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After decades of working in the printing industry in Kolkata in eastern India, Tarini has reached retirement age. He spends his days at home, having declined his son’s invitation to come to the United States. Then a friend shows him a help-wanted ad. Although he has never published a book, Tarini used to tell made-up stories to his friends in his youth, and the ad for a storyteller in Ahmedabad in western India piques his interest.

A television writer is troubled by accusations that a young boy's death resulted from actions the boy copied from the writer's teleplay.

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The love of an enchanted young girl brings wonder and healing to a broken family.

A beautiful princess seeking to escape an arranged marriage, flees to a distant kingdom and disguises herself as a loathsome hag. But then she falls in love with the new kingdom's prince.

A carefree, absent-minded boy who is never scared goes on a strange journey to discover fear.

Seeking to avert a prophecy which foretells of a seventh son someday supplanting the current king, the unscrupulous monarch seeks out this luck child and attempts to do away with him. But those blessed with luck cannot be undone.

A loose adaption of Bára Nesvadbová's novel of the same name. A novel that lacks a dramatic line and concentrates on the flow of emotions and feelings of two injured and beloved women, two women that the aging lothario Mára came between. The theme of the entire book is the degree and limit of love, a right and ability to love several people simultaneously while hurting them at the same time. Written by Czech Film Center

A white lion comes to the aid of a girl being held under the cruel care of a troll.

On the whole, giants are benign creatures, harmless to none, unless of course the giant hasn't a heart. A curious prince is fooled into freeing one such heartless giant from the king's dungeon.

Video version of the life of one of England's best-loved authors, from the company behind TV's "The Catherine Cookson Story".

The life of Wagamese, who was born in Wabasseemoong First Nation in Ontario and became a leading Canadian writer over a 35-year career that ended with his death in 2017 at age 61 years. The document will address the impact of Canada’s infamous residential schools and the Sixties Scoop atrocities on the country’s indigenous people, experiences that took their personal toll on Wagamese.

During an interview backstage at a “Kwaidan” event, Junji answers questions about the terrifying banned footage of a ghostly encounter that he recently experienced. While shooting his movie, there was an inexplicable feeling that something horrible was descending amongst them.

Igor Goman is a storyteller from the village of Oleksandrivka, Kherson region. He has a mental imbalance and has no close people. Isolated from society because of his oddity, he writes fair, naive tales, full of humanism and mercy.

"Dengbêj" is the story of two women from the mountains of Kurdistan. Peyman, a brave and kind leader with a soul as beautiful as the great mountains of Kurdistan and Viyan a lion-heart and storyteller with a magical voice from heaven.

Dimitris Lazarou is an incurable storyteller. He works as a ground attendant for Olympic Airways, but his big dream is to become a pilot. With his cousin, who is considered the best pilot in the company, as his role model, he never fails to reap the rewards of his cousin's achievements. However, this habit of his will soon get him into trouble...

A young woman's writer's block leads her down a dangerous path.

Because of kind acts toward three beggars, an honest soldier returning from war is given a magical sack, an unbeatable deck of cards, a ruby whistle and a comparable dance, which he uses to save a kingdom and to foil Death.

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The Beguiled: The Storyteller is the first documentary short ever directed by Clint Eastwood. Shot in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, under the Malpaso Production Company, it has a running time of 12 minutes and provides a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the 1971 film, The Beguiled. Eastwood highlights each of the primary actors including himself as well as director Don Siegel.

A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker.

Mowgli, lost in the jungle when a toddler, raised by wolves, years later happens upon his human village and reconnects with its inhabitants, including his widowed mother. Continuing to maintain a relationship with the jungle, adventures follow.

After living undocumented in the UK for two years, Nigerian migrant Isio is caught and sent to the Hatchworth Removal Centre. She hopes for a fair asylum hearing and is convinced that, as long as she strictly follows the rules, she will be released – even if her charismatic new roommate Farah tells her this is a naive mistake.

A documentary about the folk country musician Oscar Thiffault, the famous songwriter of Le Rapide blanc.

