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Lutz and Berni are joking in a subtle way about what they are currently doing: making a film.

At her poolside, a woman is sunbathing while watching polaroids of her and the man with whom she has just lived a love-passion of three days and three nights. A phone call interrupts her reveries.

Two street criminals have to leave Mexico City in a hurry; they end up in Monterrey, getting involved in a labor dispute in the busdriver's union while still trying to stay one step ahead of the law.

In this entertaining drama, "Carefree Giovanni" (Sergio Castellitto) is the beleaguered last heir to a dukedom closely associated with the great artist Leonardo da Vinci. As the curtain opens, one of Giovanni's ancestors drops dead when he hears that Leonardo has died. Cut to the present, and the last duke in this line, Giovanni, is miserable in a home shared by two older women who browbeat and badger him without mercy. Giovanni's one solace is to go up on the rooftop and gaze out at the world around him as he daydreams. He has a special passion for the lovely Claire (Eleonora Girogi) who lives next door. To show his sincerity, he zooms off paper airplanes in her direction. However, these missiles are made from actual letters written by the great Leonardo himself. Could this man be last link in the lineage that started 400 years earlier?

A New York cop is put in charge of a space police precinct and charged with the duty of protecting alien worlds from the evils of organized crime.

Riccardo III is a theatre play staged in 1977 and also edited for television and aired in 1981, which Carmelo Bene dedicated to his friend Gilles Deleuze, who wrote a book about it before even seeing it. Bene strips down the original Shakespeare play to the core, rejecting plot and characters, leaving on stage only Riccardo III and his ghosts, the female characters. The TV version is characterized by an exstensive use of close-ups and strong light contrast.

July 1, 1888. The body of a woman is discovered during a house fire, but the examination reveals that she died victim of a stabbing, not the flames. Her maid and pet dog are found drugged in another room.

A short, stop-frame animation. The film uses puppets to tell Hans Christian Andersen's tale about the song of a nightingale heard by the little kitchen girl at the Emperor of China's palace.

Documentary about the Austrian philosopher Martin Buber

In a special documentary made for public television in the United States, Eric Luskin goes behind the scenes of the 25th anniversary story, Silver Nemesis.

A documentary about and an interview with Hollywood actress Bette Davis about her life and career from the late 1920s to the 1980s on stage and mostly before the camera.

It is the first film of the comedy trio "I GianCattivi", formed by Athina Cenci, Francesco Nuti and Benvenuti, who won the Nastro d'Argento for Best New Director. The film is set in Florence, Tuscany, with some scenes shot in Prato.The title is an inside joke that refers to the Tuscan village of Paperino, which is a district of Prato; the film's surreal and grotesque undertones are also hinted by the title itself, since "Paperino" is also the Italian name for Donald Duck.

14.05.1988

Egoli is a BAFTA nominated and International award winning animated film directed, animated and art worked by Karen Kelly. The film was inspired by Nelson Mandela and pays tribute to the South Africa gold miners who worked in harsh conditions in the days of apartheid.

The film sheds light on the topic of the high divorce rate among young people in the form of journalistic statements and scenes as well as analytically reflected statements and statements of experience by sociologist Dr. Ursula Hempel, divorced and single mother of two adolescent children, and her cousin, a puppeteer who is also divorced.

Followers of the Rastafari way of life bring tales of Haile Selassie, Jah and Zion to the streets of inner-city Birmingham. Actor Hilary Minster turns reporter to discover the way of life for the Rastafari community of Handsworth.

Documentary on the life of Cechov.

In May 1981 a young Turk, Mehmet Ali Agca, shot Pope John Paul U. Who was Agca? Why did he do it? What made him want to be a killer?

A short film by Paul Vecchiali, produced during the Diagonale years.

Cut & paste film that uses footage from the Thai movie ตามฆ่า 20000 ไมล์

10/10/88 in London England at the Hammersmith Odeon

In this experimental short film, a man reflects with the sphere of the world in his hands and, as if he were a visionary, watches the calamities that devastate us. Through him we perceive a critical vision of the world in our era. Wars, catastrophes, destruction and death. Powerless in the face of so much adversity, he evokes the figure of Mahatma Gandhi as a symbolic image of peace: "There is no way to peace, peace is the way."

