Newman Laugh-O-Grams

Punching(en)

In a gritty underworld, a young man with a broken brain is lured into an underground fight tournament, where he must win to save his brother.

Chinatown(fr)

A florist borrows $10,000 from a pawnbroker. When it’s time to pay, he can’t come up with the money. Short reckonings make long enemies.

Wild Planet(en)

George Bonicelli, an unassuming, naive accountant, has his routine '9 to 5' existence turned on it's head when he's accidentally run down by Leilah Deluxe - an estranged young girl from another planet - fleeing for her life on a jet propelled motor scooter. George soon becomes entangled in a manic chase throughout the city in one action packed night. In relentless pursuit is the mad and obsessive French biophysicist, Professor Henri Gautier and his two equally deranged henchmen, former Nazi rocket scientist, Doktor Werner Von Toller and a French Moroccan hit man, Fartouk Hahmesh. Armed with a '59 Chevrolet, a homemade radar tracking device and a laser gun, the evil trio hurl themselves at Leilah and George from all sides, carving up the late night city streets like a heat seeking missile.

Wild Planet (Redux)(en)

He's a mild mannered accountant from out of town; She's an extraterrestrial from the planet Ultra Terra; They're three very 'evil', 'wicked' and 'nasty' characters from out of the past behind the wheel of '59 Chevrolet in hot pursuit... Filmmaker Brendan Young, re-works, remasters and 'reduxes' his 1989 short sci-fi comedy chase film 'Wild Planet' and propels the eccentric genre-mash up into the 21st century for a whole new lease of life.

Three Chords and a Wardrobe(en)

Rachel and Nick are your model, contemporary relationship. They're young, hip, creative and independent. In the end, they can't escape the basic differences between men and women. In '90s psycho-babble jargon - women are from Venus and men are from Mars. And in this relationship, Mars needs guitars and a chart-topping hit song without any silly domestic interruptions. Venus needs consideration, understanding and a hand changing a light fitting in the kitchen. So when Nick goes in search of the perfect sound and Rachel has an axe to grind - the Gulf War is about to begin. They say all you need is three chords and a wardrobe and you've got the perfect song...relationships aren't so easy.

Walkshort(en)

Short film by Bill Toepfer

King of the Pins(en)

Comedy short about Buddy Hackett as an incompetent bowler.

A Wooden Toy Dreamed of Paper Boats(es)

An ancient fleet of paper boats is enslaved by the music of a record player; when it breaks down, the boats see an opportunity to rebel.

Our Perpetual Now(es)

The story of a man who edits with his memories a last conversation to say goodbye to the woman he loved.

The Absence of Eddy Table(no)

Eddy Table, known from the comics of Dave Cooper, makes his screen debut in this animated short. One day, Eddy gets lost in a dark forest. There he meets an alluring girl infected by a mysterious parasite. Love and violence ensues.

Judy(en)

A man develops an intimate relationship with a female android.

The Past Inside The Present(en)

An allegorical tale of a couple who attempt to renew their dying relationship by plugging directly into recordings of their memories.

Bark(en)

BARK is a portrait of a seemingly simple argument between two teenage girls that curdles into a surreal, psychological struggle.

Scrat: Spaced Out(en)

In the main events of Ice Age: Collision Course, Scrat is captured by Scratazons who take away his acorn. Now, Scrat must rescue his Acorn and escape before the aliens can catch him.

Hum(en)

A solitary dish washing robot living out his life in the back room of a restaurant is enlightened to the world that exists beyond his four walls, with the help of a small friend he breaks free of confinement to pursue his dream of exploration.

Prep & Landing(en)

Wayne gets a new rookie partner, Lanny, after his previous partner got the promotion he wanted. Lanny has to remind Wayne of the Spirit of Christmas and the importance of being an elf in Santa's Prep and Landing elite unit.

AlpTraum(de)

Imagine Switzerland's national soccer team playing the finals of the EURO 2008 and the TV channel turns black! Apltraum is a comical fairytale about soccer, dreams and the belief that the impossible can come true

The Male Gaze: First Kiss(en)

The Male Gaze is a new series of releases from New Queer Visions that showcases short LGBTQ films from across the world. The first instalment, First Kiss, brings together five shorts that are based around men experiencing romantic and/or sexual interaction with other men for the first time. It takes in films from Sweden, Indonesia, USA, Australia and France giving a rounded look at how similar experiences are depicted across the world. The films are: Naked [Naken] (2013); Pria (2017); Walk With Me (2018), One Night Only (2018); Michel's Mouse [Tapette] (2016).

Snow Job(en)

The roads are full of snow and the bus is late. The Principal is mad at the bus driver but he is also sick.

Dona Eulália(pt)

Jack the Giant Killer(en)

Jack is trying to impress Susie with his ambition to visit the Land of the Giants. She watches as he demonstrates the strength with which he will conquer the giant. Then we see the cat and dog loading up the boat.

