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The magic boxes of the sound merchant captain are stolen from Hiziapisi by a bearded gentleman. With the help of Heziapiszi's Bag of Bones, they embark on a major investigation and find the box containing seven bird sounds in a row. Finally, Hiziapiszi and his companions donate all the bird sounds to a sick little boy to bring the sounds of the forest into his room.
A study of New York-based photographer Marcia Resnick's all-male gallery.
A perverted nerd uses his computer to determine that his ideal mate would be a teacher. Painting his face kabuki-white to gain confidence, he kidnaps two female high-school students and makes them his rape-torture slaves until they help him nab their teacher. In an abandoned building, the rapes and tortures continue until the teacher finally gets the psychopath's makeup off, rendering him terrified and harmless.
A swing imposes its rhythm, independent of the commentator; it forms the rhythmic score for the filmmaker's singing.
Experimental short by Keiji Aiuchi.
The Chinese opera film "Bao Qingtian" -- co-produced by Henan Film Company and Hong Kong Golden Horse Film Company -- was filmed in 1980, but not released until 1985. It bears the unique cultural characteristics of the Central Plains, well-known in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, and features Henan opera stars Zhang Baoying and Wu Xinping.
Legendary stories of the great doctor Bian Que in the Spring and Autumn period.
Animation for adults. Includes short stories: "Duet", "Big Laundry", "Point of View", "Dreams, Dreams".
A peaceful day at the beach for the frogs is thwarted by an invasion of birds.
Doctor Pantaleon converted to Christianity by performing many miracles until he witnessed the end of the 3rd century. An impressive event makes Pantaleon make the serious and courageous decision to accept the Holy Baptism, to become a Christian. As he was walking down the street he met a child who bit him into a viper and died. So he says to himself: I will pray to Christ to resurrect this child, and if the child is really resurrected, I no longer have any reason to delay my baptism, I will become a Christian, I will believe that Christ is God the true, the Savior of the world. He thought and prayed warmly. Immediately the child came to life and the snake died. Full of joy, Pandaleon runs into Elder Hermolaus, tells him the miracle and asks him to baptize him. And Hermolaus, because he knew who leads to perfection, from that time Pantaleon became an anointed physician.
Ignatios is a high class servant in a rich house.
Originally broadcast on PBS, the film features the Barrios, a middle-class family both activated and fractured by the conflict. Instead of fleeing their country, the siblings are guided by a religious and socialist desire to help those most vulnerable and destitute, mostly peasants in the rural areas.
Directed by Christoph Janetzko.
In this film Indians—and only Indians—talk about the contemporary threats they are facing today. They are no longer the Conquerors or the American Cavalry. Now it is industrial development that is wiping out traditional land. Shot on three continents: the USA with the Hopi and Navajo; Amazonia, and on the Bolivian highlands, and in Geneva where Indians of the Americas come together to create an international indigenous network.
In this zany tale, three storybook characters experience the dangers and temptations of life while trying to maintain physical and moral integrity. Three well-known animators collaborated to create this potpourri, and though each section was animated independently of the others, recurring threads of story and theme weave the whole into a unified moral fable. Film without words.
The silence of this sleepy little town is soon disturbed when the residents begin to receive threatening phone calls. No one knows who is making them. The police fail to find any evidence leading to the anonymous offender. It seems the further they investigate, the less they know. Is it possible that the whole town is in danger? An intense and captivating horror that is filled with suspense.
Performance video about a holiday romance at St Ives, Cornwall.
The fifth of five parts of Klaus Wyborny's "Lieder der Erde" / "Song of the Earth" cycle of films, whose theme is "the emergence of modern European civilization." The series comprises five large parts, which are in turn divided into various selections or short films.
A formally rigorous, visually stunning study of colonialism, gender and the body. The title echoes the classic British documentary and evokes a country erased from the world map. The soundtrack enacts a Sri Lankan anthropological text observing a woman’s ritual exorcism. Visually, the film brings together theatrical conventions and recreations of classic film stills, presenting the body in striking tableaux. This remarkable film is a provocative treatise on hybridity, hysteria and performance.
Conceptual-structural film by Branko Karabatić exploring media and television.
