Top 20 movies like The Contest

The Contest

Short documentary

The Contest is of 0 hour(s) and 5 minute(s). It is Produced By:  Schwarzfilmproduktion. It was released on 1989-01-01.

Genres: Documentary

1. 8 Years

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.

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2. The Cabinet of Jan Švankmajer: Prague's Alchemist of Film

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.

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3. The Romance of Celluloid

The Romance of Celluloid

Several behind the scenes aspects of the movie-making business, which results in the enjoyment the movie going public has in going to the theater, are presented. They include: the production of celluloid aka film stock, the materials used in the production of which include cotton and silver; construction crews who build sets including those to look like cities, towns and villages around the world; a visit with Jack Dawn who demonstrates the process of creating a makeup design; the screen testing process, where many an acting hopeful gets his/her start; the work of the candid camera man, the prying eyes behind the movie camera; a visit with Adrian, who designs the clothes worn by many of the stars on screen; and a visit with Herbert Stothart as he conducts his musical score for Conquest . These behind the scenes looks provide the opportunity to get acquainted with the cavalcade of MGM stars and their productions that will grace the silver screen in the 1937/38 movie season.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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4. Joker: Put on a Happy Face

Joker: Put on a Happy Face

Featuring interviews with filmmakers and industry legends, discover the origins and evolution of The Joker, and learn why The Clown Prince of Crime is universally hailed as the greatest comic-book supervillain of all time.

It has an average vote of 8.4 on TMDB.

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5. The Making of Me

The Making of Me

Martin Short narrates the story of "his own" birth to explain the subjects of sex, conception, pregnancy and childbirth in an entertaining and educational way.

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6. Events in a Cloud Chamber

Events in a Cloud Chamber

In 1969, Akbar Padamsee, one of the pioneers of Modern Indian painting, made a visionary 16mm film called Events in a Cloud Chamber. This was one of the only Indian experimental films ever made. The print is now lost and no copies exist. Over 40 years later, filmmaker Ashim Ahluwalia worked with Padamsee, now 89 years old, to remake the film.

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7. Berliner Ballade (Berliner Ballade)

Berliner Ballade

Some months after the fall of the Berlin wall, during the time of federal elections in Germany in 1990, Chris Marker shot this passionate documentary, reflecting the state of the place and its spirit with remarkable acuity.

It has an average vote of 4.8 on TMDB.

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8. X-Ray Audio: The Documentary

X-Ray Audio: The Documentary

Cold War Leningrad: In a culture where the recording industry was ruthlessly controlled by the state, music lovers discovered an extraordinary alternative means of reproduction: they repurposed used x-ray film as the base for records of forbidden songs. Giving blood every week to earn enough money to buy a recording lathe, one bootlegger Rudy Fuchs cuts banned music onto such discarded x-rays to be sold on street corners by shady dealers. It was ultimate act of punk resistance, a two-fingered salute to the repressive regime that gave a generation of young Soviets access to forbidden Western and Russian music, an act for which Rudy and his fellow bootleggers would pay a heavy price.

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9. The Elevator Manager of the Empire State Building

The Elevator Manager of the Empire State Building

Sometimes it takes a loyal and dedicated man to manage an elevator.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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10. Correspondances (Correspondances)

Correspondances

(Correspondances)

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11. Alice Pasquini - Figlia del mondo (Alice Pasquini - Figlia del mondo)

Alice Pasquini - Figlia del mondo

The documentary, made by the students of RUFA documentary course, followed Alice Pasquini for many months, resuming her pictorial interventions, interviewing friends and family, collecting archival material and participating in meetings for the realization of the book. The flow of images is a sort of specific itinerary that Alice Pasquini takes when she decides to give form and substance to what her mind imagines.

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12. Oasis (Oasis)

Oasis

2020, in global confinement in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic, in CDMX women decide to give birth in their own home. The film is an intimate witness of life, which, despite everything, prevails.

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13. Ricardo (Ricardo)

Ricardo

Ricardo is an actor, driver, teacher, painter and a dancer at Sensible Soccers' shows. One day he forgets his signature dance move. Will he ever get it back? A film between documentary and fiction that immortalises a dance move present in the collective imaginary.

It has an average vote of 5.5 on TMDB.

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14. Unveiling the Calgary Soldiers' Memorial

Unveiling the Calgary Soldiers' Memorial

The unveiling and dedication ceremony of the Calgary Soldiers' Memorial.

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15. Health for the Americas: Cleanliness Brings Health

Health for the Americas: Cleanliness Brings Health

The comparison of two rural families to demonstrate the need for proper hygiene and the consequences of its neglect.

It has an average vote of 5.2 on TMDB.

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16. Accepted

Accepted

A genderqueer college student rushes several fraternities in the hope of finding long awaited acceptance.

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17. Sign of Protest

Sign of Protest

This short documentary focuses on protests surrounding a homophobic sign that hung behind the bar of Barney's Beanery in West Hollywood for many years.

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18. DiAna's Hair Ego Remix

DiAna's Hair Ego Remix

Over twists, presses, and wash-and-goes, filmmaker Cheryl Dunye joins other clients and hairstylist DiAna DiAna in her South Carolina salon to discuss the current impact of AIDS on Blacks in the south, and what has changed and stayed the same since DiAna was featured in a seminal short video by Ellen Spiro thirty years ago.

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19. Navras (Navras)

Navras

An essay on memory that explores the vision of life and death in the Far East. Shot in five Asian countries over three years, it recounts the director's real experiences.

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20. Snake's Mouth (Boca de culebra)

Snake's Mouth

Chicán , a Mayan word meaning "Boca de Culebra", is a small Mayan community in southern Yucatán where for generations its inhabitants have been born with a particular characteristic and share the same surnames. This documentary portrays the life of a local family and their resilience in a town where tradition will continue unless someone breaks the cycle.

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