Cinematic Era: 2010 Vintage

Minimalist documentary by Rax Rinnekangas about the wooden cottage "La Cabanon" designed and built in 1952 by Swiss architect and furniture designer Le Corbusier - a refuge intended for a single person with a living space of only 3.66 x 3.66 meters. The construction followed Corbusier's maxim that architecture must adapt to the human body and not vice versa.

We only understand some behaviour when we duplicate them involuntarily.

A photo journalist's quest for precision can go so far that it is hard to tell whether the human has become a machine or the machine has acquired a desire of its own. Cheung and his beloved Leica managed to captured a moment between life and death; the gaze from the subject haunts Cheung so much that he loses the strength to take another photo. Based on the true story of the famous photo journalist Mr. Lam Kai Cheung, The Decisive Moment reconstructs his life aided by interviews of his colleagues. The intriguing relationship between the object and the subject is brought forth for philosophical reflection.

An alternative history of the 20th century avant-garde featuring the dramatic lives and works of eight artists who most made the art colony of St Ives in Cornwall, from Kit Wood and Alfred Wallis to Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson.

Miniseries looking at Barbados through the lives of the island's horse racing community.

Generations is a 30 minute 16mm film about mentoring and passing on the tradition of personal experimental filmmaking. Barbara Hammer, 70 years old, hands the camera to Gina Carducci, a young queer filmmaker. Shooting during the last days of Astroland at Coney Island, New York, the filmmakers find that the inevitable fact of aging echoes in the architecture of the amusement park and in the emulsion of the film medium itself. Inspired by Shirley Clarke’s Bridges Go Round, both filmmakers edited picture and sound separately, joining their films in the middle when they finished making a true generational and experimental experiment.

A documentary which follows two lion brothers as they become rulers of a pride in Botswana after a battle for dominance.

Córdoba, Argentina, 1974. The "Navarrazo" (Argentine Revolution) took place in the capital of Córdoba: Police Chief Antonio Navarro seized the Government House and deposed Governor Obregón Cano. A year later, in May 1975, under the intervention of Brigadier Raúl Lacabanne, 26 political prisoners belonging to different revolutionary organizations escaped from the "Buen Pastor" women's prison (now a shopping mall). This escape marked one of the many milestones of the turbulent Córdoba of the 1970s. The women (who had been tortured in prison) thus regained their freedom and returned to the struggle, although nine of them were disappeared by the military dictatorship. The documentary features testimonies from ten of those women.

B'z LIVE-GYM 2010 "Ain't No Magic" at TOKYO DOME is a home video by B'z, released July 28, 2010. The video, released simultaneously on DVD and Blu-ray, covers the finale of B'z LIVE-GYM 2010 "Ain't No Magic" that toured in support of their seventeenth studio album MAGIC.

Short film featuring musings on film art with Dennis Jakob

Portrait of Paris Opera prima ballerina Aurélie Dupont.

The world will be destroyed at midnight unless cosmic detective Brick Horse and his band of unwilling associates are able to find the only way to defeat the monster Cthulhu.

Since the 2003, the mexican government has been trying to build the La Parota hydroelectric dam. If built, it would flood several communities south of Acapulco. The campesinos who have resisted this project show us their lives, work, and love of the land in "And the River Flows On."

In terror-ridden Kashmir, a handful of college girls are kidnapped by a terrorist group who pose a great threat to the people.

The Island is not only an action-packed look at the 1980 TT racing; it is a fascinating snapshot of the excitement, entertainment and enthusiasm which sustained this festival of speed. We witness the Grand National Motocross event, with Andy Roberton leading the way, the extraordinary Arena Trial, featuring stars like Martin Lampkin, and multiple Speedway World Champion Ivan Mauger in grass track action. Then there’s time to meet the fans and sample the other off-track entertainment enjoyed in 1980!

The grande finale of the Chy y Mauricio saga! Jose Luis and El Zarco unite to defeat corrupt officer Barragan.

For more than three decades, transnational corporations have been busy buying up what used to be known as the commons -- everything from our forests and our oceans to our broadcast airwaves and our most important intellectual and cultural works. In This Land is Our Land, acclaimed author David Bollier, a leading figure in the global movement to reclaim the commons, bucks the rising tide of anti-government extremism and free market ideology to show how commercial interests are undermining our collective interests. Placing the commons squarely within the American tradition of community engagement and the free exchange of ideas and information, Bollier shows how a bold new international movement steeped in democratic principles is trying to reclaim our common wealth by modeling practical alternatives to the restrictive monopoly powers of corporate elites.

