睡眠的科学

在城市街道的下面，潜伏着某种邪恶的东西——油脂块。这些凝结的脂肪和人类排泄物是我们冲进马桶和水槽的产物。我们为什么会突然关注它们？在这部令人震惊的纪录片中，一组专家剖检了一个重达5吨的样本，样本取自一个至少750米长的油脂块。它的成分是什么？它将揭示怎样的人类秘密？有趣的发现揭示了油脂块可能存在的致命威胁，以及我们可以对我们的习惯做出的简单改变，从而使我们的下水道更安全。

　　KITTY LOVE: AN HOMAGE TO CATS is a one-hour Dutch documentary (in Dutch with English subtitles) narrated by Abatutu, a feline "star" of Dutch stage and screen. Via self congratulatory narration voiced by, well, a human, Abatutu describes his talent and inevitable rise to the top. A news reporter provides some backstory as she interviews the cat's owner, an animal handler who does non-human casting for movies and other entertainments. Between snippets of that constructed narrative are cat home videos, hundreds of clips of cats demonstrating the ability to be endlessly absorbed by the complexity of rolls of yarn, the enduring wetness of water, and the towering terror of little white bunnies.

　　Oscar-winning filmmaker Eva Orner focuses on devastating fires in Australia and the lack of political will to address climate change.

　　Ancient Worlds is about people and places, politics and economics, art and war, trade and technology, but above all it’s the story of the painful birth and difficult growth of a radical idea first tried and tested some six thousand years ago, and which we are still struggling with today; civilisation. Civilisation has not come easily; it’s something we’ve had to fight hard to achieve, and even harder to maintain, and the greatest threats to it have come from our own talents for destruction. But when we’ve managed to get it right, the benefits have been enormous.
　　When we talk about the ancient world we tend to think of rare and exotic artefacts or the monumental remains of epic architecture; but these are just the empty shells that got left behind when the tide of history turned! The living creatures, the civilisations, that once inhabited these shells were rarely if ever static or stately; they were dynamic, chaotic, and always threatening to spin out of control, because civilisation is based on an improbable idea; that strangers can live and work together in dense urban settings, forging new allegiances that replace the natural ties of family, clan or tribe. It’s an idea we’re still coming to terms with today, but one of the best ways to understand the challenges that are involved is to look at how our ancestors tackled them the first time around.
　　From ancient Iraq to Imperial Rome, Ancient Worlds examines how our ancestors struggled with the levers of religion and politics, art and culture, war and diplomacy, technology and trade in order to keep the complex machinery of their civilisations turning over. Their insights and blind-spots, their breakthroughs and dead ends, their triumphs and disasters are the milestones on the long and winding road that leads directly from their ancient to our modern world.

　　Traffic Stop tells the story of Breaion King, a 26-year-old African-American school teacher from Austin, Texas, who was stopped for a routine traffic violation that escalated into a dramatic arrest. Caught on police dashcams, King was pulled from her car by the arresting officer, repeatedly thrown to the ground and handcuffed. En route to jail in a squad car, she engaged in a revealing conversation with her escorting officer about race and law enforcement in America. The documentary juxtaposes dashcam footage with scenes from King's everyday life, offering a fuller portrait of the woman caught up in this unsettling encounter.

历代科学家都在被“宇宙中的万物到底从何而来”和“宇宙是如何诞生的”的这两大难题所困扰。近一百年，我们似乎找到了答案：宇宙是在过去有限的时间之前，由一个密度极大且温度极高的太初状态演变而来的，并经过不断的膨胀与繁衍到达今天的状态。由此宇宙大爆炸一说，得到了当今科学研究和观测最广泛且最精确的支持。 　　然而这一等同于科学事实的理论，却遭到一些科学家的质疑。他们相信大爆炸并不是宇宙真正的开始，我们的宇宙在此之前就可能有过生命迹象。这个可能会严重影响、甚至颠覆当今宇宙学支柱的理论，到底成立与否？就让我们共赴此次未知的极限之旅，去探索这个令人眼花缭乱的深奥谜团——宇宙大爆炸之前，到底发生了什么。

　　This isn't Wakanda. Deep in south India is a jungle kingdom that has inspired legends. Kabini, in the Nagarhole Tiger Reserve, is home to a rogue confederation of animal tribes all vying for...

　　黄乃辉是一个脑性麻痹患者，表面上他是弱势者，但是他对人生的企图心比一般人还要大。为了想要自己的家，三年前，他不顾别人异样的眼光，娶了小他20岁的柬埔寨新娘强娜威，生下可爱的女儿静慈，圆了人生的梦想。
　　但是，为了经济问题，两个人吵架的次数越来越多，强娜威必须帮助贫穷的柬埔寨娘家，黄乃辉想要保护自己的家。这对终身伴侣展开了一连串跨国婚姻的激烈战斗，这些战役横跨着性别、年龄、文化与阶级的鸿沟。柬埔寨的公主与台湾的王子，什么时候才能过着幸福快乐的日子……。
　　获奖情况：
　　《我的强娜威》 入选台湾国际民族志影展(2003)
　　亚洲电视奖最佳纪录长片奖入围(2003)
　　第二届卓越新闻奖最佳专题报导奖入围(2003)
　　入选世界公共电视INPUT影展 (2004)
　　美国纽约广播电视博物馆永久典藏（2004）
　　入选德国柏林亚太电影节（2005）

We all like to think we are in control of our lives - of what we feel and what we think. But scientists are now discovering this is often simply an illusion. 　　Surprising experiments are revealing that what you think you do and what you actually do can be very different. Your unconscious mind is often calling the shots, influencing the decisions you make, from what you eat to who...

《生和活》是一部采用法国纪录片流派“真实电影”的创作方法来完成的纪录短片。全片随机采访身处上海郊区古镇的各种人，向他们提出人生三问：你是谁？你从哪里来？生活得怎么样？通过以上普适性的问题，将“生活”拆分成“生”和“活”，让每个人重新看待和思考自己的生活。回答是一种“对境”，折射出每个回答者的身份、阶层、处境和心境。

　　生死轮回，说是我们在死后会重生在另一个身体上。人类从很久以前就对此十分着迷，围绕着这个词，有许许多多的问题：生命为何物？意识为何物？意识有生物的科学依据吗？本片将从各个角度为你揭示生死轮回。