Iris

Amblin'

December 1968 •English

Two wanderers, a young man and a young woman, meet in the desert and decide to travel on together. The two travellers walk and hitch-hike their way down the road to their destination, the beach, becoming friends and lovers.

The Monster of Nix

June 2011 •Dutch

Life is good in the idyllic fairytale village of Nix... until an all-devouring monster appears. Young Willy has to fight it. Alone.

18 Pictures from the Life of a Conserve Factory Girl

October 2003 •English

Krisztina Szabó. 27 years old. A conserve factory girl. She desires a different kind of life. Something really big needs to happen. The only chance of making it come true is to play the lottery, or collect points in any kind of consumer competition. She often sings her favourite song.

Wild Life

February 2011 •English

An English dreamer experiences both the beauty and harshness of nature when he relocates to the Canadian prairie.

House-Warming At Brother Rabbit's Home

January 1986 •Russian

The Brownie and the Mistress

January 1988 •English

A brownie settled in the attic of one house. He threw things around, made noise, interfered with cooking, spilled ink, teased the dog and made holes in bags of cereals and sugar, but the owner did not believe in him.

The Nightingale

January 1991 •Russian

Adaptation of the literary fairy tale written by H.C. Andersen about an emperor who prefers the tinkling of a bejewelled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale.

The Swineherd

January 1980 •Russian

The film is based on Andersen's fairy tale "Swineherd".

Faeries

February 1981 •English

The king of the faeries sends for a young hunter after his shadow escapes and threatens his kingdom.

Dinosaur's Hill

June 1967 •Russian

Das Clown

June 1999 •English

The tale of an old man and the clown doll he brings to life. Told like an old-fashioned educational slide show.

The Cat Piano

February 2009 •English

A city of singing cats is preyed upon by a shadowy figure intent on performing a twisted feline symphony.

A Little Madonna

April 1914 •English

Terrorized by Guido, her drunken and brutal father, Marie receives assurance from her dying mother that the Madonna will always protect her. The father reels in just after the mother has expired, too drunk to realize the woman is dead, and finding the whiskey bottle empty, abuses the child. Marie appeals to the image of the Madonna and Guido, in a frenzy of rage, smashes it on the floor. Horrified at the sacrilege, Marie screams.

Khalif the Stork

February 1981 •Russian

A rich caliph is leading a careless life. One day an evil wizard sells him a magic potion that can turn human into any animal he wants. The only condition: one mustn't laugh.

The Fern Flower

January 1949 •French

Jeannot, a young boy living in the countryside with his mother and grandfather, ventures into the forest at night to pick a fern flower before the cock crows.

The Little Mermaid

January 1968 •Russian

Rusalochka opens in modern day Copenhagen, Denmark. Several tourists gather around the capital's famous mermaid statue, as a tour guide explains its significance. A fish in the water below the tourists scoffs at their foolishness, and then, proceeds to tell about the doomed love of the mermaid. Upon reaching her 15th birthday, the Little Mermaid is allowed to swim up to the surface above. As soon as she does, however, the Mermaid spots a young prince caught up in a dreadful storm. She admires the man's bravery and decides to save him, declaring that, "The beautiful and the brave should not perish." After the mermaid returns to the ocean, she decides that she wants to become human.

Cinderella

December 1979 •Russian

The Cinderella story.

The Next Door Neighbors

May 1909 •French

Two nosy neighbors who drill a hole through their wall to spy on the canoodling couple next door get more than they bargained for when the man discovers their plan and casts a magic spell.

The Master of a Fashionable Game

March 1910 •French

The film presents a drawing room meeting of enthusiastic puzzle workers. One gentleman has a new way of solving his puzzle. He puts a handkerchief over the game and immediately the picture is made. Under the handkerchief, we see how, piece by piece, it is put into one finished picture. His success makes him an object of envy, however, and the gentleman meets with considerable trouble before the party is over. (Moving Picture World)

Women at War

October 1943 •English

Three young women arrive at the Women's Army Corps facility in Fort Des Moines for varied reasons and with different goals. Mary Savage is a war widow who wants to become an officer, farm girl Stormy Hart wants to become involved in motor transport, and Lorna Travis seeks to win the approval of her father, a major general, who has very chauvinist views on the role of women in the military. Intensive training and guidance prepares the three to make a contribution to the success of the upcoming war games conducted by General Travis and validate the value of the WACS to the war effort.