In 1988, in Saint-Élie-de-Caxton, an 11-years-old boy is worried for his grandmother's life. Worn out by illness, the old storyteller tries to convince her grandson that Death no longer exists. Her story will bring back to life the extraordinary people from the village in 1927 who, by using rocambolesque tricks, will eliminate Death that threatens them. From now on, Death will coincide with the birth of legends.

Spalding Gray sits behind a desk throughout the entire film and recounts his exploits and chance encounters while playing a minor role in the film 'The Killing Fields'. At the same time, he gives a background to the events occurring in Cambodia at the time the film was set.

Filmed as part of the VH1 Storytellers series, Taylor Swift performed a live acoustic concert on October 15, 2012 at the Bridges Auditorium, after the Harvey Mudd College won the "Taylor Swift on Campus" contest.

It's St. Patrick's Day, and the woodland creatures Snot and Moldspot are off to the Palace of Paddy to see the Leprechaun King, the wise ruler of Leprechaun Land. Snot and Moldspot are excited to listen to stories that only the Leprechaun King can tell. Come to Leprechaun Land to wave shamrocks and fill pots o' gold as you listen to tales of action and adventure that will be sure to put you in the St. Patrick's Day holiday spirit.

When an ancient water goddess threatens her town, Roukia, a silenced musician must reclaim her voice to break a generational curse and save herself and her family.

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A tale of loss and redemption featuring a storyteller and his muse.

Green Day performs their entire American Idiot album in front of a mostly small and intimate live audience, and tell stories about their music, writing experiences and memories. Filmed in Culver City, California.

A young boy with supernatural abilities was abducted by the C.A. for experiments and to assist in the study of other dimensions,but…

In the 1980s, a renowned storyteller (a "Kadhikan") currently earns a living at the sawmill, hiding the performer in him due to his dire circumstances. A 17 year old in a juvenile home wishes to learn from him with the support of the Superintendent. His desire to learn the art form reignites the storyteller's faith in the same. Over a short span of time, the relationship between the Kadhikan and the boy becomes a bond unlike any other, unfolding new dimensions in both their lives.

CONFESSIONS OF A MENOPAUSAL FEMME FATALE is a fearless stand-up storytelling concert film in which Shakoor uses raw honesty, wit, music, and personal narrative to share her 12-year journey through menopause—a transformative experience that reshaped her identity as a woman, mother, artist, and human being. Framed around a return trip to Hawaii nearly 40 years after she once called it home, the story unfolds when a panic attack triggers deep introspection, forcing Shakoor to confront unresolved struggles, including addiction, postpartum depression, loss, and self-reinvention. Through wit, song, and unflinching truth, Shakoor breaks the silence surrounding menopause in a powerful performance that challenges stigma, invites laughter, and inspires radical self-acceptance.

The Double Fight is a choral documentary that explores migration as an act of survival and self-affirmation: migrating in order to be. Through seven intertwined voices from the LGBTQIA+ collective, the film traces journeys across borders, languages, and bodies in the search for a place where existence is not punished, but possible. Each story reveals how identity, desire, and freedom collide with violence, repression, and exile—and how resilience is built in the aftermath.

In the Bella Coola Valley, a haunting legend endures through generations as a filmmaker reckons with whether the stories of her ancestors can survive being held or if they were never meant to be captured.

In a ravaged future-Australia, a solitary hermit guarding a priceless treasure is forced to offer sanctuary to a young girl who is fleeing murderous scavengers. With danger around every corner, can they learn to survive together?

To get his wings, a newly hired cupid must choose between doing the job and honouring free will after being assigned to save a toxic relationship that shouldn't exist.

A documentary following Sasha Fatsevych as he turns his love for retro cars and film into a thriving business.

Toronto’s hardcore music scene is loud, abrasive, and passionately independent; yet, even here, numerous independent bands and artists slip through the cracks. Just earlier this year, the Toronto Hardcore music scene was introduced to POISON 11, a young band still defining who they are while fighting to be heard. introducing POISON 11 explores what it is to be an artist in the big 2025.