S1.E26 ∙ Built for Fun and Royalty

A unique and inspiring look into the heart of the Cirque du Soleil universe. This 10-year anniversary retrospective made in 1994 highlights the essence of Cirque du Soleil - the amazing energy and spirit that gave birth to the phenomenon and the breathtaking artistry that has captivated and delighted audiences around the world.

Jacint Espuny is a horror, gore and trash movies super fan. He starts making his first bloody short-movies with the help of friends and family. He has no money, but he wants to make his big dream, a zombie feature movie.

In this day and age human race has become an alien in its own home. humans have been unable to coexist in a positive manner with the planet. It is the time in which we most decide if we ought to destroy everything its left. Not only the climate will change, but the economy trough the pic of oil will change, society is fragile. This documentary is the critique of a civilization and the proposal of a new one.

"Haus 209" tells the story of a woman who is used for a dystopian experiment of travelling to the "world beyond". A woman is a prisoner in a clinic of a crisis-torn country. Scientists research the possibility of travelling into the "other world" with the help of radioactive capsules. Test subjects are sent to the "beyond" to get advice from the "voices" of how to solve humanity's problems. The woman is fed radioactive capsules in an isolation chamber and gets close to the voices. After a brief meeting with a sorceress from life "beyond", the woman gives the scientists the solution to humanity's problems. However, the experimenters think the woman has gone crazy and have her killed. The woman manages to escape into the "beyond" at her moment of death. The film is constructed from still photos from various stays at the HELIOS-clinic for radioactive iodine therapy after thyroid cancer, of found footage from the 50s, and of microscopic images of cells and inner body activities. With the exception of 2 color clips, it is shown almost exclusively in black and white. Sound recordings from the interior of the clinic ward mix with electronic sounds, with Geiger-counter sounds and excerpts of songs by Debussy. The film is both homage and reference to Marker's "La Jetée", while the film's title refers to the ward in the clinic Berlin-Buch, where thyroid cancer patients are given their radioactive iodine therapy.

'A Walk On The Beach' is a transcendental visual journey. Created by internationally renowned artist Michele Oka Doner, it captures the experience of the body moving through an installation of 8,000 bronzes and mother-of-pearl depicting sea life and the cosmos at the Miami International Airport. An original score for the conch shell, 'From the Sea to the Stars' by composer and jazz musician William Cepeda accompanies this work of art about a work of art.

Compelling images of elegant swans on mysterious wilderness waters with upside-down reflections of trees, clouds, and colors make an ever-changing setting for a filmmaker at work. She films the antics of a swan family, ponders her script-in-progress, attempts the optimal light meter reading, and grows impatient when the swans prove difficult to film. As she explores thousands of years of swan folklore, off-screen voices bring to life notable swan observers whose conclusions are more entertaining than accurate. But where is this place and what is it-a flight of the filmmaker's imagination? Oblivious, the swans continue their everyday routines in this magical setting.