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- DirectorSergio RecchiaStarsCataldo BasileEnrico CastellanetaAntonio IandoloThe election's eve. During the night two friends are still waiting to start their job: a moment to stop and think about a forced living.
- DirectorLouis LumièreStarsKing Edward VIIThis short documentary is a mini-biography of Edward VII, then Prince of Wales and heir apparent to the throne of England. Because his mother, Queen Victoria, reigned for such an unusually long period, he would not receive the crown until her death.
- DirectorLouis LumièreWorkers leaving the Lumière factory for lunch in Lyon, France in 1895; a place of great photographic innovation and one of the birth places of cinema.
- DirectorLouis LumièreStarsAuguste LumièreMrs. Auguste LumiereAndrée LumièreAs part of a maiden public film screening at the Salon Indien, on December 28, in Paris, Auguste Lumière pivots the centre of attention around his baby daughter, as he tries to feed her from a spoon.
- DirectorLouis LumièreOutdoors, with a nondescript building in the background, four men stand, each holding the corner of a blanket stretched parallel to the ground. They wear the clothes of laborers. By the back corner on our left stands a uniformed man who seems in charge. A sixth man stands back from the blanket about six paces; he runs forward and takes a leap but stops at the edge of the blanket and is upbraided by the uniformed gent. The same thing happens a second time, but the next three times, he completes a flip, landing on his back in the middle of the blanket, and the four then boost him out toward the camera. The final time seems like it will be his last for awhile.
- DirectorLouis LumièreA man tries to get on a horse , but he climbs to one side and falls from the other, until he manages to stay in balance.
- DirectorLouis LumièreTwo blacksmiths work while the vapors rise in the air. Later, another man arrives and offers a drink.
- DirectorLouis LumièreStarsAndrée LumièreAuguste LumièreA baby held by his father dips his little hands into a water jug and he can' t catch the goldfish .
- DirectorLouis LumièreStarsAuguste LumièreP.J.C. JanssenThe photographers who need to participate in the congress of Lyon get off a boat in Neuville-sur-Saône, dividing to the right and left.
- DirectorLouis LumièreSeveral little boys run along a pier, then jump into the ocean.
- DirectorLouis LumièreA stationary camera looks across the boulevard at a diagonal toward one corner of Lyon's Cordeliers' Square. It's a long shot, with a great deal of depth of focus. We can see the sky and fronts of four buildings, each four or five stories tall. It's a busy thoroughfare, with pedestrians walking in front of the buildings and crossing the boulevard between horse-drawn vehicles. A double-decker bus passes in front of us, pulled by two horses. Various tradesmen pass on wagons. One van passes.
- DirectorLouis LumièreStarsMrs. Auguste LumiereJeanne-Joséphine LumièreThree men in a rowboat are leaving the harbor.
- DirectorLouis LumièreStarsFrançois ClercBenoît DuvalAn impudent child plays a prank on a gardener innocently watering his plants.
- DirectorAuguste LumièreLouis LumièreStarsMadeleine KoehlerMarcel KoehlerMrs. Auguste LumiereA train arrives at La Ciotat station.
- DirectorLouis LumièreStarsAuguste LumièreAuguste Lumière directs four workers in the demolition of an old wall at the Lumière factory. One worker is pressing the wall inwards with a jackscrew, while another is pushing it with a pick. When the wall hits the ground, a cloud of white dust whirls up. Three workers continue the demolition of the wall with picks.
- DirectorLouis LumièreStarsAntoine FéraudAntoine LumièreFélicien TreweyTwo men play cards, as a third watches and a waiter brings drinks. The third man pours drinks as the waiter laughs.
- DirectorLouis LumièrePeople start a snowball fight on a street in Lyons, France.
- DirectorGeorges MélièsStarsGeorges MélièsVictor AndréBleuette BernonA group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsFrank PowellGrace HendersonJames KirkwoodAn unscrupulous and greedy capitalist speculator decides to corner the wheat market for his own profit, establishing complete control over the markets.
- DirectorClyde BruckmanLeo McCareyStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyJack AdamsA scheming fight manager attempts to collect insurance on his puny fighter by causing an accident. Things don't go according to plan, and the situation escalates into a pie-throwing battle of epic proportions.
- DirectorLewis R. FosterStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyJean HarlowStanley and Oliver, in their new jobs as footman and doorman at a ritzy hotel, wreak their usual havoc on the guests, including partially undressing a swanky blonde guest and repeatedly escorting a haughty Prussian nobleman into an empty elevator shaft.
