Somewhere Real

Penelope's Condition

January 1976 •English

A reinterpretation of the Greek legend of Penelope, ”the most faithful of wives”, who waited 20 years for her husband Odysseus to return from The Trojan War. In this animation, the two of them are presented in a more modern setting. While Odysseus is busy exploring the universe in his space rocket, Penelope is stuck at home, taking care of the children, showing how traditional gender roles say men should work, while women stay at home.

Chasing the Light: Norfolk Island

April 2022 •English

Chasing the Light: Norfolk Island with Ray Martin is a visual feast, rich in land and sea cinematography and photography by some of the best in the business, while at the same time telling the unique, exotic and often surprising story of one of Australia’s great treasures: Norfolk Island. World famous landscape photographer Ken Duncan chases the light in an odyssey to get the perfect shot on the spectacular island gifted by Queen Victoria to the Pitcairn Islanders, mutineers from the Bounty, their Tahitian wives and their families and descendants. Ken, the master, has his sidekick and protégé Ray Martin along with him and they link up with local photographer and underwater specialist Zach Sanders. Capturing their chase is one of Australia’s most awarded cinematographers Andy Taylor. Andy turns his own lens on the lensmen and Norfolk’s unforgettable scenery, characters, culture, and customs.

The Library

January 2023 •English

It's closing time at Nina's library. Goodnight, patrons!

Beirut City Guide

May 2007 •English

Beirut, Lebanon's capital has a long history of political and social unrest that still makes headlines today. Globe Trekker's Beirut City Guide captures the city in more optimistic days, two weeks before the latest outbreak of hostilities in Lebanon between Israeli and Hezbollah forces in July 2006. Globe Trekker Megan McCormick explores the neighborhoods of Basta, Solidere, Gemayze and the Hezbollah District and finds a city in the midst of regeneration. She gets a glimpse at Beirut's future when meeting up with a group of young Arabic hip hop artists, who are eager to live in peace and put the country's political troubles in the past.

Skins

July 2024 •English

With the 3D animation, this short film try to explain the concept of race, diversity and inclusivity in all aspects of society because the universe has only one border... it is called humanity.

Set in Stone

June 2017 •English

an intuiting of the core feelings of the Moses story relating to the current capitalistic global system all told through a hybrid of stop motion animation and live action.

Bydlo

August 2024 •French

An experimental short film about wind and sunlight sweeping across tree leaves.

Disney Animation: The Illusion of Life

April 1981 •English

Former Disney child star Hayley Mills returns to the Walt Disney Studio for a look at the techniques of animated film production, with various veteran Disney animators illustrating said techniques.

Chang Gyeong

February 2025 •Korean

"Emotional memories that had formed the ambiguous boundaries between reality and fantasy began to divide exactly in two, and at the same time there was no emotion left on either side of reality and fantasy." Chang Gyeong is the name of a palace in central Seoul - a palace that was turned into a zoo by the occupying Japanese.

Kintaro Walks Japan

January 2005 •English

Kintaro Walks Japan is a documentary film produced and directed by Tyler MacNiven. It is an account of MacNiven's journey walking and backpacking the entire length of Japan from Kyūshū to Hokkaidō, more than 2000 miles in 145 days.

River Deep, Mountain High: James Nesbitt in New Zealand

December 2013 •English

James Nesbitt moved to New Zealand in 2011 when he landed the role of Bofur in Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy, but he says the country remains largely unknown to him. Travelling more than 1,000 miles from the tip of the North Island down to the South, the actor finds out more about the place he has called home, visiting areas of natural beauty and learning about the nation's history and traditions. Along the way, he meets former All Blacks player the late great Jonah Lomu, takes a trip around film star Sam Neill's vineyards in Queenstown, catches up with Peter Jackson and goes Base-jumping from the tallest building in Auckland.

A Day Like Today

September 2024 •

The story and diary of a young adult that, in order to learn and understand her own identity, had to learn to march the streets and the value of what it means to legislate over our own bodies.

Le regard de Georges Brassens

October 2013 •French

An atypical portrait of singer, songwriter, poet Georges Brassens.

Over the Andes

September 1943 •English

This Traveltalk series short looks over the South American Andes mountains, and the South American west coast, also Rio de Janeiro.

Wandering Here and There

December 1944 •English

This Traveltalk series short visits various places around the United States. At the first stop, we admire the natural beauty of Crater Lake in Oregon. The next stop is the open pit copper mine at Bingham Canyon, Utah, the world's largest copper mine. We then spend time in Hannibal, Missouri, the hometown of author Mark Twain. After a short visit to a log-rolling contest in Washington State, we cross the country to get a view of Washington, DC from across the Potomac River. The final stop on this tour is Arlington National Cemetery, where we see the Tomb of the Unknown, Arlington House, and the mast of the USS Maine, which was sunk in 1898 in Havana Harbor.

Dieci Cadute

January 2012 •Italian

An underground fight is taking place in a painter's studio between the artist and the ten tyrants.

Piracema - uma carta de amor ao teatro

Invalid date •Portuguese

The Life Letter

September 2022 •Lithuanian

A mail trip from battlefield to town, with a purpose of expressing one soldier's feelings.

Trees

July 2023 •English

An animated short film about two boys playing football, when John kicks it too hard it goes to the trees, and Robert must collect it.

.wszechświat

October 2022 •Polish