In this surreal comedy, Santa Claus must navigate through various challenges, including dealing with an evil plot and bringing Christmas cheer to a poor family. Along the way, he encounters strange and magical elements, such as a castle in the sky and a magical potion.
After pursuing drug dealer Cullen Crisp, a detective must pretend to be a kindergarten teacher to locate Crisp's ex-wife, who holds the key to sealing his fate. With the help of a fellow detective, they go undercover in a small town and the detective adapts to his new role, forming a close bond with his students. As he uncovers the truth about the ex-wife's identity, he must protect her and her son from the vengeful criminal.
Set in Warsaw during World War II, an 11-year-old boy named Alex finds himself alone in a bombed-out building. With the help of his pet mouse and the guidance of his grandfather, Alex must navigate the dangerous streets of the city, hiding from the Nazis and searching for food. As he forms friendship with a resistance fighter, Alex learns about trust, survival, and the power of friendship.
A story about ten year old Enrico who spends the summer in the village mostly playing Indians with his friends.
A nonlinear exploration of a child's life filled with shadow and sorrow, as he waits and dreams. Through jump cuts and close-ups, the film presents an autobiographical self-portrait of emptiness and depression. The solo choral music and scenes of kids playing and a rocking chair add to the melancholic atmosphere.
These scenes are a one-minute, condensed version of the conclusion to my last work, Memories of an Angel. The scene of children was shot in the Phillipines recentely, including my daughter, Wind Baillie. The birds, near our home in Washington State. The concluding Pietà, with my wife Lorie and son, Keith-Kenneth, was recorded at the beach here. All the last light of day: "Te lucis ante terminum." (Bruce Baillie)
Chukotka is a place located on the edge of Siberia, where the cold winter lasts for ten months. It's a severe land, where only the strongest are able to survive. One of the oldest Siberian tribes lives there for centuries. Its traditions, culture and life in harmony with nature were brutally destroyed by the Soviet regime. Since the collapse of the USSR, they have been trying to survive, missing the wisdom of their ancestors and hope for the future. One of the last sources of life and tradition of Chukchi is whale hunting, but the fate of this old tradition is also threatened. For the Chukchi people, the whales give hope to survive the next winter. When the land of Lorino warms up from the sun, the hunting begins. It is a battle between two worlds, and each of them is on the edge of disappearing forever.
A banker's young daughter, playing a game of "hide and seek", is apparently locked within the vault resulting in comedic rescue.
Children Adrift (1959) tells the story of a group of children living in a Parisian suburb, dealing with poverty and the hardships of their everyday lives. They navigate through the slums, playing and exploring the outskirts, while facing the challenges of family relationships and the plight of their circumstances. With used tires as their companions, they find solace and create their own world within the harsh reality they live in.
A typical Niagara Falls Winter scene showing young people sliding down immense ice mounds which are some hundred feet in height.
Two brothers learn good sportsmanship at a local pool during a swim meet.
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