Cinematic Era: 1957 Vintage

Venezuelan comedy by Juan Corona with text by Aquiles Nazoa.

After graduating from the Faculty of Geology, Vasiliy Ruban goes to Transcarpathia, where he will take part in a prospecting expedition, the object of which is oil fields. A business trip of a young man turns into a quarrel with his girlfriend, who dreams of a graduate school in the capital. Despite the assurance of an experienced engineer in the absence of oil deposits, Vasiliy continues his search, which turns into an unexpected discovery of oily spots in the waters of the river. At the same time, the geologist meets Kseniya, a local girl who has won the heart of a man.

The story of a publisher who betrays his professional ethics to ride the wave of economic prosperity.

A Chinese Opera film by the Shaw and Sons studio.

The ‘Żywe kamienie’ (meaning living stones) from the title are architectural monuments that convey the history of past generations. In this respect, Kraków is a special city - it was not only the royal capital of Poland, but also a city of Jews.

The action takes place in 1714 in the London royal palace of St. James. The Duchess of Marlborough, the favorite of the weak-willed queen, skillfully rules the state. Her political opponent, former minister Lord Bolingbroke, dreaming of restoring his influence at court, successfully wages a cunning war against the duchess, using the rivalry between the queen and the duchess of Marlborough, who are in love with the young officer Mesham.

Robert Snyder's acclaimed 26-minute short following Pablo Casals in Prades during his self-imposed exile from Franco's dictatorship in Spain. In this film, Casals performs his only solo recording of the Bach Suite No. 1. The film was recorded in 1955 and beautifully filmed in 35mm black and white within the walls of the town's abbey.

While playing, the children start drawing on the walls of the room. A painter comes to whitewash the flat. To entertain the children, the painter paints images on the walls. But even when he whitewashes over the picture he has painted for them, the children can still see it and are happy. No one knows about their secret gift from the painter.

Early 18th-century Krakow: The poor student Simon works as a travelling musician in order to finance his studies, and the Polish freedom fighter Jan is on the run from Saxon troops. They meet in the carriage of Count Kovalska, where they fall in love with the Count’s daughters Laura and Bronislava.

In the mountains of the Chubu region, farmers grow legumes, buckwheat, and millet. Silk cultivation and forestry are also important sources of income. Paper production has flourished since the Meiji Period, and precision-instrument factories have been built for assembling lenses and timepiec- es. The natural environment is harsh but beautiful, and a local tourist industry has also developed.

This short film is a telling portrait of the discourse about and treatment of alcohol addiction in the middle of the 20th century. In a fictional setting, the film examines the insecurities and inner motivations that cause the protagonist to lean on alcohol. His job and home life are threatened by his addiction, and the doctor to whom he finally turns explains the medical and other resources available to him.

Disappointed with her marriage, Sahara left Medan and moved to Jakarta, forgetting her profession as a ronggeng dancer. There she met Effendi who invited her to create a national social dance by creating from regional dances.

Each individual member of a rural cooperative family is entitled to a plot of land for personal use. The large Sedmak family lives together, but the eldest son Kram wants them to fictitiously split up in order to get more land. Despite his parents' reluctance, Krum and his wife leave. Krum and his family maintain a separate household, although the whole family continues to dine together. Unaware of what has happened is his younger brother Nayden, who is in love with the cooperative chairman's daughter. One day the Sedmaks forget to lock the door, and the chairman Geras enters and sees them eating dinner together. The fraud is uncovered... The chairman forbids his daughter Yanka to meet Nayden. After the fateful dinner, there is a rift in the Sedmak family. Nayden leaves his father's house. Sandy and Kram confess their guilt. Yanka, after some thought, returns to Nayden. They leave together to study in the city....

A documentary about a housing situation of Nowa Huta workers. They weren’t lucky enough to get a flat in clean and modern estates. It’s a ‘black series’ documentary from the fifties.

A comedy directed by Géza von Radványi.

A working day at the open cut coal mine and power station at Yallourn, Victoria, as experienced by four employees. A dredge operator, a train driver, a fireman and a turbine attendant.

Propagandistic documentary short film by the Mexican government about changes in the treatment of psychiatric patient.

Based on Kaestner's "Emil and the Detectives" tale.

An Eastern European escapes to America, where Communist agents try to track him down.

In the charming old Copenhagen neighborhood of Nyboder lives a group of quirky and distinctive characters. Among them is Albertine, who one day is visited by her young niece Ditte, who has run away from a strict upbringing at home. She has fallen in love with her dance teacher Johny, who, however, is not very keen on surrendering to the young woman's charms. Fortunately, circumstances bring the two closer together.

