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In Steven Knight's gothic adaptation of Charles Dickens' iconic ghost story, Ebenezer Scrooge experiences a dark night of the soul - past, present and future.

A couple of orphans form a gang called Storm Riders and try to become top dogs in the competitive world of professional and street sport that involves Air Treks, futuristic motorized rollerblades that can achieve super speed.

On the island of Crete, under the reign of King Minos, Humans worship and fear the Gods of Olympus. Only a fool would dare to offend them.

The story is a psycho-drama full of turns of events right from the opening scene and well after the credits. Icaro, a man in his late thirties with a wife and a child he loves and a safe job in a bank, is all of a sudden reminded of his boyhood ambition when Ombra, an eerie creature belonging to his cradle-day memories, reappears in his life. With Ombra back, nothing can ever be the same. Ancient dreams and hidden skeletons plummet the protagonist into spiraling insanity as present and past collide.

The film is set in the near future, on August 22, 1970. A man sleeps in the New Mexico desert. He the pilot of the upcoming first flight to the Moon, and the rocket which will transport him there is waiting nearby. The narrator informs us that the man is called Jedediah Prentiss. He was born in 1938, graduated from college in 1959, and became a licensed rocket pilot in 1965. The narrator claims that this an insignificant name, and that nobody has ever heard of Ptentiss. Prentiss dreams and his identity changes through the dream. In 900 BC, he is Icarus. His father (an unnamed Daedalus) wakes him up and prepares him for a flight over the Aegean Sea, by use of wax wings. In 1783, he is one of the Montgolfier brothers in France. He and and his brothers prepare for their first flight with a hot air balloon over the Atlantic Ocean. In 1903, he is one of the Wright brothers. He and his brother prepare for their first flight with the Wright Flyer in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Back in 1970, Prentiss awakes and prepares for his space flight. A reporter asks him to identify himself. Prentiss seems to have forgotten his own name. He then identifies himself as "Icarus Montgolfier Wright". He claims to have been born in 900 BC, to have entered grammar school in Paris during 1783, and to have entered high-school in Kitty Hawk during 1903. He tells the reported that in 1970 he will graduate from the Earth to the Moon. He is also predicts that he will die in Mars during a 1999 expedition, and be buried there. With his new identity as the personification of humanity's pioneering spirit, Prentiss begins his flight to the Moon.

In the Mediterranean, a place that is both real and fictional. Where Icarus jumped from and burned his wings. Where liners, fishermen, migrants fleeing disaster, rescuers and scientists studying the consequences of global warming on the sea bed meet. Where signs are revealed: has our capacity to measure and interpret the world not fallen into a technological excess that loses its meaning for human beings and causes us to burn our wings? What would Euclid and Thales say about the rising seas? How would they judge our cynicism?

A boy, in a hospital, builds his own wings, to escape from reality and dream and maybe, fly.

Icarus a former special forces soldier plans to re-nuke the wasteland to rid it once and for all of all the nightmares, but at what cost?

German Latinist Jacob Balde (1604-1668) reflects on his desperate situation in Bavaria and the possibility of an uplifting flight into spirituality that transcends the limits of space and time.

In a strange world a manic little man engages in a nightly battle he can never win. But tonight the rules of the game have changed and anything could happen...

Ikerus is a lazy teenager who disappoints his father. One day they go on an adventure with disastrous results.

A singer returns to his hometown under a dark cloud and soon his arrival puts everyone he cares about in danger. Somehow he has to find a way to repair damaged relationships and fight back against the bad guys, before it's too late-.

Loosely following the Greek myth of the Flight of Icarus, Georges Schwizgebel opens his directional career with Le vol d'lcare, a short animation of LED lights.

A bankrupt hospital administration at death's door. While it's manager Dädalus has already given up, the young Ikarus is coming up with an idea that could save the institute.

When Daedalus falls under the evil influence of King Nikolos, Hercules must step in to help his friend regain the right path.

With her world crashing down around her, Nicky is forced to reevaluate her recent actions in order to move forward. Althea goes undercover to gain more information about Delta Securities, and Henry and Zhilan follow a lead regarding Xiao's whereabouts.