• Bill Melendez – He’s Your Dog, Charlie Brown (1968)

    Bill Melendez1961-1970AnimationShort FilmUSA

    Quote:
    When the gang has lost their patience with Snoopy’s pranks, they pressure Charlie Brown to act. He decides to send Snoopy back to his puppy farm for obedience training, but Snoopy is less than enthusiastic. He retaliates by going only as far as Peppermint Patty’s place who agrees to let him stay for the night. He overstays his welcome as a freeloader which forces Charlie Brown to drag him back home with a firm hand and lease. Snoopy responds by running away for real back to Peppermint Patty’s, but he learns that his return visit will be far less pleasant this time…Read More »

  • Alexandre Promio – Football (1897)

    Alexandre Promio1891-1900DocumentaryFranceShort Film

    This black and white short film is the first known film about football match.Read More »

  • Maya Deren – A Study in Choreography for Camera (1945)

    Maya Deren1941-1950ExperimentalShort FilmUSA

    A man dances in several locations, edited to have a fluent effect.Read More »

  • Werner Herzog – Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen AKA Where the Green Ants Dream [+Commentary] (1984)

    Werner Herzog1981-1990ArthouseDramaGermany

    Quote:
    The geologist Lance Hackett is employed by an Australian mining company to map the subsoil of a desert area covered with ant hills prior to a possible uranium extraction. His work is impeded by some aborigines who explain that this is the place where the green ants dream. Disturbing their dreaming will destroy humanity they claim. Hackett informs the company which offers various “solutions” such as a large amount of money or a percentage of a possible revenue. Invited on a trip to a city some of the aborigines sees a military aeroplane and express the wish to own it. The company buys it and gives it to the aborigines as a sign of good will. A runway is made in the desert and the plane is flown to the location. All negotiations concerning the area fail and the dispute goes to a court of the Commonwealth. Parties and experts are heard, obstacles are met such as an aborigine who is the sole survivor of his tribe (and language) and therefore no-one understands what he is saying.Read More »

  • Zhenia Kazankina – Rio (2020)

    2011-2020DramaRussiaShort FilmZhenia Kazankina

    Paulina lives and works in a small hotel in the northern town near the border. She and her friend Nadia dream of a different, paradise and exotic world. One day a stranger arrives at the hotel. Torn between a man and a friend, Paulina is trying to understand who she really is and what she wants most in her life.Read More »

  • Massimilian Breeder & Nina Breeder – Devil Come to Hell and Stay Where You Belong (2008)

    2001-2010ArthouseExperimentalMassimilian BreederNina BreederUSA

    From a small cabin in the mountains of New York, Nina Breeder and Massimilian Breeder begin a journey across the United States. California is just the initial destination, but just as the edge of the surrounding landscape expands, so does their ultimate d“Bonnie & Clyde meet Bruno Dumont in a sensually explosive road trip through the USA.” – CPH DOX Festival, Copenhagen, 2008Read More »

  • Carlos Bolado – Bajo California: El límite del tiempo (1998)

    1991-2000Carlos BoladoDramaMexico

    From IMDB:
    Damian is a married artist living in Los Angeles with his wife. After he accidentally hits a woman with his car and flees the scene, he seeks atonement and travels alone to Mexico, both to find peace and to reconnect with his family roots. Assisted by local guide Arce, Damian locates his grandmother’s resting place and searches for redemption through a long trek in the arid wilderness of his ancestral land.Read More »

  • Jean Rouch – Ispahan: lettre persane (1977)

    Jean Rouch1971-1980DocumentaryIran

    Jean Rouch’s camera follows his friend, filmmaker/actor/critic Farrokh Ghaffari, as he walks and talks us through the famous Shah Mosque in Esfehan. While guiding him and answering his questions, Ghaffari makes Rouch discover the beauties of the architecture of the mosque and its impact on the city. Throughout the tour, they discuss Islam’s complex relationship with death, sex and cinema.Read More »

  • Ann-Kristin Reyels – Formentera (2012)

    2011-2020Ann-Kristin ReyelsDramaGermany

    Nina and Ben have been together for many years. They have a three-year-old daughter. Their first vacation without their child leads them to the south: to Formentera. Caressed by the sun and the warm Mediterranean winds they enjoy their freedom from the necessities of everyday life. Finally they have some time on their own. But during a wild beach party the paradise turns into hell: Ben is firting with the young and beautiful Mara and at the end of the night Mara und Nina dive into the dark sea. Nina is drifted away and only just manages to get back on land on a different island. Mara, however, has gone missing… Nina and Ben are caught in a deep crisis, questioning everything they once believed in. The sunny island turns into a darkroom, rendering visible what has been concealed: doubts concerning the plans they had for their lives and a quiet grief over a reality that may only be accepted.Read More »

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