Anthology of short films. Part 2.

The second issue of a collection of short films of independent filmmakers from around the world, this time consisting of 5 mini-movies.

1. La Valiente.
Girl for a few seconds closes his eyes trying not to think about anything but her fears attack and those seconds seem like an eternity...

Director: Isabel de Ayguavives.

Spain, 2004.

2. Lille Mand / Little Man.

Junior Matias got a job at school to write an essay on a free topic...

Director: Esben Tonnesen.

Cast: Nikolaj Rasmussen, Malene Rasmussen.

Denmark, 2006.

3. Marzipan.

Surrealism. Beautiful young woman rides in a cart drawn by boys and collects it all the girls he meets on his way.

Cast: Robert Bosser, Christoffer Gabbor, Leo Hoffmann, Benjamin Keferstein, Falco Pieczonka, Maximillian Wegner, Levi and Seph Blouw-Espinosa.

Director: Carolina Feix.

Netherlands, 2006.

4. Rita.
About a blind girl...

Director: Fabio Grassadonia, Antonio Piazza.

Cast: Marco Correnti, Marta Palermo.

Italy, 2009.

5. Things I Don't Remember.

Remembering childhood, it's like watching a videotape forgotten that you once found in a corner of the basement...

Director: Nicholas Santos.

Cast: Jackson Quinn Gray, Parker Pogue, Alison Walter, Tyler Gardella.

USA, 2011.

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Edges of the Lord. 2001.

 Polish 12 year-young city Jew Romek gets a crash-course in Catholicsim from his daddy ('stay hanging by your arms till your prayers are perfect') so he can be sent away and escape deportation (Auschwitz?) hiding in the country where the clergy found a host, Gniecio's simple peasant family, posing as their city relative. Gniecio's eldest son Vladek proves rather tyrannical but no brighter then gullible junior Tollo, who takes a role play in catechism class to 'become' a Last Supper character, in his case Jesus, to the extreme, even training for a crucifixion from a tree. Neighbor Batylin and his wife are executed by the Nazis when their illegally kept pig is found. Kluba plays a dirty trick when Gniecio tries to sell his in the city; his son is as problematic for the boys, who meanwhile play involving a single girl-playmate, Maria, who takes Romek in when he's stupidly thrown out by his widowed host by mistake. The horror of war itself suddenly shows its ugly head again, big time and in weird ways with unforeseen consequences...
Director:  Yurek Bogayevicz.
Cast: Haley Joel Osment, Willem Dafoe, Richard Banel, Liam Hess, Olaf Lubaszenko, Malgorzata Foremniak, Andrzej Grabowski, Chiril Vahonin, Olga Frycz, Dorota Piasecka, Wojciech Smolarz, Marek Weglarski, Ryszard Ronczewski.
USA, Poland, 2001.
Language: English, Russian.
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Schulmädchen-Report / The School Girls. All Episodes. 1970-1979.

