Running Fields IV(2024)

Running With The Beest(en)

Fundevogel(de)

Fragments of fairy tales alternate with observations of children. Documentary and staged sequences are combined. There is no break and no contrast between reality, the children's behavior and the imagination; they merge into one another.

Untitled Sequence of Gaps(en)

An essay film approaching trauma-related memory loss via reflections on light outside the visible spectrum – on what is felt but never seen.

Farewell, farewell, farewell(es)

Ricardo Castro narrates the adventures of his eccentric childhood and the utopian dream that his family of 17 lived in a forest transformed into their home, in the outskirts of Mexico City. After years of building the perfect microcosm, a tragedy shatters their utopia, leaving a void in the family that seems irreparable. Ricardo flees to a secluded cabin near a dam, where he griefs in a turbulent and also magical way.

VII Domitilas(es)

Chanting saved Domitila from a deadly fever. From that moment on, she started using her voice as a spiritual bridge to pray for the souls of the dead in her native town: San Miguel Pocitos, Puebla.

Heracles, Acheloos And My Granny(el)

Dimitra Koutsiabassakos is 88 years old and lives alone in the village of Armatoliko in the Pindos mountain range, on the banks of the ancient river Acheloos, named after the mythical river god who fought Heracles for the favors of a woman and who could take on many forms. Dimitra’s home is located near the place where a great dam is being built and lies right in the middle of the area destined to become a lake after construction is completed. By a strange quirk of fate, the materials used in the construction of the dam are a product of a cement company named “Heracles”, so that it seems that the age-old contest between Acheloos and Heracles continues to the present day! Dimitris, Costas and Petros decide to pay their grandmother a visit and make a documentary.

Ashes(el)

Biosphere! Time to Apprehend(ru)

A journalistic story inspired by Volodymyr Vernadsky about the genesis of life in the universe — from the physical elements of the primordial broth to the civilization of intelligent man.

Leila and the Cigarette(ar)

In early September 2011, Leah decided to go to Lebanon to film her grandmother. Two weeks after the end of filming, her grandmother died of metastatic lung cancer. It would take her 12 years to regain the courage to review their last conversations. Through memories and poems she draws the portrait of her grandmother paying homage to her colorful spirit that made her unique.

Dawn of hope(am)

Film about the Ethiopian famine of I984/85 and the measures taken to combat it

Your Friend, Ranger Doug(en)

A 94-year-old Glacier National Park ranger confronts the decline of the park he calls home as he reflects on his life and the legacy he will leave behind.

Among the igloo dwellers(en)

Expeditions in the Western Canadian Arctic

The Day the Dinosaurs Died(en)

Investigates the greatest vanishing act in the history of our planet - the sudden disappearance of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.

A Native Street in India(en)

Early film of a crowded street scene in an unidentified Indian city.

0004ngel(fr)

To support his mother in Mexico, Angel, a nude dancer, turns the web into his new stage.

El Lugar de los Peces(es)

Mrs Birks' Sunday Roast(ja)

A Japanese food writer embarks on her quest to cook the perfect Sunday roast. Her gravy evokes a taste of home both gently Japanese and quintessentially English. Blending her passion for British food with the memories that accompany each dish, it is a labor of love with all the trimmings.

Aliens From Inner Space(en)

An incredible look at cephalopods – squids, octopi, and cuttlefish, from the Wildlife on One series. Filmed from Hawaii to the Gulf of Mexico, and using computers, scientists study the shape and color-changing abilities of these bizarre animals. Narrated by David Attenborough. (This film was shown on BBC as Season 12, Episode 2 of Wildlife on One. This listing is for the 16mm film release.)

Algen: Ein unbekannter Rohstoff(de)

In the Faroe Islands, a team of biologists is studying these marine plants with the aim of improving salmon farming and avoiding the need for drugs or chemicals. In Munich, others are working on a tiny algae whose high oil content could eventually replace petroleum. The carbon fiber obtained from it is a real match for fossil fuels. In France, a tower resembling a Morris column is being used to purify the air. The tower absorbs one tonne of CO₂ per year - the equivalent of several dozen trees - and converts it into oxygen.

Shapes and Forms(en)

An expressive short film in which examples of early and modern art are juxtaposed to reveal correspondences.