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Homelessness describes the condition of people without a regular dwelling. People who are homeless are most often unable to acquire and maintain regular, safe, and adequate housing, or lack "fixed, regular, and adequate night-time residence." The legal definition of "homeless" varies from country to country, or among different entities or institutions in the same country or region.[dubious – discuss]
The term homeless may also include people whose primary night-time residence is in a homeless shelter, a warming center, a domestic violence shelter, cardboard boxes or other ad hoc housing situation. American Government homeless enumeration studies also include persons who sleep in a public or private place not designed for use as a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings.
In western countries the large majority of homeless are men (75-80%), with single males particularly overrepresented.
The "unsheltered" are that segment of a homeless community who do not have ordinary lawful access to buildings in which to sleep. Such persons frequently prefer the term "houseless" to the term "homeless". Others may use the term street people which does not fully encompass all unsheltered in that many such persons do not spend their time on urban "street" environments, and to the contrary shun such locales and prefer to convert unoccupied buildings, or to inhabit mountains or, more often, lowland meadows, creeks and beaches
Actors: Shaun Paul Costello (editor), Shaun Paul Costello (producer), Joe Gariffo (producer), Shaun Paul Costello (director), Doug Sakmann (actor), Brian Anthony Wilson (actor), Ryan Dunn (actor), Mark Mackner (actor), Brian Heffron (actor), Alan Ruck (actor), Joe Gariffo (actor), Shaun Paul Costello (actor), Colin Quinn (actor), Shaun Paul Costello (miscellaneous crew), Joe Gariffo (editor),
Plot: Booted is a comedy with heart about Will Kelinsky, a charming deadbeat who meets his inevitable fate when his car gets booted in downtown Philadelphia due to a vast sum of unpaid parking tickets. Now he's stranded with a backseat of spoiling groceries, a massive parking ticket, and a fed up girlfriend back at home. Doing what any reasonable man would do, Will converts his immobilized car into a booming hot dog stand in an attempt to make enough money to pay off his fines before his fed-up girlfriend leaves him for good. But to do so, he'll have to contend with low-rent mobsters, an army of hungry homeless people, and one angry meter maid. Booted is a surprisingly heartfelt story about realizing what's most important in life and the things you'll do to get it.
Keywords: booted-car, car, comedy-tour, coming-of-age, homelessness, hot-dog, love, ninja, one-word-title, parking-authorityActors: Justinas Piliponis (producer), Mindaugas Papinigis (actor), Visockaite Sonata (actress), Toma Vaskeviciute (actress), Ricardas Marcinkus (writer), Ricardas Marcinkus (director), Ricardas Marcinkus (editor), Sarunas Puidokas (actor), Severija Janusauskaite (actress), Vaidas Kublinskas (actor), Marius Repsys (actor), Mantas Jankavicius (actor), Povilas Marcinkus (actor), Miroslaw Sinicki (composer), Josif Baliukevic (actor),
Plot: Marius, already in his thirties, still works at the same position for many years. Boring life, colleagues that ignore him, and no friends - mum is the only person who calls him. So does he live with her. Marius, as well as millions people in the world, lives in his inner captivity, everyday gets up and serves for others' dreams, forgetting his own. Accidentally, he falls into an awkward situation that also brings him the world of the anti-social people. Unwillingly though, he gets familiar with their life style, and yet remains himself. Unexpected love encourages him to change his life.
Keywords: abandoned-manor, abandoned-palace, annoying-mom, background-actor, based-on-novel, birthday, chase, doberman, dog, female-nudityActors: Yair Ponce (writer), Yair Ponce (director), Yair Ponce (editor), Yazmin Aranda (actress), Yazmin Aranda (producer), Bernardo Aguilar (actor),
Genres: Short,Actors: Rusty Meyers (actor), Lawrence Turner (actor), Sean Morelli (actor), Paul X. Campanella (actor), Brian H. Scott (actor), Brian H. Scott (actor), Yahya McClain (producer), Mike Schlegel (miscellaneous crew), Ron Provencal (actor), Lynn Hill (actress), Laurence R. Griffin (actor), Tezz Yancey (actor), Malcolm Brooks (producer), Quinnie Martin Jr. (producer), Malcolm Brooks (writer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Sevada (editor), Sevada (producer), Sevada (writer), Sevada (director), Keith Jarrett (composer), Edgar Baghdasaryan (actor), Vahe Khachatryan (editor), Ofelia Zakaryan (actress), Michael Aleksanyan (actor), Vahagn Mkrtchyan (actor), Lilit Sargsyan (actress),
Plot: The film opens with the titular shoe shattering the glass of a window and landing in a second-floor room as the residents, a young mother and her little son, look on stoically. They don't seem particularly concerned that their home has been assaulted with a projectile. But they do worry that the orphan shoe would bring them bad luck. They duly get rid of it, and that's when the shoe's meanderings and tribulations kick in. Shot with swift strokes in a strangely vivid neighborhood straddling the urban and rural, "Mikosh" is at turns a violent and delicate dance of redemption. By the time the story twists into its ironic finale, there emerges a whole new definition of the adage "if the shoe fits..." In her role as the (single) mother, Ofelia Zakarian is perhaps the organizing principle of the tale. It's all in her dignified, knowing silence. And her determination to pick up the shattered pieces.
