employer's will leave the entire heirloom to the dog. In their own way, alone and silently, they'll begin a battle: Rafael against a company, Lidia against a dog. Curiously, these struggles are not visible.
HEARTS AND CRAFTS : THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE HERMES (Available from 27th February)
A documentary that leads the viewers to the heart of the centre of Hermès.
Also now available in the Award Winning Cinema-series.
LA GUERRE DU FEU
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Stars: Everett McGill, Ron Perlman, Nicholas Kadi
SYNOPSIS :
This story takes place in prehistoric time when three prehistoric tribesmen search for a new fire source.
JU DOU
Directors: Fengliang Yang, Yimou Zhang
Stars: Li Gong, Wei Li, Baotian Li
SYNOPSIS :
A woman married to the brutal and infertile owner of a dye mill in rural China conceives a boy with her husband's nephew but is forced to raise her son as her husband's heir without revealing his parentage in this circular tragedy. Filmed in glowing technicolour, this tale of romantic and familial love in the face of unbreakable tradition is more universal than its setting.
QUINCEANERA (ECHO PARK L.A.)
Directors: Richard Glatzer, Wash Westmoreland
Stars: Emily Rios, Jesse Garcia, Chalo González
SYNOPSIS :
As Magdalena's 15th birthday approaches, her simple, blissful life is complicated by the discovery that she's pregnant. Kicked out of her house, she finds a new family with her great-granduncle and gay cousin.
DIANA VREELAND : THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL
Directors: Lisa Immordino Vreeland, Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt
Stars: Diana Vreeland, Richard Avedon, David Bailey
SYNOPSIS:
A look at the life and work of the influential fashion editor of Harpers Bazaar, Diana Vreeland.
