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Tom Jones's 1950s: The Decade That Made Me

Tom Jones's 1950s: The Decade That Made Me

2016 • 59 min
Television, the movies, the radio and - most importantly - the music of the first rock 'n' roll years give us a unique insight into both the country and the decade that would shape Tom's talent and, in the 60s, make him a star. Tom Jones's 1950s in Pontypridd are told first hand by the man himself as he travels back to his birthplace. Tom's take on the decade is amplified and explored by a Greek chorus of contributors who share their account of their 50s. Joan Bakewell, Katherine Whitehorn and Michele Hanson share their experiences both as women and from differing class backgrounds, historians Alwyn Turner, Martin Johnes, Francis Beckett and Tony Russell draw the social and political landscape of a rapidly changing decade, while musicians Bruce Welch, Clem Cattini, Marty Wilde and Tom McGuinness talk of how that decade began their musical journeys and changed their lives forever, all illustrated by a rich seam of archive that captures a decade we mostly saw in black and white.
Beemus, It'll End in Tears

Beemus, It'll End in Tears

2016 • 12 min • United States of America
In the feature film "collective:unconscious," five independent filmmakers join forces to adapt each other's dreams for the screen. In this segment, director Lauren Wolkstein adapts Frances Bodomo's dream.
Buffet

Buffet

2016 • 16 min • Italy
Killer and Undercover

Killer and Undercover

2016 • 11 min • Hong Kong
Meshes of an Autumn Afternoon

Meshes of an Autumn Afternoon

2016 • 4 min • Australia
A woman is stalked by a mysterious hooded spectre. An Autumnal homage to and inspired by Meshes of the Afternoon by Maya Deren.
Broadcast Signal Intrusion

Broadcast Signal Intrusion

2016 • 15 min • United Kingdom
A grief-stricken video archivist becomes increasingly obsessed with the meaning behind a sinister television signal hijacking.
Tea War: The Adventures of Robert Fortune

Tea War: The Adventures of Robert Fortune

2016 • 52 min • China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Poland, Slovenia, Switzerland
In the 19th century, China held the monopoly on tea, which was dear and fashionable in the West, and the British Empire exchanged poppies, produced in its Indian colonies and transformed into opium, for Chinese tea. Inundated by the drugs, China was forced to open up its market, and the British consolidated their commercial dominance. In 1839, the Middle Empire introduced prohibition. The Opium War was declared… Great Britain emerged as the winner, but the warning was heeded: it could no longer depend on Chinese tea. The only alternative possible was to produce its own tea. The East India Company therefore entrusted one man with finding the secrets of the precious beverage. His mission was to develop the first plantations in Britain’s Indian colonies. This latter-day James Bond was called Robert Fortune – a botanist. After overcoming innumerable ordeals in the heart of imperial China, he brought back the plants and techniques that gave rise to Darjeeling tea.
Rhonna & Donna

Rhonna & Donna

2016 • 16 min • United Kingdom
Rhonna and Donna are conjoined twin teenage sisters who are having their biggest fight to date. Donna is playing Juliet in their schools production of "Romeo and Juliet" while Rhonna wants nothing to do with it
Revelations

Revelations

2016 • 58 min • India
This anatomy of a marriage explores complications, sexuality, and guilt.
Night Light

Night Light

2016 • 10 min • United States of America
This is a classing Jordan animation, primarily in B/W, with touches of color. Actually, the engraved art work was film on color negative, so that subtle variations in tone are recorded. The mood--enhanced by John Davis' original music--is dream-like. It is both lyric and crackling, producing a kind of anticipatory tension. The scenes, in the usual Jordan manner, follow the surreal principle of placing objects and people where the ought not to be, and making movements that in the waking world are impossible. Each scene is a kind of drama from another world.
L'amore che vorrei

L'amore che vorrei

2016 • 9 min • Italy
Five women are victims of various forms of violence. In each of them the story of reality overlaps with that of imagination, thus creating a parallel world in which the desire to experience a healthy love becomes possible.
Supertruck

Supertruck

2016 • 5 min • United States of America
When the city is hit by a colossal snowstorm, only one superhero can save the day. But who is this mysterious hero, and why does he disappear once his job is done?
The Funeral

The Funeral

2016 • 11 min • United States of America
A girl gives a eulogy for her father's funeral.
Body

Body

2016 • 42 min • France
A nurse's aid, Cathy lives alone. Too alone. When her sister, with whom she's had a falling-out, calls her for her birthday and invites her to the beach, Cathy is exhilarated. But the day gradually slips away from her.
The Cleansing Hour

The Cleansing Hour

2016 • 19 min
Two failed filmmakers have found success running a webcast that streams LIVE exorcisms. However, every episode is an elaborately staged hoax, created to dupe their global audience. But, when their latest subject turns out to actually be demon-possessed, Lance and Drew are forced to reckon with their online charade- live in front of millions viewers.
Radio Wave

Radio Wave

2016 • 3 min • Japan
Numbers stations were prominently used during the Cold War. A boy was tuning the radio in the snow mountain and happened to tune the shortwave of codes.
Wild Flower

Wild Flower

2016 • 54 min • Albania
Documentary about Lule Bib Luka a sheep farmer and one of Albania's last Burneshas, women who swear chastity for life in order to be given the rights and privileges of men.
The Girl from the Bunker

The Girl from the Bunker

2016 • 16 min • France
Javier lives by the golf course, among the musical trees, the dune tunnel, and the phone cemetery.
The Discreet Françoise Hardy

The Discreet Françoise Hardy

2016 • 53 min • France
Sensitive lookback on Françoise Hardy's career and life.
Voices

Voices

2016 • 13 min • Mexico
A young reporter is sent to cover an accident where some children fell into a hole. What happens next is simply indescribable.
Imitations

Imitations

2016 • 10 min • Canada
After getting plastic surgery to look like a famous teen popstar, an introverted super fan named Arnold begins to experience irreversible side effects as his face begins to fall apart during a night out doing karaoke.
Import

Import

2016 • 17 min • Netherlands
In 1994, a young family of Bosnian refugees find themselves in a little Dutch village after receiving their residence permit. Absurd situations occur as they attempt to turn this new world into their home.
Trump vs. Bernie: Debate for America

Trump vs. Bernie: Debate for America

2016 • 43 min • United States of America
Comedians James Adomian (Bernie Sanders) and Anthony Atamanuik (Donald Trump) bring two of the most controversial candidates in history, head-to-head, or rather bald-to-toupee, in a debate unlike anything you've ever seen before! Moderated by none other than Paul F. Tompkins, Brianna Baker, and Rhea Butcher, the Presidential contenders will battle to prove once and for all that they are the candidate worth your vote! While Bernie Sanders continues to win among those who feel guilty shopping at Whole Foods, Donald Trump is killing it with voters who support killing just about everyone. This two-part series is all the election coverage you'll ever need.
Nancy

Nancy

2016 • 12 min
An aging mother finds herself at a moral crossroads when a birthday card is sent to her by mistake.