Sunday (1977)

Проведя почти всю жизнь за решеткой, гангстер Гэл Доув (Рэй Уинстоун - "Лондонские псы") решил уйти на покой и вместе с любимой женой поселиться в Испании. Но однажды, когда Гэл нежился на солнышке и потягивал пиво, к нему явился незваный гость. Бритоголовый Дон Логан (лауреат "Оскара" и "Золотого глобуса" Бен Кингсли - "Список Шиндлера"), дикий, безумный и злобный кореш Гэла, намерен заставить его вернуться в Лондон, чтобы провернуть последнее, но очень крупное дело - настоящее "ограбление века"...

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

Ученый-атомщик Питер Стэндиш отправляется в прошлое, в 1784 год, эпоху, о которой он читал в дневниках своего предка. Он влюбляется в кузину своего предка Хелен, но его современники 1784 года озадачены его странными разговорами и странными знаниями, которыми он обладает.

Город Эвритаун, 1940 год. Канун Рождества. Люди готовятся к празднику, на улицах много гуляющих, звучат песни. Но в то же время повсюду рядом с надписями в честь Рождества — на плакатах, расклеенных на стенах, на трамваях, в крупных газетных заголовках — слово «война», «угроза войны», «мир на пороге войны», «европейский ультиматум». В уютной мирной квартире Джона Кэбела трое мужчин, в том числе Пиппа Пассуорти, обсуждают последние события.

The story is set at the beginning of the 20th century in Sicily. Salvatore, a very poor farmer, and a widower, decides to emigrate to the US with all his family, including his old mother. Before they embark, they meet Lucy. She is supposed to be a British lady and wants to come back to the States. Lucy, or Luce as Salvatore calls her, for unknown reasons wants to marry someone before to arrive to Ellis Island in New York. Salvatore accepts the proposal. Once they arrive in Ellis Island they spend the quarantine period trying to pass the examinations to be admitted to the States. Tests are not so simple for poor farmers coming from Sicily. Their destiny is in the hands of the custom officers.

Серфинг — спорт королей. Не каждый сможет справиться с огромными волнами у побережья Калифорнии. Их называют Мавериксами, они достигают 25 метров в высоту. Хессон не раз покорял стихию, но не раскрыл своего секрета никому. Он дал обещание любимой женщине — больше не рисковать жизнью. Но смелость юного Джей подкупила Хессона. Смогут ли они, глядя смерти в лицо, удержаться на гребне волны?

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.

"Fim do Sem Fim" is a feature-length documentary that has as its backdrop the imminent disappearance of certain trades and professions in Brazil. Shot in 10 Brazilian states, the film is a dive into the inventiveness and resistance of men in the face of technological and cultural changes.

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.

Truth or Consequences is a speculative documentary about time and how we weave the past into the present and our possible future. Set in the small desert town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, the film takes place in the shadow of a nearby Spaceport and the commercial exploration of space. Through the lives of the people in town and a filmmaker from the future, the film explores progress, echoes of history, and how we each navigate a sense of loss, within ourselves and within a changing world.

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.