During a holiday in Italy, a young German falls in love with an Icelandic actress. Until the happy ending, they have to go the wrong ways and detours, which are also related to the dreamlike "mission" of the acting group.

This educational film shows human reproduction as fertilization, growth and birth of the child with rules of conduct for the expectant mother. In a combination of live-action film, animated graphics and microfilmography/photography, “an everyday, ever-changing miracle” is accompanied until the birth.

Simon Templar thwarts a Hong Kong syndicate's takeover of a businessman's Australian fun park.

A white deck chair, a large fan, a bonsai, combs of mother-of-pearl, a decapitated head carved out of wood, long hat pins to pierce its eyes and tongue and for adorning the hair, a red dressing gown, a white silk nightdress. Through the justification of the biblical story of Judith, the performance explores the theme of violence and vulnerability, plunging into an ocean of luminous and murderous eroticism.

Four-part episodic film about the everyday lives of young people. The focus is on a café as a communication point for various cliques.

Film about the training and plowing championships of the socialist countries in Hungary. The title alludes to the popular record "Lyrik, Jazz & Prosa", which was later discontinued and on which Manfred Krug reads the Soschtschenko satire "Die Kuh im Propeller", which makes fun of "Flugwesen" in the Soviet Union as a sign of modernization in the countryside too.

Sarah B. relives her awkward film debut. On a pedestal table, a headline, on the front page of France-Soir, challenges her, she immediately transcends it, then resumes "Phèdre" one last time under the astonished gaze of the kids of Belleville before spending one last summer in Belle-Île.

A man sits at the table and eats his meal...with rather unusual effects.

Five feminist activists from Marseille, each enduring unique forms of male domination in work and home life, unite over their shared frustrations. Their anger peaks after watching renowned writer Toussaint's overt machismo and commercial pandering during a televised book launch. In a bold move against his phallocratic image, they kidnap him, expecting to expose his true nature. However, as events unfold, Toussaint gradually reveals a sensitive, conflicted side that challenges his public persona. Humor and satire drive this escapade, critiquing traditional gender roles and societal expectations.

Biology student Harry is kicked out of his research program. He does not understand why. What Harry don't know is that he has a double.

Diane, a lesbian, becomes involved in a dispute between her friend Valerie, who she has been in love with for a long time, and Valerie's lover, Romain.

Octave and Alice are in love. Theo, rejected by Alice, whom he also loves, works as an informer for a hospital that sells women's wombs. He makes Alice fall and Octave will not be able to get the young woman out of her situation. But he still loves Alice and will continue to sing for her.

In a satirical way, the typical television coverage after a (fictitious) state election is simulated — including projections, interviews, commentaries, and a so-called “heavyweight round”. When then, over the course of the broadcast, the voter turnout is estimated as just 3.86 percent of those eligible to vote, none of the involved believes it. But after this information turns out to be true, it is attempted to explain this scandalous, impertinent, and downright subversive behaviour of the electorate.

The hopes and woes of a theater company in Africa.

In a studio setting, Stephen Hawking, Arthur C. Clarke and Carl Sagan (who joins them via satellite) discuss the Big Bang theory, God, our existence as well as the possibility of extraterrestrial life.

A bicycle ride through the streets of Shanghai between spring and summer 1984, from the suburbs to the center of the city.

One day, a mysterious stranger shows up at a farm. The farmer's wife succumbs to the charms of the seemingly mute stranger. When she can no longer resist him, disaster strikes.

Jimi Hendrix and Michael Jackson are two of the stars of this quirky and inventive animation in which a musician can become his own guitar. This is an early work by talented and humorous animator Paul Berry.

In the late 19th Century, a brothel madam and her workers are invited to take communion on a small family farm

Film directed by Jean-Louis Koula.

Poverty and misery are rife in Gourga, a village in the Sahel. The inhabitants must choose: stay and await international assistance or leave for more fertile regions in the country.

Milena Gabanelli sits in her room while listening to one of the last voice recordings of Jean Eustache.

In the GDR, purchasing a car was such a difficult process that many families applied for one years in advance. For example, Gisela secretly orders a Wartburg model after the birth of her first child. By the time the vehicle is ready, her daughter is a teenager, and Gisela's husband, who actually prefers walking, has already bought a second Wartburg from a friend in financial trouble. As a result, the couple decides to sign up for driving school together.