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A recording of a clock ticking for 7 minutes.

An animated short about the titular event.

Cultural and perceptual contrasts are evoked in this non-linear mythic episode in which a hammer, a paintbrush, a bucket, a pile of clothes, a window full of globes and a couple are manipulated via the filmmaker/demi-urge.

Two conflicting views of our late(great?) two-hundredth birthday by a novice filmmaker.

Sometimes Hannelore wishes she were a Hans, because “when a woman has to deal with a lot of men, she has to summon up a lot of strength to be heard”. The mayor of the island of Ummanz off Rügen used to be a cook. Now she represents the government and demonstrates “socialist democracy in action”. Director Róza Berger-Fiedler weaves Madam Mayor’s encounters with her constituency and discussions about the office with all its responsibilities into a sensitive portrait of a dedicated person.

According to the Bible, the first man walked on Earth at 5 minutes to 12 o’clock. It was Adam, and he lived 930 years. The clock has been showing 5 to 12 for a long time. The question is raised: till when? Because, once the count down starts, the end is unavoidable.

On est tout seul dans son cercueil is a fake satirical documentary in which Philippe Simon expresses his deep disgust for the film production system, mercantile and inept.

An experimental short.

Tired of the city life, the Botha family decides to move to the bush veld. The farm Kom Tot Rus is the ideal place, but then intrigues begin to unfold.

Anamorphoses of television images combined with fragments from Jerome Bosch’s Garden of Delights painting.

By combining a journey to the locations for Eisenstein’s unfinished opus Que Viva Mexico! with images of an Indian girl walking, Carasco has created a cinematic topos across multiple historical eras. We see figures walking, marching, in motion, as we set out on the trail of a film, and of the Tarahumara – those who run fast.

14 year old Freddy fails at livening the party with wine.

A useful primer for managing the aging women in your life.