When a 2000 year old murder victim's body is disturbed by a property developer in Ireland, it returns to life and does battle with a cast of Irish, English and American characters.
From the creator of Between Tape and F1RST comes The Tipping Point, the new film from acclaimed filmmaker Clay Porter.
Welcome back to the world of downhill mountain bike racing. A world covered in sweat, perseverance and desire. A world filled with dreamers. A world that was dominated in 2007 by one cunning talent: Australia’s Sam Hill. Many in the know thought that Hill had both the speed and mental strength to come into the 2008 World Cup Series fast and leave it devastated and undefeated.
Standing in his way was a cast of athletes from around the world that were hungry, poised and ready to take the Australian down. Featuring every round of the 2008 UCI World Cup Series as well as the World Championships and shot anywhere between The United States, Australia, Finland and Canada, The Tipping Point is the sport of downhill mountain bike racing documented.
The Tipping Point is a group of characters that inspire, grow and dominate in a world they confidently claim as unique. The Tipping Point is downhill mountain bike racing.
Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict twelve years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill, he is determined he make peace with her before it's too late. He develops an ingenious escape plan, and recruits a dysfunctional band of escapists - misfits with a mutual dislike for one other but united by their desire to escape their hell hole of an existence. Much of the action takes place within the tunnels, sewers and underground rivers of subterranean London.
Jane Morton, a psychiatrist from Dublin in deep mourning following the accidental death of her husband and son, is assigned to work on the case of Dorothy Mills, a teenaged girl in a small village who tried to strangle a baby. After miraculously surviving a car accident, Jane discovers a village darkened by strange events and meets a very nervous Dorothy, who swears she never touched the baby. After analyzing the teenager, Jane makes a diagnosis of multiple personality disorder until the day that Dorothy speaks with the voice of David, Jane's dead son.
Christian Blake is the story of a solitary young man growing up with his closest friend Steve. Unable to handle Steve's flowering relationship with Lucy, Christian becomes obsessed, with tragic consequences. Years later, in a barely functioning mental asylum run by the sadistic Dr Rush and his tormented accomplice Floyd, the journalist Sandra White is allowed a meeting with Christian under the guise of attempting to understand the actions of his past. Her motives are otherwise however and her efforts at personal retribution simply result in awakening the anger dormant inside of him. The results are violent and catastrophic for all involved.
Hunger follows life in the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland with an interpretation of the highly emotive events surrounding the 1981 IRA Hunger Strike, led by Bobby Sands. With an epic eye for detail, the film provides a timely exploration of what happens when body and mind are pushed to the uttermost limit.
Richie Donovan (Stephen Dorff), an American professional thief, is charged by his mobster boss to go to Russia to steal an invaluable antique cross. Once there, during the well-planned heist, he and his Russian confederates unexpectedly find themselves trapped by the police and forced to take hostages in the elevator on the unused 13th floor of a Moscow skyscraper.
Powerful supernatural forces are unleashed when a young architect (Kelly Reilly) becomes pregnant after moving to an isolated and mysterious valley to build a house. And when the neighbouring farmers take against the unborn child, it's her very survival that is threatened.
A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.
Successful property developer Liam O'Leary (Brendan Gleeson) lives with his trophy wife Jane (Kim Cattrall) and his adolescent son Connor (Brian Gleeson) in a huge mansion in Dublin, Ireland. On the surface Liam lives in a clover. However, it is in semblance rather than in fact. His marriage has become stale and flat; his business is just about to go under; his rebellious son takes an interest in communism, and his aging mother (Moira Deady) turns out to love his sister Oona (Sinéad Cusack) more than him. To make matters worse, Liam finds himself standing on the brink of a precipice when, stuck in a traffic hold-up, he encounters his begging doppelganger (Gleeson again) who proves to be cunning and opportunistic. His ruthless identical twin brother comes up with a nefarious idea to step into Liam's shoes, depriving him of his family, his house and his job.