DE. Schulmädchen-Report ist der Titel eines 1970 erschienenen Buches von Günther Hunold, das Interviews mit zwölf Mädchen und jungen Frauen im Alter von 14 bis 20 über ihre Sexualität präsentierte. Der noch im selben Jahr in die westdeutschen Kinos gekommenen gleichnamigen Verfilmung des Produzenten Wolf C. Hartwig war ein derartiger Erfolg beschieden, dass bis 1980 noch zwölf Fortsetzungen produziert wurden. Die Verfilmungen, übersetzt in 38 Sprachen, gelten mit 100 Millionen Zuschauern als bisher erfolgreichste deutsche Kinoproduktion. Der erste Teil wurde mit rund sechs Millionen Zuschauern einer der fünf erfolgreichsten deutschen Filme.
EN. Schulmadchen-Report: Was Eltern nicht fur moglich halten (Schoolgirl Report Part 1: What Parents Don't Think Is Possible) (UK release title: Confessions of a Sixth Form Girl) is a 1970 German so-called sex report film directed by Ernst Hofbauer, based on a book by Gunther Hunold (which presented interviews with twelve girls on their sexual lives) and produced by Wolfgang C. Hartwig. The music by Gert Wilden combined beat lounge and acid rock.
The film was a commercial success in 1970, topping the German cinema charts for weeks. Although it still had elements of the "Aufklarungsfilme" (sex education films) of the 1960s, it was quite exploitative - and the audience knew it.
This was the first in a series that would last thirteen titles until 1980. According to IBDB Episodes 9 and 10 feature Ursula Reit also known as Augustus Gloop's mother Mrs. Gloop from the 1971 film "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory".
 Directors: Walter Boos, Ernst Hofbauer.
Cast: Günther Kieslich, Wolf Harnisch, Helga Kruck, Friedrich von Thun, Peter Dornseif, Lisa Fitz, Marion Haberl, Christina Hoeltel, Claudia Höll, Mascha Rabben, Waltraud Schaeffler, Gunther Möhner, Tonio von der Meden, Ursula Wolff.
West Germany, 1970-1979.
Language: German, Russian.
Episode List:
Schulmädchen-Report. 1: Was Eltern nicht für möglich halten.
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Der neue Schulmädchen-Report. 2. Teil: Was Eltern den Schlaf raubt.
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Schulmädchen-Report. 3. Teil: Was Eltern nicht mal ahnen.
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Schulmädchen-Report. 4. Teil: Was Eltern oft verzweifeln läßt.
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Schulmädchen-Report. 5. Teil: Was Eltern wirklich wissen sollten.
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Schulmädchen-Report. 6. Teil: Was Eltern gern vertuschen möchten.
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Schulmädchen-Report. 7. Teil: Doch das Herz muß dabei sein.
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Schulmädchen-Report. 8. Teil: Was Eltern nie erfahren dürfen.
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Schulmädchen-Report. 9. Teil: Reifeprüfung vor dem Abitur.
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Schulmädchen-Report. 10. Teil: Irgendwann fängt jede an.
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Schulmädchen-Report. 11. Teil: Probieren geht über Studieren.
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Schulmädchen-Report. 12. Teil: Junge Mädchen brauchen Liebe.
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Schulmädchen-Report. 13. Teil: Vergiß beim Sex die Liebe nicht.
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Schulmädchen-Report / The School Girls. All Episodes. 1970-1979.

Jhing Chik Jhing. 2009.

 The film is set around the problem of agrarian debt and farmer suicides in Maharashtra. Mouli (Bharat Jadhav), a farmer who ekes out a living on a 2 acre farm is trying his best to support his family. He is in debt to the tune of Rs. 10,000 to the local money lender (Uday Sabnis). Mouli's wife Manda (Madhavi Juvekar) tries her best to sustain the family on the little that they have. Mouli and Manda's children Shyam (Chinmay Kambli) and Dipti (Aarti More) go to the local school - and both are bright children who have a lot to look forward to. Shyam wants to become 'someone' and Dipti has her first crush ! When it seems that all is lost - including the land - and suicide is the only option - Shyam decides that he is not going to die and tries his best to save the family. What he does and the alternative to suicide and debt free farming (the word used in the film is swawalambhi) is the crux of the film.

Director: Nitin Nandan.

Cast: Chinmay Kambli, Arti More, Pratik Dalvi, Bharat Jadhav, Madhavi Juvekar, Sanjay Mone, Sachin Patil, Dilip Prabhavalkar, Uday Sabnis.

India, 2009.

Language: Marathi.

Subtitles: English.

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Vive les vacances! 2009.

 Vive les vacances! était une série télévisée diffusée en 2009 en France sur TF1 et en Belgique sur La Une.

Une superbe maison de vacances au bord de la mer et trois couples avec enfants qui s'y installent pour le mois d'août. Problème ! Chaque couple a loué cette maison pour lui seul. Arnaque dans l'air... Aucune famille ne voulant céder sa place, la guerre commence. Les vacances idylliques deviennent un enfer. De la jalousie à la mauvaise foi, de l'égoïsme à l'intérêt personnel, de la lâcheté au ridicule, tous les travers de l'être humain sont mis en évidence avec tendresse. Et de cette inimitié naîtra une forte complicité...

Director: Stephane Kappes.

Cast: Timothé Riquet, Hugo de Donno, Zacharie Chasseriaud, Tania Garbarski, Titoff, Cécile Bois,  Stéphane De Groodt, Arnaud Henriet, Julie Dray, Salem Kali, Marie Vincent, Mélusine Mayance, Gwenaëlle Simon, Julie Cavanna,  Louison Blivet, Jean-Marie Paris.

France, 2009.

Language: French.

