Year 1982 - 289

In a recording studio, a note is played on the piano, its sound wave spreads around the room, which is then immaculately reproduced by Thomson's devices and technology.

A child playing in the playground, a silent street. Innocent scenes which take on another aspect when viewed as the last few minutes before the bomb fell.

Kiesel, in Incendio Italiano (roughly, Italian Conflagration) takes the metaphor of highway travel as the central axis for an exploration of poetic sensibility in the grand tradition of Goethe's Italian journeys and Thomas Mann's Death in Venice.

Sikkim is a paradise for the naturalist. The steep variations inelevation and rainfall help create a multitude of species within a limited area. The original inhabitants of Sikkim belonged to the Lepcha tribe, then came the members of the Bhutia tribe from Tibet, and even later the Nepalese. The Sikkimese love to decorate not only their homes but anything that can be decorted -with flowers. This film introduces to the viewer some floral - species of Sikkim.

‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎

Children gifted with a carrier pigeon forget about Adik the dog.

Short by Fabrizio Plessi.

Urban life can be difficult. Here we first follow a couple who encounter one problem after another as they hunt for a flat. The estate agent is a crook and makes their job even harder. When it becomes impossible to find somewhere to rent, there’s only one thing left to do: live in a shanty town. One of the inhabitants shows us what living in that environment actually means.

The “Voice of Kenya” is the radio that symbolizes the country’s independence. Which means that being a producer there is no small issue. To get a children’s chorus to rehearse in a church, to put together a programme with champagne, or to prepare a recording of a musical edition for Christmas, these are just some of his numerous tasks…

From inside the kiosk, you can hear the trains leaving for Nairobi. In this little restaurant, the customers with the lowest income have gathered to eat a cheap meal, the only one they can afford. All around the station people rush about, cook and eat, in time to the rattle of the trains.

The film paints the portrait of a poor young girl who has come from the countryside to earn her living as a maid. Her mistress mistreats her and her life isn’t easy. While her mistress is away, she searches the house. But one day, she is caught by surprise in her mistress’s bedroom…

Gilbert & Sullivan - The Sorcerer

The film tells the story of two doctors - life partners working together in the emergency room. However, the relationship between them starts to deteriorate. When Maria begins to weigh down with all these personal matters, she goes on vacation with her little nephew, away from problems ...

After a miscarriage, Maruna stays in a secluded forester's lodge to regain her inner balance. Her husband tries to persuade her to come back.

This multi-faceted film, photographed in both 1969 and in Paris in 1982, illustrates an anthropologist's actual fieldwork methods and personal relationships among the Baruya, and provides an in-depth view of the Baruya's traditional salt-based economic system. The film follows Dr. Godelier as he explores the complexities of food production and the effects of new technologies. He comments: "I have to find and bring together the different pieces of Baruya culture... That's my job, to find the story."

Squat Theatre described this piece, which was presented both as a film and as a live show, as "an open journey through situations, styles and moods; an 'Arabian Nights' with heroes and legends written on the New York wind whistling the melody of 'Somewhere Over the Rainbow.'" The 83-minute video combines drama with documentary, blurring the distinctions between theater and the everyday. In an indelible sequence that typifies the Squat Theatre's idiosyncratic cultural references, the underground pop icon Nico performs a marvelously jaded rendition of New York, New York.

A provocative documentary about the emblem of today’s Tampere, the Näsinneula tower that looms over the city. The symbol for Super Tampere could be called as the mighty Super Sledgehammer. It plays an integral role in the film that deals with the city ruining the milieu, as does the music by Usko Meriläinen.