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Orson Welles’ final film documents the lives of infamous fakers Elmyr de Hory and Clifford Irving. De Hory, who later committed suicide to avoid more prison time, made his name by selling forged works of art by painters like Picasso and Matisse. Irving was infamous for writing a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes. Welles moves between documentary and fiction as he examines the fundamental elements of fraud and the people who commit fraud at the expense of others.
Ian Hislop’s sharp, provocative take on 200 years of fake news and its consequences – from Victorians on the moon to 21st-century deepfake, and Hislop as never seen before.
Teenage best friends Zoe and Becca set out to build their own fake ID empire, but when business starts booming, their life of crime gets way too real.
A young man in a tricky situation follows the advice of his unconventional best friend and uses social media to create a fake boyfriend to keep his awful ex-lover out of his life. But everything backfires when he meets the real love of his life, and breaking up with his fake boyfriend proves hard to do.
Jennifer and Vince, virtual strangers, find themselves strapped for cash and decide to stage a fake engagement and wedding just for the gifts
Norval Morrisseau was the first Indigenous Canadian artist to be taken seriously in the art world. By the turn of this century his work commanded tens of thousands of dollars. So when Barenaked Ladies keyboardist Kevin Hearn learned his prized painting was a forgery, he sued. But as Jamie Kastner’s doc reveals, there was a cottage industry in fake Morrisseaus, an industry that flourished unchecked for years, feeding on greed, exploitation, racism and contempt.
When an unexpected outbreak of peace leads to a ceasefire between Russian forces and Georgian rebels, arrogant rock star Harry Hope fears for the success of his heavily hyped Piece of Peace global charity concert. Desperate, he dispatches his PR consultant, Kate, and her naïve intern, Peggy, to create a fake war story – until the concert, at least.
Explores the meaning of fame and influence in the digital age through an innovative social experiment. Following three Los Angeles-based people with relatively small followings, the film explores the attempts made to turn them into famous influencers by purchasing fake followers and bots to “engage” with their social media accounts.
A woman walks into a New York gallery with a cache of unknown masterworks. Thus begins a story of art world greed, willfulness and a high-stakes con.
A convict returns to his home town to torturing again his family and face his neighbors trying to destroy the local religious fanatics and their plans to keep money from the village people.
The conservative comedian weighs in on the issues of the day.
Film about art forger Elmyr de Hory. He was also one of the subjects of Orson Welles’ documentary F for Fake (1974). A Norwegian production directed by Knut W. Jorfald, spoken in English.
419: The Internet Romance Scam’ follows the stories of two middle-aged British women – Brenda and Caroline – who were both scammed in late 2009 by men using fake identities. Despite similar beginnings – a work trip to West Africa, followed by a terrible car crash, and a plea for urgent hospital fees, the stories take staggeringly different twists.
Ivy is a talented up-and-coming romance book editor, up for a promotion at work but tasked with helping a stubborn mystery writer incorporate romance more successfully into the next book in his best-selling series. When he volunteers to be Ivy’s faux date for her best friend’s beach wedding in return for Ivy’s editing skills, will they be able to rewrite their fake romance into a real one?
Fake shaman Sin-nam is a 20-something graduate of a shaman school. Chung-dam is a real deal, who is possessed by a child god. And swindling shaman Sung-joon is a middle-aged, whose prime, along with the ghost inside him have all but left. The3 men battle their skills to seize redevelopment district and compete to be the best shaman.
Ilkin worries that her boyfriend, a famous actor, is no longer in love with her. One day, she decides to reach out to him from a fake social media account and almost creates the woman who can seduce her lover with her own hands.
Tomboy accidentally found a fake dollar and gave it to detective Droplet. The operation is headed by Maj. Kardos. Now they have to investigate the crime in order to find and neutralize the counterfeiters.
Mahsun constantly has to cope with police raids since he runs an illegal casino. Because he wants to continue to run this casino, Mahsun decides to establish a fake political party as a disguise. His aim is to keep the casino able to continue operating in secret without any interference. However, this idea leads him and his friends into an unexpected outcome.
