Knock(2017)

Experimental Animation(en)

Len Lye scraped together enough funding and borrowed equipment to produce a two-minute short featuring his self-made monkey, singing and dancing to 'Peanut Vendor', a 1931 jazz hit for Red Nichols. The two foot high monkey had bolted, moveable joints and some 50 interchangeable mouths to convey the singing. To get the movements right, Lye filmed his new wife, Jane, a prize-winning rumba dancer.

Object: Alimony(en)

Ruth Butler, a clerk in an emporium, marries Jimmy Rutledge and thereby greatly displeases his mother, the owner of the emporium, because of Ruth's lowly origins. Renaud Graham, one of Mrs. Rutledge's friends, becomes interested in Ruth, forces his way into her apartment, and attempts to make violent love to her. Jimmy walks in on their embrace and, suspecting the worst, leaves Ruth. In the family way, Ruth finds refuge in a boardinghouse where she meets Al Bryant, an aspiring writer. Ruth tells Al her life story, and he makes it into a bestselling novel and then into a play. Jimmy sees the play and comes to his senses, winning Ruth's forgiveness.

Three Dog Night - Live with the Tennessee Symphony Orchestra(en)

Three Dog Night Live wiht The tennessee Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Larry Baird, at the Ranaissance Center. Songs: 1. Intro 2. Black And White 3. Liar 4. Eli's Coming 5. One 6. Brickyard Blues 7. Mama Told Me (Not To Come) 8. Out In The Country 9. Never Been To Spain 10. Sault Ste. Marie 11. Old Fashiioned Love Song 12. Try A Little Tenderness 13. Family Of Man 14. Easy To Be Hard 15. Celebrate 16. Joy To The World 17. Overture

Arctic Crimes : L'aube Sans Réveil(sv)

A Beautiful Vacation(it)

This 2006 documentary was filmed on the occasion of director Dino Risi's ninetieth birthday. It features interviews with his collaborators, friends, and family, as well as Risi himself, who talks candidly about his personal successes and the obstacles he has faced.

Cock o' the Walk(en)

Carlos Lopez is a handsome Argentine sportsman. Many women love him and he toys with them all. His days are filled with romance and intrigue and he manages to get himself feared and hated by most of the married men in Buenos Aires.

Una tumba para dos hermanos(es)

Fire Boy: Super Hero(zh)

Balkan Is Not Dead(mk)

A Macedonian family from Bitola at the turn of the twentieth century tries to survive, preserve its roots and remain together.

Dinosaur Eggs in the Living Room(pt)

An old woman attends classes of digital photography and editing. It is not a late hobby, but a project undertaken with a clear aim in mind. Ragnhild Borgomanero wants to be able to preserve the memory of her deceased husband Guido, the biggest private collector of fossils in Latin America.

Embrace the Darkness III(en)

Jennifer is a young female vampire who is led to believe that Victor, a 200-year-old vampire, can make all her desires come true. But is he just setting her up for betrayal?

La pantera de Michoacán(es)

Lázaro(es)

Mateo was raised in a cult-like religious group where he is worshipped as the reincarnation of God. The day arrives for him to perform his first miracle: bringing a sect sister back to life. Overwhelmed with nerves and stress, Mateo carries out the ritual, but nothing seems to happen. In despair, he flees the scene, unaware that he has, in fact, revived his companion—but not as he expected. GOD, enraged by Mateo's attempt to match His powers, resurrects Teresa as a zombie and gives her the mission to punish Mateo for his betrayal.

Metastasis(xx)

Writes Matsumoto, "I used the Erekutoro Karapurosesu (Electro Color Processor), which is mainly used in the field of medicine and engineering, to create moving image textures Metastasis, I was interested in layering images of a simple object and its electronically processed abstraction. The electronic abstract image is manipulated in a certain rhythm, depicting an organic process."

