Earth - Making of a planet (2010)

Il nostro pianeta - Dietro le quinte

Years spent recording footage of creatures from every corner of the globe is bound to produce a bit of drama. Here's a behind-the-scenes look.

Flow

A filmmaker talks about his work and love life with an unseen friend behind the camera. We also watch four of his short films.

way

San Francisco filmmaker Konrad Steiner took 12 years to complete a montage cycle set to the late Leslie Scalapino’s most celebrated poem, way—a sprawling book-length odyssey of shardlike urban impressions, fraught with obliquely felt social and sexual tensions. Six stylistically distinctive films for each section of way, using sources ranging from Kodachrome footage of sun-kissed S.F. street scenes to internet clips of the Iraq war to a fragmented Fred Astaire dance number.

Killer of Men

A man lurks the night alleys, killing people at random, he feels nothing, no emotion, and no pain; when he meets a graceful widow he must confront what it means to be human.

Old Man Junior

Morbius Jr, now an OId Man, is nearing the end of life, when he finds the last hope for all Morbkind. However, as he fights to protect the future of Morbheads, he finds himself facing off against an unlikely of enemy... HIMSELF.

Re-Births

A documentary film depicting five intimate portraits of migrants who fled their country of origin to seek refuge in France and find a space of freedom where they can fully experience their sexuality and their sexual identity: Giovanna, woman transgender of Colombian origin, Roman, Russian transgender man, Cate, Ugandan lesbian mother, Yi Chen, young Chinese gay man…

Kronprinsen och tyrannens återkomst

In the small kingdom, snow is falling from a bright sky and the whole town is getting ready for the big winter wedding between Queen Lovisa and the fool Amir. Then, suddenly, the old tyrant's mother Amalia appears with her soldiers in tow. She is determined that the throne will return to her own family. The young crown prince Ville will now become king, just as he always dreamed of. But is he really up to the task - and what are his grandmother's motives?

Jigen Daisuke

Il film segue le vicende di JigenDaisuke , tornato in Giappone dopo un lungo periodo per cercare il più grande armaiolo del mondo, l’unico che possa controllare la sua inseparabile Smith & Wesson M19 Combat Magnum, che gli sta dando qualche problema.

Latin for All

Delphine, a disillusioned humanities teacher, makes an agreement with her students : they leave her in peace, as they get A+ grades. But these excellent results turn into a nightmare when the class is qualified for the Latin World Championships, in Naples.

FILM

A boy walks through an abandoned building and films the interior. Suddenly his camera disappears.

Shimmy: The First Monkey King

Shimmy, a monkey newly discover superhero powers and learns how to control his extraordinary transformative abilities and prevent powerful demonic forces from sending the universe into chaos.

Lord

Although he hates dogs, Toni is engaged in finding lost animals and then sentimentally blackmails the masters in order to obtain beautiful large amounts of money. Because of an old and ugly Pekinese that Toni cannot succeed of getting rid of, feelings of affection awake in him that surprise even Toni.

The Roper

The Roper is the true short story of Kendrick, a young calf roper in Lafayette who dreams of one day making it to the rodeo national championship in Las Vegas.

The Lost Expedition

An expedition of a few geologists is going to Siberia in order to found a gold sources during 1918.

Good Bye, Southern City

The film takes place in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku at the end of the 1980s. At this time, the Soviet Union was starting to fall apart, and with this came the start of a number of ethnic conflicts. Fariz and his family move into a Baku apartment block from war-torn Nagorno-Karabakh. Fariz's relations with his new neighbors are strained by his accusations that it was people like them who failed to support the Azeris in their conflict with ethnic Armenians. The only one who stands up to him is Alik, who acts as peacemaker between him and the older inhabitants of the building. Alik has no reservations about brandishing his gun in order to keep the peace. One day, the apartment managers want to evict a number of musicians who have been squatting in the basement. Alik gets involved, but soon discovers the situation is more complicated that he first believed.

Una guida per l'uomo sposato

Un uomo di mezza età, Paul Manning, pur innamorato della moglie Ruth, si lascia convincere dall'amico Edward e decide di tradirla. Dopo essersi inventato varie scuse e aver trovato sia il locale notturno che il motel adatti allo scopo, scatta l'"operazione adulterio". Paul rivolge le sue attenzioni su una donna sposata, Joselyn Montgomery, ma l'amore per Ruth lo convince a desistere dai suoi propositi.

Six Days of Sistine

Two souls lost in a world of modernisation find each other in a moment's need for clarity and appreciation.

Shark Side of the Moon

Decades ago, the USSR developed unkillable sharks and launched them to the moon. Today, a team of American astronauts will endure the fight of their lives.

Tuesday

Una madre e la sua figlia adolescente devono affrontare la Morte quando questa arriva sotto forma di un sorprendente uccello parlante.

The Black Hole

Follows an android serving depressed drunks in the shittiest dive bar in the cosmos, who desires more for herself.

Inferno verde

A group of adventurers head deep into South American jungle in search of an ancient Incan treasure.

Hamish & Andy's Caravan of Courage - Great Britain and Ireland

Hamish & Andy take the road less traveled through the isles of Great Britain and Ireland in an attempt to discover why after centuries of war, famine, plagues, and poor sporting teams, the Irish & British still manage to have a laugh more than most.

Spend It All

Another short documentary of "Real Food, Roots Music, and People Full of Passion for what they do!", Spend It All is Les Blank's spirited look at the French-speaking Cajun community of southwest Louisiana. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.

Swimming in the Sea

Several little boys run along a pier, then jump into the ocean.

The way she lives

During the ten years of Chaos, the young lady from businessman Zhang's family takes care of the whole family and keeps everyone together.

Rewind 2: 1996

When Marty's car is stolen, he sets out on a mission to find it; however, he soon realizes that the person who stole it is much more dangerous than he thinks.