Sunny, a brilliant small-time artist is catapulted into the high-stakes world of counterfeiting when he creates the perfect fake currency note, even as Michael, a fiery, unorthodox task force officer wants to rid the country of the counterfeiting menace. In this thrilling cat-and-mouse race, losing is not an option!
Ajay Dixit, an ordinary history teacher in a high school, enjoys mini celebrityhood in his town courtesy of the fake image he has built. He shares a strained relationship with his newly-wed wife. Circumstances force him to take a trip to Europe for the World War II trail accompanied by his wife. Will his relationship with his wife survive this trip? Will he manage to win the war within?
Hasan has been in jail for many years when he gets out he decides to move away to make another criminal plan with Kuzey. His idea is to create a fake police department to rob a casino. He starts as the security of the place and al…
Forty Winks follows Fabio Berker, struggling Hypnotist in New York City, as he is blackmailed into being the world’s first hypnotist hit man by a mysterious woman who finds out his degree is fake.
Based on true/false events, nursing student Marlee Wilson has been struggling with day to day issues with school, work, and her cheating boyfriend that’s addicted to strippers. Feeling like she’s not getting enough attention from her boyfriend, she decides to fake a kidnapping, but the hoax ends up getting deeper than she ever expected bringing real life issues across the country.
While visiting Switzerland, an American college professor, Adam, keeps running into a divorced British secretary, Patricia, wherever they go. First their cars collide. Then they smash into one another on a ski slope, each breaking a leg. In between numerous quarrels, the two develop lust and love. They hastily marry, but the disagreements continue. Patricia decides to leave, so Adam decides to fake a suicide. They lose and find each other, again and again.
Set in a small island village of Yedurulanka, faces the looming uncertainties of 2012, Shiva, a pragmatic youngster along with his girlfriend Chithra and friends, devise a scheme to disprove the end of the world theory and expose the plan by the trio of fake god-men, to fleece the people.
Fatih and Eda, who got married in secret, ask their friend Serhat to come to Adana and perform a fake wedding in front of their families. During Serhat’s journey to Adana, accompanied by two of his friends, misfortunes begin when their car is stolen, and the trio finds themselves in an irreversible adventure.
A grandmother fakes her illness during the Christmas holiday to make her granddaughter and employee fall in love with each other during the holiday season.
The world of film and television is mad about dead young women: thrillers and crime dramas present a succession of attractive, partially clad female corpses. In this dance film, Amanda Kramer takes us into a cardboard factory that logs such corpses, complete with torn stockings and photogenic fake blood.
An aspiring footballer falls for a student destined for an arranged marriage. An attempt to fake a marriage goes awry and threatens to tear the couple apart forever.
A college student searches for justice after she discovers deepfake pornography of herself circulating online.
Two working class youtubers ‘in the making’ enter an abandoned mansion to get their basketball back, and get lost inside while pranking each other. They record their ‘quick adventure’ with their phones for their audience, and tweak it with a fake phantom appearance to attract more followers to their YouTube channel. When uploaded the video goes viral, so they start a challenge: if the video reaches a certain number of views, they will enter the house again, at night, alone, totally unprotected. As fans react positively, they will do as promised, not only to discover and unveil the true nature of the place and their inhabitants, but to realize they might not be among the living anymore. Which opens a question – how far would you go to be famous?
Cathal McNaughtonandapos;s breathtaking 25-year body of work and the importance of photojournalism in a world saturated by social media and fake news.
A man risks it all in the streets for fake love. After trying to save a woman from being attacked, he winds up behind bars.
We call them by a hundred different names: boobs, knockers, jugs, hooters. We wonder if they’re real or fake, too small or too big, too exposed or too covered. And every year Americans spend millions of dollars on breast enhancement, from push-up bras to surgery. Why is our culture so captivated by this particular part of the female form? “Boobs: An American Obsession” is a revealing, humorous, often poignant investigation involving everyone from anthropologists to porn stars as we explore our culture’s fascination with breasts.
