When Rome was still in its infancy, Carthage was the dominant power of the Mediterranean. As Rome grew, Carthage remained its only great rival. It was that rivalry that drove Rome to utterly destroy Carthage, and massacre its people.
"god is a dog" (2004) is shot on Super 8 and confronts the filmmaker's remembrances of childhood memories and how they interact with his adult love encounters.
Paris, winter 2004. A day begins. Confronted with the doubt of his own existence, a young man remembers the Stanzas of Dzyan. There exists somewhere in this wide world an old book, The Book of Dzyan (Dzyan from the Sanskrit word Dhyâna, mystic meditation, and first written in Senzar, Tibetan hieroglyphic language, -4000).
Documentary film.
A king who offended the all-powerful Emperor, and then rebelled against him, but failed. How do these dramatic events in China's history link to the finding of 4000 buried terracotta warriors discovered in Jiangsu Province, China?
Short film by Paul Clipson from the Celluloid Sketches & Watercolor Movies DVD
Maria and her husband are a middle-class couple that has to move in with the father of hers, who has a debilitating aneurism. The woman suffers from an obsolete existence as a submitting housewife. Her husband is extremely catholic and does not support the idea of sending Maria's father to an old people's home. She sees no escape from her torture, until a mysterious call takes place.
13 GENDERS is an intimate and personal documentary. The interviewees attempt to articulate their interactions with and attitudes toward their own gender expression, intersex and transgender issues, gender in entertainment and the workplace, sexual preference and the future of gender. The non-expert interviews, woven together with music and movie clips, are sometimes funny, often contradictory and occasionally surprisingly similar.
National Song Festival and rap / hip hop. Is it same kind of music?
Far away in a foreign and apparently merciless world, a little girl struggles to carry water pots that are far too heavy for her. Uncomplaining, she hauls the jugs from a distant place to her sick mother in their wretched home.
Filmed in the mountains of Montana, this poignant, engrossing chronicle focuses on an extraordinary stallion, whose life has been recorded since his birth in the wild in 1995 by Emmy-winning filmmaker Ginger Kathrens.
Documentary about the 1983 terrorist attack in West Berlin’s Maison de France.
Seventy years after his controversial murder trial and subsequent disappearance, an Australian Aboriginal's descendants seek to restore what was denied him: his honor.
It's 1903, and Otto Weininger, Vienna's most infamous self-hating Jew has decided to kill himself in a room containing Beethoven's deathbed. He has just published his first book Sex and Character, and has yet to witness an acknowledgment of his self-assured genius. Haunted by the damning statements within his own book, he holds a gun to his head, and takes a leap towards the great unknown.
A 16mm black and white, silent film by Ernie Gehr.
The story of a young ex-con working with handicapped children and the changes that gradually occur in him.
Ray Davies, the cornerstone of the Kinks, is one of his country’s greatest songwriters. Over four decades he has provided a feast for all comers, regardless of social station, from the simple urgency of ‘You Really Got Me’ to the detached melancholy of “Come Dancing’ . Our film takes a look at a career that has spanned 40 years – we talk to Ray about his work, life and inspirations, featuring his music from the hits of the early 60’s through to work on his new album and upcoming musical ‘Come Dancing’. The programme includes interviews with David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Paul Weller, Bob Geldof, Chris Difford, Clive Davis and journalists, who all show their respect and admiration for a man who is globally celebrated. Our film, illustrated with archive footage, specially shot performances and stills, will give an insight into the unique creative world of one of Britain’s most successful and influential songwriters and performers.
