How to Break 90 #6: Fine Points(1933)

Hell(es)

Chennu committed his first crime when he was 15 years old: being a street kid. And he entered hell: Pademba Road. The adult prison in Freetown. In hell, Mr. Sillah is in charge, and there is no hope. Chennu got out after four years. Now he wants to go back.

A New View of the Moon(en)

Wylie carries a telescope through the streets of Los Angeles to offer passersby a new and closer look at a familiar object: the moon. Because everyone needs to keep looking up. Because it is a beautiful and wondrous sight to behold the body of the moon.

Ein Tag in Berlin(de)

A Small Part of Me(en)

Tobin, a transgender teen living in Squamish, BC, prepares for his acting debut where he’ll be playing a male leading character in the youth play. While rehearsals are in progress, his friends and chosen family band together to help remove him from a difficult living situation and connect him the support he needs.

I will make up a song and sing it in a theatre with the night air above my head(en)

Egypt's only modernist architect Hassan Fathy (1900-1989) was committed to ecology and sustainability in his architecture. This film takes us with slow steps, in still images, to two villages he created. Fathy's historically grounded, forward-looking designs prompt us to reflect on the past as well as contemplate new solutions for the future.

From One Second to the Next(en)

Stories of serious traffic accidents caused by texting and driving are told by the perpetrators and surviving victims.

All for One(fr)

In a closed locker room, rugby players perform the last pre-match rituals. Warming up their souls and bodies, all tense in anticipation of the fight.

Football Royal(en)

Documentary short about an anual football game being helf in Florence, Tuscany in Italy dating back to medieval times.

Rent Male Unrated(pt)

Kaio Brandon is a male prostitute trying to find himself in the big city. He has been selling his body for money since he was 14, unaware that many others like him are part of a worldwide sex industry and human trafficking that corrupts children forever. Kaio wants to change his life and become a nurse, but will h be able to overcome the labels?

24 Frames per Century(en)

This short piece by Athina Rachel Tsangari, commissioned for the seventieth edition of the Venice Film Festival in 2013, draws on Jean-Luc Godard's "Contempt" and functions as a meditation on the state of cinema, depicting two film projectors contemplating the uncertainty of their future.

Smile(en)

A heartwarming exploration of a community art project by photographer Tawfik Elgazzar providing free portraits for locals and passers-by in Sydney, Australia's Inner West. The film explores the nature of individuality, cultural diversity and the positive joy for the photographer of seeing his subjects smile.

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

Elaborate floats and costumes parading the streets of Nice.

Tigers at the Zoo(fr)

Teasing tigers with meat.

Stockholm, entrée de l'exposition(fr)

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

Panorama des rives de la Seine à Paris, III(fr)

Panorama film shot floating down the Seine.

Défilé du 8e bataillon(fr)

A battalion, preceded by three riders and a military marching band, parades in front of the crowd. A man is manoeuvring a handcart bearing the inscription "Sunlight Soap" in the foreground.

Cheval de haute école, II(fr)

A man trots around on a horse for the camera.

Shapes and Forms(en)

An expressive short film in which examples of early and modern art are juxtaposed to reveal correspondences.

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.

Danse indienne(fr)

American Indians dancing.