• Teo Hernandez – Fragments de l’ange AKA Fragments of the angel (1984)

    France1981-1990ExperimentalShort FilmTeo Hernandez

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    Autobiography series.
    “I think about Fragments de l’ange and the sequence with Françoise and Ermina in the countryside, I ask myself how to “justify” it in the whole film and I say to myself that the text could say: “The angel leads me to… “that is, the angel is all words, it is synonymous with language. The angel is the word in the unconscious state or rather it is the voice of the conscience, voice that determines our conduct, our demand in life. The angel is the shadow, the negative of the image, the other self of the image, the deep voice of the flesh; it is a thousand arrows embedded in the frame of reality. Arrow: seam, collure”.

    (Notebook 10 page 43, translated by Xochitl Camblor-Macherel)
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  • Ismet Sijarina – Cold November (2018)

    2011-2020AlbaniaDramaIsmet Sijarina

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    FADILI an archivist finds himself in a difficult situation, he has to choose between two options, being aware that both of them are wrong. As consequence if his decision Fadil involuntarily and unwillingly, “swallows” the shame, endures the pressure coming from all sides.”Read More »

  • Kamlah Abu-Zikri – Yom lel-Sittat AKA A Day for Women (2016)

    2011-2020DramaEgyptKamlah Abu-Zikri

    Plot:A new swimming pool opens in a Cairo district, with the announcement that Sundays will be only for females. This causes ripples throughout the local community, while three women – Shamiya, Azza, and Lula – assess their varying lives.Read More »

  • Thomas Vinterberg – Druk AKA Another Round (2020) (HD)

    2011-2020DenmarkDramaThomas Vinterberg

    There is a theory that man is born with half a per mille too little. That alcohol in the blood opens the mind to the outside world, problems seem smaller and creativity increases. We know it well; after the first glass of wine, the conversation lifts, the possibilities open up. Martin is a high school teacher. He feels old and tired. His students and their parents want him terminated to increase their average. Encouraged by the per mille theory, Martin and his three colleagues throw themselves into an experiment to maintain a constant alcohol impact in everyday life. If Churchill won World War II in a dense fog of spirits, what could the strong drops do for them and their students? The result is positive in the beginning. Martin’s class is in a different way now, and the project is being promoted to a real academic study with the collection of results. Slowly, but surely, the alcohol makes the four friends and their surroundings loosen up. The results are rising, and they really begin…Read More »

  • Kazuki Ohmori – T.R.Y. (2003)

    2001-2010ActionComedyJapanKazuki Ohmori

    At the turn of the 20th Century amongst tension between China and Japan, a Japanese swindler in Shanghai plans to profit by selling weapons. He steals arms from the Japanese military and sells them to the rich Chinese.Read More »

  • Cine-Mujer Collective – Llegaron las feministas AKA The Feminists Have Arrived (1994)

    1991-2000Cine-Mujer CollectiveColombiaDocumentaryPolitics

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    Video-tape documentary program about the First Latin American and Caribbean Feminist Meeting that took place in Bogotá in July 1981. The documentary includes interventions, interviews, photographs and other materials, focusing on the main themes of the meeting: feminism and political struggle, culture and sexuality.Read More »

  • Michael Darlow – Johnny Cash in San Quentin (1969)

    1961-1970DocumentaryMichael DarlowMusicalUnited Kingdom

    A unique concert given to the long term inmates of the famous jail. Johnny and June sing ‘Wanted Man’ (written especially for the concert by Bob Dylan) and ‘San Quentin’ (written by Cash just in time for the concert). Also features the songs ‘I Walk the Line’, ‘Folsom Prison Blues’, ‘Orange Blossom Special’, ‘Jackson’, ‘Darling Companion’, ‘Daddy Snag Bass’, ‘A Boy Named Sue’, ‘Peace in the Valley’, ‘He Turned Water into Wine’. The audience are very appreciative.Read More »

  • Walter Ruttmann – Mannesmann – Ein Film der Mannesmannröhren-Werke (1937)

    1931-1940DocumentaryExperimentalGermanyThird Reich CinemaWalter Ruttmann

    Mannesmann was a German industrial conglomerate. It was originally established as a manufacturer of steel pipes in 1890 under the name “Deutsch-Österreichische Mannesmannröhren-Werke AG”. (Loosely translated: “German-Austrian Mannesmann pipe mills AG”). In the twentieth century, Mannesmann’s product range grew and the company expanded into numerous sectors – starting from various steel products and trading to mechanical and electrical engineering, automotive and telecommunications. From 1955, the conglomerate’s management holding with headquarters in Düsseldorf was named Mannesmann AG. – more (on wikipedia)Read More »

  • Mikhail Kalatozov – Valeriy Chkalov (1941)

    1941-1950DramaMikhail KalatozovUSSRWar

    The film is about the fate of the famous Soviet aviator Chkalov, who in mid 30’es made with his crew the first nonstop flight from Moscow to the Far East, covering over 9000 kilometers and later made the first nonstop transatlantic flight from Moscow to the USA across the North Pole.Read More »

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