Midsummer Spell

Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.

A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to convince him to drown his wife.

Boy trying to impress girl, gets chased by her father and the police right into an ongoing marathon.

Ripped from Super 8MM comes the lost surreal action film by Carl J. Sukenick. Terrorist agent known as the Black Scorpions have stolen NASA's gamma ray weapon. With its power Lord Scorpio plans to conquer the earth. The only survivor of these attacks is Carl J. Sugar-King of the DoD. He must train within his unconscious to fight or we may all perish to the hand of doom!

Short tourist film set on a tropical island where a sailor falls in love with a native girl.

Adrift in the vast expanse of the ocean, a solitary boat carries three castaways—a man and two women. Stranded and devoid of any glimmer of rescue, they find solace in recounting the tales of their lives to one another. As they delve into their personal narratives, reminiscing about the circumstances that led them to this desolate predicament, they navigate through the depths of three distinct destinies. Bound by the confines of their shared space, every aspect of their existence becomes a boundary, underscoring their plight.

German silent film

Withstanding misery, a young man who seemed to live like an ordinary person suffers and tries to seek help from the closest person named friend.

A young man incidentally acquires a mysterious and much sought-after crystal which is, apparently, a source of immensely awesome power...and a potentiality for danger in evil hands.

A day in the city of Berlin, which experienced an industrial boom in the 1920s, and still provides an insight into the living and working conditions at that time. Germany had just recovered a little from the worst consequences of the First World War, the great economic crisis was still a few years away and Hitler was not yet an issue at the time.

Francis, a young man, recalls in his memory the horrible experiences he and his fiancée Jane recently went through. Francis and his friend Alan visit The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, an exhibit where the mysterious doctor shows the somnambulist Cesare, and awakens him for some moments from his death-like sleep.

A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.

Der Meineidbauer

The Farmer Forsworn

When Max's friends doubt his acting ability, he invites them to a dramatic theatrical performance.

A young peasant woman decides to become a tractor driver.

Crash 'n' Burn is an experimental film shot in and named after Toronto, Ontario's first punk rock club. (Not to be confused with Peter Vronsky's similarly titled 1977 documentary on the Toronto punk scene made for the CBC television network.) The film, shot on 16mm black-and-white stock, features performances by Dead Boys, Teenage Head, The Boyfriends, and The Diodes".

A new film compiled from the BFI National Archive's unparalleled holdings of early films of China, features films from 1900-48 filmed across China. The cinematic journey of Around China with a Movie Camera contains many films which may never have been seen in China, or at the very least not for over 70 years. These travelogues, newsreels and home movies were made by a diverse group of British and French filmmakers, some professionals, but mainly enthusiastic amateurs, including intrepid tourists, colonial-era expatriates and Christian missionaries.

A lottery win of $5,000 forever changes the lives of a miner turned dentist and his wife.

A man in drag sits on a couch holding a fan. The wallpaper behind him is floral patterned. Although the man does little more than looking around and waving his fan, Zwartjes created enormous tension.