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 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.
A fading southern belle moves in with her sister in New Orleans where her ferocious brother-in-law takes stabs at her sanity.
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.
Le côté obscur de l'ampoule
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.
D'Artagnan and his musketeer comrades must thwart the plans of Cardinal Richelieu to usurp King Louis XIII's power.
Pluto and the Vessel is a stop-motion short, created using a combination of clay, object, and puppet animation. The work exists simultaneously as both homage to early science fiction horror tropes and as a personal contemplation on the impossible differentiation between containers and their contents.
Bob the Builder and his friends are back with a charming musical special. This time, Bob and his friends head out to the wild west and are hot on the trail of a secret treasure, though they are always able to take time out for a song or two.
Filmmaker Marc Forster expresses his thoughts and reflections on life.
This is Jerry.
A color puppet film based on the famous ballad of K. J. Erben "Aquarius".
Before going to bed, Jana plays a lullaby on her violin for the little star. In the girl's imagination, the star dances happily and falls from the sky. The star has to be back in its place before sunrise otherwise it will become blind. Jana is not able to help with the star's return. The birds are also not successful. However, a cosmonaut brings the star home.
Vanished and forgotten magical animals. Magical items that have the power to awaken spring. New friends in our latest hyper-super-ultra-megaturbo-giga very exciting walk through our beautiful Macedonia.
The Molcars are back! This time, Potato and the others are brought to driving school after causing a big fuss in the town. Encounters, bonds, and trials await for the squad at this theme park-like place.
ブルーロック超速上映板〜青い監獄入寮編〜
After capturing the good witch, the villainous King Gnome creates havoc throughout Oz as he needs Dorothy's ruby slippers to take control of the Emerald City. So, it is up to Tom and Jerry to save the land of Oz!
A mystical, powerful ancient being seems to linger on traces of his humanity.
An adventuring wizard realizes she's trapped in a tabletop role playing game and attempts to escape a malevolent game master. Along the way she encounters hungry mimics, goblins, and a mysteriously powerful 20-sided die as she learns to take control of her own destiny.