The Pollinators (2019)

Una gigantesca invasión de abejas asesinas provenientes de África amenaza a una pequeña población de Texas en los Estados Unidos. A su paso han ido sembrando el caos y la destrucción. Las autoridades llaman al prestigioso entomólogo doctor Bad Crane, que hace frente a la situación organizando su base en un sofisticado centro de misiles, próximo al lugar atacado por las abejas asesinas. Pero se trata de una misión compleja en la que el fracaso parece asegurado.

Una mirada en profundidad a las colonias de abejas de California, Suiza, China o Australia. Markus Imhoof, cineasta veterano y nieto de apicultores, dirige este documental en el que nos muestra las distintas formas de interacción entre hombres y abejas, analizando tanto la labor de apicultores y agricultores como el funcionamiento de las colmenas, una enigmática e inteligente sociedad animal donde cada miembro desempeña su labor a la perfección.

Wings of Life presenta a los héroes anónimos de la cadena alimentaria global. El suyo es un ecosistema frágil, esencial para sostener la vida en el planeta. Ahora amenazado por el hombre, esta es la oportunidad de ver su mundo como nunca antes; la historia es contada desde el punto de vista de la flor. (FILMAFFINITY)

Donald y el guardabosques discuten porque porque Donald cree que un oso le está robando la miel, pero no puede identificarlo. El oso, Humphrey, intenta robar la miel una y otra vez, pero las abejas pueden con él.

Basada en las memorias de Raimond Gaita, Romulus my father nos cuenta la historia de cómo Gaita se escapó de su casa en su Rumanía natal a la edad de 13 años, llegando a Australia con su joven esposa Christine y su hijo de 4 años poco después del final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Es una película sobre un hombre compasivo y honesto, que enseñó a su hijo el significado de llevar una vida decente.

Este documental ofrece una escudriñada mirada en las implicaciones económicas, políticas y ecológicas de la desaparición mundial de la abeja. La película examina nuestro actual paisaje agrícola y celebra la antigua y sagrada conexión entre el hombre y la abeja melífera. La historia pone de relieve los cambios positivos resultados debido al trágico fenómeno conocido como "Colony Collapse Disorder". Para potenciar la audiencia, el documental provee a los espectadores de soluciones tangibles que pueden aplicar a su vida diaria. La desaparición de las abejas se desarrolla como una dramática historia de ciencia y misterio, iluminando esta extraordinaria crisis y su mayor significado sobre la relación entre la humanidad y la Madre Tierra. Las abejas tienen un mensaje - pero escucharemos?

Our complex food system rests on the wings of the honey bee and the commercial beekeepers that move them from farm to orchard, pollinating the crops that we eat.

Giant killer bees attack scientists.

In 1923, Rudolf Steiner, an Austrian scientist, philosopher & social innovator, predicted that in 80 to 100 years honeybees would collapse. Now, beekeepers around the United States and around the world are reporting an incredible loss of honeybees, a phenomenon deemed "Colony Collapse Disorder." This "pandemic" is indicated by bees disappearing in mass numbers from their hives with no clear single explanation. The queen is there, honey is there, but the bees are gone. For the first time, in an alarming inquiry into the insights behind Steiner's prediction QUEEN OF THE SUN: What Are the Bees Telling Us? investigates the long-term causes behind the dire global bee crisis through the eyes of biodynamic beekeepers, commercial beekeepers, scientists and philosophers.

La matriarca de una gran familia tiene un particular poder sobre una importante colonia de abejas asesinas que habita en los parrales de la finca familiar.

Pluto is playing with a ball in the park when he mistakes a bubble gum machine for it. He tries briefly to get a gumball from the machine when a bee flies into the machine and carries a gumball off to his hive. Pluto goes after the hive and knocks it down; it's full of gumballs, which he eagerly scoops up and begins chewing. The bee returns and is understandably upset; he tracks down Pluto, but Pluto manages to defend himself with gum bubbles for quite a while. The bee manages to wrap the gum from one bubble around Pluto's legs, hobbling him. Finally, the bee flies into Pluto's mouth; Pluto blows a giant bubble around the bee, and when it explodes, they both fly into the air and land in a flower patch; the bee finally manages to sting Pluto (and, being a cartoon bee, lives through it).

A little girl with a great affinity for bees pushes the limits in order to protect her community.

A charming animated fable with live action. This is a story about a teenage girl (Pia Miranda) who suffers from depression and dreams and sketches ways on how to end her life. She comes across a beehive one day and comes up with a bizarre plan when she decides that if she swallows enough bees they will sting her death.

An MGM Happy Harmonies cartoon in which a group of industrious bees, working to make honey among other products, attempt to outwit a spider who's chasing two of the bees.

An abstract short that shows the process of honey production.

The future of our food resources depends on one small insect - the western honey bee, or Apis mellifera. Indeed, it is the most important agricultural pollinator on our planet, given that one third of our food supply depends directly on pollination from bees. This documentary tells the story of a worldwide ecological disaster that has been waiting to happen for several generations.

"plant portals: breath" is an experimental meditation on the unspoken history many queer and trans people of colour carry daily, connecting bumblebees, colonial trauma, alternate universes and the complicated concept of "rest" to ask: Can nature heal us? Shot entirely on an iPhone, the film is intentional in imagining what is possible, and manifests a reality rooted in mindfulness.“

While dancing, bees tell each other stories about the world around them. People also claim a role in those stories, sometimes very close and intimate, sometimes distant and on an industrial scale. Nina de Vroome's thoughts also swarm with the bees: from the smallest cell in a honeycomb to the global economy, her essayistic nature documentary Globes charts the bond between humans and bees. As accomplished storytellers, they both give shape to their lives under the sun.

For a book project, photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders took photographs of 30 stars of adult movies, each pair of photographs in the same pose, clothed and nude. This film records the photo shoots and includes interviews with the performers and commentary from eight writers (and John Waters). The actors and writers discuss economics, nudity and exhibitionism, careers, and private lives.