The Hidden Performance

Released in 1939.

After a curious woman discovers an album filled with pictures of her deceased mother, she connects with her by exploring her identity.

Against the backdrop of beautiful natural scenery, the film tells the story of a guide accused of killing a tourist and dramatically discovers the evidence that clears her for the charges.

The Struggles and the Solutions

Kiera, an orphan, continuously experiences a trail of misfortunes, constantly having to adapt to her short-lived identities.

Gina unexpectedly suffers visual hallucinations and sees her dead son whilst preparing to move houses. A cop arrives for an investigation and asks her if she knows anything about the neighbors' missing children. Through this new missing persons case, Gina has to confront the memories and reality she had long tried to suppress.

Meri is determined to find justice for her sister, a victim of sexual assault from the local village elder who happens to be their uncle.

A lone swan named Kishika is born in a chicken-filled world. Being outcast due to her differing physical appearance, she is tormented daily to the point of isolation. Her escape? Ballet.

A young elementary school student saw a strange light at night and believed it was a UFO. However, his family and the neighbors thinks that what he'd seen was a "Pulung Gantung", a phenomenon believed to bring disaster.

The story follows Nani and Keerthy, whose funny first meeting slowly develops into love. Keerthy painful past makes her insecure and afraid that Nani may change or leave her. Nani understands her fears and tries to give her trust, patience, and emotional security. The story’s main message is that relationships may have problems, but love, communication, and willingness to change can help “repair” them.

A woman attempts to save her relationship with a man by using an item from their past.

This is a film drama, apparently based on real events, that depicts a mountaineering accident. A husband and wife are climbing in the Tyrolean Alps when she slips and falls off a cliff. The husband exhausts himself trying to rescue her in a fierce storm and both are rescued by a mountain guide. The film was made by Tom Terriss, who made a short taking images from an earlier Polish feature film from 1930 shot in the Tatra Mountains titled 'Burza nad Zakopane'. In fact, although in theory the action takes place in the Tyrolean alps, the mountain guide (Domenico Gambino) is dressed with the typical costumes of the Polish highlanders from the Tatras (the Gorals). It's a mystery whether Tom Terriss used these images with permission.

Western short subject

"In this film of the 'Vagabond Adventure Series', Tom Terris takes us to New Zealand in a kind of travelogue film. We accompany a client and a mountain guide on a treacherous, icy trek across a glacier. At night they camp and the old man tells him how he lost his love in an accident fourty years ago during their honeymoon. In the morning the old man has disappeared, but client finally finds him in a cave admiring the body of his frozen lover, captured on ice. The film conveys a feeling that is rarely identified with travel films, and contains a tender, tragic note that is genuinely touching."

Nice looking Travelogue takes us to the Northeast corner of Wyoming as we visit Yellowstone National Park.

Documentary on one of the first editions of the Trofeo Mezzalama, the highest ski mountaineering race in Europe, at more than 4,200 meters above sea level, which takes place on the glaciers of Monte Rosa, from Breuil to Gressoney-La-Trinité, crossing the summits of Castor (4,199 meters) and Nez du Liskamm (4,100 meters). The film recounts the last hours of feverish preparation before the start, the teams preparing for the race linked in ropes, then follows the stages of the competition by following the groups of skiers from a plane. Created in 1933, the Trofeo Mezzalama was contested until 1938, before falling into oblivion during the war. A second version was organized from 1970 to 1973. A third biannual version has been organized since 1997.

"She Climbs to Conquer" shot by W.J. Oliver, was a noteworthy film which gained well merited acclaim. Made in 1933 it pictured the climb of Georgia Engelhard, a professional mountain climber, from Abbot's Pass to the peak of Mount Victoria.

A recluse old man who watches and times paint dry for a living is thrown into chaos when one day he encounters a paint that won't.

Danube upstream from Vienna, with its images of monasteries and castles. It's hard for an American to realize the age of civilization in Europe. This Burton Holmes travelogue hints at it.

A group of men shows the 'before and after' physical effects of a journey upon the Mount Aspiring area. Mount Aspiring (9,960 ft.), known as the Matterhorn of New Zealand, together with Mount French, mark the end of the Otago and Westland regions. The movie does not show scenes of the climbing itself, but collects the testimonies of the members of the group, led by Jack Aitken. The other members are Bill Young, Stewert J. Macdonald, Victor Bowden, and Roland Ellis.