Clear Filters
Showing 24 of 207,017 films
Wonderland

Wonderland

2009 • 58 min • Germany
Wonderland is a joint project by the Parisian band Das Kapital with Edward Perraud on drums, Hasse Poulsen on guitar, and Daniel Erdmann on saxophone and the filmmakers Nicolas Humbert and Martin Otter.
Alzheimer

Alzheimer

2009 • 1 min • Brazil
An elderly woman films what she doesn't want to forget.
Cinediary February

Cinediary February

2009 • 13 min
A Grammar for Listening (Part 3)

A Grammar for Listening (Part 3)

2009 • 13 min
In part 3, Fowler furthers his on-going dialogue with the sound artist Toshiya Tsunoda (Yokohama, Japan). Toshiya Tsunoda develops an on-going philosophical line of enquiry regarding the art of field recording, as a conceptual act, and that of the relationship between the “field”, the recordist and the audience. During these investigations, he came to think about the meaning of choosing an object to focus on; drawing the conclusion that “perhaps it is similar to a hunter who becomes more interested in shooting the bow than the prey itself”.
Desperate Measures

Desperate Measures

2009 • 60 min • United States of America
Desperate Measures is the first live album by American rap rock band Hollywood Undead. The album was released on November 10, 2009, through A&M Records and Octone Records with a 60-minute DVD of live performances.
Blue Parrot

Blue Parrot

2009 • 12 min
Abstract contemporary sculptures at a museum, male and female mannequins at a downtown mall, the Venice Beach and Santa Monica Promenades with their various attractions of hawkers, exhibitionists and vendors; these are all the subjects of this film. Added to the collection are a ride on a carousel composed of beautifully restored antique horses, a tram ride to the heights of the Getty Museum, an inner city LA bus ride, and the journey to the Boston airport from Maine. This material is blended together by layering, multiplying and repeating sequences to produce a array of colors, shapes, objects and sounds. that reflect the effects of a brief visit to Los Angeles.
Marianne Faithfull - BBC 4 Sessions

Marianne Faithfull - BBC 4 Sessions

2009 • 58 min
From LSO St Luke's, Marianne Faithfull performs songs from her album Easy Come Easy Go, and older hits including the original 60s arrangement of As Tears Go By.
Für D.

Für D.

2009 • 3 min • Germany
HF240 - Super 8 (Color) film by Helga Fanderl
Coca-Cola: The Real Story Behind the Real Thing

Coca-Cola: The Real Story Behind the Real Thing

2009 • 43 min • United States of America
With unprecedented access, CNBC pulls back the curtain on Coca-Cola, the most recognizable brand on the planet. In an original one-hour documentary, "Coca-Cola: The Real Story Behind the Real Thing," CNBC's Melissa Lee reveals never-before-seen labs, secret archives and high-tech product testing. Cameras follow Coke's urgent campaign to reinvent itself after years of losing ground to arch-rival Pepsi in the race to develop new, blockbuster beverages. Meet the men and women whose mission it is to put the buzz back in the bottles and see how Coke gets its drinks into the mouths of people in the farthest corners of the globe. From the production line to "Cola Wars," discover the secret that makes Coke pop.
The Cannibal Warlords of Liberia

The Cannibal Warlords of Liberia

2009 • 53 min • United States of America
Vice travels to West Africa to rummage through the messy remains of a country ravaged by 14 years of civil war. Despite the United Nation’s eventual intervention, most of Liberia’s young people continue to live in abject poverty, surrounded by filth, drug addiction, and teenage prostitution. The former child soldiers who were forced into war have been left to fend for themselves, the murderous warlords who once led them in cannibalistic rampages have taken up as so-called community leaders, and new militias are lying in wait for the opportunity to reclaim their country from a government they rightly mistrust. America’s one and only foray into African colonialism is keeping a very uneasy peace indeed.
Christmas for a Dollar

Christmas for a Dollar

2009 • 19 min
America is in the midst of the Depression, and the Kamp family is struggling to get by, especially after Mrs. Kamp's untimely death. Now little Ruthie, with her mother gone and her father overwhelmed by doctor bills resulting from her brother s polio, expects another Christmas without presents or festivities. But when her father brings home one dollar in change and lets the children use it to buy special gifts for each other, the Kamps come to find that money isn't what fills Christmas with joy, love, and miracles.
Masidhing Kagalakan

