Science Please! : The Light Bulb

Hourglass

September 2010 •Swedish

Rain pours and rubbish soars while light-bulb creatures party on the edge of the earth. A turn-of-the-century scientist in his chamber and a magic lantern child are concerned about the state of the planet. An ode to awareness and transformation, a global warning. —Fern Seiden

A Streetcar Named Desire

September 1951 •English

A fading southern belle moves in with her sister in New Orleans where her ferocious brother-in-law takes stabs at her sanity.

Le côté obscur de l'ampoule

April 2017 •French

Edison, the Man

May 1940 •English

In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New York. He's on his way with the invention of an early form of the stock market ticker.

Cavalcade of Archery

January 1946 •English

This short tells the story of archery through the ages, mostly using Warner Brothers archive footage. Noted archer Howard Hill demonstrates his skills with various trick shots.

The Light Bulb Conspiracy

November 2010 •French

Once upon a time... consumer goods were built to last. Then, in the 1920’s, a group of businessmen realized that the longer their product lasted, the less money they made, thus Planned Obsolescence was born, and manufacturers have been engineering products to fail ever since. Combining investigative research and rare archive footage with analysis by those working on ways to save both the economy and the environment, this documentary charts the creation of ‘engineering to fail’, its rise to prominence and its recent fall from grace.

Whose Utopia

July 2006 •Chinese

A three-part film by Cao Fei. Part one, 'Imagination of Product', shows workers and machines at the OSRAM lightbulb factory in China's Pearl River Delta. In the second part, 'Factory Fairytale', dancers and musicians appear in the factory, as work continues around them. Finally, 'My Future is Not a Dream' consists of portraits of the factory workers facing Fei's camera.

The Wolf and the Dog

September 2014 •French

In this short, base on the fable by Jean De La Fontaine, we join a Samurai and a Ronin as they settle their dispute like gentlemen in a dramatic duel of swords.

Onsen

September 2019 •French

Two Japanese monkeys, Nobu and Hako, have to put aside their differences to survive in their hostile environment.

No Roses For Harry!

January 2004 •English

Harry is back and more fashion-conscious than ever. After receiving a comfy, but rose-covered, sweater from Grandma, Harry decides to lose it. He tries leaving it all over town, but it is always returned - until his luck finally changes.

Jimmy Neutron: Attack of the Twonkies

November 2004 •English

Jimmy takes a journey to a far-off comet called Twonkus 3 and some adorable alien creatures called Twonkies follow him back to Earth in his sand samples. Carl gives them away as pets, despite Jimmy's warnings. When Jimmy finds out the Twonkies become dangerous monsters when exposed to music, he and his friends must round them up and send them back to space before it's too late.

Honey Bunny

June 1992 •English

A little man with a long thin nose is coming with his hot desires to a restaurant and orders ”Honey-Bunny”. The big waitress is not sure what he means but does everything she can to help.

Faded Roads

June 1994 •English

A country song about life on the highway, searching for lost love.

Angelina Ballerina: Love to Dance

January 2010 •English

Put on your dancing shoes and get ready to take center stage with Angelina Ballerina!

Dora the Explorer: Dora Saves the Mermaids

July 2007 •English

In this release Dora and Boots take preschoolers on exciting under water adventures to help save the mermaid’s kingdom, travel to the bottom of the ocean and find a hidden treasure chest on Treasure Island!

Ernest

November 2001 •English

A frenetic and irreverent depiction of a mans life (in a womans dress), from the beginning to the bitter end...

Chunga Chui Leopard Beware

June 2001 •English

An Africa herdsman enlists magic to keep a hungry leopard away from his sleeping flock.

There Was Once...

November 2022 •Greek

There was once a donkey that no one needed anymore, a dog that was the disgrace of his master, a cat who had no hope for the future and a rooster that lost everything. They met, joined forces and took their lives into their own hands.

Trees

Invalid date •Hungarian

The film’s protagonist, Tree moves into the city, where he tries to adapt to his new environment. The trash-style series is about having no roots: it analyses human relationships in the midst of such living conditions that feed hopelessness and demotivation.

The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists

November 1996 •English

When Littlefoot grandfather falls ill, The dinosaurs only way to cure him is a flower in the forbidding land of mist which hold unexpecting perils and danger.