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Fierrot le pou (1990) A young man shoots hoops in an empty gym. He misses constantly. At the other end of the court, a young woman arrives and starts warming up. She rarely misses. He's white, she's black. From time to time, she glances at him and smiles. He's fully aware of her presence and of his

Mynarski Death Plummet (2014) A completely hand-made historical micro-epic about the final minutes in the life of Winnipeg's doomed Second World War hero, Andrew Mynarski (1916-1944). Combining wartime aviation melodrama with classical and avant-garde animation techniques (including stop-motion, sil

Nelson Cavaquinho is caught rambling his impressions of music and life in his home in Bangu's quiet day-to-day life, walking through the simple neighborhood and, mainly, singing with his choked voice.

How to Read (1938) Humorist Robert Benchley offers a tongue-in-cheek lesson on how to avoid eye strain while reading.

N.Y., N.Y. (1957) A nearly-wordless collage that follows a day in New York City from early morning to late at night. The day starts with a look at power generators, ready to light the city. At eight, an alarm clock goes off, people go to work on the subway, type, and break for lunch. In the evening,

People of the Po Valley (1947) A documentary short detailing the life of Italians living on the Po River in the 1940s.

Spook Sport (1939) It's midnight in a graveyard. The principal characters are spooks, ghosts, bats, bells, and, at the end, the sun. As midnight strikes, 12 spooks appear, then two ghosts. They move to the ...

Skyscraper Symphony (1929) A montage of the skyscrapers of Manhattan opens with a succession of stationary views of the upper portions of numerous buildings. This is followed by a wide variety of fluid shots, which also begin to show more and more of the surrounding city, in addition to the skyscrap

Garfields Thanksgiving 1989 Jon falls for Garfields veterinarian who puts Garfield on a diet and invites her to Thanksgiving dinner

The Dads 2023 Five fathers of trans children join Dennis Shepard the father of Matthew Shepard for a weekend fishing trip where they find common ground across racial, geographical and generational lines their unconditional love for their c

Chess Fever (1925) With an international chess tournament in progress, a young man becomes completely obsessed with the game. His fiancée has no interest in it, and becomes frustrated and depressed by his neglect of her, but wherever she goes she finds that she cannot escape chess. On the brink of

Clown 2020 Follows a little toy clown, thrown away with a load of old discarded toys, as he goes on a journey to find a new loving home for himself and his friends

Back to the Soil (2014) In 1924, in collaboration with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), the Soviet government offered parcels of land in the Ukraine, Belarus, and Crimea to former merchants, whose work had been outlawed under Communist rule. The JDC provided financial, legal,

Granton Trawler (1934) Documentary about the fishing trawler, "Isabella Grieg". We follow her from her base in Granton Harbour, in Edinburgh, right up the east coast of Edinburgh, up to the fishing grounds between Shetland and Norway.

Sing, Bing, Sing (1933) After singing over the radio, Bing Crosby transmits a signal to elope to his sweeheart Helen; but her father is listening too. Undaunted, Bing tries, tries again.

The Climb (2018) Kyle struggles with a bike ride that is much more challenging than he expected.

Lion on the Mat 2021 Resilience, strength, conflict and finding inner peace

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How to Train a Dog (1936) A narrator takes us thorough the process of a man choosing a dog, introducing the dog to its new home, beginning its training, feeding it, and dealing with misbehavior. The dog owner is himself a hapless everyman, picking out too many dogs at the pet store on an emotional w

O Poeta do Castelo (1959) The camera follows an ordinary morning of famous Brazilian poet Manuel Bandeira in his small apartment, making breakfast, typewriting in bed, walking through the streets of Castelo, in downtown Rio de Janeiro.

Symphony in Black: A Rhapsody of Negro Life (1935) Duke Ellington plays his symphonic jazz piece ('A Rhapsody of Negro Life') with his orchestra against slice-of-life background scenes. The four movements: 1) The Laborers, 2) A Triangle: Dance, Jealousy, Blues, 3) A Hymn of Sorrow, 4) Harlem Rhythm.

Plutos Sweater (1949) Minnie Mouse knits a sweater for Pluto. When she puts it on him, Pluto does whatever he can to try to get it off, eventually shrinking it to the perfect size for Figaro.

Labor on the Douro River (1931) A documentary that looks at the people working in the river Douro, around the city of Porto.

The Blockchain and Us (2017) When the Wright brothers invented the airplane in 1903, it was hard to imagine there would be over 500,000 people traveling in the air at any point in time today. In 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto ...