Five American teenagers are enamoured with the idea of their old college buddy Jake (Jack Huston) who suggests that they go on a memorable camping trip in Ireland. Inspired by this idea, young travelers, charming Tara (Lindsey Haun), courageous Bluto (Robert Hoffman), inveterate tourist Lisa (Maya Hazen), hippie Troy (Max Kasch) and his girlfriend Holly (Alice Greczyn), go to Ireland to have thrilling adventures. Upon their arrival the travelers set up a camp, and Jake warns his buddies about the mushrooms they mustn't eat. A person who will eat a death cap will die or gain superpower which will allow him to communicate with the dead and foresee the future. However, Jake is late with his cautions. Tara has already ingested a poisonous mushroom. The girl is lucky: she managed to survive but from now on she gets haunted by terrific premonitions of Bluto's death. Yet, she doesn't dare reveal the truth to her friends...
The romantic drama chronicles the tentative relationship between an Irish man (Glen Hansard) and a Czech woman (Marketa Irglova). He is a talented musician who makes money to support himself by fixing vacuum cleaners in his dad's (Bill Hodnett) repair shop by day, and busking on the Dublin streets by night. Devastated over his painful breakup with his girlfriend, he seeks solace in writing songs and dreams of someday having them recorded. One day while playing the guitar and singing in the street, he captures the attention of a flower seller who is also a musician. The Guy's heartfelt songs touch her and she decides to get acquainted with him...
This short film were presented at the Belfast film festival. THE FOUR HORSEMEN is a futuristic allegory adapted from the Book of Revelations which illustrates the struggle of 'Life' when pitted against 'War', 'Famine', 'Death' and 'Pestilence'. The novel is directed by Robert Kelly, lasts 16 minutes, and was produced in Ireland, 2006.
Two men, encountered by chance in a hotel bar, got to see their lives altered forever: their subsequent evening together intertwines their fates in an unexpected, but lasting bond. What can a hard-drinking, womanizing hitman have in common with a traveling salesman?
Set in 1950s, Asylum follows a psychiatrist family living in a house by the psychiatric asylum. In this drama based on the novel by Patrick McGrath, a forensic psychiatrist Max (Hugh Bonneville) serves at a remote psychiatric hospital where his wife slowly begins to fall for a dangerously handsome inmate named Edgar (Marton Csokas). Stella (Natasha Richardson) soon finds herself caught in the web of intrigue and the forbidden passion. A little pergola on the grounds of the Asylum becomes a shelter for the insane love, until the moment when Edgar escapes and hides somewhere in London. From this turning point the really deadly game begins as Stella's child is under the threat.
Nathan (David Leon), a 17-year-old boy, is killed shortly after declaring of love to his girlfriend Jessica (Samantha Mumba). Nathan's mother brings him back to life but... as a cannibal zombie who needs to take himself under close control and to overcome the strong desire to eat his school friends and Jessica.
In the 1970s, a foundling lad, Patrick "Kitten" Braden, comes of age by leaving his Irish town for London, in part to look for his mother and in part because his trans-gender nature is beyond the town's understanding.
SHORT ORDER tells a story so vibrantly sumptuous each still could be served as its own meal. Amidst the quaint Parisian street night, Fifi Koko runs a petty short order diner. Although her name is famous in chef circles she has placed her uncanny culinary skills on the back burner as she falls prey to an existential quagmire that fears her talent shall not overcome the expectations her reputation has sown. The late hours play out as Fifi must face her talent and unrequited love for a friend, while a collective stream of colorful creatures of the night make through Fifi's consciousness to feed her with temptation, insight, and humor on the path of her life-defining decision.
Around the World in 80 Days is based on the classic novel by Jules Verne and stars Jackie Chan as Passepartout. He was a thief in 1872 who became the traveling companion and martial arts bodyguard of a man betting that he can circumnavigate the world in a set time. British inventor Phileas Fogg (Steve Coogan), a daring man of science, stated his belief that it's possible for him to travel around the globe in a mere 80 days, as he asserted in a lively discussion with Lord Kelvin (Jim Broadbent), the head of the Royal Academy of Science. During their adventurous trip the pair has various points to stop at, situated in France (Paris, of course!), Turkey, India, China and the United States. Femme fatale Monique and a suspecting detective are also involved in the story. Soon after the pair left London, a major bank was robbed and Phileas and Passportout are considered as the main suspects trying to escape.
