Video Days

Song 5

March 1964 •English

SONG 5: A childbirth song (the Songs are a cycle of silent color 8mm films by the American experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage produced from 1964 to 1969).

Shoshana

March 2024 •Portuguese

Letter to Hong Kong

March 2018 •Korean

Away from her home in Hong Kong, Vivi records her daily life as a member of Loona in a video letter to her parents.

Karl May's Orient-Filme: Making-of

November 2012 •German

Featurette about the filming of Durchs wilde Kurdistan and Der Schut

memory file 01

March 2024 •English

Zero - Dying To Live

January 2002 •English

Dying to Live featured Jon Allie, John Rattray, Matt Mumford, Ryan Bobier, Adrian Lopez, Lindsey Robertson, Ryan Smith, Chris Cole, Jamie Thomas and friends.

Free Flying

December 2020 •Malayalam

‘Free Flying' documents the journey of ‘Fly Squad' community in Kochi, Kerala. Their milestones as well as the smiles and pains along their journey – a little peek into the revolution on a skateboard.

Night and Fog

April 1959 •French

Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.

Carriage

October 2016 •Russian

In the capital of Ingushetia, at the memorial, there is a carriage. This is a carriage from the 40s, a carriage of memory. One of those in which the Ingush were transported back in 1944 to Kazakhstan and Central Asia. February 23 is the day when the whole country celebrates Defender of the Fatherland Day; mourning takes place in Ingushetia. And on this day, the old people gathered in this carriage to remember and tell each other how it was.

1999 A.D.

January 1967 •English

A whimsical yet serious-minded look into the future sponsored by the appliance and radio manufacturer Philco-Ford. In the "1999 House of Tomorrow", each family member's activities are enabled by a central computer and revolve around products remarkably similar to those made by the sponsor. Power comes from a self-contained fuel cell which supports environmental controls, an automatic cooking system, and a computer-assisted "education room".

Street Musicians of Bombay

July 1994 •English

Off-camera, a Western traveler tells us of hearing singing from his hotel window in Bombay. He searches for the source, and discovers a caste of street performers, eking out a modest living. We see individuals and groups, old and young, snake charmers and those hired to sing at family celebrations. A few talk about their lives and refute accusations of kidnapping lodged against the caste. A troupe of women sing at a party for a pregnant woman - they are saucy and blunt, encouraging and sisterly.

Bam's or Bust!

October 2008 •English

In this video you'll experience first hand what happens when you plan a casual Element team visit to Bam's compound in the woods of Pennsylvania.

Die 400-Jahrfeier von Augsburg

January 1930 •German

Short film about the 400th anniversary of Augsburg, Germany

To Be

October 2020 •Spanish

Juana, Mar, and Eduardo tell their stories of abuse.

The White Helmets

September 2016 •Arabic

As daily airstrikes pound civilian targets in Syria, a group of indomitable first responders risk their lives to rescue victims from the rubble.

A History of The War on Drugs, from Prohibition to Gold Rush

September 2016 •English

Why are white men poised to get rich doing the same thing African-Americans have been going to prison for?

World on Board

February 2019 •German

Germany, as seen from the water. The landscape passes by in epic tranquillity as the audience immerses itself in the world of barge shipping. The top permitted speed for smaller watercraft is specified in the inland waterways regulations as a maximum of 15 km/h. A woman is along for the ride on Germany’s rivers and canals, with plenty of time to explore this little-known cosmos. In the end, the director dreams of a life on board and endeavours to find her place in the predominantly male domain. Welt an Bord is a hybrid of documentary and narrative film. The basic conditions are set by the limited space on the barge and the work that must be done. Kathrin Resetarits embodies the alter ego of director Eva Könnemann, while she herself takes charge of the cinematography. Together they accepted the captain’s invitation to join in this other life. What kind of life is it anyway? Resetarits/Könnemann listen and work their way through fiction and reality.

How to Write an Autobiogaphy

November 2010 •English

This video will teach you how to write your own autobiography, with examples from the narrator’s life.

The Making of Me

October 1989 •English

Martin Short narrates the story of "his own" birth to explain the subjects of sex, conception, pregnancy and childbirth in an entertaining and educational way.

Visions of Europe

May 2004 •English

Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.