En kärlekshistoria [A Swedish Love Story] (Roy Andersson, 1970)
May
7
National Hug Holiday Week

Pär (Rolf Sohlman) and Annika (Ann-Sofie Kylin) hug on a deserted barren soccer pitch. DP: Jörgen Persson.
A hug, romantic or platonic, on the first day of National Hug Holiday Week (USA)
Two teenagers in love become increasingly oblivious of the grey world around them.
दुविधा [Duvidha / The Dilemma] (Mani Kaul, 1973)
May
3
National Paranormal Day

Lachhi, the bride (Raisa Padamsee). DP: Navroze Contractor.
A supernatural theme for National Paranormal Day (USA). May 3 (coincidentally?) is also the day Charles Fort passed on to a different realm.
A ghost falls in love with a bride whose husband, a merchant, is away from home. He takes on the man's form, and lives with her.
غزل [Ghazal] (Masud Kimiai, 1975)
May
2
Brothers and Sisters Day

The two brothers in their forest. DP: Nemat Haghighi.
Sibling love or strife on Brothers and Sisters Day (USA)
Brothers Hojjat and Zeini live in peace in the forest. When strangers cut down the trees, a city woman joins the couple. Despite the comfort she brings with structure, food, and a warm body, the men come to realise that she's a disturbance of their peace.
“Have you ever tried to dress as a priest? Try it, at least once. It's a bit like being a woman. In summer the breeze enters under the genitals. You can go without briefs. Priests are half men and half women.”Todo modo [One Way or Another] (Elio Petri, 1976)
May
1
National Day of Prayer

M. (Gian Maria Volontè) speaks to the gathered elite while a gypsum Christ multiplies bread and fishes. DP: Luigi Kuveiller.
A spiritual theme for the National Day of Prayer (USA)
– Don Gaetano
Inspired by the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola, Italy's political leaders, industrialists, bankers, and business leaders gather for a retreat as an atonement for their past crimes of corruption and unethical practices, and to reinforce their power.
鬼の詩 [Oni no uta / Song of the Devil] (Tetsutaro Murano, 1975)
Apr
29
Jerry Seinfeld – 1954

Keima Kyo entertaining his audience by hanging numerous clay pipes from his face. DP: Yasuhiro Yoshioka.
A comedian, or set in Brooklyn or NYC, for Jerry Seinfeld's birthday (1954).
Rakugo (落語, litt. “story with a fall”), is a style of Japanese comedy performed while seated. Armed with a few props, the rakugoka recites a comical monologue using pitch and gestures.
A dramatic retelling of the life of rakugoka Katsura Beikyo II. Keima Kyo, a talented rakugoka, is offered apprenticeship from an older successful performer, but refuses. Young and arrogant, he decides to take over the other man's act instead.
“Based on a true occult event”The Kirlian Witness (Jonathan Sarno, 1978)
Apr
27

A ficus hooked up to a polygraph. DP: João Fernandes.
– tagline
“Because, in the way I see it, the killer could only be one of two types. Either a person who was seized by a sudden impulse and in all probability has no police record, or else, a sex maniac.”Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate [The Bloodstained Butterfly] (Duccio Tessari, 1971)
Apr
26
Fri

Sarah Marchi (Wendy D'Olive) with Giorgio (Helmut Berger) in the background, just out of focus behind her. DP: Carlo Carlini.
– As they say, 'Tidiness is the virtue of a mediocre mind.' – Then I'm a genius.Una giornata particolare [A Special Day] (Ettore Scola, 1977)
Apr
19
National Hanging Out Day

Antonietta (Sophia Loren) and Gabriele (Marcelo Mastroianni) on the roof of their building, clean sheets like a fort around them. DP: Pasqualino De Santis.
A clothesline in support of Project Laundry List's National Hanging Out Day (USA)
La última cena [The Last Supper] (Tomás Gutiérrez Alea, 1976)
Apr
18
Good Friday

The count, Christ, flanked by two of his slaves, John and Thomas respectively. DP: Mario García Joya.
Good Friday: an occurrence during a Friday or weekend.
During Holy Week, a count visits his sugar mill on the day one of his slaves has escaped. Reluctant, overseer Don Manuel picks twelve slaves to join the count at his dinner table for a lecture about the possibility of happiness in slavery, all made up to resemble the Last Supper, with the count as Christ and the slaves as his apostles. Then conversation picks up, and the slaved men request, and are granted, a day off on Good Friday.