Ballast (2012)

Actors: Ole Xylander (actor), Jenny Alten (producer), Jenny Alten (writer), Jost Althoff (writer), Gregor Bonse (composer), Mirjem Thielecke (costume designer), Jost Althoff (director), Marlene Assmann (editor), Nari Kim (editor),

Genres: Animation, Short,
Taglines: sorrow is not part of my mind - it's part of my head.

Monrak Transistor (2001)

Actors: Baworanrit Chantasakda (actor), Chartchai Hamnuansak (actor), Supakorn Kitsuwon (actor), Ornnapa Krissadee (actor), Ackarat Nitipol (actor), Black Phomtong (actor), Chanikan Pocharat (actor), Ampon Rattanawong (actor), Sawang Rodnuch (actor), Somlek Sakdikul (actor), Prasit Wongrakthai (actor), Porntip Papanai (actress), Siriyakorn Pukkavesh (actress), Jakra Rujiwanich (actress), Charoen Iamphungporn (producer),

Plot: Phaen is a suburban young man with a great love for music. He never misses a chance to show off his voice at temple fairs in his village. It is at one of the fairs that he meets and falls in love with Sadao. On their wedding day, Phaen gives Sadao a transistor radio that the new family loves, and it also gives Phaen many a daydream of becoming a famous singer himself. Soon, Sadao is pregnant and it is hard for Phaen to leave home, but he has to enter military service. While there, he enters a singing contest, and winds up first runner-up. So he decides to leave the service and heads for Bangkok to follow his dream. He spends two years in a band that never goes anywhere, and eventually is forced to work in a sugarcane plantation. But a fight causes him to lose his job. As things go from bad to worse, he recalls his transistor radio with fondness, for it evokes in his mind much better and more peaceful times, when dreams were still possible.

Keywords: abandoned-by-husband, accidental-death, accidental-murder, bangkok-thailand, based-on-novel, bigger-dreams, cane-cutter, co-worker, drink, drinking
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance,

Swing (1999)

Actors: Clarence Clemons (actor), Tom Georgeson (actor), James Hicks (actor), Jon Huyton (actor), Dermot Keaney (actor), Danny McCall (actor), Jimmy Nail (actor), Alexei Sayle (actor), Hugo Speer (actor), Paul Usher (actor), Gavin Watson (actor), Gavin Watson (actor), Eddie Webber (actor), Scot Williams (actor), Tom Bell (actor),

Plot: An optimistic guy is arrested and thrown in jail, while there he learns the saxophone from a fellow inmate. Once he's released from jail, he and a few friends form a swing band while he tries to win back his girlfriend who married the police officer who arrested him!

Keywords: arrest, independent-film, jazz-band, jazz-music, prison, saxophone
Genres: Comedy, Music, Romance,
Taglines: Getting this dream off the ground takes some pretty fancy footwork!

Quotes:

Jack: Playing the sax is like telling the truth. You never have to tell the same lie twice - if you tell the truth.