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Notturno
Notturno
I have always looked for evidence of a lived time in a shaky shot or in unusable queues, or in the temporal dilation of a fragment. With Notturno this research continues within the image, penetrating it, running the pleasant risk of getting lost within it.
Notturno 2009
42nd Street Forever, Volume 4: Cooled by Refrigeration
42nd Street Forever, Volume 4: Cooled by Refrigeration
Get ready for the fourth volume of classic exploitation, horror and just plain cool trailers in Synapse Films’ best-selling compilation series. This time we’ve got alien horrors, schizoid psychos, ridiculous comedies vengeful action… and maybe a naked woman or two… all transferred in high-definition! Chill out in front of your television and relive some of the greatest coming attractions of all time!
42nd Street Forever, Volume 4: Cooled by Refrigeration 2009
Bad Boys cellule 425
Bad Boys cellule 425
Seven repeat offenders are serving sentences of 9, 12, 18, 25 years, in a 15 m² cell. They accepted me into their daily life with my camera. The prison administration gave us 10 days.
Bad Boys cellule 425 2009
Blessings: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet
Blessings: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet
In Tibet, the word for woman translates as "lower rebirth." In a remote eastern region of the country, the Tsoknyi Nangchen nuns defy this definition. Devoted to the ancient practices of Tibetan Buddhism - once primarily a male domain - over 3,000 nuns have attained elevated status. Director Victress Hitchcock honors them in this moving documentary, which follows the journey of a small group of Western women to remote mountain hermitages to meet these nuns.
Blessings: The Tsoknyi Nangchen Nuns of Tibet 2009
Slow TV: Train Ride Bergen to Oslo
Slow TV: Train Ride Bergen to Oslo
Take in the passing landscapes captured by train-mounted cameras during a rail journey through forests and mountains between Bergen and Oslo, Norway.
Slow TV: Train Ride Bergen to Oslo 2009
The Beatles: Budokan Tokyo 1966
The Beatles: Budokan Tokyo 1966
The concert, and their first on the following day, was video taped by Nippon Television. The two shows were edited together and broadcast during The Beatles Recital, From Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, which was screened on NTV Channel 4 on 1 July from 9pm.
The Beatles: Budokan Tokyo 1966 2009
Dias de Greve
Dias de Greve
The struggle of a small group of blacksmiths trapped between keeping a long going strike with claims for better fees and the necessity of getting back to work when there's no money left for basic necessities.
Dias de Greve 2009
Idaho: An Aerial Tapestry
Idaho: An Aerial Tapestry
An aerial celebration of mountains, rivers, deserts and lakes. One could spend a lifetime searching for a single image that is Idaho, only to realize that the allure of this place lies precisely in its dazzling diversity of altitudes and attitudes. Soar above our state with this spectacular tour of Idaho. Original music by Idahoans.
Idaho: An Aerial Tapestry 2009
Vlada
Vlada
Vlada Divljan, a famous musician from Yugoslavia, left his native Belgrade in the turbulent ’90s. From a space and time distance, he reflects on his artistry and his life as an emigrant.
Vlada 2009
Addicted in Afghanistan
Addicted in Afghanistan
An intimate and uncompromising portrayal, filmed over a year, of the day to day struggles of a new generation of children addicted to heroin, trying to find their way in the new Afghanistan.
Addicted in Afghanistan 2009
The Art of Time
The Art of Time
Explores some of the most innovative attempts by contemporary artists, filmmakers, architects etc to explore multiple Temporalities and to counter the uniform sense of time promoted by our technology-driven society.
The Art of Time 2009
Almost Illegal #2
Almost Illegal #2
You'll witness 100% real life footage of Street Fights, Chick Fights, wild college parties, and lets not forget dozens of young, sexy, wild college girls stripping down and doing stuff you could never imagine, plus much much more. Hands down this is the rawest most sexiest video EVER!!
Almost Illegal #2 2009
The Genius and the Boys
The Genius and the Boys
D Carleton Gajdusek won the Nobel Prize for the discovery of Prions - the particles that would emerge as the cause of Mad Cow disease - while working with a cannibal tribe on New Guinea. He was a star of the scientific world. Over his years working amongst the tribes of the South Seas, he adopted 57 kids, bringing them to a new life in Washington DC. His adoptions were hailed as wonderful fatherly beneficence. But, at the height of his career, rumours began to spread he was a paedophile. Gajdusek would argue that if sex with children was okay in their own cultures, he wasn't wrong to join in. How could a great mind like Gajdusek's lose insight so totally, and why would the scientific community to which he was a hero be so quick to leap to his defence and dismiss the allegations? (Storyville)
The Genius and the Boys 2009
Poste restante
Poste restante
In Poland, letters with incorrect address end up at the Department of Unsent Mail in Koluszki. The film follows one of these letters, on which a child's hand has written an unusual address: 'God. Heaven.'