"The radio waves could be the breeze stirring the trees. The pedestrians swim and bob among these visceral transmissions; the total image seems suddenly so ethereal that the film's title, taken from a 1940s pulp magazine, becomes fact. Is the sound emanating from the phone booths or contained inside people's heads? As usual Gehr uses the simplest possible means to effect a subtle derangement in perception. Signal—Germany on the Air is a substantial addition to an oeuvre which is already among the most impressive in American film." - J. Hoberman
The Little Red Hen seeks help turning wheat into bread.
Documentary about the forefathers of animation.
Short Animated Film.
In early 1971, the first squatting occupation took place in Berlin-Kreuzberg, carried out by 74 young people who wanted to create their own living spaces in an empty building. The Georg-von-Rauch-Haus and its occupation served as a catalyst for further actions across Germany. The documentary tells the stories of 13 young squatters from “the very beginning” and traces their life paths after they left the Georg-von-Rauch-Haus.
Short documentary film about Hungary, which is unique among European countries due to its particularly rich mineral, thermal, and medicinal water resources, ranking fifth worldwide.
This chapter of Kubota's ongoing video journal chronicles the aftermath of a flood that destroyed Kubota and Nam June Paik's loft studio, after a roofer left work unfinished during a rainstorm.
A film about Raymond Depardon's photography in his native countryside from the documentary TV series "Territoires photographiques" for France 3 and INA.
An overview of the sport of gymnastic rock climbing including 5.13 routes in California, Colorado and Wyoming and interviews with John Gill and Warren Harding.
July 13, 1985 North Sea Jazz Festival, Tuinpaviljoen, Congresgebouw, Den Haag, The Netherlands
The 6th short film as part of the Magica series dealing with pre-cinema. Featuring demonstrations of magic lanterns by children.
Experimental short by Yosuke Okawado.
A short documentary on the work of Soviet propagandists in the rural organizations of the Gomel region in Belarus.
A short film featuring gifted children, including virtuoso pianist Zhenya Kissin (now the winner of many international awards, honorary doctor of music at the University of Hong Kong and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Manhattan School of Music, honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music (London), artist Rusiko Petvishvili (now holder of the International Ambassador of Peace Award, the Order of Honor of the Republic of Georgia, and the Presidential Order of Radiance); Nika Turbina (Torbin), whose poems, as it later turned out, were written by her mother, Maya Nikanorkina.
Observational documentary about the Paraguay Psychiatric Hospital.
The film follows artist Juan Loyola and his performative actions consisting on painting different kind of industrial junk like cars, appliances or abandoned swings with the colors of venezuelan flags
The life and struggle of the Lower Sorbian poet Mina Witkojc - her uncompromising stand against the war, her expulsion from her homeland and her welcome to the Soviet liberators.
The film is a garden full of flowers and plant leaves. They’re placed in the mouth and down inside the dress neckline; they’re danced with and set in motion. They become overlong toenails or breasts that are gently caressed or maliciously squeezed. All of this goes on accompanied by both classical music and punk. In the end, they wilt.
Documentary film about a research project that is promising at its time, with which the prerequisites for the production of a new generation of computer modules should be created. Especially in the case of common user computers, the introduction of the "X -ray lithograph" in the semiconductor technology can lead to an even unmistakable upheaval. The film describes the research work and reflects on the importance of such a development insertion. An unusual documentation about a work that has little external in itself. - from 16.
A young boy dreams and draws about an apparently fictional father figure. He materializes in real life, starring surrealist and colorful scenarios.
An ancient mysterious spirit of the forest known as the Nahual, devours anyone who intrudes on her domain.
In 1970, thousands of young people thought of themselves as agents of change. They wanted to restore America's democratic vision; they wanted to end the war in Vietnam. This is the story of one collective — their successes and failures, and what they do and think fifteen years later.
Lallu is a simple minded man who has the need to help everyone. In his quest to right all wrongs, he stumbles upon the evil people of the world who will stop at nothing to silence him forever.
In Romance, an airline steward caught up in the extremes of a gay lifestyle he can no longer control falls in love, as best he can, with a lonely, overweight woman. Haas’s most ambitious production, it was conceived with downtown poet Peter Smith and boasts a sizable cameo appearance by writer Edmund White, co-author of The Joy of Gay Sex.
A high-speed journey from Paddington to Bristol on an Inter-City 125.