Masidhing Kagalakan

2009 • 8 min
Ezra believes that in killing her, he in turn somehow saves her from the sufferings of the world.
Cities on Speed: Shanghai Space

Cities on Speed: Shanghai Space

2009 • 55 min
A series of short documentaries about some megacities of the world and the social, structural and political challenges they have to face.
My Dad the Communist

My Dad the Communist

2009 • 17 min • United Kingdom
Chinese men are 'inscrutable'; none more so than Tony's Dad who works in a Chinese takeaway. Tony is Chinese but has lived in the UK all of his 20 years, during which his Dad has hardly uttered more than a few sentences to him, and never once touched him. It is the Chinese way. Tony has accepted it all his life. However, when Tony's Dad has a near-escape in a car accident, Tony begins to yearn for a deeper, more expressive relationship with him. This is easier said than done as Tony recalls the few occasions on which his Dad has ever spoken to him; his Dad has never wished him a happy birthday in his entire life; he failed to say goodbye when Tony left home at 18, and even neglected to congratulate him on his wedding day! Dad doesn't even utter a word when his wife - Tony's Mum - passes away. Tony wonders if his Dad has any feelings at all. Time finally runs out for them both when his Dad has yet another car accident; this time a fatal one. Thus, Tony has his Dad taken away without ...
Over Washington

Over Washington

2009 • 60 min
Take to the sky and come face-to-face with Washington states majestic mountains, including one of the Pacific Northwests most well-known symbols: Mount Rainier. Celebrate the diversity of the states landscapes in Over Washington, from the glittering Puget Sound in the west to the rolling Palouse in the east. Stunning aerial cinematography and original music bring these spectacular images to life.
Study #40

Study #40

2009 • 10 min
Part of the Optofonica #1 series
Rainy House

Rainy House

2009 • 5 min
RAINY HOUSE reflects the empty feeling that can accumulate in modern life and lead to inner conflict, self-doubt. and introspection. Life has boundless meaning if we are open to new possibilities.
Édouard Glissant: One World in Relation

Édouard Glissant: One World in Relation

2009 • 48 min • Mali, United States of America
Manthia Diawara's film follows the Martinican thinker Édouard Glissant on a transatlantic journey as he discusses his philosophies of creollization, relation, and history.
Cordão Verde

Cordão Verde

2009 • 33 min • Portugal
Poem of images and sounds around man and nature.
Trust Me

Trust Me

2009 • 9 min
The Feast of Trimalchio

The Feast of Trimalchio

2009 • 25 min
The Feast of Trimalchio is a deconstruction of the self-obsessive and indulgent behavior of modern civilization and is an allegorical symbolization of a mass-media generated version of Heaven. The guests of the hotel indulge in all of the contemporary pleasures perpetuated in advertisements of resort getaways, from leisurely fitness to 'body purification,' while the viewer sees any notion of social hierarchy dissipate as the masters begin to court the servants, acting out their fantasies of a Roman Saturnalia. The pleasures in AES+F's Feast of Trimalchio are intermittently interrupted by catastrophes that are simultaneously tragic and comical.
O Móbile: Admiração

O Móbile: Admiração

2009 • 25 min • Brazil
It's a love story between two women. Bárbara Oliveira is a painter whose main inspiration is the acting of Nina Maya, an actress who searches in Bárbara's work the essence of her own acting. When they finally meet, Bárbara and Nina fall crazily in love with each other. Admiration that becomes a hard dilemma: love or art?
National Geographic: Egyptian Secrets of the Afterlife

National Geographic: Egyptian Secrets of the Afterlife

2009 • 50 min • Egypt
To the ancient Egyptians, life after death was a high-stakes underworld journey fraught with terrifying obstacles: fiery lakes of death, battles with monsters, and ultimately eternal death or resurrection with the sun. It's a journey each Egyptian believed was real, and for the pharaoh the stakes were even higher--the entire cosmos depended on the king's successful journey and resurrection. New excavations are revealing more than we've ever known about what the Egyptians believed they would encounter on their afterlife journey. Now, world-renowned archaeologist Dr. Sahi Hawass is excavating a mysterious tunnel at the very bottom of Seti's tomb--far below the surface of the earth. Join National Geographic on a quest in which Dr. Hawass will put his own life in jeopardy for the sake of discovery.
Feuerturm

Feuerturm

2009 • 3 min • Germany
HF210 - Super 8 (Black & White) film by Helga Fanderl