All Films

Banaba is a remote and tiny island in the Pacific Ocean, about 50-miles South of the Equator, at the Western limit of the Republic of Kiribati. Once it was known as Ocean Island, named after ship that “discovered” it. Once it was the colonial capital of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, and one of the British Empire’s richest sources of phosphate, the raw material for the fertiliser that enriched the soil of Australia and New Zealand. From 1900 to 1979, phosphate mining devastated Banaba, leaving a landscape of barren coral outcrops and rusting machinery. Most Banabans now live in Fiji, two thousand miles away from Banaba, on Rabi Island (pronounced ‘Rambi’) to which the British exiled them in 1945, after three years of intense suffering under Japanese occupation. In July 1997, a small group of Banabans and ex-miners made a return journey to the island that was once their home. This documentary tells the story.

Pietro Dal Prà is one of the most famous Italian rock climbers. In the documentary we see him climbing Bec D'Ajal, in the Ampezzo Dolomites. He follows a solo ascent on the “Paolo VI” route to the Pilastro della Tofana di Rozes. The two ascents are a starting point and an opportunity for Pietro to tell about his world of mountaineering and climbing, a sort of journey into the world of vertical in the company of unusual climbing companions, the backpack, fear and emotions.

Mom never gets a clue that daughter Jessica Rose doesn't share the same fashion sense.

HF636 - Super 8 (Color) film by Helga Fanderl

An ongoing set of films of inconsequential animal movements which are hand-printed in a variety of ways, using changes of light, geometry, time. These processes reveal what might be hidden in the frames and photographic depths of the material, as well as constructing a way of looking in relation to their subject.

A boy's experiences on a foggy day at Öresund, the water between Sweden and Denmark.

An computer animated short film.

In a futuristic world, a hold-up goes wrong… Not to worry, it's only for a laugh!

The story of 3 people who were imprisoned as children in the Terezin concentration camp during World War II told through interviews, diaries and drawings.The survivors and their families question the need to talk about the past and explore the effect of the Holocaust on their lives.

16mm fiction documentary filmed in Brazil, Argentina, and Poland.

Ryoko Hirosue music clip collection.

Plagued by his many fixations and obsessions with, among other things, the weather and sounds, 32-year-old Kees Momma tries to get through everyday life. Unexpectedly high temperatures for the time of year, doors that slam too loudly, a runny nose that is picked up loudly; these are annoyances that make the life of autistic Kees unbearable. It is thanks to his mother, who supports him unconditionally, that Kees survives in the outside world, which is so threatening to him. Subject to a strict daily rhythm, he makes long journeys every day in the autumn season as a passenger of his own model train.

Documentary on the history of Jewish people in Louisiana over 300 years. Covers anti-Semitism, Louisiana Jewish culture, and other topics.

A mockumentary about big-hearted strippers, drag queens, and a group of rabid feminists.

It is surprising to see old black and white ads for products still popular in today's world of color TV, including Barbie dolls and Coppertone sunscreen. In this collection, several products are advertised on the basis of demonstrations: a tough RCA radio is shown surviving a nasty fall; a Bulova watch sails over Niagara falls without ill effects; a line of Chevrolet trucks show their mettle as they are taken on a grueling Arctic trip. Humor is also used to great effect, as always. Spot the famous Hai Karate aftershave ad in which a man suddenly attracts more attention than he expects, and a Hamms beer ad showing people who just can't keep a grip on the competitor's drink. Color is seen in an increasing number of commercials as technology evolves.

Greek Contractor Lou installs a burglar alarm for a client. Poor Costa is the first to try it out.

A man collects the the largest settlement in Akron, Ohio when a soda pop company is blamed for his head being blown off.

Fresh out of college, Adolfson - a Korean adoptee who grew up in Coon Rapids, Minnesota - decides to return to his land of birth for fun and new experiences. After spending six months at Yonsei University living among drunk foreign exchange students, he relocates to a boarding house, determined to get a better sense of what life outside the dormitories is like. What he finds ranges from the painful to the provocative. He briefly participates in a student demonstration, resulting in his choking on tear gas. He is compelled to volunteer for an orphanage and muses over his own barely remembered childhood. Events culminate when Adolfson is reunited on Korean national television with his three long-lost siblings. An absorbing account of how cultural barriers can stimulate rather than hinder personal growth, PASSING THROUGH offers a unique look at a young man's coming of age.

The muffled grey world of Sonic Ching Chang is a raw authoritarian winter realm balanced by a strange natural electrical flora that emit a type of shimmering wave mist of which slightly steadies the ever domineering tragedy, and also, when ruminated into rightly, acts upon the nucleus accumbens of certain individuals, causing pheromone induced stimulated libidinal vision.

Experimental short by Kenji Onishi.

Experimental short by Kenji Onishi.

Experimental short by Kenji Onishi.

Experimental short by Kenji Onishi.