Comedian Rich Hall looks at how Hollywood has got the Deep South all wrong. Using specially shot interviews and featuring archive from classic movies such as Gone With The Wind, A Streetcar Named Desire and Deliverance, Rich discovers a South that is about so much more than just rednecks, racism and hillbillies.

In the Bella Coola Valley, a haunting legend endures through generations as a filmmaker reckons with whether the stories of her ancestors can survive being held or if they were never meant to be captured.

The Mayor of Shanghai's daughter is abducted. Seen through the eyes of her lover, a stranger and the kidnapper.

Incognito - far more than just a band. The sound visionary Jean-Paul "Bluey" Maunick has been pioneering in the mercurial acid jazz scene, and as a talent ...

A shocking dark fantasy of a female teacher who was violated by an ant in her mind and body!

A film by Elisabeth Subrin.

A documentary about the Slovenian rock band Big Foot Mama.

Zouhair militates with these friends to participate in a demonstration against the war, but they have other priorities... "The New Horizon Competition" Prize at the Al Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival 2010.

An endearing love story in the time of cultural conflicts presenting the personal tragedy of the emigrant commoner caught in the crossfire of international wars.

There are only few of them left in the home village. In the middle of emptiness and despair the only way out is to come up with new schemes. Small change has the price of gold here. Riks ropes hobby artist friend Oskar into his hunting-business in hope of quick wealth.

The story of a Grandmother who swims every day in the sea whatever the weather.

Truman, Weasel, and Doug videotape everything! From their Jackass-style pranks and death-defying stunts to their sleazy sexual conquests, they record it all with their camcorder! When a shy girl named April rebuffs Truman at a party, he makes a wager with Weasel and Doug that either convinces April to have sex with him or he pays them a hundred bucks each. Truman invites April to a desolate cabin for the weekend with Weasel behind the hidden camera to unknowingly capture the few, final agonizing hours of April's life!

A documentary about two 13-year-old girls, both obsessed with fashion and developing their personal style. One of the girls lives in a small town in Latvia, the other one - in Norway. How do their surroundings influence their acts of self-expression? And how do their mothers cope with the idea that their little daughters are becoming adults?

We know Aung San Suu Kyi as "a golden bird in a cage"; she is a valuable icon representing freedom and democracy of which the suppressed population of Burma project much hope for. In the West she stands out as a symbol of peace and reconciliation. She has been awarded countless prizes for her effort, among them the Nobel Peace Prize. But who is the person and woman behind it all? The Military Dictatorship has on several occasions offered her the opportunity to leave the country. But why does Aung San Suu Kyi voluntarily choose to stay in her captivity instead of going into exile? Lady of No Fear offers a strong and fascinating glimpse into Aung San Suu Kyis life and portrays some of the consequences her freedom struggle has had, not only for her, but also for her closest friends and family indeed.

In the wake of a fight at school, an eight-year-old boy deals with the death of a classmate.

"Station of the forgotten" chronicles the relationship between Domingo, an old sailor stranded away from the sea and Pau, a teenager who finds difficult to fit in society. Their paths will cross at the old people's home where Domingo now lives, and where Pau is serving a community service sentence. They find eachother at a key point in their respective lives: Pau is negotiating the tricky path from adolescence to maturity, and Domingo, the equally tricky one leading from old age to death.

Young lawyer Millie has fallen madly in love with the mysterious Liz, but romance turns to betrayal when Millie, about to prosecute a vicious thug, discovers that the love of her life works for him. To make matters worse, two killers – the dangerously methodical but bookwormish Beckett and the seriously deranged Hansen — appear on the scene to forcibly extract information from Millie. Who she should trust and who is bent on murder are the overriding questions as loyalties are tested, guns are drawn and knives are flashed.

4 sick teams, 20 ripping skaters, head-to-head across America. The cover, the cash and the crown: one team takes it all.

Little Goat Productions’ documentary Funny Business is the first feature length, insider look at some of the best known cartoonists for the venerable New Yorker magazine. The film won a CINE Golden Eagle Award for excellence in filmmaking. It has been shown in venues throughout New York City, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and was broadcast on WNET, WLIW as well as a variety of PBS stations across the country.

Different stories about the life and tragic fate of one of the most beautiful hotels on Slovenian coast have been spreading for a long time. Palace Hotel had long stagnated in tormenting silence and had spawned controversial debates in the media and in the thoughts of the tourists.

A glimpse into a slaughterhouse in Girona. The slaughter of the animal is deprived of its sacred nature, of all ritual; and human gestures become mechanical, almost automatic, when carried out day after day.

