Dedicated to the contradictions of scientific and technical progress, warning against one-sided technical developments that turn a person into an involuntary consumer.

A prairie landscape undergoes a metamorphosis: rural idyll to over-urbanized dystopia. Director Anne Koizumi laments the changing face of her hometown of Calgary in this critique of the bacteria-like spread of suburbia and exurbia. This film was made as part of the third edition of the NFB's Hothouse apprenticeship.

Bad Times At Conformity High follows Thomas (Riley Danson). A sarcastic, fly under the radar kind of guy, who by an all power, British political goddess (Lucrita Hodkinson) has been forced into The Australian School System of All Things Conformity at -- you guessed it -- Conformity High!! Everything has been taken from him by the system, reluctantly pairing up with the mysterious Violet (Holly O'Kelly) in order to seek their completely irresponsible justice.

In the modern village of the future, everything is mechanized, but the dreams of the village musician remain the same. He wants to become an artist. Thanks to the fact that an Art Nouveau goddess gave him a helping hand, Janko Muzykant saves his life and escapes from the village on a Pegasus.

Ismail Merchant's feature directorial debut addresses a subject close to his heart: the expressive Urdu language of Northern India, in danger of extinction as political trends and modernization obscure its contributions to Indian culture. Merchant 's treatment is wry and good humored , as his characters - an aging Urdu poet (Shashi Kapoor) and a worshipful young college lecturer - clash despite their shared passion for the beauty of words.

Este documental especulativo se desarrolla en una pequeña ciudad desierta en el estado de Nuevo México (EEUU). Tiene lugar en un futuro cercano en el momento en el que los humanos abandonan la Tierra para colonizar otros planetas. La premisa se basa en hechos reales: hay una ciudad llamada Verdad o Consecuencias y se encuentra a la sombra del primer puerto espacial comercial del mundo, cuyo objetivo es comenzar el turismo espacial en 2020.

"Fim do Sem Fim" is a feature-length documentary that has as its backdrop the imminent disappearance of certain trades and professions in Brazil. Shot in 10 Brazilian states, the film is a dive into the inventiveness and resistance of men in the face of technological and cultural changes.

A mitad de los años treinta, la Segunda Guerra Mundial no ha estallado todavía, pero parece sentirse en el aire que se respira. Cuando llegue, acontecimiento inexorable para los futurólogos, supondrá una conmoción que dará origen a un futuro de desastres en el que se impondrá como única forma de gobierno la más feroz de las dictaduras

Crónica sobre la emigración italiana durante el siglo XX a través de las experiencias de los Mancuso, una familia siciliana que, en 1900 parte de Agrigento con destino a los Estados Unidos. Salvatore (Vincenzo Amato), sus hijos y su madre, Donna Fortunata (Aurora Quattrocchi), deberán enfrentarse a un mundo nuevo muy diferente al que habían imaginado...

Un científico nuclear se obsesiona con la posibilidad de viajar al pasado, al Londres del siglo XVIII. Al fin, logra su objetivo y conoce a una bella joven de la que se enamora, pero dejará de ser él mismo para convertirse en uno de sus antepasados.

The onset of the 21st Century will be an era in which the very nature of what it means to be human will be both enriched and challenged as our species breaks the shackles of its genetic legacy and achieves inconceivable heights of intelligence, material progress, and longevity. While the social and philosophical ramifications of these changes will be profound, and the threats they pose considerable, celebrated futurist Ray Kurzweil presents a view of the coming age that is both a dramatic culmination of centuries of technological ingenuity and a genuinely inspiring vision of our ultimate destiny.

Narra la historia del fenómeno del surf Jay Moriarity. Cuando tenía 15 años, Jay se entera de que las míticas olas llamadas 'Mavericks', las más descomunales del planeta, se están aproximando a Santa Cruz, la población donde él vive. Entonces busca la ayuda del legendario Frosty Hesson para que lo entrene a fin de sobrevivir al fenómeno. Entre los dos va surgiendo una singular amistad que transforma sus vidas; y su intento de dominar las Mavericks se convierte en algo que trasciende la práctica del surf.

Shankar lives in a remote village in rural India with his mother and sister, Manju, and drives a horse-carriage for a living. The main employer in the region is a kind-hearted businessman Maganlal. When Maganlal announces that he would like to undertake a religious pilgrimage, his son, Kundan, takes over and wants to cut back on labor and mechanize the business - thus leading to loss in jobs