Going Highbrow

Charles Charlemont Silent film.

La danseuse de Siva Stacia Napierkowska (1886-1945) was one of the most successful of the many dancers who appeared onstage, in Paris and internationally, as Hindu priestesses, Esmeraldas, Greek nymphs and maenads, oriental harem favourites or Cambodian temple maidens. After her film debut in 1908, she quickly became a film star, first with Pathé and later with Film d’arte Italiana, creating her own roles in the manner of pantomimes; at the same time she continued her brilliant stage career. Napierkowska was an influential fashion leader, and her dark slender beauty certainly looks like the role model of Josette Andriot. La Danseuse de Siva (1911), a film by Albert Capellani deemed to be lost until recently, has been identified by Tamara Shvediuk in the collection of the Gosfil’mofonds. The print originally belonged to Sergey Ivanovich Osipov, a cinema owner and distributor.

Ruth Et Boaz Silent film.

A Bad Rich Man (A Christ... Three little chimney-sweepers fall down at the door of a farmhouse exhausted with fatigue and cold when the snow is falling. The most courageous of them knocks at the door to ask for help but the farmer sends them away and goes into the house quickly to sit down by the fire. Whilst these unfortunate creatures are lying almost lifeless in the snow, an angel appears in the sky who, with a gesture, transforms the scene, having the children and the bad rich man switching places.

To Tell the Truth: The L... Starting in 1949, Liu Binyan began a long career of writing and reporting about the injustices and the sufferings of ordinary people, with a fervent devotion to social ideals. As a fearless and outspoken journalist Binyan suffered many consequences, including being kicked out of the Communist Party twice, and sent to labor camps for more than 20 years. Throughout all this he continued to expose corruption and write about injustice.

Exit Of White Collar Wor... Silent film.

Dear Gabe A documentary structured around private and poetic letters to her son from the feminist activist filmmaker, Alexandra Juhasz. The film shows the present situation of the director and five of her friends who went to university together. The women, who shared a set of values and a common faith under the feminist political umbrella, now live their own lives with their own families. Each of them struggles to define ‘family values’ in her own words, free from traditional heterosexuality, femininity, and religion.

Kanikuly Bonifacij Animated short film

Eik v Tumane... Animated short film

Il Grande Veleno Short film.