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Histoire(s) du Cinéma 1b: A Single (Hi)story
A very personal look at the history of cinema directed, written and edited by Jean-Luc Godard in his Swiss residence in Rolle for ten years (1988-98); a monumental collage, constructed from film fragments, texts and quotations, photos and paintings, music and sound, and diverse readings; a critical, beautiful and melancholic vision of cinematographic art.
Portrait of Jason
Interview with Jason Holliday aka Aaron Payne. House-boy, would-be cabaret performer, and self-proclaimed hustler giving one man's gin-soaked, pill-popped view of what it was like to be black and gay in 1960s United States. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Milestone Films in 2013.
Six Reasons Why
In a desolate place called the Badlands, four men stand off with guns drawn, their fingers ready at the trigger. Among them are a fugitive seeking redemption, a son out to avenge his father's murder, a loyal servant with a secret and a murderous criminal hired to kill with a vengeance. This is their story...in a place where revenge, deception and cruelty are a way of life.
Happy Birthday!
An unlucky Birthday boy must fight for his life against a masked psychopath.
Two Sisters
Two sisters set out from Warsaw to Kharkiv to pick up their seriously injured father.
The Secret Six
Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, masterminded by crooked criminal defense lawyer Newton. Scorpio eventually takes over Frank's operation, beats a rival gang, becomes wealthy, and dominates the city for several years until a secret group of six masked businessmen have him prosecuted and sent to the electric chair.
Film
"This piece, with the generic title Film, is a series of short videos built around one protocol: a snippet of news from a newspaper of the day, is rolled up and then placed on a black-inked surface. On making contact with the liquid, the roll opens and of Its own accord frees itself of the gesture that fashioned it. As it comes alive in this way, the sliver of paper reveals Its hitherto unexposed content; this unpredictable kinematics is evidence of the constant impermanence of news. As well as exploring a certain archaeology of cinema, the mechanism references the passage of time: the ink, whether it is poured or printed, is the ink of ongoing human history." –Ismaïl Bahri
FILM
A boy walks through an abandoned building and films the interior. Suddenly his camera disappears.
Lost Angeles
Yosef Khoury has been sitting in his messy and chaotic store in Kiryat Malachi for thirty years, repairing watches. Yoseph was a wunderkind, but the development town where he was born is not a place for genius children. Today, he's sixty years old, debts are piling up and the local elections are starting he decides it's time. Against all odds, he decides to run for office and try to right the wrongs in his city and breathe new life into it and his life. But there is one hurdle that Joseph wants to cross: to receive the blessing of his father Victor.
Pound x Pound: The History of Juan Manuel Márquez
Pound x Pound introduces you to the world of boxing elite through the eyes of Juan Manuel Marquez, four-time world champion. It is a ringside ticket to the professional and personal life of Juan Manuel. An unique access to the truth behind the rivalry with Manny Pacquiao. Read the story behind the Mexican idol, who through work, effort, sacrifices and frustrations, has established itself as one of the best pound for pound fighters in the world.
Hello! Project Tanjou 15th Anniversary Live 2013 Fuyu: Bravo!
Hello! Project consist of various idol girl groups, mainly produced by Tsunku. Hello! Project Tanjou 15th Anniversary was held on the 15th Anniversary of Hello! Project's formation in 2013. The concert was split into two parts, "Viva!" and "Bravo!", where this video features the "Bravo!" section of the show.
The Apologies
A commercially realistic but artistically conflicted playwright lends his Berlin apartment to a young actress friend so she can rehearse her drama school audition while he goes off to save his doomed production in New York.
Tales of the Inner Chamber
Love-hate drama of three beautiful sisters in Ooku in Edo Castle.
The plague Dance
A short story about the gradual submission to the power that commands the quiet.
The War of Chimeras
The story of war, love and death that was documented by the immediate participants of events. Off screen and later on it are the two - a boy and a girl. He volunteered for the front; she went to the place just after the battle. He got into Ilovaysk cauldron, lost his closest brother-soldiers. She, while travelling along the ruined towns, strives to understand the essence of war and love. Both tell openly one another about their feelings during the war, escaping the cauldron, a try to live together after, and a common trip to the frontline.
Filth
The housecall in "Filth" doesn’t go quite as planned when a simple cleaning job becomes a nightmare. A pixilated tale which combines both the action in the film and the action on the film.
Marathon of an Unfinished Spring: Grigoris Lambrakis
The documentary presents rare photographic archives and hitherto unknown film documents documenting the unique case of Grigoris Lambrakis. Valuable first-time material that has been specially edited to be saved and shared with the public decades later. In the documentary - among other things - Grigoris Lambrakis himself appears in the Marathon Peace March, while footage of the popular pilgrimage to his body and the grand funeral-demonstration are presented, as well as testimonies of people who knew or worked with Grigoris Lambrakis.
The Kazakhs
Documentary about the Kazakh minority in western China in the last years of the Cultural Revolution.
L'Ombrelle
Hidden behind a parasol, Rigadin was courting his eventual mistress when suddenly he saw his wife and his step-mother walking to him with a smile...
