Sunday (1977)
Gênero : Animação
Runtime : 9M
Director : Avo Paistik
Sinopse
Dedicated to the contradictions of scientific and technical progress, warning against one-sided technical developments that turn a person into an involuntary consumer.
Gail (Ray Winstone) é um gângster que resolveu se aposentar da sua vida de crimes e partir em férias com sua esposa Deedee (Amanda Redman) e seus amigos Atich (Cavan Kendall) e Jackie (Julianne White) para a Espanha. É lá que Gail encontra Don Logan (Ben Kingsley), um homem que deseja que ele participe de um grande assalto em Londres e que não aceita um não como resposta. A insistência de Logan é tanta que acaba fazendo com que Gail perca a tranquilidade e retome a paranóia de sua vida de gângster.
In this spectacular exploration you'll take a journey through the 4,000-year history of mankind's relationship with the Grand Canyon. Discover the earliest inhabitants of the Canyon whose lives are still shrouded in mystery. Travel with Spanish explorers as they become the first Europeans to uncover the Canyon's awesome beauty. Ride along in the re-enactment of US explorer John Wesley Powell's expedition down the raging Colorado River, when nine crew members risk their lives to become the first to travel the length of the Canyon by boat. Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets will take you into the rarely visited side canyons filled with hidden waterfalls and unusual wildlife. Experience the Canyon as never before: soaring over the rim and flying through some of the most inspiring scenery on Earth.
Shankar lives in a remote village in rural India with his mother and sister, Manju, and drives a horse-carriage for a living. The main employer in the region is a kind-hearted businessman Maganlal. When Maganlal announces that he would like to undertake a religious pilgrimage, his son, Kundan, takes over and wants to cut back on labor and mechanize the business - thus leading to loss in jobs
Atomic scientist Peter Standish travels back in time to 1784, an era he has read about in his forefather's diaries. He falls in love with his forefather's cousin Helen but his contemporaries of 1784 are perplexed by his strange talk and the odd knowledge he possess.
Baseado na obra de H.G. Wells, narra cem anos de história da humanidade, de 1930 até o século XXI. Esse período é atravessado por guerras que duram décadas, uma peste que aniquila metade da população e a reconstrução da civilização em busca do espaço sideral.
O siciliano Salvatore decide deixar sua terra natal com seus dois filhos e partir numa longa jornada com outros companheiros em busca de uma vida melhor no novo continente. Porém nem todos conseguem atravessar as portas do paraíso.
Aos oito anos de idade, Jay Moriarty quase morreu afogado. O menino foi salvo por um vizinho que acabou se tornando seu mentor no surfe. Aos 16 anos, Jay conhece as mitológicas ondas gigantes de Mavericks e treina pesado para poder enfrentá-las.
Ismail Merchant's feature directorial debut addresses a subject close to his heart: the expressive Urdu language of Northern India, in danger of extinction as political trends and modernization obscure its contributions to Indian culture. Merchant 's treatment is wry and good humored , as his characters - an aging Urdu poet (Shashi Kapoor) and a worshipful young college lecturer - clash despite their shared passion for the beauty of words.
The onset of the 21st Century will be an era in which the very nature of what it means to be human will be both enriched and challenged as our species breaks the shackles of its genetic legacy and achieves inconceivable heights of intelligence, material progress, and longevity. While the social and philosophical ramifications of these changes will be profound, and the threats they pose considerable, celebrated futurist Ray Kurzweil presents a view of the coming age that is both a dramatic culmination of centuries of technological ingenuity and a genuinely inspiring vision of our ultimate destiny.
In the modern village of the future, everything is mechanized, but the dreams of the village musician remain the same. He wants to become an artist. Thanks to the fact that an Art Nouveau goddess gave him a helping hand, Janko Muzykant saves his life and escapes from the village on a Pegasus.
A rollicking Newfoundland party on Fogo Island.
Uma análise sobre o desaparecimento de alguns ofícios e profissões no Brasil, devido às evoluções contemporâneas. O “Fim do sem Fim” é um documentário de longa-metragem que tem como pano de fundo o eminente desaparecimento de certos ofícios e profissões no Brasil. Rodado em 10 Estados brasileiros o filme é um mergulho na inventividade e resistência dos homens diante das mudanças tecnológicas e culturais. Num contínuo debate entre a finalidade e o fim das coisas, as evoluções contemporâneas são tratadas pelos próprios indivíduos retratados.
Bad Times At Conformity High follows Thomas (Riley Danson). A sarcastic, fly under the radar kind of guy, who by an all power, British political goddess (Lucrita Hodkinson) has been forced into The Australian School System of All Things Conformity at -- you guessed it -- Conformity High!! Everything has been taken from him by the system, reluctantly pairing up with the mysterious Violet (Holly O'Kelly) in order to seek their completely irresponsible justice.
No meio do deserto e a 40 km da pequena cidade de Truth or Consequences, no Novo México, fica “Spaceport America,” um centro de lançamento espacial privado. Vivendo em estreita proximidade com ideias tão grandiosas, os residentes sonham com o turismo espacial há uma década.
The largest leisure and shopping complex in Europe, the Metro Centre in Tynemouth, and its creator John Hall.
A prairie landscape undergoes a metamorphosis: rural idyll to over-urbanized dystopia. Director Anne Koizumi laments the changing face of her hometown of Calgary in this critique of the bacteria-like spread of suburbia and exurbia. This film was made as part of the third edition of the NFB's Hothouse apprenticeship.