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyCharlie HallStanley's attempts to treat Oliver's cold include dropping a swab down his friend's throat, applying a mustard plaster to his rump, and inflating the air mattress from the gas jet until it has Oliver pressed against the ceiling.
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyBobby BurnsIn winter-time, the boys fail to earn any money by playing their musical instruments in a bad neighborhood but their luck seems to improve when they find a wallet full of money on the street.
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyHarry BernardTwo homeless vagabonds hide out in a vacant mansion and pose as the residents when prospective lessees arrive and try to rent it.
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyFrank AustinIn order to claim an inheritance, the boys present themselves at a creaky, bat-filled mansion on a stormy night.
- DirectorJames W. HorneStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyJames W. HorneJilted by his girlfriend, "Jeanie-Weenie," Oliver joins the Foreign Legion to forget, bringing Stanley along with him. They wilt under the scorching desert sun and under the harsh discipline of the Commandant. On a long march to reinforce remote Fort Arid, the boys get lost in the sands, finally reaching the Fort only to find it besieged by the fearsome Riffs.
- DirectorJames W. HorneStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyMary CarrA kindly old widow serves a free meal to the penniless boys but her greedy landlord wants to evict her for non payment of her mortgage, prompting the boys to come to her rescue.
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyDinahLike the legendary Sisyphus, deliverymen Laurel and Hardy struggle to push a large crated piano up a seemingly insurmountable flight of stairs.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsBilly BletcherPinto ColvigDorothy ComptonThe Three Little Pigs each build a house of different material. The Big Bad Wolf comes along and blows away the straw and stick homes, but is unable to destroy the house of bricks.
- DirectorLloyd FrenchStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyMae BuschKeen to climb the social ladder by marrying a rich widow, Oliver finds the nerve to cheat on his partner Stanley. What he doesn't know is that her favorite hobby is murder--and it looks like he's next. Who can save Oliver the Eighth?
- DirectorCharley RogersStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyMae BuschAfter the events in Them Thar Hills (1934), Stan and Ollie encounter their old nemesis, whose grocery shop is next to their home-appliances store. Nobody can let bygones be bygones, and a war breaks out. Will those tit-for-tat battles ever end?
- DirectorCharles McDonaldStarsOliver HardyStan LaurelLee VickersLaurel and Hardy demonstrate the uses of wood in this World War II propaganda film.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsFred StadtmuellerBob HitePedroTwo days in the life of priest Father Fred Stadtmuller whose New Mexico parish is so large he can only spread goodness and light among his flock with the aid of a monoplane. The priestly pilot is seen dashing from one province to the next at the helm of his trusty Piper Cub administering guidance (his plane, the Flying Padre) to unruly children, sermonizing at funerals and flying a sickly child and its mother to a hospital.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsDouglas EdwardsNat FleischerWalter CartierAfter a short study of boxing's history, narrated by newscaster Douglas Edwards, we follow a day in the life of a middleweight Irish boxer named Walter Cartier.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsDon HollenbeckPaul HallStanley Kubrick's first film made in color, lost for over forty years. The documentary extols the benefits of membership to the Seafarers International Union.
- DirectorManfredo Manfredi
- DirectorYuri NorsteinStarsInnokentiy SmoktunovskiyAnimated short about a love between a heron and a crane.
- DirectorManfredo Manfredi
- DirectorArtavazd PeleshianThe last collaboration of Artavazd Peleshian and cinematographer Mikhail Vartanov is a film-essay about Armenia's shepherds, about the contradiction and the harmony between man and nature, scored to Vivaldi's Four Seasons.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsVincent PriceYoung Vincent Malloy dreams of being just like Vincent Price and loses himself in macabre daydreams which annoys his mother.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsShelley DuvallDaniel SternBarret OliverA young boy sets out to revive his dead pet using the monstrous power of science.
- DirectorAlvy Ray SmithA brainless android wakes up to be taunted by a large bee.
- DirectorJim JarmuschStarsRoberto BenigniSteven WrightIn a vignette called "Strange to meet you," Roberto sits at a small table in a coffee bar. Five cups of coffee and two ashtrays are in front of him; he drinks and smokes. Steven joins him. They start a conversation about cigarettes and coffee. Steven likes to drink coffee before he sleeps, so he can dream faster. The conversation jumps around. "You know my mother?" asks Roberto. Steven describes coffee Popsicles. They switch seats; then switch back. Steven has to leave for a dental appointment he's not looking forward to. Roberto makes a startling offer, inspired no doubt by the coffee and cigarettes.
- DirectorJohn LasseterA larger lamp watches while a smaller, younger lamp plays exuberantly with a ball but doesn't pick up the knack of correct handling.
