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The Danish Poet

The Danish Poet

Can we trace the chain of events that leads to our own birth? Is our existence just coincidence? Do little things matter?

The narrator of The Danish Poet considers these ...

The Day Is Listening

The Day Is Listening

A man loves a woman; both of them love literature. Their affection for the written word accompanies the murmur of their lives and the harmony of their feelings. The fruitful ...

Deep Threat

Deep Threat

Zlatko Grgic's short animated film depicts how humans evolved from the sea and the problems that ensued. Using humour, he shows how industry leads to waste and pollution, which ...

Dirt

Dirt

This feature documentary is an exploration of the concept of dirt and impurity. From the slums of Kolkata to Vancouver's Downtown Eastside to a barbeque joint in Central Texas ...

Discover Science: Episode 1 - The Camel Stands on Eggs

Discover Science: Episode 1 - The Camel Stands on Eggs

One egg can break with the step of a camel, but can 500 eggs support a camel weighing 800kg?

Discover Science: Episode 10 - Ball Stops at High Speed?

Discover Science: Episode 10 - Ball Stops at High Speed?

In this experiment of relative velocity, a ball is thrown at 100 km/h using a machine placed on a truck moving at 100 km/h.

Discover Science: Episode 11 - The Apple Doesn't Wanna Move!?

Discover Science: Episode 11 - The Apple Doesn't Wanna Move!?

Experimenting with the law of inertia, this episode demonstrates why dishes on a 10-metre-square tablecloth will not move, despite being pulled by a rally car.

Discover Science: Episode 12 - Let's Play Long Billiards

Discover Science: Episode 12 - Let's Play Long Billiards

To study the effects of colliding forces, the challenge in this episode is a billiards game with more than 650 balls lined up over a length of 30 metres. Professional ...

Discover Science: Episode 13 - Swing at 100 km/h

Discover Science: Episode 13 - Swing at 100 km/h

This episode studies pendulum weight. Using a 50-metre pendulum, we see if the weight can swing at a maximum speed of 100 km/h.

Discover Science: Episode 14 - Sound Is Mighty?

Discover Science: Episode 14 - Sound Is Mighty?

This sound experiment tests sympathetic vibration between voice and glass. Will the glass be capable of sustaining the sound vibrations?

Discover Science: Episode 15 - Let's See the Speed of Sound

Discover Science: Episode 15 - Let's See the Speed of Sound

This experiment tests the speed at which sound travels. As loud sounds travels across a 1.7-kilometre-long line of people, each person raises a flag when they hear the sound ...

Discover Science: Episode 16 - Come Together

Discover Science: Episode 16 - Come Together

What happens if you throw 100 balls onto a two-metre parabolic dish? This experiment tests whether the balls will meet at one focal point.

Discover Science: Episode 17 - Let's Get Solar Cooking!

Discover Science: Episode 17 - Let's Get Solar Cooking!

Experimenting with light reflection, we try to cook a French meal using the reflections of 500 mirrors.

Discover Science: Episode 18 - Human Power Generation

Discover Science: Episode 18 - Human Power Generation

This episode demonstrates how effective human-generated electricity can be as it is used to power a merry-go-round.

Discover Science: Episode 19 - Lemon Car

Discover Science: Episode 19 - Lemon Car

Using handmade lemon batteries, this episode demonstrates how human-generated electricity can power a car.

Discover Science: Episode 2 - Under Pressure

Discover Science: Episode 2 - Under Pressure

In this episode, a motorbike is submerged 10,000 metres underwater in a special device. We watch as the underwater pressure crushes each part of the bike!

Discover Science: Episode 20 - Drawing with Static Electricity

Discover Science: Episode 20 - Drawing with Static Electricity

Draw a picture with static electricity! In this episode, a giant sheet of drawing paper is charged using a static electricity gun and flow-charged toner.

Discover Science: Episode 21 - Magnetic Ninja

Discover Science: Episode 21 - Magnetic Ninja

Can you make electromagnetic shoes powerful enough to allow you to scale an iron wall? This episode shows you how!

Discover Science: Episode 22 - Ice on Fire

Discover Science: Episode 22 - Ice on Fire

In this study of a convex lens, we light a fire using a lens made of ice!

Discover Science: Episode 23 - Water Blade

Discover Science: Episode 23 - Water Blade

Can a homemade water cutter actually slice through an apple? That's the water-pressure challenge in this episode!

Discover Science: Episode 24 - The Big Chase! 7 Hours of the Gigantic Shadow

Discover Science: Episode 24 - The Big Chase! 7 Hours of the Gigantic Shadow

Demonstrating how shadows move according to the sun's position, we chase after the shadow of a huge tower for seven hours!

Discover Science: Episode 25 - How Heavy Is an Elephant?

Discover Science: Episode 25 - How Heavy Is an Elephant?

Testing buoyancy as a means of measurement, we weigh an elephant using a boat.

Discover Science: Episode 26 - Bring Light to Darkness

Discover Science: Episode 26 - Bring Light to Darkness

This episode explores the nature of light travel, attempting to bring distant light into a dark room simply through mirror reflections.

Discover Science: Episode 3 - Mighty Glass

Discover Science: Episode 3 - Mighty Glass

A 130-kilogram sumo wrestler is suspended from a very large glass filled with water. This experiment shows how a glass filled with water, but hung upside down, has the ability ...

Discover Science: Episode 4 - Flying Whale

Discover Science: Episode 4 - Flying Whale

A vinyl balloon is inflated using only the energy produced by sunlight. This thermal energy is so powerful that a parachutist who is connected to the balloon will suddenly start ...

Discover Science: Episode 5 - A 'Salty'Wedding

Discover Science: Episode 5 - A 'Salty'Wedding

This film demonstrates how salt crystals can be used to decorate wedding dresses.

Discover Science: Episode 6 - The Secret of Aerial Ballet

Discover Science: Episode 6 - The Secret of Aerial Ballet

A group of aerial ballerinas choreograph a performance in order to demonstrate different rotational motions. Using a specially made rope and hoop, they explore the effects of rotating speed.

Discover Science: Episode 7 - The Ball Comes Back?

Discover Science: Episode 7 - The Ball Comes Back?

This episode demonstrates the law of speed and motion as a ball is thrown upwards from a car moving at a speed of 40 km/h. Amazingly, the ball returns ...

Discover Science: Episode 8 - The Mighty Strong Book

Discover Science: Episode 8 - The Mighty Strong Book

In this episode, all the pages of two large books are piled up in an attempt to accumulate frictional force. But is it enough to lift a 130-kilogram sumo wrestler?

Discover Science: Episode 9 - The Rescue!: The Leverage Plan

Discover Science: Episode 9 - The Rescue!: The Leverage Plan

This episode tests the principle of the lever, as a 20-metre-long lever attempts to raise a truck.

Dominoes

Dominoes

Dominoes animates the tiles of this age-old game to illustrate an oddly shaped domino's struggle to belong. Set to tunes inspired by Brazil's chorinho music, the film gives ...

The Drag

The Drag

A colour cartoon about tobacco addiction and the difficulty of breaking the habit. This case history of a chain smoker--told on a psychiatrist's couch, with the patient's recollections ...

A Drummer's Dream

A Drummer's Dream

A rare and unique assembly of some of the greatest drummers in the world. Explosive talent, passion, humour and irresistible personality come together in a magical setting as these diverse ...