Blow Job

Manuale di cinematografia per dilettanti – Vol. I

2022 · ★ 4

Against the backdrop of Italy in the years of the Fascist dictatorship, a man of wealth but unknown to history scrutinises the world with his little film camera. He is guided and instructed in the process by a handbook in which the germs of the ideology are concealed beneath the apparent objectivity of technique. But ineffable signs of resistance still surface in the images.

Ankara, Hauptstadt in der Steppe

1952

Short film about Ankara, Turkiye

Kinder zwischen zwei Sprachen

1980

Short film about bilingual kids

Cinusp, 3 décadas de cinema

2023

Current and former collaborators of Cinusp — the movie theater inside University of Sao Paulo's main campus — tell some tales of its 30 years history.

Circular

2019

A story about obsession and yearning for the infinite.

Turned Out: Sexual Assault Behind Bars

2004 · ★ 6.2

A look beyond the shock and inhumanity of prison rape to the intricate social hierarchy that keeps it alive. A filmmaker goes deep inside Alabama's infamous Limestone penitentiary to uncover the long-term causes and consequences of prison rape. With a startling lack of inhibition, five inmates reveal the workings of an elaborate inner society.

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A short documentary following the last 5 hours of a 59-years-old man, Ahmed before becoming homeless due to the late payments and bureaucracy by the Department for Work and Pensions.

Self-erecting Structures

2002 · ★ 8

Self-erecting structures presents the fantastic future of the intelligent and humane use of artificial intelligence and cybernation as they construct our cities, bridges, tunnels, factories, and more - while protecting the environment.

FFG: un retrato

1976 · ★ 7

An experimental portrait of Fernando Fernán Gómez, one of the most renowned Spanish artists of all time.

Taking Cuttings

2004

From the generation that lived through rationing in Britain, Dorothy Bradberry learned not to let anything go to waste - not a second nor any object.

Bavarianism

2009

To save their once-busy logging town from economic disaster, the people of Leavenworth set out to transform themselves into a tourist destination. As the town is tucked in the middle of a steep mountain pass, a Bavarian theme was suggested and put to a (contentious) vote. One brave shop owner took the first step by rebuilding the facade of his store front. With small, initial success, the rest of the town quickly followed.

Plane Days

2008

Old friends. Young friends. Lovers and loners. They all wait, hoping to see something they have never seen before. A Virgin? Thai? Singapore? Hopefully another one for the book. A flask of tea or bottle of wine to keep warm, and every day around the perimeter fence at Heathrow is a plane day.