Our National Anthem

My Strange Grandfather

July 2011 •Russian

A creative person often seems weird, funny and a little bit crazy. Even his friends and family do not always understand him and often feel ashamed of him. But sometimes he can create a real miracle - merely from garbage.

Evolution of the Red Star

January 1973 •English

Music: Carl Stone. Colored pen-and-ink drawings, like topological maps of biomorphic objects, grow and evolve from the red star. Once the master image is formed, this continuously throbbing, pulsating sight is used to ring changes based on years of optical work. Music and picture work together to create a mood of ecstatic tranquility. The bright colors, beautiful music, surprise at the end, etc. make this a good film for young children. Awards: Sinking Creek Film & Video Festival, 1973; Washington National Student Film Festival, 1974; Brooklyn Independent Filmmakers Exposition, 1974; Vanguard Int'l Competition of Electronic Music for Film, 1974; Humboldt Film Festival, 1974. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with iotaCenter and National Film Preservation Foundation in 2007.

Quinoscopio 1

January 1986 •Spanish

A collection of unrelated sequences featuring people in various situations.

The Right Timing

October 1942 •English

The importance of timing in athletics

Lipsett Diaries

October 2010 •French

A descent into the maelstrom of anguish that tormented Arthur Lipsett, a famed Canadian experimental filmmaker who died at 49. A diary transmuted into a clash of images and sounds charting a prodigious frenzy of creation, a tableau depicting an artist’s dizzying descent into depression and madness: with LIPSETT DIARIES, Theodore Ushev renews his filmmaking aesthetic and explores what happens when genius is on a first-name basis with madness.

种子传说

March 2020 •Chinese

The story is a journey - a little boy wants to find a special place to burry his golden seed. During this trip, he learns about this world and the growth of his heart.

Ladakh: The Lotus of the Himalaya

January 1974 •Dutch

Short documentary on the Ladakh.region.

The Ark of the Sausage Moose

March 2019 •Danish

The Sausage Moose discovers that he, and only a few other animals, are not granted a spot on Noah’s Ark before the great flood. They try to find a solution on who will be allowed on the Ark, when a spot opens.

Budapest, Crown Procession

June 1896 •French

Procession on a Budapest street.

The King of the Misty Forest

January 2003 •French

Little Tales in the Snow

November 2018 •French

Tot in het hart van Rusland

January 1977 •Dutch

Short documentary on the ordinary life of the Russians.

MS. Found in a Bottle

January 2010 •English

At first the mysterious black ship seem to be the rescue from the stormy sea. But soon the rescued castaway starts to realise what is the purpose of the expedition. And the ship follows irresistible its course to the south. Graduation film at the school of arts and design Kassel. Based loosely on the short story of the same titel by A.E. Poe.

Wings

June 2021 •Korean

Tyltyl, a timid girl with a torn wing. In front of such Tyltyl, a girl in the same situation, Mytyl, appears.

Palimpsest

January 2008 •English

Palimpsest charts the changing lives of the interior of one house over a period of three centuries, a time-frame compressed into ten minutes - portrayed through a combination of time -lapse, real-time, and stop-frame photography. The camera is fixed as the 'space' inside the frame itself transforms, destructs and evolves over the years: historical eras are evoked through references to 17th, 18th and 19th century painting and early 20th century cinema and the human presence in the house is signalled through scenes of everyday labor and domestic duty.

M Phase

December 2015 •

Mars, 2035. The daily wearout overtires the space’s station crew. The anger of one of the members arises, there is no other choice but to conceal it, in order to preserve the apparently cohesiveness of the team.

Nice : Sa Majesté Carnaval et le char des Limonadiers

February 1900 •French

Elaborate floats and costumes parading the streets of Nice.

Steamship Arrival

March 1896 •French

A steamboat coming to port.

Tigers at the Zoo

August 1896 •French

Teasing tigers with meat.

Transport de la cloche de l'indépendance

September 1896 •English

The parade occupies only a small portion of the screen, the crowds are a seething mass that do really move and the Independence Bell is nowhere to be seen.