Verstöðin Ísland
The film is divided in four parts and traces the history of the Icelandic fishing industry from the Middle Ages to the present day.
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The film is divided in four parts and traces the history of the Icelandic fishing industry from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Visit the abandoned immigrant hospital on Ellis Island. During the great wave of immigration, 22 medical buildings sprawled across two islands adjacent to Ellis Island, the largest port of entry to the United States. Mas
Lou Reed was wise to chronicle a concert by his early-'80s band, featuring lead guitarist Robert Quine and bassist Fernando Saunders. Reed had used them on his trilogy of strong albums -- The Blue Mask, Legendary Hearts,
As night blankets Soda Island, Sodians gather on the coast to perform a mystical ritual. But when their party is interrupted by an unwelcome visitor events are set in motion that will leave the island in total dissonance
Judge Patrick Henry McPheeney presides over a chaotic Monday morning police court following a busy weekend. After a scrubwoman wakes the sleeping staff, bickering attorneys Ignatius O’Brien and Diogenes Cassidy arrive, f
The new comedy series Sowalef Tafash reflects through its thirty episodes the daily life and neighborhood interactions in the Gulf during the period between the forties and fifties, of the last century.
Short documentary on the shunters in the Darling Island, Sydney, Australia railyard. Filmed in 1977.
The journey of an intellectual Creole. Before returning from Lisbon to Luanda, he stops in the Cape Verde islands in search of his ethnic and cultural roots.
A hand processed film exploring the modernist structures of a popular amusement park on the Toronto Islands.
This enchanting film, is about courageous and curious kitten, Bea, who dreams of becoming a great witch but can’t cast a single spell. One day, Bea’s boredom and curiosity drive her to run away from her overprotective fa
A Shaw Brothers co-production with Hai Wai
Two boys embark on an adventure to go fishing at their friends favourite pond, on the journey they come across the Park Ranger who has other ideas.
In a moment of national reflection and anxiety, artists Jane and Louise Wilson contemplate the island mentality of contemporary Britain and its history as a colonial empire. Eerily empty shots of the Palace of Westminste
Loftur Guðmundsson films the Icelandic industry. Although only a few industrial companies are shown. They are, Ölgerðin Egil Skallagrímsson, Brjóstsykurverksmiðjan Nói, Kaffibrennsla Ó Johnson & Kaaber, Verksmiðjan Hrein
The full highlights of the Greatest Real Road Race on Earth - a spectacle that should be witnessed in person but this is the next best thing. The comprehensive record of a week of intense excitement. John McGuinness, Guy
An unknown, tucked-away, medieval island is threatened by the advent of big business. A wealthy business man wants to develop the untouched island, which could then be ruined by the subsequent pollution.
The people of Britain resist the German air force and navy with help from North America. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Library and Archives Canada in 2005.