Delves deep into the anxiety, thrill and uncertainty of six aspiring animation artists as they are plunged into the twelve-week trial-by-fire that is the NFB's Hothouse for animation filmmakers.
Dans un village monténégrin reculé, il est de coutume qu'un mari tue sa femme si elle s'avère infidèle. Dans un tel environnement, un jeune couple marié vit pour une fidélité éternelle. Mais ils vivent dans la pauvreté et acceptent avec joie l'invitation d'un homme parti trouver fortune dans une ville côtière bien plus libérale. Ils y trouvent du travail, lui dans une usine de traitement du sel et elle comme femme de ménage dans un camp de nudistes. Traditionnellement éduquée, elle est terrifiée par la nudité, surtout quand elle nettoie l'appartement de deux jeunes étrangers amusés par sa confusion. Sous leur influence, elle libère sa sensualité enchaînée ...
A mansion, a lawn, some trees: an unmoved frontal view, 9 minutes long. We hear an off-screen voice. It si the co-director, who commands what goes on in the image. He calls up participants while the other co-director climbs a ladder and holds up a cornet that emits smoke and sparks.
Bernie Madoff is at the hub of the biggest conspiracy the world has ever known, according to Mr. X. Dave Edmund, a small Independent film maker puts it all on the line to bring the world the truth.
After the death of their abusive father, two estranged twin brothers must reunite and sell off his property.
Georgic I: The annual produce first seen in spring. The furrowed earth ready for planting. The distribution, support and protection of young plants. The implements of the garden. Georgic II: The life of Virgil is recapitulated in summer, with a digression on the sacred. The sheep of Arcadia. The handling of bees. The pagan Lion of Kea. Georgic III: The skill and industry of the old man in autumn. Ancient custom and modern method. The use of implements of the garden. Georgic IV: The compost is prepared at season's end. The filmmaker completes THE ANSWERING FURROW with the inclusion of her own image. Note on the music: The music works with the image to parallel the trace of history. Charles Ives recalls Protestant hymns, which recall the origin of the hymn in 12th century Milanese music, which allows for that music closest to the hum of bees and of amplifiers, the Orthodox Greek chant.
Two young men and a boy roam the overgrown English countryside, seeking to escape a deadly virus. The two men are forced to take a horrific decision after the boy's behaviour puts them in increasing danger - but is it too late to cheat death? 'Remission' is a brooding fable exploring the paradoxes of sexuality and survival. Loosely adapted from "The Pardoner's Tale" by Geoffrey Chaucer.
An Astronaut responding to a distress beacon in deep space slips into a wormhole and finds himself in the afterlife.
On a summer day Julia gets on a plane, on the way to her destination, not knowing what awaits her. Eduard is in a barbershop where the Barber is annoyed by a fly. The Barber tries to chase the fly away. At that moment, panic breaks loose on the plane...
Various introductions corners, card games, quizes, 'Making Of', and concert 'Backstage Footage'.
D’Émile on ne sait rien en dehors de cette rumeur persistante qu’il vivrait dans une cabine Autolib. C’est là que Thybald vient lui proposer trois-cents balles pour retrouver Claire Soares, sa petite amie disparue. Lancé sur sa trace, Émile remontera jusqu’au septième continent.
Funeral rituals for the traditional leader Moro Naba of the Mossi at Ougadougou, Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso). Election ceremonies for his successor. Preparing the feast for the end of mourning. Ceremony in the palace, the people of Ougadougou, the warriors in traditional dress.
FROM ACCLAIMED INDIE SHORT FILMMAKERS, THE VARAVA BROTHERS, COMES THE WHIMSICAL AND HISTORICALLY ACCURATE TALE OF ONE TUMBLEWEED THAT DID NOT TUMBLE.
Dinner Time is noted as the first sound cartoon short made after Warner Bros.' success with The Jazz Singer and produced even before Walt Disney's first sound cartoon, Steamboat Willie (though released after).
Natsu, the older of two sisters, has a relationship with Yonosuke, the local kimono trader. Unlike her more conservative sister Oshichi she tries to use sex as a means to climb to a better social position. To even attempt that she first needs to get out of the Buddhist monastery she is working at...
A man engulfed in the suffocating grip of loss finds his life fragmented. Struggling to navigate through his emotional fog, his mother suggests a retreat to her cabin – but an ancient entity that thrives on sorrow has taken root. The New England winter punctuates this love letter to creeping horror and slow cinema.
A journey through nature, time, and space.