No Echo

This visual essay by John Bengtson, author of Silent Echoes: Discovering Early Hollywood Through the Films of Buster Keaton, reveals the locations where Keaton's 1927 comedy feature College was filmed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, and Orange County. A compilation of short films produced between 1917-1922. Coney Island (1917), Back Stage (1919), Convict 13 (1920) and Daydreams (1922).

Born in a county town beside the Han River, Wan Ying, the host of the podcast bowuzhi.fm, never found interest in the river that flowed past her home every day. It wasn't until she returned home for a family funeral in early 2023, standing by the riverbank during a night of vigil, that she was deeply moved by the silent flow of the magnificent river. Inspired, she invites a few friends for a journey upstream the Han River, aiming to rediscover the mother river whose name has long been obscured. Han River, China's third mother river, originates between the Bashan Mountains and the Qinling Range. As it flows, it nurtures a commercial golden waterway connecting the north and south of China. This journey uncovers tales of pioneering construction, passionate departures from home, dramatic business legends, scenic views of vast farmlands, and breathtaking mountain vistas shrouded in mist.

An account of the creative exile of Mirentxu Loyarte, one of those brave, unknown pioneers of European cinema, examining her memory and work; the search for a cinematographic treasure made of flesh and bone…

A 8mm short film.

1979 Czech experimental short by Petr Skala

It’s difficult making the transition from being single to starting a relationship. So how should we cope? Echo Each Other abandons spoken dialogue, instead using sign and body language to silently communicate with the audience.

Told through a single window-frame in Lebanon, the history of two generations unfold. Family dynamics take place, in a means all too familiar to make one wonder: will they repeat their own history?

Four teenagers, from a remote mountain village, spend their days in an abandoned bus on a ridge, playing music. When a band competition is organized in a neighbouring town, they gather money and courage to be part of it

World War II. Patriot Jonuz Bruga has troubles with his young son, Selim, who leads an immoral lifestyle and does not support the anti-fascist war, while his brothers fight in the city's guerrilla units.