Keywords: character-name-in-title, dog, family-relationships, father-son-relationship, independent-film, love, mother-son-relationship, one-word-title, surrealismActors: Franco Nero (actor), Silvano Agosti (actor), Franco Nero (actor), Louis Nero (writer), Louis Nero (producer), Louis Nero (editor), Louis Nero (director), Simona Nasi (actress), Simone Nepote André (actor), Diana Dell'Erba (actress), Eugenio Allegri (actor), Daniele Savoca (actor), Caterina Deregibus (actress), Lola Manzano (actress), Francesca Cibischino (costume designer),
Plot: Hans Schabe, whose last name means cockroach in German, living in filth and madness, becomes a sort of new modern hero, who does not try to pander to people's benevolence with morally deserving actions, but finds himself caged in a world where the only possible fight is the against his mind.
Genres: Drama,Actors: David Varod (producer), Trevor Short (producer), Danny Dimbort (producer), John Thompson (producer), Boaz Davidson (producer), Kenneth M. Badish (producer), Jonas Talkington (actor), Corin Nemec (actor), Jay Benedict (actor), Avi Lerner (producer), Atanas Srebrev (actor), Christa Campbell (actress), Velizar Binev (actor), Boaz Davidson (writer), Kenneth M. Badish (writer),
Plot: Police lieutenant detective Thomas 'Thom' Randall's steady girl-friend, Dr. Jennifer 'Jen' Allen, is Dr. Aaron Michaels's main assistant on his pharmaceutical firm Bellion's research program to cure the highly contagious, fatal infection Guinin. A convicted murderer, whom Thom arrested, is one of their special drug test subjects, but escapes. The convict and Jen are affected by radioactively altered DNA from an experimental reactor used on mosquitoes which transfer quinine. The convict soon mutates into a mosquito-like monster, which sucks its victims dry. By the time Thom and his junior murder brigade partner Charlie Morrison figure out what happens, Jen starts mutating herself.
Keywords: animal-in-title, axe, bare-chested-male, biting, blood, blood-bank, blood-spatter, blood-transfusion, briefs, character-name-in-titleActors: Davide F. Brusà (producer), Davide F. Brusà (writer), Davide F. Brusà (director), Alberto Surrentino d'Afflitto (director), Alberto Surrentino d'Afflitto (producer), Alberto Surrentino d'Afflitto (actor), Giuseppe Maugeri (actor), Gino Astorina (actor), Alessia Guarnaccia (actress), Alessandro Genovese (editor), Plinio Milazzo (actor), Totò Sorge (actor), Raffaella Bella (actress), Titti Bella (actress), Serena Muccilli (actress),
Plot: In the not too distant future, a very unconventional thief (who steals from the rich to give to the rich), is forced by an alienated and homologated society to steal extremely rare and unusual goods in order to survive. The story preserves an unexpected event for him and a disquieting surprise for the audience in the final scene.
Genres: Short,Actors: José Sánchez-Sanz (composer), Óscar Martín (editor), Óscar Martín (producer), Óscar Martín (director), Óscar Martín (writer), Elena Muñoz (producer), Rodrigo Rodero (producer), Maya Reyes (actress), Jesús Luna (actor), Arturo De Bobadilla (actor), José Luis Salinero (actor), Laura Hernando (actress), Alfredo Angarita (actor), Rafa Simón (actor), Juan Carlos Martín (actor),
Genres: Short,Actors: Göran Forsmark (actor), Anders Lennberg (producer), Steve Aalam (actor), Nick Wolf (actor), Erich Silva (actor), Rakel Wärmländer (actress), Emil Ahlén (actor), Jimmy Eriksson (writer), Jimmy Eriksson (director), Jonas Rosén Comerford (miscellaneous crew), Petter Nordwall (composer), Angela Lynnewood (actress), Johan Norén (actor),
Genres: Short,