The Trouble with Husbands (1940) Benchley, in his own unique way, starts to drive his wife crazy. First he waits until just as she is serving dinner before he goes to wash his hands and shave. Then she sends him to the store for some butter, and he comes back with everything - except butter. Finally

Winter Song (2015) Winter through the eyes of an 8 year old

The Eighty Days (1944) This film is structured around British attempts to prevent the V1 missiles from getting through to their targets. Gunners, pilots and barrage balloons are the layers of National Defence, layers of defence that can't be entirely successful.

Gloria! (1979) An experimental short film by Hollis Frampton in which colors, periods of darkness, and images are used.

Smash and Grab (2019) After years of toiling away inside the engine room of a towering locomotive, two antiquated robots will risk everything for freedom and for each other.

South (2020) Taking two anti-racist and anti-authoritarian liberation movements in South London and Chicago's South Side as a point of departure, South presents an expressionistic investigation of the ...

Beach Picnic (1939) Donald Duck is at the beach and tries to ride a rubber horse. He notices Pluto sleeping at the shore and decides to have some fun with him by sending the rubber horse over to Pluto which completely mesmerizes him. Meanwhile, a tribe of ants abduct Donald's picnic lunch. Donald la

Why She Smiles 2021 Why She Smiles is the true, inspirational story of 34 year old Jamie Sorum, who is battling Huntingtons Disease Huntingtons Disease is a rare, fatal neurological disease with symptoms being described as having ALS Lou Gehrigs Disease, Alzheimers, and Parkinsons all simultaneously

How to Behave (1936) Benchley, a newspaper columnist who writes on issues of etiquette, receives a telephone call from two men working deep in a manhole, they who are arguing about what to do if a woman fell ...

Mr. Duck Steps Out (1940) Donald is heading out for a night on the town with Daisy, but first he needs to ditch his resourceful nephews. Easier said than done. They get to Daisy's house first, but Donald buys them off with ice cream, which works for about 10 seconds. Eventually, Donald and Daisy do

Double Dribble (1946) A basketball game of Goofs "Polytechnic U. vs. University U." in which the players play furiously, often breaking the rules of the game. All of the players are named after Disney artists.

A story of sacrifice, in which organised labour voluntarily relinquishes hard won workplace rights after being asked to give up by choice what Hitler takes by force

Toy Place (2013) After accidentally discovering a toy museum in Vermont, filmmaker Ben Churchill decided to make a documentary about who's behind the collection of nearly 100,000 toys and why some people still enjoy them as an adult.

North Sea (1938) The story of real fishermen going about their hazardous tasks in the North Sea fishing-grounds off the British Coast. The fishing boat departs from a Scottish town, and the crew is seen going through their routine tasks. On arriving at the fishing grounds they encounter a storm that

Beezy Bear (1955) Beekeeper Donald catches Humphrey the bear raiding his hives. He complains to Ranger Woodlore, who assembles his bears and lectures them. Donald puts up a barbed wire fence, which slows Humphrey down a bit, but doesn't stop him.

Waiting for Baby (1941) Mr. Benchley examines the pressures faced by expectant fathers.

A corrupt consortium of fruit growers exploit migrant workers out of their rightful wages, until Gerry Clayton (Barry MacKay), the son of one of the growers, decides to champion their cause.

Roller Coaster Rabbit 1990 Roger has to watch over Baby at a fair while Mother Herman goes off to have her palm read Baby Herman wanders off in pursuit of his prized red balloon, and Roger dutifully tries to help

Red Hot Riding Hood 1943 The characters of the traditional fairy tale absolutely refuse to do the tale in the same old way Instead, Little Red Riding Hood is transformed to the hottest singer in town, the wolf becomes The Wolf, and grandma turns into a man chaser

Caviar Dreams (2017) 'Caviar Dreams' is a fish-farm-to-table journey through the history, culture, and significance of one of the world's most iconic delicacies.

The Babbling Book (1932) Burns and Allen have a dizzy conversation in a bookstore.

Right to Try 2021 Jeffrey Drew is putting his life on the line to try and help find a cure for HIV There are 38 million people living with HIV and while treating HIV is huge business for big pharma, finding a cure is not Cure experiments are being done in secret, out of reach of pharmaceutical compa

All in My Family (2019) From documentarian Hao Wu comes a heartfelt portrait of how he created a thoroughly modern family in America, only to face the dilemma of introducing his same-sex partner and their children...

The Letter Room 2020 At last, Richard, a solitary and compassionate corrections officer with a heart of gold, has been promoted to Director of Prisoner Communications As Richard quickly gets the hang of his new job as master of the letter room, scanning all the incoming and outgoing correspondence o