Play Of The Week

Hélène, a housekeeper at a ritzy hotel in Corsica, is devoted to her family but lacks any passion in her own life. When she sees a handsome couple play a passionate game of chess, she becomes inspired to play herself. Hélène's working-class husband and spoiled daughter are soon bewildered by her obsession with chess. They also grow suspicious of Hélène's close relationship with Dr. Kröger, her eccentric American expat tutor.

The drama follows the lives of four individuals who are known for their clumsiness. Despite their various struggles, anxieties, and desires for approval, they somehow manage to maintain a cool and composed demeanor in their everyday lives.

Onchi Eiko, the proprietress of a bar, is trapped in a sad, hidden past. One day, an old friend Shigeko shows up with her 5-year-old son Daiji in tow. Shigeko entrusts him to Eiko and disappears after she leaves a farewell letter. As Eiko looks at the innocent Daiji, she is reminded of her own past. The two of them who have no one to turn to, begin a life together as fake mother and son in this peculiar and yet heartrending story.

A vintage featurette about the making of Child's Play (1988).

A fascinating story of true friendship, creativity and the passing of childhood.

A brother and sister con-artist duo find themselves scamming a grieving billionaire by convincing him they can introduce him to God, face-to-face.

"Khem Sorn Plai" is the story of a beautiful girl named Cherd, who is stuck in a marriage with Dr. Ruengboon in an overseas country. In a loveless marriage, she finds herself falling for, Lanna, a Thai student who has come overseas to study. However, Dr. Ruengboon refuses to give Cherd a divorce and this keeps her bound to him unwillingly. Eventually, Lanna returns to Thailand and begins a new life by marrying Yaowayod, a young woman who is perfect in both looks and social status — and most of all was chosen for him by his mother. Despite having a sweet wife, Lanna can not forget Cherd and continues to keep the dazzling girl in his heart silently.

Taka and Miaka are now happily married and only six months before their new family would be born, but an obessed girl named Mayo would do anything to make Taka hers. She enters the world of the Four Gods, determined to win Taka's heart and be the new priestess.

Klim Shipenko is making a film about Lomonosov starring Pavel Derevyanko. But the actor is overtaken by a creative crisis, and for inspiration he goes to the homeland of the scientist whom he sees in his fantasies. Pavel settles in the house of the Belovs, whose head Egor earns by physical labor. The appearance of Derevyanko changes the usual way of life of the locals: Egor is afraid of losing his wife Masha, their daughter Polina falls in love with a celebrity, and deputy Kholmogor builds an election campaign with the help of a star.

Takao Taniguchi was the captain & pitcher of his junior high school's baseball team, but after suffering a fractured finger during a game Takao enters Sumitani High School as a fan and not a player. Even though Takao joins the soccer team and shows potential, he still has a great love for baseball and still umpires games in secret until his coach hears of this and gets angered, forcing Takao to leave the team. At the recommendation of the soccer team captain, Takao joins the Sumitani baseball team... Unfortunately, the team is notorious for losing big games due to their inexperience.

Color abstract animated movie turns into "Saponia" soap advertisement.

Sylvie lives with her two children whom she’s raising on her own. One evening, there’s an accident, and her youngest son is removed from her care. Sylvie must subsequently fight to get her son back and to keep herself afloat.

Eight men and women with heavy debts, are trapped in a situation where they cannot survive. The eight people are invited by a mysterious man named Ninomiya, an agent of Mr. X, to play a "lottery game" at a permanently closed hotel. The game involves risking their lives and their money. Who is Mr. X and what is the purpose of the game? (Source: DramaWiki)

Playing Victim tells a story of a career woman named Rina who for the first time in her life, feels love and connection from a man and aspiring musician, Rifka. However, their relationship lies in Limbo as Rifka seems to be hiding a secret, one that comes from his own past.

A struggling director makes a desperate bid to dig into the urban legend about a film shot by a ghost, at the risk of her own life.

Ai Weiwei Studio presents the process of creating a Yu opera based on the first trial over Ai's fake tax case.

It's a fantasy romance story about He Luyan, an online novel editor, and Qi Lin, a hotel entrepreneur, being transported into a complaining novel written by He Luyan as a house manager and the CEO of the hotel. After a battle of wits and betrayal, they parted and then got back together. Eventually, they became a couple in real life.

Martin and Hazel Quarrier are small-town fundamentalist missionaries sent to the jungles of South America to convert the Indians. Their remote mission was previously run by the Catholics, before the natives murdered them all. They are sent by the pompous Leslie Huben, who runs the missionary effort in the area but who seems more concerned about competing with his Catholic 'rivals' than in the Indians themselves. Hazel is terrified of the Indians while Martin is fascinated. Soon American pilot Lewis Moon joins the Indian tribe but is attracted by Leslie's young wife, Andy. Can the interaction of these characters and cultures, and the advancing bulldozers of civilization, avoid disaster?

Padudu is an apprentice witch, chosen to represent her town. Donning her magical fish costume, she sets off on her journey.