Poste restante 2009
Da Da Da - Drei Mann im Doppelbett
Da Da Da - Drei Mann im Doppelbett
Da Da Da - Drei Mann im Doppelbett 2009
James May on the Moon
James May on the Moon
Top Gear presenter James May presents this informative program that examines the historic moon missions. Traveling to America, May meets three of the men who walked on the surface of the moon, learning how it felt and how the now antiquated technology was used to achieve such an historic feat.
James May on the Moon 2009
Something Unknown Is Doing We Don't Know What
Something Unknown Is Doing We Don't Know What
Is it possible to look into the future? Does mind over matter really exist? What is true about psychic healing? Is remote viewing real? Where is the boundary between real magical powers and fraud? Find out what scientists have to say.
Something Unknown Is Doing We Don't Know What 2009
Cinemaguerilla
Cinemaguerilla
A documentary about the New Romanian Cinema. "Cinemaguerilla" brings together over 30 interviews with directors, producers, actors, film historians and critics about what unites and what separates the New Wave of Romanian films.
Cinemaguerilla 2009
Dark Tranquillity: Where Death Is Most Alive
Dark Tranquillity: Where Death Is Most Alive
This 2 DVD set celebrates the band's 20th anniversary with a career spanning DVD that takes you from the raw beginnings to their current position as one of the most diverse and influential metal acts. DVD 1 features a massive show with 20 songs recorded live in Milan, Italy in October, 2008. Filmed with 8 cameras in HD and brilliant live sound mixed by Tue Madsen. DVD 2 features a 47. minute documentary, 7 promo videos, and 21 more live tracks that don't appear on the DVD 11 min show. 16 of the bonus live videos are shown for the first time.
Dark Tranquillity: Where Death Is Most Alive 2009
Octomom: The Incredible Unseen Footage
Octomom: The Incredible Unseen Footage
A compelling, straightforward documentary that exposes the so-called "Octomom" Nadya Suleman.
Octomom: The Incredible Unseen Footage 2009
Me & Bobby Fischer
Me & Bobby Fischer
In this documentary viewers get to know Sæmi Rock Palsson´s struggle for the liberation of Bobby from prison in Japan and how he managed to provide his friend Icelandic citizenship. The story of an unlikely friendship between the notorious chess grandmaster Bobby Fischer imprisoned in a Japanese jail and his Icelandic bodyguard Sæmi Rock Palsson who fought the wrath of the United States government to free his friend The phone rang in the middle of the night, waking Saemi up. “There is a collect call for you Sir; from Bobby Fischer. Will you accept it?” His friend, the former world champion of chess, the American hero, was in trouble. Bobby Fischer called “collect” from a public phone in prison in Japan. Sæmundur did not hesitate one moment – this man must be rescued. It does not matter if he has not met his friend for three decades and only heard his voice over phone just few times all this time. His friend was in trouble and Sæmi is a friend indeed.
Me & Bobby Fischer 2009
Alzheimers vals
Alzheimers vals
About Bo Lycke and his enemy - the Alzheimer's disease. He lives with his wife Eva on Brännö, among friends and musicians - surrounded by the sea. At the age of 59, he received his diagnosis, And when the film ends, more than ten years have passed. "When I got my sentence I promised myself not to get depressed and that I could drink as much as I want. And I have done that. But I watch myself all the time and I see how the abilities disappear, like now this with the underpants and socks... Now I notice that the language is also starting to mess with me!"
Alzheimers vals 2009
10 Things You Need to Know About Sleep
10 Things You Need to Know About Sleep
Documentary revealing the science behind why so many people find it difficult to nod off, and offering practical tips on the best ways to get a good night's sleep.
10 Things You Need to Know About Sleep 2009
Orca Killing School
Orca Killing School
Orca Killing School 2009
Leila Shahid: Palestine Forever
Leila Shahid: Palestine Forever
It is the first time that Leïla Shahid has agreed to a portrait. At a time when news images blind us and fuel debate, this film takes a step back and looks at the history of a land torn apart, through the personal story of a unique ambassador. Hope and peace are still the key words of the woman who has, for over 30 years, pleaded the cause of the Palestinian people in Europe.
Leila Shahid: Palestine Forever 2009
Les Condés: Policiers à Marseille
Les Condés: Policiers à Marseille
Les Condés: Policiers à Marseille 2009
Mundos Paralelos: O executivo
Mundos Paralelos: O executivo
Mundos Paralelos: O executivo 2009
Eliezer Batista - O Engenheiro do Brasil
Eliezer Batista - O Engenheiro do Brasil
Eliezer Batista – O Engenheiro do Brasil is a documentary about the life of Eliezer Batista, former president of Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, twice Minister of State and one of the most influential characters in modern Brazil. The film reflects the thoughts and feelings of a visionary man and his achievements in Brazil and the world.
