Science Please! : The Light Bulb

Rain pours and rubbish soars while light-bulb creatures party on the edge of the earth. A turn-of-the-century scientist in his chamber and a magic lantern child are concerned about the state of the planet. An ode to awareness and transformation, a global warning. —Fern Seiden

A disturbed, aging Southern belle moves in with her sister for solace — but being face-to-face with her brutish brother-in-law accelerates her downward spiral.

In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New York. He's on his way with the invention of an early form of the stock market ticker.

Once upon a time... consumer goods were built to last. Then, in the 1920’s, a group of businessmen realized that the longer their product lasted, the less money they made, thus Planned Obsolescence was born, and manufacturers have been engineering products to fail ever since. Combining investigative research and rare archive footage with analysis by those working on ways to save both the economy and the environment, this documentary charts the creation of ‘engineering to fail’, its rise to prominence and its recent fall from grace.

This short tells the story of archery through the ages, mostly using Warner Brothers archive footage. Noted archer Howard Hill demonstrates his skills with various trick shots.

Le côté obscur de l'ampoule

A three-part film by Cao Fei. Part one, 'Imagination of Product', shows workers and machines at the OSRAM lightbulb factory in China's Pearl River Delta. In the second part, 'Factory Fairytale', dancers and musicians appear in the factory, as work continues around them. Finally, 'My Future is Not a Dream' consists of portraits of the factory workers facing Fei's camera.

Propagandistic animation short about the boy chasing the Japanese soldiers trying to break through the Soviet border.

Strangers on a plane. Lucid observation in hand-drawn animation, in an autonomous, contrasty style.

The hare fraudulently organize a death penalty for an annoying neighbors

A Magic Saving Stick

A boy is afraid to leave his oasis because of the spirit waiting for him outside.

The First Violin

Too Salty

A dog wants to buy a new hat from his local tailor (who is a cat). A story about why cats and dogs dosen't like each other.

The girl and the animals dream of warmth, but winter does not plan to leave yet.

The dashing Dr. Mambo and his unlikely sidekick, Jibako the thief, help Princess Laura, former ruler of Eden, to regain her birthright from the usurping president Capo.

When the devious Count Dracula uses his powers to hypnotize Turk the Thanksgiving turkey to officially cancel his big day, Turk does as commanded and announces the end of the world's tastiest holiday. Little does Dracula know Santa and his heroic elves at the North Pole are ready to step up and save the day in Turkey Day.

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