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Austra arrives to a small Latvian town to work for a state institution and faces disinterest and carelessness from her colleagues. Her other troubles include a difficult relationship with her daughter and a sudden falling in love.
A group of ethnography students meet the enigmatic Mruk family while doing an internship at the Świętokrzyskie Mountains.
A contemporary psychological drama set in an environment of experimental pilots - testers.
An examination of shamanism in the Yanomamo society. Dedehiewa, a shaman of the Mishimishi-mabowei-teri village, summons spirits called hekura to "cure or kill".
Part of BFI collection "Running a Railway."
A television producer encounters personal problems while making a documentary about the philosopher Wittgenstein.
An appropriation of an ukiyo-e print of Katsuhika Hokusai, this work incorporates multiple exposures and a range of animation techniques. Recently created from a faded print, this telecine copy restores the vivid red of the original version.
Salvador Allende interviewed by Régis Debray in 1971.
A filmed stage performance by the Bolshoi Drama Theatre. Three miniatures based on short stories by A.P. Chekhov: The Darling Dog, The Wrongdoer, The Groom and the Papa, exploring the absurdity of existence. In each miniature, one of the characters inevitably insists on something that is completely unnecessary for the other.
Three thematically related novels. The first is "Mother, father and me". The adults have hard time answering the kid's questions. Young Yulian sees that his parents are arguing. He cannot explain how his dad left the home, since his nightshirt and bed are there. The parents send Yulian to his grandpa at the village. The kid has a lot of fun, there are animals - pig, cock, turkey and he is playing all day. The grandpa dies. When Yulian goes home, he gets lost. Her mother accidentally meets him and embraces him crying. Second novel is "School". Three friends Yulian, Rumen and Hristo use small ceramic tiles for a game of marbles. Where to find them?
Expressionist comedy short film.
Mexican feature film
A study of the wily brown rat, humankind's unwanted companion throughout the world, whose bite on the world's food resources adds to the growing threat of shortage. In a normal, free-ranging environment, the rat is more than a match for its hosts and colonies flourish. Under abnormal conditions of restricted space and limited food, a rat colony loses all 'social' constraints on behaviour. The film has implicit analogies for all animal behaviour, including humanity's. Plagues, predators and extermination attempts are among the topics discussed.
Documentary of the Nationwide Festival of Light's London Festival for Jesus, 1972.
Based on the real-life story of Enrique Blanco, a military defector chased by Rafael Trujillo's dictatorship.
As a training exercise for their apprentice camera operators, British Transport Films used surplus roll end length of film to record the daily lives of their neighbours from the roof of their building Melbury House.
Gathering numerous face-to-face interviews with residents of the conservative stronghold of Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, Broomfield paints an ironic portrait of racist parochial views. Spread throughout the community, from the working class patriot Mr Feltham, to the local MP Ronald Bell and even the vicar, we see a cast of regressive, hypocritical creatures.
Parents very often want to inject their own likes and dislikes and way of living in their own children. Such impressions leave a deep scar in the subconscious of the child which affects his mental growth and behaviour pattern when he attains the youth. Through the story of Shashi and Arati EK NAO DO KINARE pleads for the independent growth of children.
According to Jesus' order, Peter and his companions disperse two by two for their first apostolic mission.
'Nonsense' piece inserted between Acts Two and Three of Jethro Tull's A Passion Play, which bears no relation to the rest of The Play. In 1973 concerts, the band left the stage after Act Two and a filmed version of 'The Hare...' was shown. A spoken-word comedic interlude (narrated by Jeffrey Hammond with an exaggerated Lancashire accent) backed by instrumentation. Presented as an absurd fable, the interlude details (with much wordplay) the failure of a group of anthropomorphic animals to help a hare find his missing eyeglasses.
A story about a kind and gentle little hippo who tried to find a talent that would be both useful and appreciated by those around him. He did his best to learn a helpful trade, but nothing seemed to work out. Then, one day, he realized that his true calling was to bring joy to people and animals, to make them laugh and entertain them with something that might seem small and insignificant at first glance.
Nakhangal is a 1973 Indian Malayalam film, directed by A. Vincent and produced by Hari Pothan. The film stars Madhu, Jayabharathi, K. R. Vijaya and Kaviyoor Ponnamma in the lead roles. The film had musical score by G. Devarajan.
After the sudden death of El Gato, his body must be carried in the rain to the cemetery.
Having a theory that "The Imp of the Perverse" causes people to commit acts against their self-interest, narrator of the story tries to explain a murder he did.
Sumiati meets the wealthy but unrefined Johny while on vacation in Tretes. Even though she reciprocates, she also goes after a younger suitor named Herman. A love triangle ensues and is further complicated when Paimo, Johny’s servant, also takes a liking to Sumiati. When Paimo tries to seduce her, Johny becomes angry and kills him but his ghost returns.
A hapless customer purchases Whatever You Want Land, a place that can be anything he wants with the snap of a finger.
A building collapses and the authorities have to find the causer.
The particular interest of György Szomjas’s short documentary is that it immortalizes the work of the Szeged University Stage headed by István Paál (although it is not named in the film), which after 15 March 1973 was officially recategorized from ‘tolerated’ to ‘banned’. On hearing about events in Chile in early March of that year (a temporary upsurge in popularity for the left wing at elections), young students dramatized the news first in spontaneous play and then in directed exercises. Viewed in the knowledge of what subsequently occurred in Chile, the group’s liberated acting is tinted with tragedy.
Leelamma's wedding is thrown in jeopardy after her father loses the money he got after selling off his land. Paulose, an unemployed young man, finds the money and uses it for his own good.
