Tree

There was a puppet in the telephone booth on the street, like a tree hole that received the stories people poured out without a word. In the morning, a little girl visited the puppet unexpectedly.

Cort merges video theater, early imaging technology and interactivity. In At Maple Tree Farm and Beyond, he employs the "Video Art Transposer" (an early electronic imaging device) to transform images during the recording process, manipulating staged events in a real-time, interactive electronic theater.

Three very different people — a quantum physicist, a neuroscientist (Sheetal Sheth), and an FBI agent — find themselves drawn into a spiraling mystery. Confronted with a mysterious car accident, the three must interpret clues that defy common sense. Their collective quest takes them from science to art to music to mysticism in a widening search for answers. After an intense outward chase to satisfy their rational minds, the trio realizes the answers they desire lie buried deep within themselves. As each seeker begins to embrace the true nature of reality, each is rewarded with revelations beyond their wildest imaginings. What they learn leaves them humbled and in awe of the strange and beautiful universe we call home. When everything makes sense, nothing makes sense. This highly philosophical narrative has been applauded by scientists, artists, thinkers, scholars, media, academia, students and audiences from 10 to 80+ years old.

Documentary about a place in Canada above the tree line.

There are things everybody wants to learn to do, but knowledge comes at a price. Is knowing worth eating from the tree of knowledge?

The tree here is an ancient American Elm standing in Tompkins Square Park in New York. It’s named 'The Hare Krishna Tree' because an Indian spiritual leader founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness nearby. Meticulously edited, frame by frame, the tree comes to life, more than 40 years after the images were shot.

"Okay, let’s talk about trees. Why are you so obsessed with them?" asks Akingbade, the filmmaker, of young artist Rafiki, whose artistic practice focuses on trees: their individuality and presence.

The plot centers around Miranda, a young girl who lost her mother at a very young age. She is troubled and withdrawn, pretend plays alone for hours and is obsessed with death. She creates elaborate little cemeteries using figs and sticks, burying dead insects or animals she comes across. Her family members relate stories and tales and slowly bring her out of her shell and help her cope better with life and death and all in between. A moving family piece that can help children deal with grief, life and death.

Tree Time imagines a relationship between nature and technology unmediated by human presence. The video was shot in the Amazon rainforest with a drone enacting a disembodied point of view that floats through the densely compressed forest canopy, taking off, hovering above the ground, and occasionally returning to it. The work’s title is informed by a series of interviews with a dendrochronologist who studies methods of tracking climate change by ‘reading’ the annual tree rings in the Amazon rainforest –ecological recordings reveal a hidden dimension of narrative time within nature itself.

One minute in the German forest in strong winds.

A girl dressed like a tree tries to find her way home. “Tree Girl" begins with a spot-on replica of a makeup tutorial video, complete with flashy editing and thumping background music, about how to make yourself look like a tree. Directed by and starring Marissa Goldman.

When her sister disappears from a camping trip, nine year old Fae is left wondering if the scary stories about her new home are true.

Treeman and Kayla is a READ-ALONG story for ages 3+. It is about a young girl and tree creature she finds in a cave. She teaches him to play games and have fun.

Phillip and Michael, two brothers who are on a desperate journey to find unconditional love in a world dominated by hatred and manipulation, have good reason to doubt that their lives will ever be normal.

A quietly curious animated short film about a single dead tree and the cycle of life that depends upon it.

A low-budget documentary film by Lynn Zhang & Shirley Han Ying about the water crisis in the North China Plain. It depicts the devastating consequences of water scarcity exacerbated by pollution. The film follows a group of farmers who saw their orchards destroyed by water pollution, and their one-sided struggle against a major corporation and an unsympathetic local government to gain compensation. Through the stories of the individual villagers and the predictions of local experts, we witness a paradise lost to economic progress, and the consequences of doing too little, too late.

A look into the life of a young gay Egyptian man, who is also one of my childhood closest friends.

A series about very cute animals doing stupid funny things that end up having the worst consequences.

Winter is fast approaching, and everyone is getting ready for a nice long sleep… but a certain Little Partridge can’t quite contain her excitement! What could possibly go wrong?

Happy Tree Friends: Second Serving presents a new collection of minutes-long vignettes.