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Emperor Spengo sees Marge Nelson and using a giant magnet, kidnaps her and her husband Dick, hoping to make Marge his before blowing up the Earth. The Emperor and other inhabitants of his planet are somewhat less than bright, and Dick begins reliving episodes of Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers in order to rescue Marge, save the Earth, and restore the rightful emperor to the throne.
While they wait for the end of the world in the place where they met, they remember how their relationship began.
In this depiction of a modern dystopian metropolis, the filmmaker and friends try to make sense of Beirut in the 30 years since the civil war. Nadim Mishlawi journeys through its recent history via a rich archive – capturing a place caught ‘between states of being and fading’. The textures of the environment are further enhanced through the use of an evocative soundscape. Stories held within the fabric of buildings and their surroundings emerge, begging us to consider the way we live, how we can learn from the past and the importance of finding some harmony between the natural and man-made world.
In recent times, there is a lot to talk about 2012; the possibility of the end of the world or the beginning of a new era. But this is for those who follow the Mayan Calendar. What about other religions? Christians believe in the second coming of Christ, Judaism awaits the emergence of the Messiah, Hindus have the concept of the change of Yugas with the coming of the Kalki avatar, Buddhists believe in the arrival of the Bodhisattva Maitreya. And science, atheists, environmentalists, what do they believe? The film explores the many and diverse apocalypses and each point of view behind them.
A young girl and her father struggle with the consequences of alcoholism.
An 18-minute silent documentary on the making of the 1931 Abel Gance directed film, "La Fin Du Monde".
Filip tries to reconcile himself with his new life after his long-term boyfriend broke up with him.
Juliette is frantically running away from a man when a car hits her. Lying in the street, semiconscious and stunned, she commences counting. She knows that if no one helps her by the time she reaches 100, something terrible will happen.
Two friends (Katerina Didaskalo, Stefan Danalyov) are separated when their village is divided by Communism, but they meet again 40 years later and begin having an affair.
A documentation about Werner Herzog's motif to do movies.
The mother is dying, the father has never cared. The two sisters Ana and Ju, however, remain strong and in solidarity with each other - even if the world around them collapses and asteroids fall from the sky.
Concert of the famous comedian Pavel Volya. In his monologue, the Comedy Club resident discusses the topic of predictions about the end of the world and shares his opinion on what russian people need to be happy.
After spending three months doing experiments in space, scientists Antón and Daniel return to civilization. They're astounded to discover that the Earth has undergone an enormous cataclysm and the law of the gravity has even been altered in the interim.
What urges a person like Roman Abramovich to be a governor at world’s end and even put a lot of effort and money into renovating and envigorating the small community of Chukotka? What do the residents in Chukotka feel for Abramovich? How is global warming affecting Chukotka? These are some of the questions that four Icelanders, headed by geophysicist and author Ari Trausti Guðmundsson, tried to find answers for among the people; both indigenous people and immigrants, from reindeer hearders and youth to scientists and town mayors.
In one of the least-populated regions of the world, three men lead lives in total solitude. Isolated from the world for different reasons, they survive in a suspended time all their own-- In an unforgiving, near-inhospitable environment.
Ralph Burton is a miner who is trapped for several days as a result of a cave-in. When he finally manages to dig himself out, he realizes that all of mankind seems to have been destroyed in a nuclear holocaust. He travels to New York City only to find it deserted. Making a life for himself there, he is flabbergasted to eventually find Sarah Crandall, who also managed to survive. Together, they form a close friendship until the arrival of Benson Thacker who has managed to pilot his small boat into the city's harbor. At this point, tensions rise between the three, particularly between Thacker, who is white, and Burton, who is black.