Eliezer Batista - O Engenheiro do Brasil 2009
No More Smoke Signals
No More Smoke Signals
Kili Radio - "Voice of the Lakota Nation" - is broadcast out of a small wooden house that sits isolated on a hill, lost in the vast countryside of South Dakota. It’s a place that’s long forgotten; lying at the crossroads between combat and hope, between the American dream and daily existence on America’s poorest reservation. Yet we find people like Roxanne Two Bulls, who’s trying to start over again on the land of her ancestors; the young DJ Derrick who’s discovering his gift for music; Bruce, the white lawyer who for thirty years has been trying to free a militant who’s been fighting for American Indian rights; and finally John Trudell, an old AIM activist who’s made a career for himself as a musician in Hollywood. Everything converges at Kili Radio. Instead of sending smoke signals the radio station transmits its own signals across a vast and ... (from the webpage)
No More Smoke Signals 2009
Cabezas Desconocidas
Cabezas Desconocidas
Cabezas Desconocidas 2009
Criminal Minded 2
Criminal Minded 2
Criminal Minded 2 2009
Mrs Birks' Sunday Roast
Mrs Birks' Sunday Roast
A Japanese food writer embarks on her quest to cook the perfect Sunday roast. Her gravy evokes a taste of home both gently Japanese and quintessentially English. Blending her passion for British food with the memories that accompany each dish, it is a labor of love with all the trimmings.
Mrs Birks' Sunday Roast 2009
Red Terror on the Amber Coast
Red Terror on the Amber Coast
Red Terror documents the soviet occupation of Lithuania and the resistance movements that sprang up in opposition to the brutal tactics used by the communists from 1941 up to 1991. Stories of deportation, life in the Gulag, exile to Siberia, KGB prison torture, confiscation of land are told by living survivors. Resistance fighters and those who aided them also share their stories for the first time to an American audience. Rare historical photos and moving images are used to bring these stories to life.
Red Terror on the Amber Coast 2009
Zuzendu, mesedez!
Zuzendu, mesedez!
Juanjo Franco Zabalegi died in San Sebastian on 19 June 2008. This documentary aims to show what his life was like and the keys to his creative processes. Family, friends, students, leisure and work colleagues focus on his memories to show us different aspects, in many cases unknown, of his wide-ranging activity as a filmmaker, painter, teacher...
Zuzendu, mesedez! 2009
Lesbian National Parks and Services Presents: Endangered Species
Lesbian National Parks and Services Presents: Endangered Species
Lesbian National Parks and Services' Endangered Species are a series of public service announcements, created by the indefatigable Lesbian Rangers, who serve the lesbian wilds from dawn to dusk and well beyond.
Lesbian National Parks and Services Presents: Endangered Species 2009
Mein Vater. Mein Onkel
Mein Vater. Mein Onkel
Mein Vater. Mein Onkel 2009
Tokyo Landscape
Tokyo Landscape
Documentary featuring NHK archive footage from Tokyo 1945-1980.
Tokyo Landscape 2009
The Last Lioness
The Last Lioness
A haunting call echoes across the Liuwa Plain. There is no answer, there hasn't been for years. She has no pride, no support - she alone must safeguard her own survival. Her name is Lady Liuwa, and she is the Last Lioness. Isolated by a scourge of illegal trophy hunting that wiped out the rest of her species in the region, Lady Liuwa is the only known resident lion surviving on Zambia's Liuwa Plain. For four years, cameraman Herbert Brauer watched her lonely life unfold, until, in her solitude, she reached out to him for companionship. But Herbert knows he is not the companion this lonely lioness needs - she should be amongst her own kind. Now, in May of 2009, plans for a male lion translocation have come through, and there is hope for ending her isolation. For the first time in more than five years, Lady Liuwa will no longer be the Last Lioness.
The Last Lioness 2009
Persian Catwalk
Persian Catwalk
Follows the routine life of Mahdis, a 20 year old Iranian girl who wishes to be a model. However, modeling and fashion is frowned upon in the Islamic Republic of Iran. Mahdis' father is also a highly religious man who does not make the situation any better for her. Despite all this, Mahdis tries to pursue her dream and battle with the obstacles facing her every day. Through the story of Mahdis, this documentary delves into the institute of fashion and its history in Iran, which is of much significance.
Persian Catwalk 2009
Code Name: Butterflies
Code Name: Butterflies
In the 1950s, Patria, Minerva, and María Teresa Mirabal - who were known by their codename "The Butterflies" - created an underground resistance movement against Rafael Trujillo, dictator of the Dominican Republic. On November 25, 1960, Trujillo had all three sisters assassinated. The assassinations turned the Mirabal sisters into national heroines and symbols of feminist resistance. The documentary interweaves interviews with over forty witnesses to the story, including the Mirabal family friends, colleagues, co-revolutionaries, teachers, and most importantly, their surviving sister, Dedé, along with dramatic reenactments and archival footage.
Code Name: Butterflies 2009