A documentary with outtakes from early greek films like Maria Pentagiotissa (1927), Astero (1929), Promithefs desmotis (1930), Dafnis kai Hloi (1931) & O magos tis Athinas (1931).
István Szabó reveals a lesser-known side to the public in this work, which strings together eight shorts of Budapest into a single movie. In the piece interpretable as a declaration of love addressed to the capital there are numerous motifs that are also to be found woven through the director’s...
Against a backdrop of Gaasbeek castle, the residence of the Count of Egmont, Meyer pays homage to a desire for freedom and a zest for life. The desire for freedom behind the Netherlands' resistance to the Inquisition and the repressive politics of Philipp II and the zest for life shown by the...
A spectacular showcase of 20 cutting-edge computer-animated shorts from around the world ranging from wildly humorous to outrageously exotic. Computer Animation Festival spins a high-tech tapestry of art, storytelling, and visual technology. Every short is shown in its' entirety, as originally...
Powered by breathtaking, pioneering achievements in computer-generated imagery, "Computer Animation Classics" is a sensory-overloading, roller coaster ride into the wildly experimental early years of digital animation. Featuring over two dozen works of soaring visual wizardry, this collector's...
Paul Meyer, an archivist who was always fascinated by his contemporaries, dedicates 8 episodes of the television series Ce pain quotidien to the immigration of foreign workers into Belgium. This series endeavours to touch on all aspects of immigration. In it we discover, among other things, the...
This compilation is a slice of life showing us the dramatic side of shorts and a darker side of the rainbow. These 5 films deal with death in one way or another and illustrate a real perspective of what life deals us sometimes. Includes: Blessing (2003); Our Father (2004); Quintessence (2003); The...
Quirky Rhian Jones is an aspiring detective. Determined to find and crack her first case, the 10 year old lives out her detective fantasies around her small home town in the Welsh valleys.
In Ethiopia, in a small country school, children have a lesson on the Millennium Development Goals. But one of the pupils, Tiya, is distracted, she doesn’t listen. She is staring at the window. Outside, some children are playing rugby... Abderrahmane Sissako's contribution to 8 (2008).
