Monológy Tomáša N.

Almost Arcady

Invalid date •English

Educational film about Cyprus - landscape, people, work, traditions etc.

Afterimage

October 2016 •Polish

In 1945, as Stalin sets his hands over Poland, famous painter Wladislaw Strzeminski refuses to compromise on his art with the doctrines of social realism. Persecuted, expelled from his chair at the University, he's eventually erased from the museums' walls. With the help of some of his students, he starts fighting against the Party and becomes the symbol of an artistic resistance against intellectual tyranny.

Peranbu

February 2019 •Tamil

A single father tries to raise his daughter, who has cerebral palsy, even as she is beginning to wake up to her sexuality.

Rabies

January 1957 •English

How to tell if an animal has rabies.

Rabies in a Human Patient

Invalid date •English

Case history of an Iranian patient bitten by a rabid wolf.

The Road of Health

November 1938 •English

The lecturer shows a microcinematographic sequence of spirochaetes and drawings of the gonoccus (the bacteria responsible for syphilis and gonorrhea). He then turns to an easel and begins to draw 'the road of health'; the cartoon takes this up in magic drawing, in a style that is highly reminiscent of the 'Giro the Germ' series made for the Health and Cleanliness Council a few years before.

Pumpkin

June 2002 •English

Carolyn's sorority sisters set their sights on the Sorority of the Year award and coaching challenged athletes is their ticket to the trophy. But when the queen of formals finds herself mentoring Pumpkin, a disabled athlete, their two worlds collide.

Inside the Bruderhof

Invalid date •English

In one picturesque village in Sussex, life is very different. There’s no crime, debt or homelessness, everyone has a job but no-one earns a wage, and none of the children watch television, use social media, play video games or have a mobile phone.

What About Juvenile Delinquency

May 1955 •English

A teen drops out of a gang when they mug his father for his pencil.

Rookies

April 2022 •French

HipHop as a language and an outlet for young people: The film follows the youngest class members of a dance academy on their way to becoming professional dancers. Many of the students come from the socially deprived areas of Paris. Accompanied by a pulsating, dancing camera that pulls the audience right into the action, the film negotiates themes such as origins, pains, dreams and hopes.

Čas pravdy

May 1976 •Czech

Room Zero

February 2009 •English

Wayne Adam Ford is a convicted serial killer on Death Row. Victoria Redstall is a model who trained to be a cop. Together, and against all odds, Ford and Redstall take us on a roadtrip into the mind of a serial killer and attempt to find the identity of his first victim. All that remained of her was a dismembered torso.

Pervert Boy

September 2016 •Korean

Four brothers and the inevitable clash between their lives in modern day Seoul.

Ibland tänker jag på Ingvar

April 1983 •Swedish

Ingvar lives a normal life until one day an old friend needs a ride home.

Passfire

August 2016 •English

A film about fireworks, the people who make them and the cultures behind them across the globe.

Closet

October 2020 •Japanese

In Tokyo, lonely patrons pay to sleep ("soine") with someone. Massage, cuddle, sleep… for comfort and nothing more than the warm embrace of another. Tasuku, a young man fresh out of a relationship, starts a new job as one of the cuddlers. He's nervous and reticent, but soon finds himself with a procession of clients, male as well as female. In his unique position as their companion, he finds himself privy to the true selves they keep closeted. Tender performance and contemplative writing elevate an exploration of the human need for comfort and tenderness, while learning to be true to oneself.

Theory of the C-1 Autopilot, Part 1: Basic Principles

January 1943 •English

Animated training film demonstrating the process by which an autopilot uses gyroscopic controls to maintain an airplane in level flight.

The Shoplifter

January 1964 •English

This film details the techniques used by amateur and professional shoplifters to steal over $6 billion in merchandise annually. Emphasizing how much of this stealing could be prevented ... A convicted shoplifter displays stealing methods under actual conditions and explains how employees could have prevented the thefts.

Mot i brøstet – 30th Anniversary

January 2023 •Norwegian

A 30th anniversary special celebrating the Norwegian sitcom Mot i brøstet. Actors Nils Vogt, Sven Nordin and Hilde Lyrån share their memories.

The Lady, or the Tiger?

January 1969 •English

A visually experimental adaptation of the classic Frank Stockton short story.