Saguenay and Lac-Saint-Jean: history, economy, tourist attractions, agriculture, wood and paper industry, and especially the gigantic aluminum industry whose products are found in all parts of the world; images of a blueberry field, the Lac Bouchette sanctuary, a religious gathering, a dam, a power plant, the Arvida plant, angling, Cap Éternité, construction canoes, etc.

Long way home for a Finnish war orphan.

Luke's daughter is of marriageable age but his neighbour is hellbent on making Luke's life miserable. Thankanchan, a rich man, befriends Chinnamma who's none other than Luke's daughter.

A legionnaire, Georges, promised his friend, who died of a snake-bite, to marry Catherine, the girl with whom he had a child. Back in France, the young soldier goes in search of Catherine. The girl he finds is a dumb puritan; in spite of his disappointment, he keeps his promise and asks for her hand. At the last moment, in the town-hall, he discovers the girl he is to marry is not the true Catherine. So he leaves his fiancee and heads for Paris where the true girl works as a cabaret dancer. But the deserted fiancee is not prepared to accept it.

American soldiers must use stealth to take over a German command post in Normandy.

On compliance with traffic rules.

A German Film Award winning short documentary about the collection and disposal of rubbish.

The widow Fien Appel, owner of a pastry shop, lives next door to café owner Camille, a widower. Camille is eager to win Fien’s hand, but she is first and foremost concerned with the future of her daughters. Her devoted servant Julleke, who cares deeply for the girls, worries that Camille won’t be able to persuade his mistress and advises him to seek a suitable wife through a marriage broker. A rendezvous is arranged at the bar “In het Paradijs,” setting the stage for unexpected twists and comedic developments.

Based on a story by Nae-seong Kim.

Achanum Makanum is a 1957 Indian Malayalam-language film, directed by Vimalkumar. The film stars Prem Nazir and Kumari Thankam. The film had musical score by V. Dakshinamoorthy. It is the first movie of actor Jagathy Sreekumar.

Aspects of the city of Congonhas do Campo. The preponderance of baroque architecture, the Basilica of Senhor Bom Jesus de Matozinho, the six chapels on the terrace leading to Morro do Maranhão. Each chapel contains statues representing moments of the Passion of Christ. While in the first chapel there is Santa Ceia figuration, in the second there is the Passo Horto scene. The kiss of betrayal and the imprisonment of Christ before the scene of the third chapel. In the fourth, two scenes are gathered: the coronation and the flagellation. On the fifth, the Christ bears the cross and the crucifixion is featured in the sixth chapel. The twelve apostles of Aleijadinho and the Latin inscriptions of each one. The interior of the Basilica and its main altar, with the figure of the Lord Dead.

A short news reel documentary about poster art.

In this film, a policeman stops a young man, and searches him. He then strips the young man, who gets his gun and forces the policeman to strip. Homoerotic wrestling ensues.

A funny little story about a puppy.

A Berlinale FIPRESCI Special Mentioned short musical documentary.

Dolores leads her parents to believe she is an ambitious nurse. But in secret, she pursues her passion for dance. Night after night, she performs at Auguste Link’s club, “Pigalle.” When the star of the revue tears up his contract, Dolores sees her big chance. But Mother Martens throws a wrench in the works. She visits Dolores’s supposed boss, the psychiatrist Dr. Lorenz.

She's lovely, she's cute, she's 'ismol.' But--look out. She's 'teribol.'

A group of schoolgirls find shelter in an old castle during a rainstorm.

An ex-crack who lives off the memory of a goal that he scored against the Uruguayans lives in Montevideo an adventure with a young millionaire.

Len Lye usually timed his films with great care to match their soundtracks, but for All Souls Carnival, he and composer Henry Brant worked separately, preferring to see if the score and visual track would synchronise by chance. Lye also experimented with a new Direct Film technique, drenching the filmstrip in colourful paint and marker pen.

Kalle, a shy and absent-minded civil servant at the comparison agency, unwittingly becomes Minister of War. He receives help in his new role from Maria, the daughter of Finance Minister Karpio. Problems in the performance of his duties lead Kalle to a court martial, and he resigns from his ministerial post to start a new life with his neighbor Leena.

A short film advertising the newspaper Sztandar Młodych (The Banner of Youth), noteworthy for its abstract elements painted directly onto film stock. An attempt at showing the complexity of the world in a capsule, the film reflects the new policy of the openness to the West during the Thaw of the late 1950s in Poland.

Arlindo works delivering the clothes that his wife washes. During a working day, he finds a customer's cat, who offers a reward to whoever returns it. To deliver the animal, he ends up going through a lot of confusion.

Han Xiangying temporarily resides at her classmate Fan Daini's resplendent mansion. Mrs Fan eggs her on to attend a party at which she is raped by a rich businessman. It turns out that Mrs Fan is in fact a procuress exerting control over her three daughters of the ruined family. Han manages to escape the clutches of Mrs Fan with the assistance of the honest young man Gong Liqun.