Hardcore hip-hop bagpipe jamms and pixelated party wisdom, including the tracks “Get Out of Your Mind”, “Question of the Ages”, “Gone Green”, and “Your Life/Your Language”. Life is a wilderness, don’t do anything illegal, it’s our time down here!

Tony Palmer directs this 1970 documentary about Scottish bass player and former Cream member Jack Bruce. The film tracks Bruce's life from his childhood in the Gorbals to the height of his fame with Cream and beyond.

The origins of the Dark Knight's sidekick, Dick Grayson.

A cinematographic adaptation of the dance performance by Ann Van den Broek.

A boy wants to go outside, but his mother won't let him.

Through live action footage, colorful animated sequences and original music, Chef Lidia Bastianich brings the story of her own childhood Christmas traditions in Italy to her five grandchildren here in America today. Instead of the elaborately-decorated Christmas trees and presents of today, Lidia shows her grandchildren how she and her family would bring in a fragrant juniper bush and decorate it with edible ornaments (along with the recipes for those edible ornaments). It is a beautiful message of family traditions, not being wasteful, and appreciating nature.

Jonna meets the prince in her dreams, but he does not come without luggage. In this case, an annoying daughter.

A tragic account of the poverty and desperation in the once-prosperous nation of Zimbabwe.

A black comedy set in Ústí nad Labem tells the story of the relationship between a Russian and an American lecturer at a local university. Both are forced to live together in a small room in a dormitory. Tension builds between them, fueled by their vastly different personalities and mutual antipathy. Disagreements arise from trivial arguments and disagreements, from adding ketchup to food to how to treat women. It's as if another Cold War has broken out on the battlefield of their cramped dorm room.

"2010 has generally been a fantastic year, but looking back it's the sad loss of my great friend and musical collaborator Steve Reid back in April that is one of the main things that comes into my mind. As a tribute and also so that he can be remembered I wanted to get some more of his story out there by arranging with the people at Domino Records to have this unreleased film from 2006 about the making of our album Tongues released online. The film shows footage from the studio sessions for the album but also includes live footage from the touring we did that year as well as interviews with people we worked with such as Gilles Peterson and Nigel Godrich. As you'll see in the film Steve was an amazing human... an incredible spirit and a powerful and soulful musician."

Two women's friendship is put to the test when they fall for the same man. Each one harbors secrets that diminish the strength of their relationship with one another. Are these women willing to sacrifice their friendship to follow their treacherous hearts?

Knots and Fields examines the aesthetic debates and tensions that have animated the Darmstadt courses over six decades, exploring their relevance today in an increasingly globalised environment.

Entering the virtual world of “Second Life”, Brazilian visual artist Paulo Bruscky meets film director Gabriel Mascaro. Mascaro, an ex-film film director from north-east Brazil currently lives and works making machinima (virtual short films) in the “Second Life”. Paulo hires Gabriel to make a machinima documentary of his adventures as a newcomer to the “Second Life”.

For the last half of the 20th century, America was consumed by two struggles: the civil rights movement and the cold war. For 30 years, Hubert Humphrey stood at the center of both. As a soldier of the New Deal and the Great Society, he amassed one of the most prolific legislative records in senate history, sponsoring hundreds of billsfrom Medicare to the Peace Corps to the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.

In 1996, Kalashnikovs were publicly burnt in Timbuktu. At the time, the "Flame of Peace" symbolized the end of the Touareg rebellion, which had been suppressed in bloody massacres. That year, the rebels laid down their arms. That year, with the government having made promises, the families who had fled abroad left Mauritania, Algeria and Burkina Faso to return home. In the fight for rights and survival waged by this people, who for centuries had found their freedom in one of the world's most inhospitable regions, the Sahara, culture and arms have been in direct competition ever since.

Randy and Alexa are getting married. To say goodbye to the carefree days, they invite three best friends on vacation to a paradise beach. On the way their car breaks down and the distance to the hotel is far. In this secluded place there is no public transport, the mobile phones do not get a connection. Finally, there is no choice for them except to stay at a decrepit bungalow on the beach. Finding a rotting body in the house is not a good way to start the evening - but worse is about to come.

The master of reinvention engages with fellow influential minds, including Richard Dawkins, Malcolm Gladwell, David Whittaker and Steve Lillywhite, in a series of conversations on science, art, systems analysis, producing and cybernetics

In Matejevac, a small town in southern Serbia, there are 300 men, nearly a third of the male population. There are places to meet women, since they prefer to live in the city, instead of staying on the field. In Peca, a musician who plays the accordion, has decided to marry them all.