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- The Method. by Piñeyro, Marcelo,film director.; Ozores, Adriana,actor.; Gómez, Carmelo,actor.; Fernández, Eduard,actor.; Noriega, Eduardo,actor.; Nimri, Najwa,actor.; Verbeke, Natalia,actor.; Latido Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Adriana Ozores, Carmelo Gómez, Eduard Fernández, Eduardo Noriega, Najwa Nimri, Natalia VerbekeOriginally produced by Latido Films in 2005.Seven candidates for a high executive position at a multinational company show up for a selection test in a skyscraper at the financial district. Among them, the most disparate personalities: the winner, the aggressive, the insecure, the critic, the indecisive…Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Horror films.; Detective and mystery films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures).; Motion pictures--Latin America.; Motion pictures--Argentina.;
- The battle of Jangsari [videorecording] / by Eads, George,1967-actor.; Fox, Megan,1986-actor.; Kwak, Kyŏng-t'aek,1966-film director.; Min-Ho, Choi,actor.; Myung-Min, Kim,actor.; Well Go USA, Inc.,publisher.;
- Myung-Min Kim, Megan Fox, Minho Choi, In-kwon Kim, Sung-Cheol Kim, George Eads.Pushed to a critical point in the Korean War, the South Korean Army and US Allies are desperate to take back the strategic location of Incheon. The only unit available is a small, inexperienced battalion of student soldiers with barely two weeks of boot camp training. Based on a true story of forgotten heroes of the Korean War, can the student soldiers successfully carry out their mission and turn the tide of the war?Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Motion pictures, Korean.; Foreign films.; Fiction films.; Feature films.; War films.; Action and adventure films.; Higgins, Marguerite; Korean War, 1950-1953; Women war correspondents;
- For private home use only.
- Purebred Spanish: The Origin. by Javier Fernández Bordonada, Francisco,film director.; MPX Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Originally produced by MPX Films in 2023.A journey of the Spanish Purebred starting with the frontier horse in Spain’s history. A special review of the 19th and 20th century, a critical moment in which the thoroughbred horse was on the verge of disappearing until its recovery and role in the present day.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Health.; Science.; Balts (Indo-European people).; Foreign study.; Zoology.; Physical education and training.; Documentary films.; Current affairs.; History.; Sports.; Animals.; Horses.; Spain.; Competition.; Motion pictures--Spain.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
- Sweep It Up, Again. by Kroske, Gerd,film director.; DEFA Film Library (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Originally produced by DEFA Film Library in 2006.Ten years have passed since director Gerd Kroske met the three Leipzig street sweepers in 1996. Their social decline is even more visible due to alcoholism and unemployment. While one of them has died, the others just live their lives. Kroske shows his protagonists with dignity and emphasizes their struggle against neglect and the loneliness inscribed in their faces. Critics called the documentary “an intense and bitter film about social coldness and lack of opportunity.” Part 3 of the long observation project known as the Sweep It Up trilogy.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Social sciences.; History, Modern.; German language.; Foreign study.; Documentary films.; History.;
- Phoenix [German] [1 DVD - 98 min.] / by Petzold, Christian,1960-film director.; Hoss, Nina,actor.; Zehrfeld, Ronald,1977-actor.; Kunzendorf, Nina,1971-actor.; Criterion Collection (Firm),publisher.;
- Nina Hoss, Ronald Zehrfeld, Nina Kunzendorf.Set in a rubble-strewn Berlin in 1945, is like no other film about post-World War II Jewish identity. After surviving Auschwitz, a former cabaret perfromer, her face disfigured and reconstructed, returns to her war-ravaged hometown to seek out the gentile husband who may or may not have betrayed her to the Nazis. Without recognizing her, he enlists her to play his wife in a bizarre hall-of-shattered-mirrors story that's as richly metaphorical as it is preposterously engrossing.PG.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; 5.1 surround.
- Subjects: Foreign films.; Motion pictures, German.; Film noir.; Feature films.; World War, 1939-1945; Married people; Betrayal; Holocaust survivors;
- For private home use only.
