Il vecchio e avaro strozzino Ebenezer Scrooge non ha alcuna intenzione di condividere le gioie del Natale. Né con il nipote Fred né con il suo dipendente Bob, che riceve uno stipendio da fame e ha una famiglia numerosa, né tantomeno con chi gli chiede sottoscrizioni in favore dei più diseredati. Per lui il Natale è solo un giorno in cui deve pagare Bob che resterà però a casa. La notte della vigilia compare però, terrorizzandolo, il fantasma del suo socio in affari Marley, morto sette anni prima. Marley gli annuncia l'arrivo di tre Spiriti. Uno gli mostrerà i suoi Natali passati, uno quello presente e l'ultimo quello futuro in cui lui sarà morto e nessuno avrà un buon ricordo della sua esistenza. La lezione gli servirà.

Un'avvincente lezione di storia – ma con riflessioni che toccano anche la contraddittoria natura dell'homo sapiens/demens – è questo documentario, tratto da 30 ore di interviste a Cambridge (Massachusetts), che è pure un vivido ritratto di Robert McNamara, studioso di logica, etica, statistica, docente all'università di Harvard, presidente della Ford, segretario della Difesa dal 1961 al 1968 prima con Kennedy e poi con Johnson, figura-chiave della politica statunitense nel Novecento.

Huck, ragazzino vivace che vive presso la vedova Douglas, mette in scena la propria morte per poter partire alla ventura lungo il Mississippi. A bordo di una zattera risale il fiume e tra i suoi compagni di viaggio c'è il nero Jim, in fuga verso il Nord antischiavista. L'amicizia tra i due porta Huck ad aiutare l'uomo di colore contro le mire di due loschi figuri che lo vorrebbero catturare per rivenderlo come schiavo.

A fairy tale about a conceited young man and a young woman with a tyrannical step-mother, who must overcome magical trials in order to be together.

Alison (Kay Banabaker) e Lily (Juno Temple) sono due adolescenti idealiste che vivono in una piccola città di mare, dove regna sovrana la noia e non accade mai nulla che possa distrarle dal dolore che entrambe provano a causa delle loro famiglie disfunzionali. Diversissime tra loro, timida una e una forza della natura l'altra, sognano di scappare via prima o poi e l'occasione per farlo si presenta loro quando conoscono un gruppo di ragazzi di Los Angeles, a cui si aggregano per approdare in un mondo senza legge che mette in crisi il loro duraturo rapporto di amicizia.

At the Katnip Kollege, we see a roomful of cats taking a course in Swingology. Everyone swings except Johnny, who can't cut it and has to sit in the dunce chair. Miss Kitty Bright tells him to look her up when he learns how to swing. Finally, listening to the pendulum clock at night, Johnny gets the beat. He rushes out to where everyone is playing and sings "Easy As Rollin' Off a Log" to Kitty Bright. She joins in; he grabs a trumpet for an instrumental break, with the complete band. They both fall off a log; she covers him with kisses.

After having lost his job for having saved a child accused of shop lifting, Frédéric Barbier decides to become a school teacher with some funny results.The great comedy actor Coluche is excellent as a simple school teacher.

A young teacher is the victim of a cruel joke. When she enters the classroom, all her pupils are naked, standing near their bench. Their clothes are heaped up on the podium

A disturbing puppet short exploring the concept of creativity.

Otto lezioni di cinema di Werner Herzog alla Viennale del 1991

Alec Smart, who is engaged teaching in a prison, applies for the job of headmaster at a nearby public school to replace the previous headmaster who has been convicted of writing forged cheques and has just been sent to prison. Smart appeals to the Governor to write him a good reference which he pretends to. Afterwards he writes his real recommendation which is very negative about Smart's talents. The trustee who works as the Governor's secretary, Faker Brown, "accidentally" gets the two letters mixed up and delivers the one praising Smart. On the basis of the letter, Lady Dorking, the who runs the Board of Governors appoints Smart to the job. This angers her deputy, Colonel Crableigh, who had favoured promoting his nephew, the Deputy head.

In 1912, Szczebieniew, a rich and ailing old man, comes to Italy with his young wife, Zinaida. Bored with his company, she looks for amusement and casual affairs.

Klaus Kinski has perhaps the most ferocious reputation of all screen actors: his volatility was documented to electrifying effect in Werner Herzog’s 1999 portrait My Best Fiend. This documentary provides further fascinating insight into the talent and the tantrums of the great man. Beset by hecklers, Kinski tries to deliver an epic monologue about the life of Christ (with whom he perhaps identifies a little too closely). The performance becomes a stand-off, as Kinski fights for control of the crowd and alters the words to bait his tormentors. Indispensable for Kinski fans, and a riveting introduction for newcomers, this is a unique document, which Variety called ‘a time capsule of societal ideals and personal demons.’

A school girl visits a house to take a koto lesson. She meets her teacher and her son and they seem to be playing "HIDE and SEEK" in the house. Koto lesson starts but the girl soon realizes that there's something very odd about the teacher.

A high school student puts off many responsibilities.

Rubie is a classic grade school bully. She is challenged by Santa; she must get a present from a real friend by Christmas, or he’ll make her as ugly on the outside as she is on the inside. Rubie learns it's the inside that's most important in a person.

After playing some simple chords, Fred Sokolow demonstrates various patterns, licks, and grooves in five keys. While one camera stays on Fred, a second gives students a close-up, picture-in-picture view of his playing technique.

Children get ready to start the first grade. They start learning the first letters.

A complete visual dictionary and class for the beginner ballet student. It is an invaluable training tool for the student just beginning ballet and reference guide that can be used for years to come.

During the quarantine, some dedicated students have decided to adapt an Eugen Ionesco play into a short film. They all filmed themselves at home. This version isn't looking for coherence. The only 3 characters of the play are portrayed by many actors which have all provided a different view over their essence and mannerism.