- DirectorJohn LasseterWith a sale tag hanging from his seat, propped up in the corner of a bicycle store on a rainy night, Red the unicycle dreams about a better place.
- DirectorJohn LasseterA one-man-band tin toy tries to escape a destructive baby.
- DirectorNick ParkStarsPeter SallisPeter HawkinsTo replenish their depleted supply of cheese, inventor Wallace and his dog Gromit travel to the moon in a homemade rocket-ship.
- DirectorJohn LasseterA snow globe snowman wants to join the other travel souvenirs in a hot party, but the glass dome that surrounds him gets in his way, despite all his efforts.
- DirectorNick ParkStarsPeter SallisPeter HawkinsGromit butts heads with a mysterious penguin lodger, who hatches a sinister scheme involving the ex-NASA Techno Trousers that have been modified by Wallace for walkies.
- DirectorDavid ThewlisStarsKathy BurkeRobert PughAn artist scavenging for rubbish meets a policeman with very different views on what constitutes "art".
- DirectorDavide GrassettiFabrizio SferraStarsIvan LucarelliStefania SandrelliA woman tries to enjoy a pack of biscuits - but a young rocker stands in her way.
- DirectorEspen VidarStarsChristopher John HallKrzysztof Janczak
- DirectorStefano IncertiStarsAndrea Renzi
- DirectorDario MigliardiStarsValerio MastandreaAlessandra AcciaiValeria CavalliLa lettera is the story of a young roman courier, of his encounter with a young lady, addressee of a letter she doesn't want to read, and of the subtle accomplicity that develops between them: a dialogue accompanied by tears, yells and half smoked cigarettes, while someone is coming up on the lift...
- DirectorJan PinkavaStarsBob PetersonGeri sets up a chess game to play his greatest opponent - himself.
- DirectorJared SeideStarsScott HarlanJared SeideKristen TrucksessCreampuff is an intense and darkly romantic short film about Robert and Jack, two men snared between desperation and disgust and clinging to a destructive, dependent relationship as a last stand against despair and pain. As they prepare a birthday celebration for Jack's daughter, tensions escalate and the relationship strains to breaking point. When Jack's ex-wife, Suzanna, arrives without his daughter, Jack is devastated. Creampuff is an exploration of the craving for and power of intimacy and the grace of love beyond affliction.
- DirectorCarlos SalcesStarsMalcom VargasAlicia LagunaA boy plays with a plane's reflection on a pond near his house.
- DirectorGrant HeslovStarsGrant HeslovRobert KatimsSamantha MathisAn unlucky actor named Josh Silver is hopeful when his agent gets him an audition with his idol Woody Allen.
- DirectorRalph EgglestonStarsRalph EgglestonA group of snooty birds roosting on a telephone wire get their just deserts when a goofy bird drops in.
- DirectorMarc-Henri WajnbergStarsJean-Claude DreyfusIt's 6:20 a.m. The camera pans a slew of alarm clocks that start to ring simultaneously, all set to awaken a solitary middle-aged man. The alarms are elaborate: in addition to traditional clocks, horns blow, bright lights flash, and a pot even blows smoke at the sleeper. After several minutes, the bed itself finally bounces him to his feet and he begins to make his way through his house, slowly, keeping only a step ahead of things falling, or cutting through the air head high. He grabs his coat, shambles out the door - and it becomes apparent why it is he must wake up. These surprising duties completed, it's time for an espresso. It arrives like clockwork, right on schedule.
- DirectorClaudia SoltiStarsGeorgina ChapmanSean DromgooleOliver HollidayAfter hearing of his wife's untimely death, Peter cannot find the words to tell the news to his ten-year-old son Jack.
- DirectorIrina EvteevaStarsVyacheslav Polunin
- DirectorZsófia Péterffy
- DirectorAnita Reilly McGeeStarsJeff SmallwoodBrian DowneyTanya PenneyA woman enters a bar and asks for a bit of conversation, but what she gets in return is a bunch of bad pickup lines sung to her by a cowboy and the bartender singing the cowboy's virtues.
- DirectorMichele AmasStarsTom McCroryPerry PiercyTwo people, feeling alienated from the world around them, find a chance connection through a mistaken phone call.
- DirectorPaolo AmeliStarsAlessandro Di NataleMichelangelo PulciA British soldier in WWI, under siege and overwhelmed, commits an act of compassion that haunts him the rest of his life.
- DirectorElena VilallongaA woman visits a she-therapist in order to relieve her pain. In spite of her initial confessing mood, she tries not to surrender to the healer. She finally rebels against her, establishing a love-and-hate relationship that ends up with a funny cathartic exaltation.
- DirectorDaniele Cascella
- DirectorBud LuckeyRoger GouldStarsBud LuckeyA sheep dances proudly in his southwestern landscape, until one day his wool is sheared and he is left naked. He's depressed and shy, until a cheerful jackalope comes along and shows him how to leap proudly and not to be ashamed.
- DirectorMark AndrewsAndrew JimenezTwo buskers engage in a petty feud over a child's donation.
- DirectorPippo MezzapesaStarsDino AbbresciaAlberto Rubini
- DirectorGary RydstromStarsSheb WooleyA teenage alien is trying to abduct a sleeping human, but doesn't know which switch to use.
- DirectorWes AndersonStarsJason SchwartzmanNatalie PortmanWaris AhluwaliaA prologue of one heart-breaking history of love and the prologue of the travel told in The Darjeeling Limited (2007).
- DirectorDoug SweetlandA stage magician's rabbit gets into a magical onstage brawl against his neglectful guardian with two magic hats.
- DirectorPierluigi FerrandiniStarsAntonio Iandolo
- DirectorGiuseppe Schettino
- DirectorAlessandro MolatoreStarsAllan Zeta CapiliOver 6,000 people make their home among the tombs of Navotas Cemetery, located in the Philippines on the shores of Manila Bay. Serving as a trustworthy guide, the smiling and talkative Pastor Jon leads us through the unimaginable world of 'The Cemetery People,' where families live, sleep and even play among the graves.
- DirectorPaolo SorrentinoStarsMonica DugoRoberto BernardiniRenato GnaniA stylistic and unusual exercise by director Paolo Sorrentino capturing a decisive rugby match, with a father and son playing for the same team. It involves the team's preparation, their concentration and some peaceful moments before the awaited match, spectacularly filmed and showing the beauty and the dynamics of rugby.
- DirectorMassimiliano CamaitiStarsElio GermanoPhilippe LeroyMatteo, a young engineer, returns to the mountains of his childhood to visit his father's grave. The serene atmosphere is interrupted by a bee that lands on his hand. When his car runs off the road into a snowbank, Matteo seeks help at a nearby farmhouse. There he meets Giulio, an elderly and eccentric farmer who recuperates the car with an old tractor then invites Matteo to stay for supper. The young engineer feels obliged to stay the night in the house full of memories, sentiments and nostalgia.
- DirectorAlessandro CelliStarsMarco GialliniIrene FerriAndrea CalligariA mother takes her son to visit his father before leaving on vacation. Again this year the man won't be with his family and the child wants to show him his report card. The visiting procedure is always the same: the heavy doors close, the guards' look is severe, the hallways are endless, the rooms are desolate. The mother waits while the child goes to meet his father. The atmosphere is full of tension and the encounter is very emotional.
- DirectorHedy KrissaneStarsHedy KrissaneThe survivor of a shipwreck lands on a beautiful beach. When he comes upon a carry-out pizza box and realizes he is in Italy, his joy is boundless and he starts a wild dance.
- DirectorEnrico Maria ArtaleStarsMatteo AlemannoSilvia LuzziAndrea PisauroBruno is a young composer who's trying to live on his own, out of his family house. He realizes that it's not easy at all, but the situation will change if he finally accept a professional and musical compromise.
- DirectorDanilo CaputoStarsBasilio MomakoA day in the life of Vasyl, a young and talented Ukrainian musician who has come to Italy looking for success but has to make a living delivering gas bottles across the city. Though when work is over and he calls his far-away mother Vasyl tells his life the way he would like it, mixing dream and reality.
- DirectorFrancesco ApiceStarsPaolo SassanelliValerio TrementozziTommaso Miro SturnoGiulio is eleven and his father gives him a shotgun as a birthday present. Far from the city, far from home where they should be, Giulio and his nine year old brother Lorenzo follow their father into the woods. It's their first hunting day.
- DirectorMiriam RizzoStarsMimmo Cuticchio
- DirectorPeter SohnStarsTony FucileLori RichardsonBabies both human and beast are created up in the stratosphere, by the clouds themselves. One cloud specializes in "dangerous" babies, creating a challenge for his loyal stork that has to deliver them.
- DirectorFabio GrassadoniaAntonio PiazzaStarsMarco CorrentiMarta PalermoRita, a blind child, shelters a boy on the run who suddenly breaks into her home. It's a mysterious, enigmatic meeting that lets Rita experience a brief moment of freedom.