Blue Elephant
A thespian rehearses a Sanskrit play from 2nd century CE. The footage is robbed of sound. The inter-titles try to tell the story..
A thespian rehearses a Sanskrit play from 2nd century CE. The footage is robbed of sound. The inter-titles try to tell the story..
An old farm dog recounts the true tale of Old Bet, the elephant at the start of the American circus. Their mournful melody is hand-crafted using painterly clay-on-glass and oil pastel animation..
The powers of love are always at work. But when they do so in an ancient southern Italian town at sunset, they seem just a little more magical..
“Elephant in Castle” is created within the context of two strange years, 2019 and 2020. The work expresses a constant change within Florence’s inner world, to express the emotional, aesthetic, and tactile responses that she has to Hong Kong, the city where she grew up. The film is both a reflection on the political and social changes in the city and an attempt to understand the relationship between city, place and the individual..
Elephant, Elephant, Elephant! an immersive animation experience, hand drawn into a 360o environment, it plays with our anthropomorphism of elephants, initially delighting the audience with the clumsy elefunks performing incongruous circus tricks to the pompous music of the Thai Elephant Orchestra; they then transform back into ‘real’ elephants, whose stereotypical actions taken from zoo strangely appear like they are dancing and greeting each other. The illusion broken, the suspension of disbelief is exposed it signals the beginning of the elephant’s poetic escape leaving us alone in the dark..
The film begins in the city of Mumbai, India, near the Gateway of India, a monument to the visit, in 1911, of the monarchs of the British Empire. After dwelling on some of the intriguing sights at the harbor, we board a ferry headed for the Elephanta Island, about a couple of hours journey from the shore. We arrive at the island and make a steep trek up the hillside to the Elephanta caves--a series of pillared hallways carved out of mountain caves with breathtaking sculptures dating back to the 7th century A.D. The caves also contain shrines dedicated to the Hindu deity Shiva and are remarkable for their ethereal, atmospheric beauty..
anina Pigaht knew her grandfather as a loving man. She has vivid memories of them singing German songs and reading stories together. After he passed away eight years ago, she started reading old diaries and searching through his belongings, looking for stories to keep his memory alive. But then she discovered a shocking truth: her grandfather was a loyal member of the SS during the Second World War..
A Hungarian orphan girl searches for new parents in Austria. In an Austrian circus, she befriends an elephant and a wolfhound..
In this 1937 Terrytoon, one of the funniest ever made by the studio, a drunk goat is scared by the appearence of three pink elephants. The goat runs into Farmer Al Falfa's house..
De la plaine des Joncs à la Haute-Région tonkinoise, la résistance s’organise. Sur le terrain, le corps expéditionnaire français découvre l’adversaire avec fascination. 1950 : la guerre d’Indochine s’inscrit dans la guerre froide. C’est l’heure des grandes batailles, couronnées par la tragédie de Dien Bien Phù. Sur la fameuse « cuvette », deux anciens combattants, un français et un vietnamien, évoquent l’horreur des combats. La France ne pouvait pas gagner cette guerre et tous, militaires et civils, au fond, le savaient. La conférence de Genève débouchait inévitablement, sur la deuxième guerre. L’américaine..
A tail-wagging good time will be had by all at this adorable fur-baby bash..
When Nicole receives life-changing news, her 7-year-old daughter poses an insightful perspective..
In Kano City, Northern Nigeria, crowds gather to watch local heroes face off in the ancient Hausa martial art of Dambe. Part battle, part dance, part live mythology, it’s a cultural tradition that has survived and thrived in the region, despite invasion, famine, British colonialism and attacks by Boko Haram. In Dambe’s lightning-fast bouts, against a hypnotic soundtrack of live drumming and improvised praise songs, conflicts erupt, rivalries are formed and legends are made..
While in his cups, an older gentleman buys a surprise for his family—one that eats peanuts and weighs 11,000 pounds. (MoMA).
Documentary about an extraordinary lady, Diana Serra Cary (born Peggy-Jean Montgomery). In the early 1920s she was one of Hollywood's first major child stars, Baby Peggy..
Eamon (Bazuk), a disillusioned college dropout, decides to take the low road, working as a gas station attendant in rural Ontario and purposefully keeping to himself. The narrow life he has prescribed for himself is disrupted by Daisy (Leroux), a lonely, hearing-impaired girl with a persistent crush on him..
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