Life on Board
A ship, fifteen men, the river. A sensory film, a journey towards introspection. A portrait of loneliness, labour and absence, on board this floating society trapped in time. Could it be the reflection of our own « life
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A ship, fifteen men, the river. A sensory film, a journey towards introspection. A portrait of loneliness, labour and absence, on board this floating society trapped in time. Could it be the reflection of our own « life
FRAGMENT | The ageing Miss Tillesen runs a boarding house, but her temper will soon run it to the ground. Tillesen’s young niece, Anna, decides to attract new boarders with a pretentious advertisement. Soon enough there’
PT Boat Training Film from World War II.
The gentlemen of a fashionable social club become annoyed when their guest, Ben, has their wives entranced with stories of his bravery battling outlaws in the wild west. They decide to teach him a lesson by having a club
One day, when a vacancy opened up at the boarding house, an ostentatious move began. An elderly man arrived in a luxury car and directed the movers as fine items—luxurious bedding, a paulownia wood wardrobe, and other fu
Sailors want to remain in their small world, which is warm and cozy and full of lies, but their routine life turns upside down when one of them gets mugged and badly beaten.
Board and Care is a 1979 American short film directed by Ron Ellis and starring Richard Goss and Laura Jean Ellis. It won an Oscar at the 52nd Academy Awards in 1980 for Best Short Subject.
A kindly old schoolteacher helps the gang escape from a cruel boarding school, but they wind up in a bootlegger's booby-trapped house.
Based on Ambrose Bierce short story. Not Polish version, this one is produced and directed by Alan Beattie: https://www.worldcat.org/title/boarded-window/oclc/5550563 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnL5Cig6ONM
Instructional film to encourage seamen to join the Submarine Detection Service, using actors in main roles, but genuine training situations.
The adventures of a little ship who has a lot of friends.
New documentary by Mexican filmmaker Sonia Fritz about a forgotten town in Puerto Rico.
Revealing the secrets of Hitler’s underwater super-structures for the first time in 75 years and how the Allies developed counter-measures to win the war.
The amazing success story of the Laser, a thirteen-foot sailboat built by Ian Bruce of Pointe Claire, Québec, and of Performance Sailcraft, the company he formed to produce and market it. Simply designed, durably built o
Uncovering Boarding Schools: Stories of Resistance and Resilience chronicles present-day efforts by Klamath tribal members to uncover the difficult and often hidden history of Indigenous children forced into government-s
The New Boats is an investigative documentary that presents an eye-opening look at the impact of international industrialized fishing in West African waters and its disastrous effect on local communities at a critical po
A haunting and emotional encounter between a police officer and a young father in the dead of night.
A foolish man leaves his family on the shore and travels through humanity's mistakes on a rickety paddle boat.
The authors try to answer the question: what is the special appeal of board games? They explore the history of board games, explain how the industry is developing, and discuss the benefits of such games in comparison wit