Mr. Turtle

Asgard(en)

In subarctic Norway in a storm the sun projects shadows of clouds on a mountain forest.

Namibia’s Desert Kingdom(de)

Rocks, dunes, sand and dust - large areas of Namibia in southwest Africa are characterized by deserts. Riverbeds full of sand meander through these inhospitable regions. Some of these only have water once every few years when enough rain has fallen in the mountains and the water rushes to the coast - but most of the time the river courses have dried up. And yet they are crucial for the survival of many living beings.

FFG: un retrato(es)

An experimental portrait of Fernando Fernán Gómez, one of the most renowned Spanish artists of all time.

Darwin's Darlings(lv)

Standing near the reptile section in a zoo for 26 minutes we can learn a lot about the animals on both sides of the separating glass.

The Colonel Comes to Japan(en)

It seems highly unlikely that Colonel Sanders ever thought that he would be selling his Kentucky Fried Chicken to the Japanese, but Kentucky Fried Chicken, Japan, Inc. is doing just that, and doing it successfully. The company, headed by an American director and staffed by the Japanese, has raised the business of fast-food retailing to an art. Here West meets East as the Japanese are shown how to prepare the product and the Americans are introduced to the fine art of Japanese business. –cte.uw.edu

Waiting Tables(en)

Interviews with people whom Gloria Steinem calls "pink collar" workers--those who wait tables.

Bread(en)

Presented without voiceover, various kinds of breads are displayed and broken in a joyous celebration of starch, seed and salt.

In the Kingdom of the Lapland Bear(en)

Documentary about bears where the animals were filmed completely undisturbed.

Neiwa(es)

Goyito campeón(es)

Guachimontones, los límites del hombre y la naturaleza.(es)

Maria Maculada(pt)

Maria tells her stories and, on the chords of experience, make us listen to her like a song. Maria, how many Marias. Her strenght is on the flaky skin that the existence insists on flaking. Macula, maculate, Maria.

Waterbody(en)

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

Halloween Safety(en)

This 11-minute, color film is designed to acquaint primary through intermediate students with Halloween safety. The film presents a little girl who has an unsafe costume. In a flashback, the changes that can be made to make her Halloween safer are detailed. These include reflective tape, removing pointed objects, a clearer field of vision, and others. Suggestions also include waiting to sample treats until they have been checked, observing reasonable hours, traveling with groups, observing pedestrian rules, trick-or-treating at familiar homes only, checking treats for inbedded objects, and safe tricks. (archive.org)

The Haunted Mouth(en)

In a haunted house, the invisible spirit of plaque - which evidently has the ability to possess rocking chairs - warns children against the dangers of not brushing and flossing.

African Safari(en)

A documentary that leads the audience from Namibia to Kilimanjaro to explore the African wildlife.

Bruxelles: à la Foire du Midi(fr)

The first film by Chantal Akerman, a short silent 8mm film shot during the Brussels summer Midi Fair, that was one of four short films she made as a short of entrance exam at INSAS were she studied for just a couple of months.

Natalia Nikolaevna(es)

Natalia Nikolaevna lives 400 km from Havana, in the city where the first nuclear power plant would be built in Cuba. He arrived 20 years ago from the USSR, to be reunited with her husband and work as an opera singer. In 1992, he began the great crisis, known as the Special Period. Natalia divorced, and rooted in the place gradually discovered him as the most hostile of spaces. Single mother without job opportunities, invented their own stage-a park-, their own -the spectators tourists- and their own livelihood: what gave him for his arias.

Ivan Hellberg, Baggerführer in Kiruna(de)

Short documentary about an excavator operator in sweden

Neapel(de)

Short documentary about Naples, Italy.