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Capri in Tangerang (Her Sneakers)

January 2011 •English

A sequel to My Sneakers - the 2001 video where Blum traveled his Nike sneakers back to Indonesia to figure out where they really came from. This time, it's the artist's daughter's shoes that prompt him to return to Jakarta. While echoing My Sneakers and its investigative drive, Capri unravels as a reflection on time passing and the dialectics of permanence and change. Factories are still producing sneakers, but the world around has completely changed…

The Plugs

Invalid date •English

A look into the world of sneaker reselling where Teenagers in the UK are buying and then reselling trainers for up to £60,000 a pair.

Hair-Raising Hare

May 1946 •English

A sneaker-wearing, hairy monster chases Bugs through a castle belonging to an evil scientist.

Viaje de Negocios

January 2024 •English

Daniel arrives at school wearing brand-new sneakers from America, gifted to him by his father. When he sees another boy wearing the same sneakers, he begins to suspect that their shoes are the key to a terrible secret.

New Sneaks, Who Dis?

January 2020 •English

This comedic short follows a broke sneakerhead as she attempts to add another pair to her collection.

The Shoemaker

February 2012 •English

Before Nike, and Adidas, there was the Hi-Jo! Here is a Brooklyn tale set back in the day about a young Italian-American shoemaker (Frank) on the verge of greatness. News comes from his cousins in Italy that they have obtained the first automated vulcanizing machinery to produce gym shoes called the Hi-Jo.

Sneaks

April 2025 •English

Ty, a misguided, one-of-a-kind designer sneaker, doesn’t know life outside the comforts of his velvet-lined shoebox. After his sister is stolen by a shady collector, Ty must venture into New York City to find and rescue her. In his adventure, Ty meets a ragtag group of footwear friends from all walks of life who help him find the courage to step outside of his shoebox and find his sole-mate.

Zapatillas asesinas

August 2019 •Spanish

After a bad emotional streak, Vicente de León receives some mysterious shoes from a stranger. From that moment on, he'll gradually enter into a strange spiral of chaos and violence without apparent explanation.

Thugaboo: Sneaker Madness

August 2006 •English

When D-Roc sees a pair of expensive sneakers called Air Jareds, he wants his mother to buy them to wear at school in order to look cool. His mother purchases a cheaper priced pair of Air Johnsons instead. Afraid of looking bad to his crew, D-Roc asks Soo-Young to make Air Jareds out of Air Johnsons and when they work out well, they realize they can make money by converting the shoes. Their plan to make money eventually goes wary and D-Roc is taught a lesson about being himself.

Céline : les derniers secrets

November 2021 •French

New York's Worst Landlords

June 2021 •English

Jeff Seal spent three years tracking down the landlords on the annual Landlord’s Watchlist put out by New York City’s Public Advocate Office.

Save As…

October 2022 •Russian

A film about the importance of memories.

We Are Coming, chronique d’une révolution féministe

March 2023 •French

A new generation is politicizing the issues surrounding the body, sexuality and gender relations. For two friends, Nina Faure and Yéléna Perret, it starts with an awareness. With a few others, they ask themselves why, in a society that claims that gender equality is already there, access to pleasure is so difficult. They organized discussion groups, discovered Our Bodies, Ourselves, a historical feminist manual that opened new doors of analysis. They met with teachers, educators and sociologists to draw up step by step what would end up being a real plan of attack. More and more involved in the struggles that are taking place everywhere, at the heart of this feminist movement that is sweeping the world, they discover a pleasure that was unsuspected until now, that of pursuing a collective emancipation. The pleasure of abolishing patriarchy, quite simply.

Song of London

February 1964 •English

A look at 60s London with Tommy Trinder and a host of other stars.

No Voice

May 2021 •English

She now lives many miles away from her mother, who is waiting to hear from her. It is a bittersweet, restless, nostalgic moment, and she remembers those vanished years.

Avistament 1978

October 2020 •Catalan

A young Majorcan living in Barcelona, appeases his nostalgia by visiting his hometown via Google Maps. He soon discovers that a series of paranormal events are taking place in his small village.

Rimbaud jeune et maudit

February 2021 •French

Discovering The Music Of Japan

January 1967 •English

In a beautiful teahouse setting, the historical background and current social role of three major Japanese instruments, the koto, the shamisen and the shakuhachi, are discussed. Includes traditional Japanese singing and playing, with a performance by an ensemble of the instruments.

Mauthausen, Camp of No Return

September 2020 •French

In August 1938, just west of Vienna, Hitler ordered the construction of the Nazi's Mauthausen concentration camp, one of the deadliest in history.

Die Hugenottenstadt Erlangen. Eine der interessantesten Städteanlagen Deutschlands

November 1931 •German

A silent documentary film about the history and the architecture of the town of Erlangen in the Middle Franconia region in Bavaria, Germany.