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風の中の子供 / Kaze no naka no kodomo / Children in the Wind. 1937.

 Brothers Zenta and Sanpei carelessly wile their summer away in the countryside, bullying neighbor Kintaro and fighting over who gets to deliver their father's daily lunchbox. Sunny days come to an abrupt end when their father is accused of forging documents and put in jail. While his mother looks for work, Sanpei is sent away to stay with his father's retired schoolmaster, but he can't stop getting into trouble.

Director: Hiroshi Shimizu.

Cast: Masao Hayama, Tomio Aoki, Bakudankozo, Reikichi Kawamura, Mitsuko Yoshikawa, Fumiko Okamura, Chishu Ryu, Takeshi Sakamoto, Hiroshi Nagao, Einosuke Naka, Seiji Nishimura, Chishu Ryu, Takayuki Suematsu, Koji Matsuda, Kanji Kawahara.

Japan, 1937.

Language: Japanese .

Subtitles: English, Russian.

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初恋・地獄篇 / Hatsukoi: Jigoku-hen / Nanami: The Inferno of First Love. 1968.

 Hatsukoi Jigokuhen (初恋・地獄篇) is a 1968 film directed by Susumu Hani and co-scripted by him with Shūji Terayama. It is one of Hani's best known works. In the West, it is known as Nanami, The Inferno of First Love or as Nanami, First Love. The movie focuses on the pain of emerging from adolescence. The film was nominated for the Golden Bear award at the 18th Berlin International Film Festival in 1968. Many film scholars consider this work to be one of Hani's major achievements, while others judge the film to be commercial and exploitive.

An insecure guy falls in love with a young nude model. But his past sexual abuse hinders him of loving inhibitedly. He meets a little girl in the park instead... The story isn't that linear and that's why the freely linked episodes of this film just takes you on a shaky underwater rollercoaster ride. Beautiful camera-shots, excellent editing, great music, great acting...

Writers: Susumu Hani, Shûji Terayama.
Director: Susumu Hani.

Cast: Haruo Asanu, Kazuko Fukuda, Kuniko Ishii, Ichirô Kimura, Kazuo Kimura, Kôji Mitsui, Misako Miyato, Kimiko Nakamura, Akio Takahashi, Minoru Yuasa.

Japan, 1968.

Language: Japanese.

Subtitles: English, Russian.

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Lille Mand / Little Man. 2006.

 DK. Lille mand, Mathias på 8 år, er ved at skrive verdens vigtigste opgave i skolen: "Sådan er kvinder" en håndbog af Mathias'.
CZ. Osmiletý Mathias dostal za úkol napsat do školy esej, kterou nazval "Jak porozumět ženám". Jeho práce se ale ukáže celkem složitou, a v průběhu psaní práce se zamiluje do své spolužačky Marie.
Director: Esben Tønnesen.
Cast: Nikolaj Rasmussen, Malene Rasmussen, Lotte Bergstrøm, Beate Bille, Philip Gjedde, Sofie Helqvist.
Denmark, Enclave films, 2006.
Language: Danish, Russian.
Subtitles: English.
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Anthology of short films. Part 93.

