Luis Martinetti, Contortionist(1894)

Annabelle Butterfly Dance(xx)

Annabelle (Whitford) Moore performs one of her popular dances. For this performance, her costume has a pair of wings attached to her back, to suggest a butterfly. As she dances, she uses her long, flowing skirts to create visual patterns.

Falling Cat(xx)

Directed by Étienne-Jules Marey, a French scientist, this is believed to be the first cat ever filmed in cinematic history. Jules Marey created the chronophotographic gun in 1882, a device which looked like a short barrelled shotgun with a magazine on top. It was capable of taking twelve consecutive frames a second. He used this to study various animals, the most famous study in what was called Marey’s ‘animated zoo’, was the one involving a cat which was dropped from a height of a few feet in order to see if it always landed on its feet.

Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze(xx)

A man (Thomas Edison's assistant) takes a pinch of snuff and sneezes. This is one of the earliest Thomas Edison films and was the second motion picture to be copyrighted in the United States.

Box(en)

A group of friends try to defeat an evil king, and meet some quirky characters along the way.

Test(es)

Four women are waiting for the blue circle and a possible change of their lives.

Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk II(ja)

Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk. II delivers with more tongue-in-cheek humor than the first series. In "The Rolling Colony Affair," a colony is hosting a cabaret show featuring the girls of Gundam. But the show turns disastrous when men and mobile suits go crazy over the girls, sending the colony rolling out of control. A parody of the videogame RPG genre, "Gundam Legend" has Amuro, Kamille and Judau sent on a perilous quest to rescue the princess of the Zeta Kingdom from Char Aznable and his vicious Zeon MS forces.

The Return of Ringo(it)

Once again billed as Montgomery Wood, Giuliano Gemma plays a civil war soldier who returns to his family land to find his family decimated, his property taken over by a family of Mexican bandits and his fiancee about to marry the Mexican gangster behind all this. Bent on revenge, he goes undercover disguised as a Mexican and discovers he has a daughter!

Urotsukidōji III: Return of the Overfiend(ja)

As the Overfiend slumbers, the mad emperor Caesar rises to power, enslaving a new race of demon beasts. Into this cruel existence is born the Lord of Chaos, the Overfiend's nemesis. As the blood-thirsty beasts capture the tyrant's daughter in a brutal coup, the Overfiend must awaken to an apocalyptic battle of the Gods.

Ashes Under the Sea(es)

Irene is a mature woman who is sick and goes to Dr. Cano's medical office who informs her that she just has six months to live. Dismayed, walking aimlessly meets Jorge, an older man, who is in the same situation ..

The Crucified Lovers(ja)

When the wife of a 17th century Kyoto scroll-maker is falsely accused of having an affair with his best employee, the pair flee the city and find themselves falling for one another.

Mobile Suit SD Gundam Mk IV(ja)

The SD Gundams are at it again: first with a race among all of the prior SD Gundam characters, then the SD Zeons run a space travel agency in the second episode.

Aitana - Play Tour(es)

Aitana's concert at the Palau Sant Jordi, within her first major tour in which she presents "Spoiler". After passing through the successful edition of OT 2017, Aitana has established herself as one of the voices with the most personality of current Spanish pop.

hi(en)

A short film by Owen Patnaude

East of Main Street: Asians Aloud(en)

In celebration of Asian Heritage Month, HBO presents a collection of perspectives from a diverse group of Asian Americans.

Darling(en)

A young woman slowly goes crazy after taking a job as the caretaker for an ancient New York home.

On My Mind(en)

A loser-in-love's struggle to move on is personified by a crow.

Burn!(it)

The professional mercenary Sir William Walker instigates a slave revolt on the Caribbean island of Queimada in order to help improve the British sugar trade. Years later he is sent again to deal with the same rebels that he built up because they have seized too much power that now threatens British sugar interests.

My Friends Act II(it)

The four old friends meet on the grave of the fifth of them, Perozzi, who died at the end of the first episode. Time has passed but they are still up for adventures and cruel jokes, and while they recall the one they created together with the late friend, new ones are on their way, starting right there at the cemetery.

Valeriana(pt)

Te gek om los te lopen(en)

Patients in a psychiatric clinic are placed in a special home in the city, where they have access to the outside world. Another change to their previous situation is the fact that two female patients come to live with them.

Railway Station(pl)

Kieslowski’s later film Dworzec (Station, 1980) portrays the atmosphere at Central Station in Warsaw after the rush hour.

Nanook of the North(en)

This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northern Quebec region. Although the production contains some fictional elements, it vividly shows how its resourceful subjects survive in such a harsh climate, revealing how they construct their igloo homes and find food by hunting and fishing. The film also captures the beautiful, if unforgiving, frozen landscape of the Great White North, far removed from conventional civilization.

Screen Test: Lou Reed (Coke)(en)

Andy directs Lou Reed drinking a Coke.

Speechless: The Polar Realm(en)

Beautifully filmed by New Zealand nature photographer Richard Sidey over the past decade around the polar regions, Speechless: The Polar Realm is a visual meditation of light, life, loss and wonder at the ends of the globe. This is the second film in Sidey’s non-verbal trilogy which is comprised of: - Landscapes at the World’s Ends (2010) - Speechless: The Polar Realm (2015) - Elementa (2020)

Radeau avec baigneurs(fr)

Young people dive into the sea by jumping off a manmade wooden raft, while a small boat loaded with passengers passes by.

École de cavalerie de Saumur, le carrousel militaire: Changement de main(en)

A military horseback riding event from 1897.

Danse indienne(fr)

American Indians dancing.

II. Inauguration(fr)

Released on October 4, 1896 in Lyon ( France ) under the title “ Fêtes de l'inauguration du monument de Guillaume Ier à Breslau : II. - Le voile tombe (Lyon républicain, 4 octobre 1896)”. (catalogue-lumiere.com)

Nice, panorama du casino pris d'un bateau(fr)

Panorama of Nice from the deck of a ship.

Venice Showing Gondolas(xx)

Shot of Venice from the Canal.

Danse d'hommes(en)

African men dance, sing and play instruments.

Le char funèbre(fr)

An impression of the funeral parade for Victoria, Queen of England, filmed in London (via https://catalogue-lumiere.com/le-char-funebre/)

Nice : Sa Majesté Carnaval et le char des Limonadiers(fr)

Elaborate floats and costumes parading the streets of Nice.

Steamship Arrival(fr)

A steamboat coming to port.

Tigers at the Zoo(fr)

Teasing tigers with meat.

Transport de la cloche de l'indépendance(en)

The parade occupies only a small portion of the screen, the crowds are a seething mass that do really move and the Independence Bell is nowhere to be seen.

Paris, Champs-Elysées (voitures)(fr)

Lumière Brothers film automobiles driving at the Champs-Elysées.

Stockholm, entrée de l'exposition(fr)

A view of the entrance to the Stockholmsutställlningen, the World Exhibition in Stockholm.

Danse de l'éventail(fr)

A variation on the popular Butterfly Dance, released in hand-colored and stenciled versions. The film has the catalogue number 2011 and was likely shot in 1897 but not screened in France until the 10th of December 1899.

Buffalo Bill: peaux rouges(fr)

One minute film of Buffalo Bill's famous show.