All Recommendations
Quarantine
This short film captures the feeling of claustrophobia during self quarantine and isolation through the coronavirus pandemic.
Glory Days
The idealistic intentions with which the Kola peninsula has been explored since the beginning of the Russian revolution have left deep traces in the landscape and in the minds of people.
THE PRINCESS AND THE BUGS
A beautiful princess lives in a magnificent lotus palace. Keen to test the devotion of her numerous insect suitors, she declares that she will only marry the one who brings her a spark of fire.
The Gospel According to Fascism - The Final Offense
If Jesus came to Earth today, would his teachings and philosophy be in line with the agitated moods we live in today? Batata Filmes presents a new collage project, mixing the playful Jesus of cinema with statements made by many of his followers, in an uncomfortable and provocative experience. Contains high offensive potential for small minds.
Tom Gleeson: Joy
Australia’s 2019 Gold Logie winner. Chief celebrity interrogator. Host of the highest-rating quiz show on TV. There’s not much Tom Gleeson hasn’t been up to lately. Gleeson is one of the sharpest minds in Australian comedy. His shows are relentlessly hilarious and masterful. Now the world can watch the great man live on stage, in his natural habitat and in the form of his life. Experience the JOY.
The Old Captain
The old Captain returns from his voyage and is welcomed by his faithful wife. The mate, a young husky man, is jealous of the Captain, and goes straight to the ship owner's office to knock him. He accomplishes the Captain's discharge. The old Captain breaks the news to his wife, who immediately betakes herself to the office. The old lady goes away disappointed. The new master cares not for his holiday, but returns at once to the ship, where he proceeds to give orders. The old Captain comes for his clothes, and offers his hand to the new Captain, who shakes it most lamely. A month later we see the new Captain drunk in his cabin, while a storm is raging. His men are hard at work at the wheel. The mate then rushes to the Captain's cabin and arouses him. The Captain and mate have a fight over the wheel, and, unable to control her, the ship strikes the rocks and is lost.
Dawn Flight
Haunted by a mysterious super-pilot, a young glider pilot first flees, then confronts his challenger. Nominated for an Academy Award. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.
Paradise
Princess
One day you might find a balloon on the floor and ask: Who did it once belong to? Whose face did it light up? What joy was it once commemorating, now only to be trodden on and wheeled over between alleyways and curbs?
Written
A man wakes up in a tub and notices one of his kidneys is missing. In the search for his organ he finds out that he is a character in a screenplay that is currently being written.
Vertigo Sea
Vertigo Sea is a three-screen film installation that explores what Ralph Waldo Emerson calls 'the sublime seas'. Fusing archival material, readings from classical sources and newly shot footage, Akomfrah's piece focuses on the disorder and cruelty of the whaling industry and juxtaposes it with scenes of many generations of migrants making epic crossings of the ocean for a better life.
John Wayne: Bigger Than Life
“The Duke” (John Wayne) really was bigger than life. I loved this guy from the moment I went to one of my very first theatre films. The movie in question was The Cowboys in 1972. I apologize if this is a spoiler, 39 years later, but the climactic scene of Wayne being killed by Bruce Dern still gets to me.
Mister barrio
My Family Essay
An orphan narrates his essay “What is Family?” and how he found his answer when he met “Surfing Uncle” developing a bond like a father, uncle, grandfather and brother from the — heart.
.re_potemkin
For re_potemkin project, sergei eisenstein’s film “battleship potemkin” was re-produced by 105 students of basic design course at yildiz technical university, faculty of art and design, during december 2006 and January 2007 in 15 groups, following the original shots of eisenstein using crowdsourcing model. original script was translated to turkish from russian original and english translations. bilingual intertitles and an original soundtrack were also prepared for the film as well as a project poster and a web site, all using crowdsourcing model.
Underground
A film about the creation of the Moscow Metro, which has become a symbol of the whole country. The narrative covers the period from the first pre-revolutionary projects to the Khrushchev era.
Papá Lebonard
Mexican movie