From Satin Island
Avant-garde novelist Tom McCarthy reads an abstract of his latest book to a haunting video collage of disaster and beauty by director Johan Grimonprez.
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Avant-garde novelist Tom McCarthy reads an abstract of his latest book to a haunting video collage of disaster and beauty by director Johan Grimonprez.
Jesse struggles to let go of a complicated relationship as memories of their difficult past resurface.
Nora Bernd is a popular "lifestyle consultant" on television: in her programme she gets people to talk about their problems, helps them find a way to resolve their crises and provides practical advice and suggestions. No
If the 50th anniversary of what was once the greatest independent record label in the world isn't a good excuse for a memorable party, then I don't know what is
In the cheap glitter and glow of a fading Coney Island, a group of characters live out their sordid, strange lives trying to get somewhere fast - any way they can. Desperately trying to love and be loved. These cops, cal
The widows and children of survivors of the H.M.S. Bounty rule Pitcairn Island, fighting off sailors and intruders.
This film shows a mechanical ride in an amusement park, designed to allow customers to ride down an undulating incline astride wooden horses. Several groups of people are seen enjoying the ride down the incline.
A case-hardened cop is pitted against a young eco-terrorist. The title "island" is an artificial construct in Tokyo Bay, a mountain of garbage, a by-product of Japan’s economic boom years. The film’s protagonist Alan wor
When members of Tiger Mafia attack a music festival and against orders begin to shoot civilians the protector spirit of Nyege Nyege Island is summoned to help.
A short story during Jim's adventure at sea. He encounters a man at a bar who told a tail about a one-legged man. Thinking it's Silver who the man is referring too, Jim later asked him for details. The man told Jim that,
A story about the Nivkh, the indigenous inhabitants of Sakhalin Island.
In the ethereal space of a remote freeway service station, Sami, a station employee, dreams of an encounter that will take him far away from here. His manager Stéphane, who has long since sunk into a boring routine, trie
"Do not leave the house. Take medicine and go to bed when the sun goes down. Do not touch locked doors." Jae-jun, who had always followed his father's rules throughout his life, begins to break them one by one as he ente
Drawing on films made by Chinese state studios in the 1950s–1980s, this work revisits island narratives of war, revolution, espionage, and class struggle once shaped to engineer shared sentiments. Images from these featu
This is related to the concept of people and consumption. If we think back to the era of my father. They didn’t think, “well if it's old then we throw it out.”
Film by Dr Catherine Delano-Smith taken during the ‘Oxford University Women's Expedition Madeira 1961’. Shows scenery and local people mainly at or near Funchal. Includes rural landscape views (mountains, rocks, forests
Multiple award winning ‘Times’ journalist and ex Conservative MP Matthew Parris spends six months on Kerguelen, the world’s most remote island.
Three women, varying in ages and therefore perspective, agree that life on a small Chinese island in Hong Kong waters, is better for them now than in the past. They are treated equal to the men in the rigors of manual la
Since the large waves of migration in summer 2015, many are ready to house and welcome the less fortunate people of this world. Long before that Doctor Bartolo took responsibility for Omar, an 18-year-old Tunisian who st