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Of Horses and Men
The credits for this dramatic, delicate debut include Icelandic horses. And rightly so: alongside the fabulous landscapes and dry Icelandic humour, thPublished on: -
Nothing to Be Afraid of
In the Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, detecting landmines is a job for women. Inch by inch, they meet the danger with the patience of a…Published on: -
Sandlines
To understand their present situation, young children from a mountain village near Mosul re-enact the last century of Iraqi history.Published on: -
Eye Bags
An insomniac woman discovers that the particularly large bags under her eyes have become an attractive home for A Gum, a goldfish with a thing…Published on: -
L’éclat furtif de l’ombre
The horrors of war cast young fisherman Adisu adrift in vast Ethiopia. Forty years later, he is a taxi driver in a Northern European city,…Published on: -
Crush
Fleshy objects, composed of gel usually used for testing the penetrability of bullets into humans, are repeatedly crushed by a hydraulic press. (AV-arPublished on: -
Doorway for Natalie Kalmus
Close-ups of a technicolour instrument in a laboratory build up to form a kaleidoscopic ballet. Abstract flashes of light lead to a mystic experience.Published on: -
Solar Echoes
Impressively structured ‘science’ film links images of a thermal solar-energy plant to ideas on entropy, energy and time.Published on: -
Periscópio
Two men in a filthy flat care for and hate one another. One day, suddenly, a periscope appears through the floor. Who or what finds…Published on: -
Manakamana
Award-winning cinematic and ethnographic triumph points a 16mm camera at the people (and animals) in cable cars high above the Nepalese jungle, on thePublished on: