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A more experimental aproach to labor protection films. In the line of Săucan's style, the soundtrack is as important as the image, the threatening music, full of shrillness, composed by Ion Dumitrescu potentiating the visual construction that mixes - in a montage reminiscent of the Soviet avant-garde school of the 1920s - all kinds of shooting techniques and frame combinations.

Man with a Movie Camera

A cameraman wanders around with a camera slung over his shoulder, documenting urban life with dazzling inventiveness.

Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years

Behind-the-scenes footage, rare screen tests and insightful interviews highlight this engrossing two-hour look at one of Hollywood's greatest dream factories. Such film luminaries as Tom Hanks, William Friedkin, George Lucas, Oliver Stone and Robert Altman discuss their work at the studio. Clips include scenes from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Patton, Young Frankenstein, Star Wars, Alien, Big, Home Alone, Die Hard and dozens more.

Hungarian Retro 2.

A feature length, lively - montage style - documentary, capturing the essence of what life was like in socialist Hungary - dubbed the "The most cheerful barrack" back then - using contemporary music, interviews, adverts and news footages.

Replay

Older adults cannot believe the things younger people do, but they probably have forgotten they were the same way when they were younger.

The Letter to a Chinese Friend

Film by Aleksandr Medvekin to a metonymic Chinese friend, advocating against Mao and the Ussuri River Skirmish.

Goldman Crash

The World Trade Centre attack was perhaps a foretold disaster waiting to happen. The proof is in this highly incandescent film: a rapid-fire montage of images taken from 20 years of Hollywood blockbusters. Edited and crafted with mastery in the Metamkine laboratory.

Galleries of Paris

A debut short film which contains footage of the city of Paris. It is a trip through Paris in day and night and mostly contains clips from Galleries such as the Musée d'Orsay and the The Centre Pompidou.

Crossroads

Borrowing a beloved song from his own 1984 feature Sister Stella L., Mike De Leon made this video in a damning response to the victory election of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. as president of the Philippines. In a prepared statement at the Cannes premiere of his recently restored Itim, he wrote, “Horror has now acquired a more sinister meaning. It is no longer about a ghost but about the monsters of Philippine politics, monsters that, after a long wait in the subterranean caverns of hell, have returned to ravage and rape my country all over again. The crazy thing is that we invited them back.”

Braverman's Condensed Cream of the Beatles

Photos, animation, and music illustrate the story of the Beatles.

A Rock

Don't Let a Machine Rewrite the Dream which you once held so tightly.

Green Leaves

A study of observation, perceptions and sensations of nature and human interactions from the eye of a digital camera

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The Ruins of Seyssuel's Castle

A study of ruins of a fortified castle placed in the village of Seyssuel during two days of shooting and understanding of the moving light

Green

An abstract and detailed observation of a young life told through a series of observational montages. Part of the 'Technicolour' series of films from Lot 108 Productions.

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The Mysterious Castles in the Carpathians

A short film documenting the city of Bucharest, The Carpathian mountains, Brasov and Various castles in Romania including Bran and Peles Castle.

Penthesilea: Queen of the Amazons

Penthesilea, the first of six films made by Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen, traverses thousands of years to look at the image of the Amazonian woman in myth. It asks, among other questions, is the Amazonian woman a rare strong female image or is she a figure derived from male phantasy? The film explores the complexities of such questions, but does not seek any concrete answers.

Tree Limbs

A homogeneous structure of wind and light across tree branches in the South region of Isère

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A moody combination of edited images from various news sources, essays, lectures, pop culture artifacts, and especially the film Koyaanisqatsi (1983), set against selected songs from Nine Inch Nails' 2013 record Hesitation Marks. Designed to feel like doomscrolling. Riddled with copyright infringements. Made for class.