Im Finnland des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts lebt ein zehnjähriger, stummer Junge mit seiner allein erziehenden Mutter auf einem kleinen Hof in der Wildnis, fernab der Zivilisation. Der Vater des Jungen,...
Der alte Farmer Abga lebt mit seiner Enkelin Asida in Georgien am Fuße des Kaukasus-Gebirges. Eines Tages beschließt er, auf einer kleinen Insel auf dem Enguri-Fluss Mais anzupflanzen. Die Insel ent...
Experimentelle und zugleich texttreue Adaption der Erzählung "Lenz" von Georg Büchner: Die Regisseurin Isabelle Krötsch und der Schauspieler Hans Kremer reisten auf den Spuren des Texts nach Walder...
Dem elfjährigen Jonas fällt zuhause die Decke auf den Kopf. Seit Papas Tod ist nichts mehr, wie es war, und er will nur noch weg. Über die Sommerferien in die Slowakei, zu seinem Opa, genauso wie f...
In der Reihe WAS TUT SICH – IM DEUTSCHEN FILM? präsentiert das Kino des Deutschen Filmmuseums einmal im Monat ein aktuelles Werk. Am 18. Dezember 2016 stellte Regisseur Florian Hoffmeister seinen F...
"The Old Man and the Bird" (2014/15)
Ginger and her friend Rosa was born on the same day at the same hospital and here lies the reason for their friendship which they cherish throughout their childhood. Politically, The Cold War is high ...
Glasgow in the post-war years and the Corporation's futuristic plans for the city's development. [The film was made to tie in with an exhibition of the same title, held at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow....
In a decayed Scottish fishing village, an outcast boy strikes up a friendship with a fisherman who believes himself to be Zorba.
Poul is a struggling magician looking for just the right trick to take him to the big time. To get the money to acquire 'The Sawed-in-Half Lady' from Frankfurt he makes a deal with Arne, a shifty insu...
Romantic adventure film in which Betty, who dreams about pirates, and her father, a gullible professor, are tricked by a bunch of real pirates. They are rescued by a young man who has a crush on Betty...
Cyclical year in the life of the Taggart family as they take up residence at Marywell Farm. Their first experiences of country life.
A camping expedition by an uncle and his nephew, showing the do's and don'ts of the countryside code.
An amateur film compilation around the Borders. Includes footage of a visit to Duns by The Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland the Rt. Rev Dr. James A. Simpson, a 250th annive...
A camel train approaches and enters the city. A panorama of the city taken from the sea. Tiffin (compressed camel or horse fodder) being unloaded from ships lying out to sea by surf boats. The men wor...
Amateur cine film featuring days out around the east coast and borders of Scotland in the 1970s. Includes footage of a canal trip on the 'Queen of the Borders', a day at Edinburgh Zoo, train rides a...
Thomas Riedelsheimer (in the middle), Andy Goldsworthy (on the right) on the set of "Rivers and Tides" (1998-2001)
A Royal Engineers sergeant shows how to load two carrier pigeons into a small wicker basket for transport. At the Rosyth seaplane base Felixstowe F2A flying boats and Short 184 seaplanes ride at ancho...
A descriptive essay on the city of Edinburgh, and in particular of Edinburgh Castle.
The wedding of Jock Lyon and Lorna Duncan at Greyfriars Church, Dumfries, February 23rd 1928.