Six Children and One Grandfather(en)

David McDoll is a selfish and wealthy man living an enviable lifestyle in his large villa and collecting fancy cars. However, his life is about to be changed forever when he inherits his six grandchildren. His glamorous lifestyle quickly becomes complete chaos. But he will learn a valuable lesson that teaches him about placing family first and discovering a newfound appreciation for life.

Six Hours: Surviving Typhoon Yolanda(en)

In the middle of a broadcast about Typhoon Yolanda's initial impact, reporter Jiggy Manicad was faced with the reality that he no longer had communication with his station. They were, for all intents and purposes, stranded in Tacloban. With little option, and his crew started the six hour walk to Alto, where the closest broadcast antenna was to be found. Letting the world know what was happening to was a priority, but they were driven by the need to let their families and friends know they were all still alive. Along the way, they encountered residents and victims of the massive typhoon, and with each step it became increasingly clear just how devastating this storm was. This was a storm that was going to change lives.

Liebe nach dem Tod(de)

Life of Greta Bücking and Paul Markwart seems to be in perfect order. Both are happily married - until they find out that their spouse died in a plane crash. But increasingly compacted suspected that Lutz Bücking and Karin Markwart were not traveling on business, but on the way to their common love nest, is a cozy hotel on Amrum.

ANIMALI FANTASTISBRIZZ I REATINONINPRESCRIZIONE DI GRINDESBRIZZ(it)

Within the Darkness(en)

A group of wannabe ghost hunters set out to shoot a pilot in the old Hewitt house which is rumored to be haunted, faking everything, and get more than they bargain for. Eventually, things begin to happen at the house that cannot be easily explained. Is the house really haunted? Can anyone be trusted? We are at our most vulnerable when presented with our greatest desires or confronted with our greatest fears.

Sitio Diablo(tl)

A story about a gangster couple who returns to Sitio Diablo, a gangland in Manila, and form a new gang, Illustrados. A bloodbath is set to happen when they face their old gang, Los Hijos Diablos who rules Sitio Diablo.

Trapped(en)

In 'Trapped', we see the cartoonist's hands as still photograph cut-outs, manipulated in front of the camera to look like live-action movie footage. The hands sketch a small black dot and ink it in. Then the dot proceeds to bounce across the cartoonist's easel, until the hands finally catch it and unfold it into Ko-Ko the Clown. There's a mouse in Max's studio, and Ko-Ko wants to catch him.

Icebergs(fr)

Professor Popper's Problems(en)

Professor Popper develops a shrinking formula which he and a group of school kids take by accident, ending up trapped in his laboratory. But that's not the only problem that faces the professor and his friends.

The Bell(mn)

The film begins with the 12th grade graduation ceremony of a school in the city. The group, who had been laughing and having fun all day, stopped at a resort far away from the city in the late afternoon. They didn't notice that there was a ruin not far from that resort. As the sun was setting outside, no one could have imagined that a terrible ghost was waiting for them in the ruins.

Inseparable: The Story of Elly and Lya(en)

Dutch sisters, born on the same day but years apart, are separated by the Holocaust and raised in hiding by two very different families. They couldn't be more different but once reunited they form a bond that can’t be broken.

Qwerty(en)

The movie is a fictionalized account of a disgruntled cop who has been wrongly implicated in a torture video that went viral. It begins on his last night of duty, as he is about to leave for abroad for better job prospects.

Great American Scenic Railroads, Volume 5 of 6, Durango and Silverton & Cumbres and Toltec(en)

Durango and Silverton - Chasms and curves, crevasses, gorges and perilous passes. Take a thrill ride on one of the most spectacular train lines in the country. Cumbres and Toltec - Climb aboard Mikado Steam Locomotive No. 488 for a historic ride on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad over the dramatic landscape of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. Note: This is part five of a series of six parts.

Mad Love(fr)

1959. Guilty of a double-murder, a man is beheaded. At the bottom of the basket that just welcomed it, the head of the dead man tells his story: everything was going so well! Admired priest, great lover - his earthly paradise seemed to have no end. Inspired by a scandal surrounding the Priest of Uruffe in the 1950s.

Free Land(de)

After World War II, scores of refugees leave in search of a new home. They now stand in the hall of a large mansion, waiting to receive their deeds of ownership for sections of land that the lord of the manor had left behind after he fled. Among them is young Jeruscheit who, during her travels, had to bury one of her own children. Her husband has been declared missing, and up until now she has had little purpose in life. But then she discovers it: to work, to build, and to help others. And maybe someday Jeruscheit will find her family.

Bird Thongchai Concert #1/1988 Kaolao ThongChai (Mai-Ngok)(th)

Relive the magic of Thongchai "Bird" McIntyre's captivating performance at Bangkok Youth Center in 1988

Liverpool, panorama pris du chemin de fer électrique, IV(fr)