Bright Leaves (2004)

Documentary on the London punk-rock scene, circa '78

A strange dream forgotten in the morning and an unaccountable feeling cause Liviu to look with resignation upon the world he's living in. His awakening to reality may coincide with the birth of his child ...

“Our modern technology has achieved a degree of sophistication beyond our wildest dreams. But this technology has exacted a pretty heavy price. We live in an age of anxiety, a time of stress. And with all our sophistication we are in fact, the victims of our own technological strength. We are the victims of shock … of future shock.” No, this isn’t a quote from a Huffington Post column on the Facebookization of modern communication. Nor is it pulled from an academic treatise on the phenomenologies of post-industrial existence. This statement was made by Orson Welles in the 1972 futurist documentary Future Shock, and, unlike some of the more dated elements of 1970s educational films, Future Shock remains shockingly current in verbalizing the concerns and anxieties that come along with rapid societal and technological change. (Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive)

While we watch the ‘cat fail’ of the day in cheerful safety, all that remains invisible in this neoliberal nightmare catches up with us. The cat’s body is consumed, exploited and controlled. The fear of pain is greater than the will for freedom. Objects are fetishized and subjects are made into things – quantifiable and ready for use. They are the natural commodity for a luxury they are not even aware of. We are here, because you were there – and waste is disposed of in the sea. In the end, the bodies reveal the causes and effects of power, lust and hate.

Duras narrates a short story while the camera travels through the streets of Paris with short interludes of solemn music.

Carolina del Sur, año 1949. Aunque las leyes condenan la discriminación social de los negros desde el fin de la Guerra de Secesión (1861-1865), la segregación, de hecho, sigue existiendo.

Shot in 1967 but not released until 1975, actor Pierre Clémenti’s acid-infused experimental whirlwind of colour and music featuring a who’s who of the French 60s underground.

This short film displays the dynamic movement of people as they enter and exit parks in Paris.

A documentary covering the 1984 Olympic Games in Sarajevo.

Oscar nominated documentary about the largest man-made curtain in the world as "sculpture".

Shortlength that recreates the letters exchanged between Victor Erice and Abbas Kiarostami.

La fuerza de un ángel narra la vida y obra de la Sierva de Dios, Dorothy Day (1897-1980), laica franciscana norteamericana y fundadora del Movimiento del Trabajador Católico que murió después de dedicar su vida a los demás. Esta joven idealista trabajó como periodista y sufragista radical. Su encuentro con la religión, la llevó a trabajar duramente a favor de los necesitados, fundando albergues y comedores con la ayuda de Peter Maurin. Defensora a ultranza de la no violencia, fue encarcelada varias veces por protestar contra la carrera de armas y la guerra de Vietnam.

España, finales de los 40. Julia sufre una profunda depresión a causa del encarcelamiento de su novio, un destacado pintor antifranquista. Hija única de una acaudalada familia, es una mujer culta, que se ha educado en Suiza e Inglaterra, se ha licenciado en Filosofía y Letras y quiere ser escritora. Su abatimiento es tal que decide alejarse de Madrid e ir a pasar una temporada al pequeño pueblo asturiano de Cerralbos del Sella, donde está la gran casona familiar -"Llendelabarca"- en la que vivió los felices veranos de su infancia. Allí la espera Tía Gala, la guardesa, que vive con su nuera Pilara y su nieto Juanito. La relación de Julia con ellos, con el maestro don Orfeo e incluso con el desdichado cura don Matías, hace que, quizá, por primera vez en mucho tiempo, la señorita de la capital no se sienta sola. (FILMAFFINITY)

Julia Sweeney tells the viewers the monologue about the hard time in her life when her brother fought with cancer and she was also diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.

Kay Dillon, a successful modeling agent, meets the young and handsome ranch hand Tyler Burnett in Nevada. She can't help but notice his incredible good looks and invites him to move to New York and start working for her as a male model. Burnett accepts the invitation and goes to New York to start his modeling career. But Tyler longs for more in life: a woman to love and his own ranch. Can he remain the biggest male model in the industry, and still get his heart's desires? Is Kay the woman to give all that to him?

Set on the landing and the stairs of Zwartjes’ new house, then still empty, in The Hague. The filmmaker suggests a mysterious and complex space by using a ‘floating’ camera to film a number of crawling, creeping personages. (MUBI)

A young girl chronicles her divorced mother's relationship with a new boyfriend who has just moved into the house.

As the end of her life approaches, an old woman encounters a strange spirit from a nearby forest.

Chameleons don't just dance, they "chrome" - an explosive combination of crazy moves with wild bursts of color changing. When a timid chameleon named Hue, who can't change colors, attends a dance party, he finds himself unexpectedly thrown on stage, his shortcomings exposed to all.

A survival, silent black & white film shot with a hand camera, a journey into Philippe Garrel's intimate family album featuring the two women who counted in his cinematographic life: Nico and Zouzou.