Empire's Cross
film by Jon Jost
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In this documentary, Benjamin Bourigeaud recalls his seven years journey as a Stade rennais FC player. He walks around the Roazhon Park, an opportunity to speak about his memories, his emotions and anecdotes. A gifted pl
Mixed-media installation with tape slide. An examination of the historical legacies of the British Empire and the impact of these legacies within the contemporary context.
The camera scrolls through a landscape to reveal the aftermath of a huge gas explosion.
Shown as a looped projection in a darkened room, Empire 2002 is a silent 16 mm film that is divided into six distinct sections: four sequences of varying lengths that explore objects and shapes, and two longer parts (eac
This is the story of a team of 40 agents facing 4,000 job seekers at a job centre in the Parisian suburbs. Samia, Corinne, Thierry, Zuleika must support and monitor, bring in the numbers, obey policy guidelines and commu
An award-winning short film about a young girl who is struggling with an eating disorder and battling the voice inside her head.
This moving documentary chronicles the life and musical career of renowned Chilean pianist Claudio Arrau, from his birth in 1903 to his success on the world stage as he stunned audiences with his powerful interpretive te
A documentary that looks at the anti-homosexuality law in Singapore, section 377A, which criminalizes male homosexuality with up to two years of a prison sentence. A British colonial law, it is based on the Victorian era
Filmed on l6mm Kodachrome which heightens the textures and depth of this harsh landscape -- a study in browns, yellows, greys and blue sky.
The exciting life of Takashi Iwasaki, the fifth president of the Black Emperor, a legendary fugitive tribe that made its name roar throughout Japan.
Students of the San Francisco Art Institute clearly enjoy acting out Kuchar’s idiosynchratic film noir satire. Combining a love triangle with homoerotic subculture, the story gradually slides into outlandish orgies. An e
Where does creativity come from? Zen calligraphic painter Alok Hsu Kwang-han proposes that it arises from emptiness, from that silent space where the intelligence prior to thought resides. Armed with rice paper, ink, bru
ravel back in time to the 1893 World’s Fair with its grandiose buildings and displays of “exotic” people from around the world. The fairs promoted America’s interest in overseas expansion and notions of Anglo-Saxon super
Set in a prison in near-future Ireland. An unexpected occupant – a transgender woman – is sent to the prison, and when she dies in solitary confinement others start to succumb to a curse.
Contains scenes from the funeral rehearsals for Sunjong, the last Emperor of Korea. As the only existing film of a Korean royal funeral, this film contains historically important images of the procession, urban scenery,
In the 20th Century more people died from viral infections than from all the wars around the globe. The Virus Empire takes a look at how deadly infections like SARS have warped to become scourges like Ebola.
When their son is born with a mental disability, a young couple struggles with social stigma as they pursue medical and spiritual treatments for him.
An experimental short film that lets you witness an artists work process with one small catch; because of the constant chase of perfection we won't even know what the artist intended to create at the first place...