1. 8 Years
After eight years of practicing Tae Kwon Do, Lauren Smith achieves her goal of becoming a 3rd Degree Black Belt, Assistant Instructor, and Demonstration Team Member.
2. The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film
The original 54-minute documentary, as broadcast by Channel Four on 20 June 1984, after which the animated links by the Quay Brothers were recompiled as a separate short.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
3. The Rink
This short, silent film captures a Sunday afternoon at a community skating rink. Iconic Quebec director Gilles Carle has the camera follow toddlers learning to skate, young girls flashing their skates and boys decked out in the colours of their favourite hockey teams. A picture perfect moment on a bright winter's day.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
4. Birdman
A portrait of Robert, a troubled but poetic soul struggling with his purgatorial existence in a hackney scrapyard.
It has an average vote of 3.167 on TMDB.
5. Wild Australia: The Edge
From beautiful but dangerous waterfalls to canyons and underground rivers carved into stone millions of years ago, Wild Australia is a stunning look at our fragile world and how it relates to Earth of ninety million years ago
It has an average vote of 4.8 on TMDB.
6. Civil Servant P327JUM (Handläggare P327JUM)
Johan Grum is a civil servant. He loves to process different matters and to read reports. Most of all he likes the everyday routines when nothing out of the ordinary happens.
7. Stranger in the City
Aspects of a London day, including prostitutes on street corners, a striptease show and the 2i's Coffee Bar.
8. La croce (La croce)
First short film directed by Taffarel. A large wooden sled is carried by a farmer to the top of Mount Visentin to collect the hay left to dry along the slopes.
9. Because the World Never Stops (Studio 5)
Shot live in the studio during the evening broadcast on Swedish public television, the film shows the news like you've never seen them before.
10. Ricky Tomlinson Remembers... The Royle Family
Ricky Tomlinson sits back in his chair and takes a fond look back at the much-loved comedy series The Royle Family, sharing his memories of playing head of the family Jim Royle and his experiences working with the show’s co-creator Caroline Aherne, who, as well as writing the show with co-star Craig Cash, also played Jim’s daughter Denise. Ricky talks about how a chance encounter helped him get the part of Jim, recounts what it was like filming some of the show’s most iconic moments, and tries to get the bottom of the origins of Jim’s famous, below-the-belt catchphrase.
11. It's Tough to Be a Bird (It's Tough to Be a Bird)
Part cartoon and part documentary, this film offers a humorous look at birds and the ways people perceive them.
It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.
12. Water
Take a four-minute journey to some of the planet’s most spectacular glaciers, waterfalls, beaches, rivers and waterways. Destinations include, Iceland, Igauzu Falls Brazil, Atchafalaya Basin Louisiana, Lake Tahoe California, Black Canyon of the Gunnison Colorado, and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.
It has an average vote of 5 on TMDB.
13. Que Esse Grito Não Seja em Vão! (Que Esse Grito Não Seja em Vão!)
(Que Esse Grito Não Seja em Vão!)
14. The Paradox of Norval Morrisseau
In this revealing study of Norval Morrisseau, filmed as he works among the lakes and woodlands of his ancestors, we see a remarkable Indigenous artist who emerged from a life of obscurity in the North American bush to become one of Canada's most renowned painters. Morrisseau the man is much like his paintings: vital and passionate, torn between his Ojibway heritage and the influences of the white man's world.
15. Piping Hot
An animated film about the history and use of hot water.
16. Blueberry Waggle Dance
It's a warm spring night, and the bee cowboys of Prince Edward Island begin rounding up their hives.
17. Murbah Swamp Beer
Just before Easter 2001, a semi-trailer loaded with 40,000 bottles of beer crashed into the Tweed River on the out skirts of the northern New South Wales town of Murwillumbah . With salvage crews ordered to clear the crash zone for the busy Easter traffic, the locals undertook their own salvage operation, making it their best Easter ever. Murbah Swamp Beer is a documentary about an event that could only happen in Australia. It captures the spirit of a small, country town as its citizens discover that beer definitely tastes better when it's free.
It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.
18. Make the World Greta Again
Upon realising her generation won’t have a future unless the world’s politicians act now on climate change, 15-year-old Greta Thunberg skipped school in August 2018 to protest outside the Swedish parliament. What started as a one person strike soon gained global momentum. We follow Greta and the organisers of the school strikes for climate as they are cementing a worldwide movement ahead of their first global protest that took place on March 15th, 2019. It was the biggest climate strike in history with up to 1.6 million students in more than 125 countries.
It has an average vote of 9 on TMDB.
19. Showfolk
A Vaudeville comedian still working at 100, a stunning siren who dated Reagan when he was a Democrat, a kid out of college who sold The Ten Commandments around the world, a Disney legend who met Walt when she was a little girl and spent her life with Mickey Mouse: these showbiz vets share wisdom and inspiration garnered over seven lifetimes in the business. Residing together at the Motion Picture & Television Fund home, these entertainment lifers are "bonded by the show". These, ladies and gentlemen, are Showfolk.
20. Time and Terrain
Millions of years scroll by in 10 minutes, illustrated by ingenious designers: this is the geological history of Canada.