The Great Planes

Manlife(en)

For over 80 years, Merle Hayden has crusaded to recruit members to the utopian movement Lawsonomy. Founded by aircraft pioneer Alfred Lawson, Lawsonomy advocates for economic reform and clean, communal living that transforms followers into a "New Species" that will benefit the human race either in this life or the next. Merle joined Lawson as a teenager and never looked back. His high school sweetheart Betty Kasch, however, is tired of Lawson coming between them. Reunited after over 60 years apart, non-believer Betty wants Merle to join her in Florida. Merle's commitment to preserving Lawson's legacy, artifacts currently rotting in a barn alongside a Wisconsin highway, has Betty worried Merle may leave her for Lawson once again.

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B-29 Frozen in Time(en)

NOVA accompanies famed test pilot Darryl Greenamyer and his intrepid crew on a perilous mission to repair and re-fly a B-29 bomber stranded on the Greenland icecap since 1947. In the face of incredible hardships, the team struggles to bring the old warbird back to life.

The Conquest of the Air(en)

This early docudrama uses dramatic reenactment, working models of early flying machines, and archival footage to trace man's attempts to fly from ancient times through the 1930s.

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes(en)

In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across the English Channel. But one of the participants, Percy, plots to sabotage his competitor's planes. Will Percy triumph?

The Flying Machine(bg)

The wars of 1912-1913 pass as a distant echo in Dozhden, a small village in the Rhodopes. Overwhelmed by a dream to fly, the young shepherd Sirachko, the son of a skilled craftsman, set about building an aircraft.

Jackass Number Two(en)

Jackass Number Two is a compilation of various stunts, pranks and skits, and essentially has no plot. Chris Pontius, Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Bam Margera, and the whole crew return to the screen to raise the stakes higher than ever before.

barrunto(en)

barrunto is a speculative fiction that takes place in a future of the past, in a present ruptured now. Its far-reaching network of affinities spans from Puerto Rico to Scotland, from the land to the bottom of the sea, and all the way to planet Uranus.

Certain Winds from the South(tw)

Issah visits his mother-in-law to inform her of his plan to go to the south of Ghana in search of a better life. A new day dawns, and the village awakens as we witness the socio-political and economic engagements driving his desire to migrate.

detours while speaking of monsters(de)

Here, where even monsters are political, the topography has its own memory. It has the mythological blues. Meanwhile, old gods are upset with us, and I am upset with my father.

hold on to her(en)

hold on to her traces a lived social infrastructure of care, solidarity, and struggle that addresses a recent case of police and state violence in the context of migration border control in Belgium.

I Don’t Want to Be Just a Memory(de)

Berlin queer community members mourn the substance abuse-related loss of their friends by sharing memories and rituals. Resembling glow-in-the-dark fungi, they radiate light together as a network of support and care.

In Praise of Slowness(en)

Due to economic and technological forces reshaping the city of Tangier, the profession of the bleach street salesmen, along with their insistent chanting, is disappearing. The film explores modes of resistance against the relentless pace of capitalism.

Nanacatepec(es)

A 16mm film performance draws inspiration from the Nanacatepec, a rock traversed by a network that extends without a defined shape. Its fruits, in the form of mushrooms, serve as creators and transformers of everything in the world.

Japan: The End of Pacifism(fr)

Faced with rising threats from Russia, North Korea and most of all China, Japan is re-arming at an incredible rate. This documentary sheds light on the geopolitical upheavals in the Pacific region and on Japan’s history of pacifism since the second world war.

Two Refusals (Would We Recognize Ourselves Unbroken?)(en)

A two-channel experimental film explores interwoven narratives of struggle against Portuguese colonialism, uncovering the intercontinental network of relations that developed between historical figures in Goa, Mozambique, Angola, and Guinea-Bissau.

On the Battlefield(en)

The first release by Little Egypt Collective stages a sound recordist reconnecting with the flat fields where once stood Pyramid Courts – the housing projects that formed the heart of the Black community of the Little Egypt region of southern Illinois.

Myanmar Anatomy(en)

A collage of voices from activists forced to flee the country offers glimpses into Myanmar’s history through three locations: Yangon Zoological Gardens, Yangon Circle Railway, and the Drug Elimination Museum.

Kal P Dal(sv)

The film about the station master's son, "Kalle mellan bommarna" who became Skåne's very own Mick Jagger and James Dean in a lively combination.

Songs of Love and Hate(ne)

The sudden disappearance of the popular host of a relationship advice radio show leaves a vacuum. Listeners are uncertain about the direction their romantic endeavours should take.