A Special Kind of Love

Shake Hands with Danger

June 1980 •English

This short cautionary training film examines dangers associated with earthmoving equipment operation, showing many simulated accidents on construction sites.

When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'

March 2008 •English

Behind the scenes documentary on the making of the film.

Arthur Penn: The Director

January 1970 •English

A short documentary about Arthur Penn.

Music in the Afternoon

January 2002 •English

Fellow violinist and artist Tony Conrad, in collaboration with software engineer Tom Demeyer, made for Steina the instrument seen in this title. Conrad and the Vasulkas all taught at the University at Buffalo in the Media Study Department from 1976 to 1979.

The Colour of His Hair

June 2017 •English

Based on an unrealized film script written in 1964 for The Homosexual Law Reform Society, a British organisation that campaigned for the decriminalization of homosexual relations between men, "The Colour Of His Hair" merges drama and documentary into a meditation on queer life before and after the partial legalization of homosexuality in 1967.

St. Joseph Fort: Principality of Pontinha

February 2014 •English

St. Joseph Fort: Principality of Pontinha, the diamond that illuminates the Atlantic Pearl.

Fires of Kuwait

June 1992 •English

After Saddam Hussein had the Kuwait Oil wells lit up, teams from all over the world fought those fires for months. They had to save the oil resources, as well as reduce air pollution. The different teams developed different techniques of extinguishing the fires. Man's emergency creativity can be seen at it's best.

Journey Around My Room

February 2008 •French

The camera slowly pans through a room as Smolders offers various observations and memories.

Everything You Wanted to Know About Sudden Birth (but were afraid to ask)

January 2019 •English

The amazing story of how the Berkeley police department, the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands, an Academy Award winner and Mr. Spock from TV’s Star Trek are all connected by “Sudden Birth”, one of the most unintentionally hilarious and disturbing educational films ever created.

Adrift by the Towers

May 2019 •Portuguese

Vila das Torres was a self-built community based on one of the largest urban gardens in Rio de Janeiro, below the energy towers of the Light Company and next to the train lines. Eight years after its removal for the construction of Parque Madureira, former residents report their memories.

Ocean Oasis

September 2000 •English

Ocean Oasis is a fascinating journey into the bountiful seas and pristine deserts of two remarkably different, but inextricably linked worlds — Mexico's Sea of Cortés and the Baja California desert.

The Rafts Sail On

June 1962 •Polish

The movie depicts the story of a young Mazurian boy named Mietek, who crosses the line between childhood and adulthood . He stands in close contact with nature; he decoys birds and feeds them, he catches fish. But above all he is attracted to the work of the woodcutters. He watches them as they fell the trees and he helps them load the timber onto rafts that float down the river and through the sluice-gates. Finally, he joins the raftsmen and when he receives his first salary and gives a girl his first bashful look, the time has come for him to say goodbye to his childhood.

Mainsqueeze

January 2015 •English

A compelling mix of attraction and repulsion, Mainsqueeze is entirely composed of footage found online, surfing the deep web.

The Dike Builders

June 1952 •Dutch

Kometen

January 2004 •Swedish

Stockholm 1965. A comet is heading towards earth. A man with a super-8 camera documents the city and its inhabitants the days before the end of the world.

A Culpa é do Sol

December 2023 •Portuguese

Alaska

March 1969 •German

Alaska is a wordless experimental film with a simple, droning soundtrack that sounds as if it is a piece for violin and refrigerator hum.

Chalupkovci v čase

April 2024 •Slovak

Les habits de nos vies

April 2023 •French

Llamen a un adulto (Sepiaexperimental)

April 2024 •Spanish