Demolishing and Building Up the Star Theatre (1901)

“En busca del coral” aborda la voluntad y la sabiduría de un publicista, un autoproclamado nerd de los corales, diseñadores de cámaras de avanzada y famosos biólogos marinos mientras inventan la primera cámara secuencial para grabar la decoloración de los corales. Lamentablemente, es una tarea complicada, y el equipo lucha incansablemente contra problemas técnicos y hasta la fuerza de la naturaleza para alcanzar su preciada meta: documentar la incuestionable y trágica transformación que sucede bajo las olas. En busca del coral, con su excepcional fotografía, gran suspenso y sorprendente emoción, es una dramática revelación que incita al público a actuar.

Laurel Canyon, una calle que atraviesa el corazón de Hollywood Hills, ha sido desde siempre el hogar de músicos, actores, artistas y otros bohemios. En ella vive Jane (Frances McDormand), una veterana productora de música que intenta conseguir el éxito para una banda británica cuyo cantante Ian (Alessandro Nivola) es su joven amante. Sam (Christian Bale), el hijo de Jane, y su novia Alex (Kate Beckinsale) se acaban de graduar en medicina en Harvard. Ambos, conservadores y serios, se trasladan a Los Ángeles con la intención de completar sus estudios y quedarse a vivir en casa de Jane.

Planteada como un documental, la historia explica y demuestra cómo las hormigas serían las dueñas del mundo si estuvieran en igualdad de condiciones intelectuales con el ser humano. Único largometraje que dirigió Saul Bass, reconocido por ser el autor de algunos de los mejores títulos de crédito de la historia del cine.

See the earliest creatures of the Triassic Period to the monsters of the Cretaceous in a ‘life-sized’ IMAX ® presentation. Join renowned paleontologists as they discover new fossils and uncover evidence that dinosaur descendants are still among us. Realistic and scientifically-accurate computer generated animation brings dinosaurs back to life…in a big way!

Escenas cuidadosamente escogidas de la naturaleza y la civilización, vistas a alta velocidad usando la técnica de time-lapse, en un esfuerzo por demostrar la historia de varias regiones.

The Living Sea celebrates the beauty and power of the ocean as it explores our relationship with this complex and fragile environment. Using beautiful images of unspoiled healthy waters, The Living Sea offers hope for recovery engendered by productive scientific efforts. Oceanographers studying humpback whales, jellyfish, and deep-sea life show us that the more we understand the ocean and its inhabitants, the more we will know how to protect them. The film also highlights the Central Pacific islands of Palau, one of the most spectacular underwater habitats in the world, to show the beauty and potential of a healthy ocean.

Time-lapse photography showing the one month-long demolition of the Star Theatre in New York.

A feature-length documentary showing the changing world of nature, the sky, the sea, the sun, planets, insects and volcanic action. A story of nature's strange and intricate designs for survival and her many methods of perpetuating life.

"Percy Smith (1880-1944) was world famous as a photographer of plant life. Probably the first British example of time-lapse photography as applied to the growth of plants." Monthly Film Bulletin, November 1955.

This documentary follows 200 days in the life of contemporary artist Hiroshi Sugimoto— a leading presence in the world of modern art. He is the winner of many prestigious awards and his photographs are sold for millions of yen at overseas auctions. The film shows the sites of the Architecture series shot in southern France, the huge installation art work at 17th Biennale of Sydney, his new work Mathematics at Provence, his art studio while working on Lightning Fields, and more. It thoroughly pursues the question Sugimoto's works pose - "living in modern times, what are these works trying to tell us?" A thrilling look into the world of Hiroshi Sugimoto.

Time lapse documentary about the lifecycle of flowers.

High speed film and time-lapse photography combined to create breathtaking images of the night sky and Halley's Comet in this astronomical short subject. Currently lost media.

'Uit het rijk der kristallen' is one of several scientific films made ​​by J.C. Mol. In the film, the crystallization processes of various chemicals are shown. There are different versions of Uit het rijk der kristallen: the original silent film was given a soundtrack in the 1930s, and there is a colour version of the film which was made ​​using Dufay colour. A clip from the film, or other shots of identical crystallization processes, can be seen in Mol’s other films. The film was not only screened at educational and scientific presentations, but also resonated within avant-garde circles. The film was screened at the first show presented by the Harlem branch of the Filmliga. This was followed by a screening at Amsterdam’s Filmliga, and at ‘Studio 28’ in Paris. There, the film was screened as a ‘triptyque’, with three projectors side by side.

El paleontólogo argentino Rodolfo Coria realiza un viaje por la Patagonia, para relatar el descubrimiento de los dinosaurios que habitaron ese territorio hace más de 64 millones de años, entre los que están los más grandes de los que se tengan noción (Argentinosaurus y a sus terroríficos depredadores, giganotosaurus).

"Adrift" is shot on the arctic island of Spitzbergen and in Norway. It combines time-lapse photography with stop-motion animation of the landscape. Through camera-angles and framing the film gradually dislocates the viewer from a stable base where one loses the sense of scale and grounding.

A poetic reflection on the passing of time and youth.

140 seconds of 780 stills taken from a window in a dormitory.

An exciting video journey through the world of time-lapse photography by one of the founders of the science of photobiology, Dr. John Nash Ott. Do fluorescent lights cause cancer and childhood learning and behavior disorders? Can long-term exposure to low-level radiation as from TV sets, computers, fluorescent lights, and similar devices harm you? Does living behind window glass and with glasses covering our eyes over years affect our health? Is natural sunlight and trace ultra-violet radiation really harmful? Or is it necessary and beneficial? How do cells, plants, and animals respond to constant exposure to different light color frequencies? These and similar questions were the subjects of Dr. Ott's pioneering investigations in the field of photobiology, using the methods of time-lapse photography.

Dealing heavily with perceptions of time, Aeon documents the urban cityscape as Wellington transforms through a zen-influenced eternal cycle of birth, life, death and rebirth within a 24-hour period.