"The+island"
Shimajiro: Miracle Island's Seven-Colored Carnation
One day, Shimajiro came from Miracle Island. She meets Mirror, a boy with mysterious powers. Mirror says, "If you give it to someone special, your wish will come true." He had a Seven-Colored carnation, trying to monopolize all the Seven-Colored carnations on the island, but was stolen by a great wizard. Will Shimajiro and his friends be able to es..
Rudolf Nureyev. A Strange Island
In the late 80s, Rudolf Nureyev acquired the island of Li Galli in southern Italy, near Amalfi. Rudolf dreamed of creating a world ballet center here for young ballet talents. But this dream failed to come true...
Island
On an island in southern Iran, where circumcision of both boys and girls is still practised, a small boy catches a glimpse of the ceremony and runs off terrified. His father eventually catches up with him and explains how circumcision is an important part of becoming a good muslim. The little boy is now totally confused.
Turtle Island: Nostalgic Voices
When fishing at sea, he always glimpses Guishan Island. Childhood memories and the villagers' distinct qualities were buried there during the village’s relocation. 'Now, we hide our homesickness in dreams'. Witnessing the island's tourism deeply affects displaced islanders.
My Own Private Green Island
Green Island's link to political prisoners remains indelible despite its modern tourism. To depict the multi-faceted appearance of the island, the film centres on 3 characters: a local islander, a former prisoner’s daughter, and an artist with depression.
Hero's Island
Set in post-war Okinawa, Japan, Gusuku had 3 close childhood friends: On, Yamako and On's younger brother Rei. On was the oldest of the group and he was like a leader to everybody else. He was also a heroic figure to them. On led his friends into the U.S. military base and they stole supplies to give away to the local residents. Everybody in the ne..
Amorira
Christian mission propaganda film about 'a slice of heathen life, with the bamboo bush people of Borado-Likowali'. Keli is forced to marry Wesa but has a lover in another village. This causes war to break out between the two villages and Wesa is killed. Wesa's father Meo now wants Keli to marry his other son. Keli refuses and the hostilities contin..
Along Newfoundland's Shores
This short documentary includes three vignettes about life off the coast of Newfoundland. In Island of Birds, we visit Green Island, a sea bird sanctuary where puffins frolic. In Caplin Harvest, little silvery fish called caplin spawn by washing ashore along the waves, making an easy catch for fishermen. In Outports on the Move, off-shore houses ar..
Ashden's Walk on Møn
Experimental short overlays footage of buildings and fields with that of a spiral galaxy.
Myrskyluodon kalastaja
Fisherman Eerik Storm is in danger of losing his home and agrees to get money to be piloted by smugglers. When the customs officers surprise the smugglers, a chase and a firefight ensue, in which the customs officers are confronted with water.
Yangsan Province
The film is a historical melodrama about a high government official who wants to marry a woman who is engaged to marry another man.
L'Ile de la bête
Un épéiste tente en vain de tuer le célèbre artiste martial Chu Liu-xiang pour obtenir un médicament destiné à soigner sa femme malade. Intrigué mais peu surpris que l'on en veuille à sa vie, Chu Liu-xiang propose à cet homme d'aller à la rencontre du possesseur de ce fameux remède, qui se trouve sur « L'Ile de la Chauve-Souris ». Ega..
Manoel’s Destinies
When the child Manuel wanders into a garden that is off-limits to him, he meets an unidentified fisherman, and another boy -- the boy is actually himself several years down the road. Manuel experiences three different versions of his encounters in the garden, revealing that fate can have several twists and turns in one's life, depending on decision..
Ellis Island, une histoire du rêve Américain
L’immigration aux États-Unis de 1892 à 1954, à travers un passionnant récit polyphonique qui embrasse la petite et la grande histoire. En 1892, Ellis Island, dans la baie de New York, devient la principale porte d’entrée aux États-Unis pour les immigrants qui arrivent de plus en plus nombreux d’Europe. Inauguré en 1900, après un inc..
The Presence
After their plane crashes in the Pacific Ocean after a storm a group of people scramble to a tropical island. At first the place seems home to palm trees and exotic wildlife but on the discovery of a disused military base they find out the island poses a severe threat to them
Isle of the Damned
In Antonello Giallo's follow up to the notorious Pleasures of the Damned, private investigator Jack Steele is hired by a mysterious treasure hunter to help find the lost treasure of Marco Polo. Along for the trip is Jack's adopted son, Billy. Their search brings them to an island off the coast of Argentina... and into the clutches of a primitive ca..