Painted Eightsome(en)

Margaret Tait described this title as 'An eightsome reel played by Orkney Strathspey and Reel Society, recorded in about 1955 - 1956, later transferred to 35mm optical stock with clear picture and gradually painted over the years. Eights of different things - figures, antlers, or sometimes just blobs in tartan colours - dance their way through the figure of the reel.

Doctor by Day(en)

A blind woman has a seizure in her own house one evening. Her doctor, a neighbor called John arrives soon. She is unconscious. What happens next?

Smoking Kills(en)

A young man sees someone smoking and decides to deal with him.

I Am(en)

This beautiful and poignant film was commissioned by TENI (Transgender Equality Network Ireland) and is a conversational piece which explores gender identity and transgender experiences in Ireland.

Fisuras(es)

Winter. Two mothers wait for their children, involved in a social conflict, to return home. Crying is useless.

Surprise(sv)

Susanne arranges a surprise party for her husband, and the guests are waiting back at the apartment. From their hiding places they hear Peter walking into the hall, and they await the signal from the party blower so they can jump out and cheer. But no signal comes. Because Peter is not alone.

Stains(en)

As Erin packs her old life into boxes, she overhears a violent attack in the apartment above that derails her night.

Entrance(en)

Someone who is unhappy with themselves falls into a deep void and finds a mysterious door.

Two Distant Strangers(en)

A man trying to get home to his dog becomes stuck in a time loop that forces him to relive a deadly run-in with a cop.

The First Saturday of May(en)

An Irish Traveler father struggles to raise his son, who has darker secrets than most.

The Doldrums or How to Cure Sadness(es)

The tiricia is an illness of the soul when the heart is saddened. A story of three generations afflicted with being tiricientas: Ita, Justa and Alicia – grandmother, mother and daughter – who have at different times suffered, tolerated and allowed abuse, dragging on the disease. Alicia decides to break the cycle, eradicating it for future generations.

Deliria(sv)

A slow, hot summer afternoon. A father sleeps while his child is drawing with pencils in a cross word puzzle. A wind moves through the grass - something bad is about to happen.

Zombies(ln)

A journey between hope and dystopia in a hallucinated Kinshasa, from the culture of the hair salon to futuristic solitary clubbing, from an urban parade to a dictator's sense of glory to a modern western in the style of Takeshi Kitano.

Witnessed(en)

Witnessed is inspired from the dance piece Courtyard choreographed by Allen Kaeja. Allen delves into the times his family lived through during the Holocaust of WW II, by exploring the relationships of five individuals after months of forced confinement inside the Ghetto walls. The story of Witnessed is one of displacement, unrelenting fear and community support in a time of crisis.

Sock Puppet Theater - Noir: The Unsoled Story(en)

Kirika and Mireille are sent out to exterminate Chris Patton in this short film starring Sock Puppets. Originally included as an Easter Egg on Volume Six of ADV's release of "Noir", it has since been included on the Funimation re-release as a standard extra.

i was walking on the streets of chinatown(tl)

A film director returns to his hometown to shoot his latest film, only to find it transformed by the relentless passage of time.

Libertad(es)

A little man tries to save a bird that fell from its nest. A stop-motion adventure drawn and animated on paper.

For a Text(en)

Following the life of anorexic teen Tom Miller, a boy who wishes to be thinner.

Ana(pt)

Teenage swimmer Olivia's main goal is to enter and win the Brazilian National Swimming Championship: an already-difficult task, made harder by her struggle with anorexia and the daily pressures of family and friends. However, her friend Ana seems to approve of her idea of persisting in illness.

Full(en)

Jamie is a young man who suffers from both anorexia and bulimia. His memories of being teased for being over-weight coupled with people's treatment of his sudden weight loss lead him to question his decisions for the first time. We are allowed into his reality and given insight into his perspective as he holds everyone at a distance while he examines the details of his disillusioned world. And this allows him to see just how paper thin the reality he has been living in truly is. "Full" is not about overcoming an eating disorder; it is about understanding an eating disorder, and how a young man comes to understand it.

The Colour Blue(en)

Reece tries to find the courage to come out to his family and friends.