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Hobbled Hearts comedy short

A twisted psychopath figures that the only way to win the girl of his dreams on Valentine's Day is to eliminate the competition around him - for good.

The starting point of this film was a set of 35mm trailers acquired from various abandoned cinemas. This work reveals the veiled and forgotten images used by the commercial film industry.

The full card for Chapter 94: Physician, Heal Thyself has now been announced... and the final stop on the road to Alexandra Palace will see several things slot into place, especially within the various title pictures.

From the sexy, savage Cornish May Day rites of Alan Lomax's Oss Oss Wee Oss, to Jeremy Deller and Alan Kane's footage of ferociously fought traditional football; from children's games in London's bombed East End to intricate sword and step dances, this collection of poetic documentaries, long unseen television reports and rare silent film footage reveals just how powerful and enduring the folk traditions of Great Britain have always been. The silent films feature innovative fiddle and melodeon accompaniments by contemporary folk musicians.

Miguel casts out his daughter when she marries a poor man, causing his wife to leave him, too. After he is unable to find a reliable cook, he reconciles with his daughter so he can get a good meal.

Mons. Flamant, a typical roué of the French nobility, is surrounded by all the pleasures and pastimes his fabulous wealth can procure. In a quest of diversion he visits the art rooms, just as a young girl enters with a magnificent piece of sculpture and places it on sale. The roué is so impressed with the work and the girl that he purchases it at once and follows her to the atelier, where he learns that she is the maid of the sculptress, whom he sees and at once falls passionately in love with her, but when he learns that she is totally blind, his feelings change to one of deepest pity.

A gay drama with a lyrical and intimate tone that combines romance with supernatural, dream-like elements.

An experimental animated short following the whimsical journey of an alien girl through the sights and sounds of an airport. Commissioned by the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport.

Sometimes life throws us a curveball and even with a country at odds, she's never had to deal with such chaos at home... Until now.

A piece of white paper with “IMAI” typed on its surface is placed on top of a paper cone speaker, which emits the recorded sound of Imai’s heartbeat. As the iron coil fixed to the inner part of the speaker vibrates back and forth, the piece of white paper flips up and down, as if it has a life of its own. This work demonstrates Imai’s desire to visualize the sound created by an inner organ that one is usually not conscious of hearing.

Two former lovers reunite for a play by the drama teacher who first brought them together. They still carry a torch for each other, but will their love survive after the truth is revealed about their past?

Heartwood tells the story of Agostino, a farmer’s son who is on a mission to save his region’s olive trees from a natural disaster. Xylella Fastidiosa is the most deadly pathogen known to mankind that has already infected and killed 20 millions of trees in Southern Italy. When Agostino learns that science is still searching for a cure, he decides to follow the disease back to its roots in Latin America. From the savannas of Brazil, the highlands of the Mayan Peninsula and the deserts of Colombia, Agostino chronicles the efforts of indigenous people to save their traditions and persevere in the face of climate change, while searching for a cure.

The hosts of Hear Here! are Nova Scotia's own Chris "Old Man" Luedecke, the multiple Juno award-winning bearded minstrel bard, and Lesley Robinson, who grew up in the First Nation Ojibwa community in Kipawa, Quebec. Together they discover and uncover the musical people and places of Canada, starting in Preston, Nova Scotia, one of Canada's largest and oldest black communities.

Spider, a young gang leader, gets in over his head when he robs a notorious gangster. On the run, he's taken in by a sheltered young woman and her reclusive uncle, a legendary mobster gunned down by the same gangster now pursuing Spider.

Two old gentlemen who have been pals from boyhood decide that their children ought to marry. This intention is a commendable one, to be sure, and what is more, their son and daughter like each other pretty well, still more, the wish of the parents would have been automatically done if the old men only had sense enough to remember the adage about the cooks and the broth.

A distinguished professor finds his well-ordered life tospy-turvy after he is forced to take in a pregnant widow.

King Calhoun comes to the aid of "Ma" Jackson, who is fighting to regain control of the family ranch after her husband's death. Her daughter, June, is desired by the ranch foreman, Pete Miller, who threatens revenge after his is fired.

A man prays.