"Over 8" is a joint project from a Shimokitazawa theater and young directors to create new wave films. Their latest is an omnibus film on the theme of "nakedness," directed by five up-and-coming directors. The producer is Shu Kageyama, who has worked with directors Shozin Fukui and Hideaki Anno on their films as one of the main crew members. Truth, emotional problems, trauma, desire, minority....some things can only be fully revealed through "nakedness." Come and witness the freshly-told stories of five vividly different colors and styles, all about "nakedness."

A trained actor, the protagonist is dreaming of playing tragic heroes of the classical repertoire, but his career is going nowhere. In order to earn a living, he becomes “Coquetti the Clown” and gets hired to entertain kids at birthday parties. In the film, we see him on his way to fulfill one of his usual contracts, or so he thinks, not yet knowing that a lifechanging experience awaits him.

A boy lost in the nights of Madrid, looking for the love he never received in his past relationships. In the mornings he does not take advantage of them, in the afternoons he fills them with beers. One day, he attends a make-up school as a model; there he meets a man who is different from the rest, someone who will teach him, without knowing it, that what he had lived before were toxic loves.

To earn money, nineteen-year-old Lyosha must lose a Zhiguli race to blogger Shkurny live. But even the younger brother does not know that according to the agreement in the finale, Lyosha must set fire to his grandfather's car. Having penetrated the vibrant world of drifters and learned the story of his grandfather-designer, Lyosha faces a choice whether to succumb to the blogger and destroy the car or defend the honor of his family.

Jacob van Oppen, the former strongest man on earth, and his manager Orsini, who calls himself "the Prince", make a good living by traveling around small South American towns and organizing wrestling exhibitions. Arriving in Santa Maria, they are met with uncommon enthusiasm, the local newspaper wants to sponsor the fight, helping hands placard the town with posters, and an open call is made for a worthy adversary. Ever so resourceful, Orsini knows how to find the right combatant, but fishing in Santa Maria could lead to a bigger catch than he'd hoped for.

Young and innocent Karen Palmer visits Hawaii and is seduced by a charming local man who sometimes turns into a shark-man and might want to eat her.

The setting of the opera is the enchantress Alcina's island: here by her magic powers she has created a magnificent palace in a beautiful landscape, to lure her many lovers into her power. One of these is Ruggiero, a warrior, who under Alcina's spell has forsaken his duty and his betrothed, Bradamante.

A young French man living in Japan dreams about becoming a mangaka. But on the day of his appointment to apply for a mangaka job, an unexpected event will make things a little bit tricky for him.

2006 release

Angus Booley has recently lost his job. His wife is cheating on him, and his daughter (Carmela Hayslett of Roxsy Tyler fame) is tormented by her schoolmates. Angus, however, finds hope in a set of self-help DVDs ("You are the hammer; they are the nails.) and the life of a serial murderer.

Every year since 1980, I have filmed the Good Friday ceremony reconstructing the Passion of Christ in Burzet, a remote village in the Ardèche area, where for seven hundred years, the local people have dressed up to celebrate and perpetuate this religious rite. (Gérard Courant)

Sami, a deaf woman, survives alone in a suburban wasteland stalked by a terrifying presence beneath high-tension power lines. Her only warning of its approach is a faint hum detected by her cochlear implant. Clinging to the hope that her missing family will return, she refuses to leave her fortified home, even as the military prepares to destroy the entire area. When two mysterious intruders arrive claiming they can destroy the creature using a bomb “fueled by Hell,” Sami’s world begins to unravel. Childhood trauma resurfaces, memories shift, and her grip on reality weakens. In a climactic confrontation, Sami deploys the bomb and wakes in a hospital to a reunion with her long-lost family. But as buried truths surface, she realizes the reunion isn’t real.

Rudi, an actor, shares an apartment with his manager, Walter.

A woman prepares dinner and waits for a guest to arrive.

Meilužės

Three dancers do a Russian folkloric step dance, facing the camera, in traditional clothes, fur hats and leather boots.

Jess Salomon’s debut comedy special runs the gamut! In this at times slightly off the rails hour, Jess makes the case that bisexuals are “born this way”, presents an airtight alibi for her whereabouts on January 6th, shares her comedy origin story and makes fun of the Dutch, which is still allowed! She also opens up about some rockiness in her Jewish-Muslim-Palestinian-Lesbian marriage. Would tensions in the Middle East break them apart or keep them together - the Rom-Com poster might ask.

Bobby Jones attempts to undo the damage done by a meddling old fool.

When the Myers house is torn down, having remained vacant for nearly fifty years, Michael leaves his hometown in search of a new place to call his own. On Halloween night, with both his parents out of town, one teenager and his friends are about to discover that when evil finds a new home...it will do anything to claim it.

A man has his tongue cut out by bad guys, later tracks them all down, and kills them one by one.

Willard Bean accepts a mission from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to travel to a new town, where he must fight to win respect.

Murivu

The story of a wild night of Carnival during which Bertrand tries to reconnects with his wife, whom he left more than a year ago. But, the presence of a girlfriend, a seducer and the Carnival, will throw a wrench in his plans...

After Sans tambour and an international tour with Oh My Gad! performed in English in more than fifteen countries, Gad Elmaleh is back with a new one-man show, D'ailleurs. An intimate and jubilant show! For nearly two years, the comedian has crisscrossed France with this sixth show mixing stand-up and characters, free of the desire to please. An unfiltered return, eagerly awaited by his audience, to be discovered in this recording at the Dôme de Paris. Gad Elmaleh confides on his daily life, his American adventure, his relationship with his parents, his sons and his former girlfriends.

Rafael Yasin, a trendy bon vivant from São Paulo lives his life as an uncompromised heir and party animal since the day he was born. With the death of his father, a company to manage and bankruptcy on his feet, Rafael needs to chase maturity and get his company back.

See You Tomorrow...

Adventures of plumber Vova in a communal apartment inhabited by characters from different eras.

The protagonists of the film are construction workers. Though they differ in character, they are united by a shared passion for discovery, purity of intention, and emotional depth. Civil engineer Kidin, a creative soul, fights for a revision of the prefab housing plant project. Can a person truly be happy if they pursue only a narrowly defined personal happiness?

On Night 3 only 8 teams are left standing from the 32 entrants, and the massive Tag World Grand Prix reaches its climax! The historic tournament final sees a betrayal that will impact the future of CHIKARA for years to come! Also featured: non-tournament matches jam-packed with competitors eliminated earlier on in the tournament!

This documentary film imaginatively captured the ballet Martin, a tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr. produced and scored by Gordon Parks. The PBS dance film includes an introduction narrated by Parks and accompanied by a montage of his photographs from the period. The ballet was choreographed by Rael Lamb, with John Jones playing the role of Dr. King, and Sheila Rohan as Rosa Parks. It proceeds in five acts, corresponding to significant moments in Dr. King’s life—the bus boycott, march on Selma, his confinement in a Birmingham jail, his assassination, and his funeral.