- Stories of A. by Belmont, Charles,film director.; Issartel, Marielle,film director.; Icarus Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Originally produced by Icarus Films in 1973.Shot in Paris in 1973, this feminist film on the fight for abortion rights was banned as soon it was released. A large-scale game of hide-and-seek ensued, as activists created an underground distribution network, hiding the film from the police — and creating an effective model for cinema as an act of civil disobedience in the process. Recently restored, STORIES OF A is both a fascinating historical document, and a reminder of the critical importance of access to abortion.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Health.; Criminal law.; Social sciences.; Balts (Indo-European people).; Foreign study.; Medicine.; History, Modern.; Human rights.; Documentary films.; Women's studies.; Current affairs.; History.; Women--Health and hygiene.; Nineteen seventies.; Political participation.; Abortion.; Police.; Feminism.; Women's rights.; Physicians.; Medical care.; France.;
- Banquet for Achilles. by Gräf, Roland,film director.; Grube-Deister, Elsa,actor.; Geschonneck, Erwin,actor.; Delmare, Fred,actor.; Wachowiak, Jutta,actor.; Lubosch, Ute,actor.; DEFA Film Library (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Elsa Grube-Deister, Erwin Geschonneck, Fred Delmare, Jutta Wachowiak, Ute LuboschOriginally produced by DEFA Film Library in 1975.Karl Achilles has worked at the Bitterfeld chemical combine for 30 years. Having helped build the plant since WWII ended in 1945, he will now retire at the age of 65. Achilles, however, intends to spend more time with his family and to cultivate his garden. But it is a difficult farewell for him knowing that he is no longer up to the new technical challenges and that his younger colleagues are outdoing him.BANQUET FOR ACHILLES was filmed on original location in Bitterfeld. Showing smoking chimneys of the plant and the destroyed landscape as central motifs, it became the first East German feature film to respond critically to environmental issues, which were officially taboo topics.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; Motion Pictures.; Motion pictures--Germany.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
- Okja [videorecording] / by An, Seo-hyun,actor.; Bostick, Devon,1991-actor.; Byun, Hee-bong,actor.; Ch'oe, U-sik,1990-actor.; Choi, Dooho(Producer),film producer.; Collins, Lily,1989-actor.; Dano, Paul,1984-actor.; Esposito, Giancarlo,actor.; Gardner, Dede,film producer.; Gyllenhaal, Jake,1980-actor.; Henderson, Shirley,1965-actor.; Henshall, Daniel,1983-actor.; Kim, Lewis Taewan,film producer.; Kleiner, Jeremy,film producer.; Pong, Chun-ho,1969-film director,screenwriter,film producer.; Ronson, Jon,1967-screenwriter.; Sarandos, Ted,film producer.; Sŏ, U-sik,1967-film producer.; Swinton, Tilda,actor.; Yeun, Steven,actor.; Yun, Che-mun,1970-actor.; Criterion Collection (Firm),publisher.; Kate Street Picture Company,production company.; Lewis Pictures,production company.; Netflix (Firm),presenter.; Plan B Entertainment,production company.;
- Music, Jaeil Jung ; editor, Yang Jinmo ; director of photography, Darius Khondji.Tilda Swinton, Paul Dano, An Seo Hyun, Byun Heebong, Steven Yeun, Lilly Collins, Yoon Je Moon, Shirley Henderson, Daniel Henshall, Devon Bostick, Woo Shik Choi, Giancarlo Esposito, Jake Gyllenhaal.Mija is a South Korean girl growing up on an Edenic mountainside with her grandfather and best friend: Okja, a giant, empathetic "super pig" created as part of a secret GMO experiment. When Okja is abruptly torn away from her, Mija embarks on a perilous rescue mission that places her at the center of a sinister corporate conspiracy. While Bong's trademark virtuosic set-pieces dazzle, Okja's beating heart is the connection between a girl and her super pig, made all the more poignant by the brilliant special effects that bring the animal star to unforgettable life.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures, Korean.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Animal welfare; Girls; Human-animal communication; Human-animal relationships; Transgenic organisms; Swine;
- For private home use only.
- Flow [videorecording] / by Kăza, Matïss,screenwriter.; Rapold, Nicolas,writer of supplementary textual content.; Zilbalodis, Gints,film director,screenwriter.; Criterion Collection (Firm),publisher.;
- A courageous cat's home is devastated by a great flood. As the cat teams up with a capybara, a lemur, a bird, and a dog to navigate a boat in search of dry land, the crew must rely on trust, courage, and their wits to survive the perils of a newly aquatic planet.Canadian Home Video Rating: G.Described video for the blind and visually impairedSubtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH)DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Children's films.; Action and adventure films.; Animated films.; Feature films.; Animal films.; Animals; Water levels; Floods; Sea level; Survival; Cats; Friendship; Global environmental change; Global temperature changes;
- For private home use only.
- Kedi. by Torun, Ceydafilm director.; Oscilloscope Pictures (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
- Originally produced by Oscilloscope Pictures in 2016.Hundreds of thousands of cats roam the metropolis of Istanbul freely. For thousands of years they've wandered in and out of people's lives, becoming an essential part of the communities that make the city so rich. Winner of Best First Documentary and nominated for Best Documentary at the Critics' Choice Documentary Awards. Fourth Place for Best Documentary (2017) in the Indiewire Critics' Poll.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Subjects: Documentary films.; Turkey.; Cats;
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