Solaris - als Grundfrage der Philosophie(2003)

Nel silenzio del parco(it)

Philosophie et psychologie(fr)

Andrei Tarkovsky: A Poet in the Cinema(it)

An extensive interview with legendary director Andrei Tarkovsky conducted by Donatello Baglivo.

Retour à Walden (Une économie)(fr)

Mirror(ru)

A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet history with daily life.

Alone(ru)

A short tale about nature and isolation. Narrated by Andrei Tarkovsky. Shot on 16mm Fomapan R in spring 2020.

Dos Chicos Frente al Mar(es)

Two young men meet during a summer day at the seaside.

Limbus(en)

As Alex struggles with disturbing hallucinations, his wife Vera tries to help, until they both experience their own profound revelations.

l'eau tonne à minuit(fr)

Essence(fr)

To Be Continued(hi)

An ascetic walks through the narrow streets of a village every morning while his family is still asleep. In his semi-somnolent state he dreams about the history of the village mixing up myths, folklore and facts.

The Museum of Imagination(en)

Amit Dutta recorded several conversations with Prof. B.N. Goswamy, an important art historian of India, covering his entire body of work. Interspersed with his talks were also some silences. This film draws upon some of those moments of silence and weaves them into a web of ideas and images that fill the art-historian’s mindscape.

Orientations: Chris Doyle - Stirred But Not Shaken(en)

The life and work of Chris Doyle, the acclaimed Australian cinematographer who found regular work as the collaborator of maverick Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar-Wai.

Jakub(cs)

Jakub presents an extensive ethnographical-sociological study of the life of the Ruthenians, filmed in the Maramuresh mountains in the north of Romania and in the former Sudetenland in Western Bohemia. The film was made over a period of five years during the time of both totalitarian regimes and was completed in 1992 after the revolution.

A Visit to Ogawa Productions(ja)

A Visit to Ogawa Productions offers a rare insight into the social and cinematic philosophy of one of Japan's best-known documentary film collectives. As the film reveals, Ogawa Productions' in-depth portraits of Japanese society - whether of protest movements or traditional agricultural life - grew out of an unusual commitment to integrate themselves with the communities they filmed, to the extent that their film-making literally became an alternative lifestyle.

Bombay: Our City(en)

A documentary on the socio-economic injustice meted out to the slum-dwellers in Bombay, and an attempt to understand the factors responsible for it.

In the Name of God(hi)

The film explores the campaign waged by the Hindu right-wing organisation Vishva Hindu Parishad to build a Ram temple at the site of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, as well as the communal violence that it triggered. A couple of months after Ram ke Naam was released, VHP activists demolished the Babri Masjid in 1992, provoking further violence.

Todd Barry: The Crowd Work Tour(en)

A Todd Barry show consists of two things: amazing jokes and amazing crowd work. In September 2013, he went on a tour without the amazing jokes and did entire shows of riffing and bantering with the audience. Filmed in seven west coast cities, “Todd Barry: The Crowd Work Tour” was directed by Lance Bangs and produced by Louis CK.

The Gratinated Brains of Pupilija Ferkeverk(sh)

Plotless and wordless, beautifully edited shots of young (often naked or semi-naked) people in various positions, illustrating different emotions, actions and situations, underlined by rock music.