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Another kind of utopia is presented in the films of Naomi Uman, whose search for her family roots in the Ukraine led her to move to the small village of Legedzine. In "Unnamed Film", she shoots the old bubushka ladies as they expertly prepare pickles, pick vegetables, and sing odes to vodka. Shot on 16mm with non-sync sound, it has an intimate, handmade quality, only heightened by the use of explanatory inter-titles in place of subtitles. Uman’s Ukrainain was weak, so she wanted the viewer to have the same experience as she did, just getting the gist of things. As with Uruphong’s work, there is a nostalgia for the old ways, which were self-sufficient but took an incredible toll on the body. The bubushkas complain about their aching backs and the never-ending poverty, spiking any drift towards romanticization.

An early documentary about life above Earth, focusing on the planet's atmosphere and how what we do affects it. Also shown is a young boy learning how to to make a refractive telescope. In the last half of the film, an aircraft takes an imaginary trip to the moon.

This DVD showcases Frederick Ashton's version widely regarded as the definitive interpretation initially devised for the London Royal Ballet in 1960 and first screened on the BBC over the Christmas period of 1962. This performance featured the cast of the 1960 original, with Nadia Nerina in a role that Ashton created with her in mind. Nerina's "joyous, soaring skill, which is Lise's signature (Financial Times) and David Blair's technical and interpretative genius in the role of Colas are perfectly offset by Stanley Holden's hilarious travesti turn as Widow Simone, and Alexander Grant, who brings pathos and humour to the character of Alain.

South is the film record of Sir Ernest Shackleton's heroic but ill-starred attempt to cross Antarctica in 1914-16.

A documentary tribute to the King Of Pop.

An ambiguous relationship is put to the test when a couple shares a one-night stand the day before one of them leaves.

"This film is a consequent continuation and contraction of my film work, research which began with Room (1967). The film is not a translation of anything, it is not a representation of anything, not even of consciousness."

The programme features the “Discovering” team gathered for a Halloween evening to discuss and review their Top 20 Horror films of the last 100 years.

Political pamphlet in which the theories of Marxist Ernest Mandel are contrasted with the soothing parlance of political leader Paul van den Boeynants. Furthermore, the flow of 'left dogmatism' is alternated with cinematic and musical anecdotes.

A human and artistic adventure for a socio-educational movie approaching several current themes, far from fairy tales, but real unfortunately. Besides the homophobia, which is a defect(tare weight) and a shame in our time, this movie approaches the family tears and its dramatic consequences. All the people can feel concerned and reflect about this scenario punch of Greg Nashvil and Benjamin Karmer, gay people as heterosexuals...

The crew of a tank from the 1st French army took part in the liberation of Strasbourg during the fall of 1944.

16mm filmstock is the starting point for A Venture into Vegan Filmmaking, for which Josephine Ahnelt and Esther Urlus set out to prove that vegan film emulsions are possible, replacing gelatine with PVA. The result is a visceral, textural image from the past and the future.

A texture documentary finding peace in Chicago's CTA train lines.

Rodey just can't learn his lesson!

In 1988, with the release of FILTHY HABITS, Billabong changed the surf video forever. Raw and unapologetic, FILTHY HABITS presented the untouchable Billabong team in a revolutionary formula that simply featured kick-ass surfing cut tightly to kick-ass music. Twenty-one years later… Occy’s still ripping, bands like T.S.O.L. and Social Distortion are still rockin' hard, and Billabong hasn't changed their filthy habits one bit... the result? STILL FILTHY is born! Sit back and enjoy this historic ride into the future as the Billabong team takes you up, over, down under, and around the world. Featuring surfing by Andy Irons, Taj Burrow, Joel Parkinson, Dave Rastovich, Wade Goodall, Torrey Meister, Shane Dorian, TJ Barron, Sterling Spencer, Laurie Towner, Tamaroa McComb, Granger Larsen, Kolohe Andino and of course the legend himself, Occy.

To the eerie sound of a vintage record, colour blotches saturate the frame like moving-image stained-glass windows in Gwendolyn Audrey Foster’s Kitchen Sink Film, a short 16mm work of painterly psychedelia – handmade in the artist’s own kitchen sink.

Unbelievable footage of pilots in terrifying moments includes emergencies during take-offs and landings and the disastrous first flight of the F-16.