City of Cranes

'City of Cranes' takes you on a journey high up in the sky, to look at the world through the eyes and words of crane drivers. Ever wondered what it is like to work hundreds of feet above the ground, only surrounded by a

Hometown of the Cranes, Swans, and Floating Ice

A documentary-style short film produced to showcase Hokkaido’s rich natural beauty and promote tourism via rail travel.

Cranes Like White Giraffes

A young couple's relationship is thrown into focus one morning as they await the arrival of a service worker.

The Solitary Life of Cranes

Part city symphony, part visual poem, the film explores the invisible life of a city, seen through the eyes of crane drivers working high above its streets. Within the loose structure of a day, starting with the drivers

Cranes over Ilmen

A military drama about the fate of yesterday's schoolboy, a modest young man from a remote Yakut village, who became a fearless Soviet warrior in the year of trials. Not having time to experience the joys of family life

A Woman Who Draws Cranes

Headmaster Yoon at Neungkol has four sons. The eldest son named Dong-Cheol dies at the war. Yoon adopts Yuriko, a Japanese orphan, as his daughter at 1945 Liberation. The second son named Dong-Min devotes himself to the

When the Cranes Fly South

An elderly man in the final act of his life reflects on his childhood, marriage, and relationships with family and friends.

Sadako and The Thousand Paper Cranes

The Tale of the White Cranes

This story began in the seventies. Then the American ornithologist George Archibald turned to Soviet scientists led by Vladimir Flint with a proposal to cooperate in the protection of the white Siberian crane. This speci

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Set during the Cold War, the Soviets—led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko—are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. Indy is coerced to head to Peru at the behes

Valentino y la Calavera

While coming to collect an old lady's soul, Death finds its role upended by the antics of her mischievous three-year-old grandson.

And The Cranes Kept Dancing

When the Cranes appear on the shore and introduce the Man to the world of beauty and dance, he needs to decide what priorities in his life are. The further the Man distances himself from the family, the more the Woman de

Craneway Event

Craneway Event marks the second collaboration between acclaimed Berlin-based, British artist Tacita Dean and the legendary, late choreographer Merce Cunningham. Shot in 16mm colour anamorphic film, Craneway Event documen

Under the Cranes

Shot entirely on location in Hackney, this film-poem offers a lyrical, painterly defence of the everyday and a celebration of this dynamic and culturally diverse East London borough, even as it poses questions about the

Anthology with Cranes

"Anthology with Cranes" is a 17th Century scroll painting by Sotatsu Tawaraya, measuring over 13 meters long. Koji Yamamura attempts to decipher this painting by interpreting it as animation.

Cranes in the Sky

A New Spring in the Field of Manchurian Cranes

Rampant exaggerations, bureaucracy and formalism amongst officials at a farm in Paekhak village disappear after a new party secretary takes charge, transforming and revitalising the farm. The production is directly tied

Planes, Cranes and Rockets

The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum holds more than 70,000 objects, including the 1903 Wright Flyer, the Spirit of St. Louis, and the Apollo 11 capsule. Meet the people who keep it running, and see how they tac

Sea of Cranes

A short experimental tone-poem documentary that explores three stages of the gentrification of Seattle.

Skull

A rare film which depicts the tragic fate of a Christian lord who fought for his fate in the Edo period. Of note is Utaemon Ichikawa's extraordinary memorable final scenes in which he takes on his enemy with a gash in hi