A group of people are standing along the platform of a railway station in La Ciotat, waiting for a train. One is seen coming, at some distance, and eventually stops at the platform. Doors of the railway-cars open and attendants help passengers off and on. Popular legend has it that, when this film was shown, the first-night audience fled the café in terror, fearing being run over by the "approaching" train. This legend has since been identified as promotional embellishment, though there is evidence to suggest that people were astounded at the capabilities of the Lumières' cinématographe.

Translating History to Screen (2008) Video Short - 10 June 2008 (USA)

Rare documentary footage from around 1900 depicts the mood of life in Berlin at the turn of the cent...

Jim Carrey exhibits his talent as a painter and reflects on the value and power of art.

Look around. Everything you see and touch can taste like vanilla.

The greatness, fall and renaissance of Hammer, the flagship company of British popular cinema, mainl...

Film student Patrick Atallah has a problem on his hands: his graduation documentary was cancelled at...

The documentary »I Choose to Live« presents a touching confession of a young girl who after losing h...

A tribute to Italian filmmaker Sergio Corbucci (1926-90), presented by American filmmaker Quentin Ta...

The film recounts an experience, that of a director and his two actors at grips with a play: from th...

A short documentary exploring the ways LGBT couples show affection, and how small interactions like ...

Meet Canuck – a wild crow who formed an unlikely bond with his human friend, Shawn. The mischievous ...

They grew up in the land of dictators and surveillance, where images are censored, photos are burned...
'After Haiyan' is a short film about the challenges faced by the Deaf community in Tacloban, Philipp...
The birth, feeding and upbringing of fawns are shown, as well as the dangers for newborn deer. The m...
A young immigrant arrives in Canada from France, and brings his Citroën 2CV with him. The iconic pos...

From the re-appropriation of archive images with various contents (war images, soccer matches, socia...

A film dedicated to miners, showing the hardship and risk of working in a mine. Devoid of verbal com...

In 1991 three teen girls called Midi, Maxiand Efti became celebrities over night and the suburb Akal...

After a traumatic encounter, a young gay Egyptian joins the LGBT rights movement. When his safety is...

Six fearless surfers travel to the north coast of Iceland to ride waves unlike anything they've ever...