All Films

The current situation of the organ grinders in Mexico who have lost their former splendor. They have to adapt to an indifferent and noisy city.

A short film by Sky Hirschkron featuring Japanese exchange students in New York.

The life and work of painter Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos (1923-2006), one of the most important artists of the portuguese surrealist movement, both in literature and the visual arts. Includes statements from the artist, his friends, and scholars of his artistic oeuvre. A documentary originally exhibited on the day of his death at the age of 83.

In November 2001, the fire of the war forced thousands of Afghan people to leave their homes and move up to the islands of the Panj River, which border Afghanistan and Tajikistan. This film is a beautifully pictured short story about these Afghan refugees who belong to different nationalities and social groups. They are all trying to keep their humanity in an inhumane situation by doing the best they can do.

A little girl's marbles lead to a fascinating journey and opens up lots of new perspectives on the everyday surroundings.

A man returns home after a long journey. The curtains in the open windows flutter in the breeze. His wife sleeps. And he recognises nothing of what was once so familiar. Stretching the boundaries of poetry, science-fiction and documentary film, and with Chris Marker and Andrei Tarkovsky firmed lodged in his mind, he wanders through the remains of an Aral Sea in the throes of draught, metaphor for a landscape, a world and a country which no longer exist.

Across China, the filmmaker searches and finds survivors of Bound Feet - China's 1000 year old tradition of erotic beauty and female survival. Through the exclusive portrayal of 12 women of a bygone era,film reveals the dark secret of the Chinese civilization and women's changing destiny in a society once, and perhaps still, dominated by men.

A waitress has just written a novel and decides that she will get it published, but it may be easier said than done.

Alvas parkett is a short film tale with a real touch. Alva lives with her mom and little brother. Grandmother is often on visit. Mom and grandmother have their own well-worked jargon. They just can't understand Alva's way of living.

A film based on an autobiographical prose of the famous Russian poet - Marina Cvetaeva.

The documentary about Zhu Xiaoguang, a man came to Beijing with the dream of being a director, he used his DV to record all these happiness and sadness in Beijing...

The documentary deals with the injustice and negligence of the Mexican authority. All this is shown through the people who have been victims of this situation. The film shows CIDE statistics that will leave the viewer impacted and give a broader view of the reality surrounding the Mexican justice system. Also, you can see different points of view of experts who comment on the subject, and even provide a solution. Most agree that the system is retrograde and needs to be updated, as was the case in Chile, which is currently governed by a different justice system and applies oral trial.

Experimental animation short from Poland.

The rule of the universe: the tree should be planted for to be grown; the snow should be cleaned for the spring to come; for finding something new, the old one is to be lost. Sarah, a 6-year-old girl, thinks so. It seems to be true.

This motion portrait of P.R. Miller is a journey into the mind of an eccentric, outcast scavenger, known around Akron, Ohio as "the junkyard artist." Hailing from a little place called Mars, he was raised on a scrap yard where they used to burn autos. According to Miller, Mars, PA had one of the highest rates of brain disorders in the country. Miller, himself, was once thought to have been retarded, but it turned out to be ADHD. He has been inundated with toxicity his whole life, not unlike Mother Earth herself. Miller is convinced that the Earth will one day rid herself of the human vermin that is destroying her. When put on trial, P.R. Miller stood up for his right to make art on his own property. All this "visual bubblegum" is a backdrop for Miller to rant and rave about how the American value system is based on the worship of money, and how the culture of consumerism and waste will lead to the final demise of humans.

Rosa is an alcoholic who is left alone with her shattered lonely life.

This DVD contains at 45 minute performance during which Cinemechanica plays the entire soundtrack to Mega Man II while the game is beaten by a player.

Imagine that you are many years ahead in the future. In a world where games are indistinguishable from reality.

Twelve year old Krzyś who supports his unemployed parents by collecting scrap metal was a hero of the film “Hercules”. After they had seen the film, the two young people, Sergiusz and Kasia, were so moved by the boy’s fate that they decided to help him. They took him on holiday, first to Warsaw where they live and then to the seaside. The odds are that it was not a one-off example of help and the boy’s fate will improve considerably in the future.

Ana and Lola meet in a park. Lola has flowers and Ana has doubts.

Nine people and a dog are living in a three-story apartment building. An urban story, where the drama of the building mixes the ordinary and the absurd with humor and seriousness.

Martin gets a retraining.

Experimental super8 film for the Legendary Tiger Man live shows. A strange man lives in a strange garden.

A song of praise about the recycling process and the eternal cycle of life.