  Another one issue of Anthology of Short Films, number ninety-three now, is ready for viewing. Today here are 6 mini-films of various countries mostly new and in a high resolution.
1. Pollito Chicken, Gallina Hen. 2012. HD.
Macarena got her first period. This will became her worst problem and her biggest secret. She will not be able to get over this until she visits a chicken hatch farm.
Director: Marta Hernaiz Pidal.
Cast: Antón Araiza, Rebeca Tolsá Bolado, Lety Gómez.
Mexico, 2012.
Language: Spanish.
1280x720 HD
2. Niño rana. 2019. HD.
Paula viaja a un pueblo de montaña buscando superar algo que le ha sucedido y así llevar a cabo un trabajo que se le ha asignado. Al llegar a la casa, inmersa en la vegetación, se encuentra con la presencia misteriosa de un niño. Ambos, seres solitarios, comparten el pasar de los días hasta que advierte ciertos comportamiento extraño en el chaval.
Directors: Laura Zenobi, Lucas Altmann.
Cast: Ariadna Asturzzi, Balthazar Murillo.
Argentina, 2019.
Language: Spanish.
1280x720 HD
3. Frontier. 2018. HD.
After two days alone in the woods, a young girl's reality begins to blend with her favorite comic book.
Director: Chuck Klevin.
Cast: Zoe Clarke, Juli Emmons, Matthew H. James.
USA, 2018.
Language: English.
1920x1080 HD
4. Bizco / Crosseyed. 2019. 4K.
A pair of anarchic nuns go on a road trip with a coach load of kids.
Director: Iván Noel.
Cast: Agustín Quevedo, Carolina Britos, Aída Roisman, Carlos Ibarra, Mariano Martínez, Rafael Vazquez, Tomás Vazquez, Delfina Cardarelli, Camila Núñez, Jazmín Ibarra.
Language: Spanish.
Argentina, 2019.
3840x2160 Ultra-HD
5. Le cas Perrot. 2019. HD.
Le Cas Perrot depicts a dreamlike world in a realist manner. It was shot with amateur teenagers in the style of a documentary in order to make fantastical contents seem naturalist. It was hence written and directed adhering to the logic that the brain adopts during sleep.
Director: Rony Tanios.
Cast: Alexis Nativel, Laurence Flahault, Stéphanie Vertray, François Godart, Jean-François Collados.
France, 2019.
Language: French.
1920x1080 HD
6. This Is It. 1970.
James Broughton's creation myth, THIS IS IT, places a 2-year-old Adam and a bright apple-red balloon in a backyard garden of Eden, and works a small miracle of the ordinary. And since that miracle is what his film is about, he achieves a kind of casual perfection in matching means and ends.
Director: James Broughton.
Cast: Orion Broughton, George R. Priest, Stefani Pérez-Guerra.
USA, 1970.
Language: English.
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Tüskevár / Thorn Castle. 1967.

 HU. A Tüskevár 1966-ban forgatott, 1967-ben bemutatott fekete-fehér ifjúsági filmsorozat, melyet a Magyar Televízió Fekete István híres regényéből Fejér Tamás dirigálásával készített.

A film hőse egy kisfiú, a széltől is óvják, még az úttörőtáborba se engedik el. A nyári szünetben azonban elmehet a Kis-Balaton mellé egy rokonhoz, aki megismerteti őt a természet szépségeivel. A nyaralás feltétele, hogy jól kell tanulnia.
Episode List:
1. rész: Nyaralás feltételekkel (29 perc)
2. rész: A nádvilág (34 perc)
3. rész: A szökevény óriás (29 perc)
4. rész: A leskunyhóban (33 perc)
5. rész: Hárman a berekben (29 perc)
6. rész: Viharban (29 perc)
7. rész: Tüskevár meghódítása (32 perc)
8. rész: Búcsú a berektől (30 perc)
EN. Based on the book of famous Hungarian writer, Istvan Fekete (who mainly wrote titles about animals, like Vuk, Lutra) this is a must see for all computerized Nintendo kids, who ever forget, that there's reality outside the screen. The story is about two urban boys, who spend a summer at the romantic Kis-Balaton side with an old field keeper, and gradually change their point of view about their civilized life, and fall love with the NATURE itself. Of course, first cases they fail, and this series is about their (both physical and mental) development. The acting, or dramaturgy is nothing special, it's on the level of 1950's, although there are some breath-taking shots of wildlife, which sadly nowadays already have disappeared from the location of shot, so this movie is natural memento as well. Although the movie is good enough, nowhere good as the novel itself, which is brilliant.

Director: Tamas Fejer.

Cast: László Bánhidi, Zoltán Seregi, Ferenc Zenthe, Tibor Barabás, József Petrik, Manyi Kiss, Tibor Molnár, István Velenczei, Teri Földi, Zách János.

Hungary, 1967.

Language: Hungarian, Russian.

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Anjos do Sol / Angels of the Sun. 2006.

 In 2002, 12-year-old Maria, living in dire poverty with her family, is sold by her fisherman father to prostitute recruiter Seu Tadeu, who takes her to a low-class brothel in the Amazon region. While she suffers innumerable abuses, Maria only thinks of escaping the horrible conditions she's faced with.

Director: Rudi Lagemann.

Cast: Antonio Calloni, Otávio Augusto, Darlene Glória, Vera Holtz, Fernanda Carvalho, Chico Díaz, Bianca Comparato, Mary Sheila, Caco Monteiro, Antônio Gonzalez, Evelin Buchegguer.

Brazil, 2006.

Language: Portuguese.

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