One night, a letter carrier appears in the bedroom of Mr. and Mrs. Blaha, who don't know what hit them. Mr. Blaha is told to acknowledge receipt. The contents of the letter tell him to go home and await further instructions. Suddenly, the doctor appears in Blaha's apartment on the third floor, claiming that he has also been called up for an "exercise". Blaha's confusion grows. He gradually learns that his apartment is to be "conquered" by the wine merchant Müller, who thinks Blaha wants to murder him. The absurdity reaches its climax when Müller turns up heavily armed in Blaha's apartment - an attack that Blaha doesn't understand until his last breath...
In the second film, the author tells about the struggle of blacks for the right to feel equal with all US citizens. Commentary of the mayor of Cairo, one of the cities in the American South, about the suppression of the rebels, about the most brutal methods of fighting African American protesters. Jesse Jackson's speech. Jesse Jackson's commentary on the Black Rights Organization. Comments by female residents of Jackson, the capital of Mississippi, on the degree of mental development of whites and blacks. A story about the Ku Klux Klan, about Robert Shelton - the head of the Ku Klux Klan. Speech by American singer and dramatic actor Paul Robson, his commentary. Shots of the Olympics, victories in the competition of black athletes. About reprisals against Negro organizations. The widow of the American writer Ernest Hemingway Mary and the American scientist Henry Winston speak out about support for African Americans and the fight against racism.
The discovery of rubies on a rural mountain sends factions from all across the country to clammer for it, doing everything they can to hold a monopoly on the mountain. A gun mechanic takes up the challenge alongside his cousin, but they are both soon ambushed by a gang led by a brutal godfather. When his cousin is killed, he reaches a boiling point and a new goal in his mind arises: kill everyone.
1322 Islamic Calendar year; Iran before the constitutional revolution. People have formed a revolutionary committee to fight Khan. Cossack brigades are torturing and executing people, and Sheikh Saleh and his brother Esrafil with the help of an old man named Khajeh Isaa are prepared to fight against Khan and his steward Hollakoo.
Kuttan, a rich businessman, wants to see his granddaughter, Lallu, settled. So, he goes on a mission to find the perfect groom for her and selects, Rajan, whom he meets on many occasions.
The movie is directed by Dada Kondke and featured Dada Kondke and Anjana Mumtaz as lead characters.
Based on the writings of David Chapman and Jimmy Brennan, Withdrawal is about Jimmy, a heroin user in a Dublin psychiatric hospital. His thoughts and observations dominate, his subjective voice-over speculating on the lives of his companions. Jimmy leaves the hospital, returning to the city to reconcile with his loved ones, but his withdrawal leads ultimately to a dead end.
Containing eight songs, the film is like TV variety show of music and singers. Charma, an architecture student, falls in love with Anita. Thanks to advice from Bagio Sumarto, an old artist, Charma manages to win Anita, even though her mother, who has a royal lineage, considers that an artist would lower the family’s prestige. It was a strange assumption, present at the time of the film’s production. Charma then helps Bagio realise his dream of building a village for artists by staging a big successful show. And Anita turns out to be the daughter of Bagio who has long been separated from his wife.
Two friends with different backgrounds stand for the truth after they lose their near and dear ones to a fabricated lie
The school incident of the disappearance of a watch became a pretext for the filmmakers to faithfully show an interesting social layer, to present the life of the school community, Agnieszka's conflicts with her parents and the emerging sympathy for a boy.
See the end of the world in just 5-seconds in this index-card animation, likely created in a workshop led by Pittsburgh Filmmakers member Tippi Comden.
Documentary addressing the composer Cartola and the transformations that took place in Morro Carioca and in Samba during his life. Founder of the Escola de Samba Estação Primeira de Mangueira, Cartola has his life and his music marked by his community and his School, far from the city His school, created as a playful and expressive center for the mangueirense, has now become a point of tourist attraction. This made work possible for the inhabitants of the hill, but it transformed the spirit of samba and its aesthetics.
Uses animation without narration to show six methods of birth control. Presents the use, advantages, disadvantages, costs, and effectiveness of the condom, the diaphragm, vasectomy, the intrauterine device, tubal ligation and the pill.
Directed by Raja Thakur. With Bholaram Athavle, Rajat Bapat, Roohi Berde, Jayant Bhatt.
This collection assembles the first animated films to be made by Inuit artists at the NFB. Featured is work by Solomonie Pootoogook, Timmun Alariaq, Mathew Joanasie, and Itee Pootoogook Pilaloosie—all participants in the Cape Dorset (Baffin Island) Film Animation Workshop, established to teach animation skills to local artists. The soundtrack features performances by Aggeok and Peter Pitseolok. Commentary is provided in a blend of Inuktitut and English.
An excellently ironic morality story which deals with the difficult situation of a woman in a temporary family. In an exaggerated way the woman sets herself free and starts to fly independently and in the same independent manner she volunteers to go back to her kitchen and slavery.
1973 Gitai super8 short film
After five years in prison the protagonist of the story, Emiliano Trejo, seek to know the truth of his imprisonment, in his wake you will find a "compadre" and a widow with a daughter who were victims of a strange gunman who uses an expansive weapon . Also to his friend and his former love who is married to him.
1944. A hungry boy, Mykola, must carry food to his grandfather through a snow-covered, impoverished Ukrainian village—and come to understand the true value of the last piece of bread on his own.
An absurd short film in which music - a mix of Beethoven symphonies and German poetry - is the starting point. There are also fragments of Real Fine Tea from Berlin.
Live-action adaptation of the popular Yugoslav comic book about two young Partisan couriers in World War II.