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The Discovery and Development of Film

The Discovery and Development of Film

2006 • 31 min • Croatia
The birth date of film can be established: December 28, 1895. The place where it happened is also known: Paris, Boulevard des Capucines, Grand Caffe. It is also known who did it first: Louis Lumiere. However, the history of film starts in distant, almost unknown times: from drawings of cave people, through reliefs from Egyptian times, to the discovery of photography. Development of film technique: silent film, sound film, color film. Development of film expression: film as a recording of reality, film as an interpretation of reality, film as fiction or new reality. Development of film as an industry.
Déluge

Déluge

2006 • 45 min • France
I am there. I say nothing. In the lounge, the boxes still opened from our moving in. My father. My mother. Come to comfort me. Her father. Her mother. Incapable to say the words. To put into words what has happened. And outside, the rain. Diluvian. Improbable.
A Christmas Journey: About the Blessings God Gives

A Christmas Journey: About the Blessings God Gives

2006 • 40 min • United States of America
Ian and his sister Stephy haven't always had much to look forward to on Christmas. One way or another, they always get stuck with grumpy old Grandpa for the holidays. Ian knows that this Christmas will be different. When Ian and Stephy get invited to a big Christmas party, they set out to discover what Christmas is really about. Along the way they will meet many interesting characters, including a very helpful angel, a kind old saint, and a very special little baby. Before the night is over, Ian and Stephy will learn that Christmas isn't about how much they can get, but how much they can give. They learn that the most important and meaningful gifts come from within, and the gifts from within are gifts from God.
Annie Oakley

Annie Oakley

2006 • 60 min • United States of America
This one hour documentary examines the life of the famed Sharp Shooter and Wild West performer, Annie Oakley from her birth in mid nineteenth century rural Pennsylvania to her death in 1926. Many myths are overturned and the program also features a little known trial when Annie Oakley had to sue The Hearst Newspaper chain all throughout the country for libel when they reported the activities of someone who was impersonating the famed sharpshooter and besmirching her reputation.
Road

Road

2006 • 5 min
A man and a woman are attacked on a country road. The woman loses her sight, the man loses his hearing.
Who's That Girl

Who's That Girl

2006 • 6 min • Sweden
A young girl transforming between different personalities during a 20-year period. The video is made with 187 morphed passport photographs taken 1981-2001.
Whatever Happened to Ro-Man?

Whatever Happened to Ro-Man?

2006 • 7 min • United States of America
The shocking conclusion to what happened after ROBOT MONSTER.
Hats of Jerusalem

Hats of Jerusalem

2006 • 52 min • Israel
Jerusalem can rightfully be called the hat capital of the world. Whereas the rest of the world has allowed its hats to gather dust in the closet since the 1950s, Jerusalem still teems with hats and caps. From soldier to monk, everyone is identifiable by his hat. Director Nati Adler, who is neither religious nor a hat-wearer, explored the how and the why of the hats of Jerusalem. His colourful and personal trip takes us along the diverse headdresses of the three religions populating the city. What begins as an innocent exercise by a curious documentary filmmaker develops as it were into a Pandora's box full of stories and history lessons. Every answer evokes new questions. Why do people in Jerusalem wear so many hats, what is a shtreimel, why don't Armenian Christians use their Turkish hats in their ceremonies, and why do women actually have to cover their heads?
Boz- Thank You God for Friends and Helpers

Boz- Thank You God for Friends and Helpers

2006 • 45 min
Boz- Thank You God for Helpers and Friends
Abortion, Corruption and Cops: The Bertram Wainer Story

Abortion, Corruption and Cops: The Bertram Wainer Story

2006 • 55 min • Australia
In his fight to make abortion accessible, affordable and safe, Dr Bertram Wainer risked his life to uncover a web of corruption involving abortionists, politicians and police.
Spud

Spud

2006 • 59 min • France
The Little Dictator

The Little Dictator

2006 • 8 min • United States of America
The Little dictator is the 'real' story behind Napoleon, he decides to invade Russia but his adventures leave him beaten by Mother Nature.
Uma Cidade Chamada Tiradentes

Uma Cidade Chamada Tiradentes

2006 • 26 min • Brazil
The documentary offers an overview of the district of Cidade Tiradentes and its inhabitants. It starts by the acquisition of land by the public authorities from the 1970s onwards, to the occupation of what is today one of the largest housing projects in Latin America.
Two Rivers

Two Rivers

2006 • 56 min • United States of America
Part history lesson, part deeply felt emotion, and part fascinating story of an unlikely solution to a dark time in American history, this award winning PBS documentary tells the true story of a Native American reconciliation group in North Central Washington State. Seeking to learn why there has never been any Indian presence or awareness in their community, a white couple begins a journey that starts as a small discussion group in their home. As the regions' (and later the Nations') history of cruelty, racism, and ignorance toward Native Americans is told, the whites are deeply affected. Word begins circulating around the reservations that something unusual is happening among a group of whites and Indians. Curious whites hear about Indians traveling to their community, and start attending. What follows is an amazing story of changed hearts, friendships between enemies, and ultimately, astonishing community renewal and transformation.
Godzilla Story Development!

Godzilla Story Development!

2006 • 13 min • United States of America
The story of how the original Godzilla went from idea to script to screen.
Desperate Housewives, les secrets de la série

Desperate Housewives, les secrets de la série

2006 • 46 min • France
A French documentary offering a behind the scenes look at the American television series.
The Fear of Trilogy

The Fear of Trilogy

2006 • 3 min • United Kingdom
Maxine Peake stars in a short film about three fears (birds, falling, sleepwalking) - filmed and edited in a single day on a mobile phone for Cinema Now, a digital conference held at BAFTA.
Do Communists Have Better Sex?

Do Communists Have Better Sex?

2006 • 52 min • Germany
This is about sex. About sex in Germany and who, on which side of the Iron Curtain, was better at it. At the end of the Second World War, Germans shared the same culture, lifestyle, morals. But four decades later, everything had changed. Forty years of division left their mark in many places—including the beds of the German people.
Bil'in Habibti

Bil'in Habibti

2006 • 55 min • Israel, Palestinian Territory
The Israeli filmmaker Shai Corneli Polak records the building of the 'security wall' through Palestinian territory at the village of Bil'in. The villagers protest mostly peacefully, while the Israeli army doesn't react peacefully. By now the Israeli High Court has ruled that the building of the wall was illegal.
Propiedad privada

Propiedad privada

2006 • 16 min • Spain
Le Mans: 100 Years of Passion

Le Mans: 100 Years of Passion

2006 • 50 min • United Kingdom
A nostalgic look back at 100 years of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Laban the Little Ghost

Laban the Little Ghost

2006 • 44 min • Sweden
Daddy Ghost gets ready for a night of ghost work. He shows Laban his scariest ghostly haunts. The little ghost wants to sound scary, but no matter how hard he tries, he sounds cute. The problem is that Laban is scared himself when he walks through the dark corridors.
Globe Trotters

Globe Trotters

2006 • 60 min • Japan
Released on DVD on Murotimate Breaks & Beats Vol. 2
Verdun: Descent into Hell

Verdun: Descent into Hell

2006 • 46 min
Documentary concerning the battle of Verdun which, with its weapons of mass destruction, marked the beginning of modern warfare in what is considered to be the most gruesome military confrontation of World War I. The programme conveys the horror of this military inferno, illustrating the similar experiences of the French and German soldiers and their struggle for survival. It also provides the unknown soldier with a face through various letters, diaries and private photographs.