Die Aalflut(1952)

Long Shot(en)

When Juan Catalan is arrested for a murder he insists he didn't commit, he builds his case for innocence around unexpected raw footage.

The Iceberg That Sank the Titanic(en)

Documentary originally produced for BBC's television series "Natural World".

The Land of Jacques Cartier(fr)

Did Cartier dream of making a country from this land of a million birds? In his records of his exploration he certainly marvelled at seeing the great auks that have since disappeared from Isle aux Ouaiseaulx, the razor-bills and gannets that are gone from Blanc-Sablon, and the kittiwakes from Anticosti, all the winged creatures of all the islands which he described as being "as full of birds as a meadow is of grass". And that's not even counting the countless snow geese.

In the Kingdom of the Lapland Bear(sv)

Documentary about bears where the animals were filmed completely undisturbed.

Men Boxing(xx)

Experimental film fragment made with the Edison-Dickson-Heise experimental horizontal-feed kinetograph camera and viewer, using 3/4-inch wide film.

Pigs!(xx)

Color UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Documentary sans commentary featuring only natural sounds of pigs feeding, scratching, fighting, snorting, digging, sleeping. Named Best Educational Film of 1967.

Crystallization(en)

Award-winning filmmaker Carroll Ballard’s cinematic science excursion into microcinematography and electronic music.

The Perils of Priscilla(en)

The adventures of a cat who endures the indignation of a busy family and the dangers of being lost in a big city.

Waterbody(en)

Aquatic life, textures, and viscera found along the Northern California coast.

Caucasian Gates(ru)

Short documentary about the Georgian Military Road. Captures Ingush and Ossetian settlements of the early 20th century

Our Story(es)

The life of indigenous migrant children in Mexico who work in the tomato fields.

Heartbeat(en)

A Slice of Lynch(en)

David Lynch, Mädchen Amick, Kyle MacLachlan and John Wentworth reminisce about "Twin Peaks" while seated at a diner counter.

Koyaanisqatsi(en)

Takes us to locations all around the US and shows us the heavy toll that modern technology is having on humans and the earth. The visual tone poem contains neither dialogue nor a vocalized narration: its tone is set by the juxtaposition of images and the exceptional music by Philip Glass.

The True Story of the Ballerina in Red(pt)

Fictional Documentary. A dancer in one of the paintings by Edgar Degas one day stepped out of the canvas, conquers the world and disappears during the carnival in Rio; mix of the academic universe, avant-gard art and the underworld sex scene. The movie was shot in Paris, NY and RJ.

The Last Trapper(fr)

Norman is not just an admirer of nature, he's a part of it. He survives the harshness of the climate and the wildlife by coexisting with it. With his wife Nebraska, they live almost entirely off the land, making money by selling their furs.

The Overture(pl)

Young men are faced with a medical commission for army recruits and asked to choose where they want to get to, at least theoretically.

Kirk Douglas(en)

The 1966 visit of Hollywood movie star Kirk Douglas at the legendary Polish State Film School in Lódz.

Fire! Fire! At Last Something's Going On(pl)

Piwowski's documentary debut is a satirical reportage, referring to the poetics of the Czech school at the time. The starting point was an order from a film studio to join a project proposed by the Germans: what do teenagers in your country do on Saturday at 5 pm? Images from the lives of teenagers from Kętrzyn make up a contrasting slice of free time in a small town. Firemen maneuvering to start a fire outside working hours, bodybuilders training, choir rehearsal, dancing in Hitler's former headquarters...

Hair(pl)

A satirical look at the Soviet-block hairdressing contest which was held in Warsaw in 1971.