The Iowa State Fair draws millions of people to the city of Des Moines every year. However, this film is not about the Iowa State Fair or the people who attend. It's about where they park their cars. Inspired by the classic documentary, "Heavy Metal Parking Lot".
Ultimate Frisbee is founded on fair play and Spirit of the Game. There is no referee and players call their own fouls. Will Beefree, a team from Turin, be able to maintain the balance between the soul of Ultimate and the desire to win the Italian Championship?
Fatah, een kleine Algerijnse boer, heeft slechts oog voor zijn koe Jacqueline. Hij droomt ervan haar mee te nemen naar Parijs, naar de landbouwbeurs. Na ontvangst van de kostbare uitnodiging is iedereen uit zijn dorp verbijsterd, want hij heeft nog nooit zijn streek verlaten. Hij neemt de boot naar Marseille om heel Frankrijk te voet over te steken, richting Porte de Versailles. Fatah en Jacqueline ervaren de tocht met een aantal verrassende ontmoetingen en het wordt voor hen een avontuur, waarbij ze zowel op steun als op gegiechel kunnen rekenen.
Would-be filmmaker Sophie left Africa for Canada as a child. After graduating, she films the daily doings as part of a summer job at a fair. When pointing the camera at herself, she reveals painful secrets from the past.
Will Bloom is de ongeloofwaardige verhalen over de avonturen van zijn vader Ed grondig beu. Een ruzie over Eds legendarische levensloop op de avond van zijn huwelijk zorgt er zelfs voor dat Will drie jaar lang niet meer met zijn vader praat.
Six shipwrecked English teenagers take refuge in an island hotel that is decorated for New Years. The problem is, it's early summer, and soon enough, even the walls themselves are striking out against them…
In this sequel to the made-for-television Disney family classic, Mr. Boogedy, the Davis family deals with the return of Mr. Boogedy and his never-ending hunt for Widow Marion as well as a rival gag-store competitor who really has it out for Carleton. Meanwhile, the town of Lucifer Falls is planning a big carnival which the mean Mr. Lynch seeks to ruin- if Boogedy doesn't see to that first.
New adventures of truck drivers Jare and Paja, long-time fellow associates and close friends. Jare is forced to pay off his debt for the loans he was raising to build a house for his numerous family. He must find heaps of money as soon as possible, or let tax gatherers to take everything. Paja tries to help him in this impossible task, but on their way they face bunch of obstacles, losses and misfortunes, encountering all sorts of people, only to end up in serious problems.
The pert Tina is sick of school and the muff in her Bavarian village. She wants to go with Tino - attendant of a visiting auto-scooter - who has to leave the place for dubious reasons. However he lets her down and leaves alone. Now Tina persuades fellow student Robby, who has a crush on her, to take her on a random trip with his motor-scooter. It seems only to be a matter of time until he realizes that she's just using him to follow her boyfriend - or will the shy Robby manage to win her heart on their chaotic journey?
A fugitive girl, a stuntman and a young man who lost his dog quite some time before, are joining together on a trip to reach each of their own destination. A youngster gets emotionally connected to the girl, and he'd try to help her to leave the bossy stuntman, to get false passport and escape to Paris.
In the 70s, Barsham Faire on August Bank Holiday became a tradition for many to celebrate things 'medieval' and raise funds for local arts events. It put Barsham on the map.
A filmed version of Sid and Marty Krofft's 1968 live puppet show, set at a medieval fair. The special was a pilot for a weekly series.
The first film by Chantal Akerman, a short silent 8mm film shot during the Brussels summer Midi Fair, that was one of four short films she made as a short of entrance exam at INSAS were she studied for just a couple of months.
Tijdens drukte rond jaarmarkt lopen caféhoudster en haar tweelingdochters, Delphine (danslerares) en Solange (componeert en geeft pianoles) de liefdes waarvoor ze zijn voorbestemd voortdurend mis, al kunnen de ontmoetingen tenslotte niet uitblijven.
A documentary about traveling fairs in Spain.
Elvis rijdt rond op zijn motor en probeert een beroemde zanger te worden door in clubs op te treden. Hij krijgt een tijdelijk baantje op een kermis, waar hij zingt en een meisje leert kennen.
Agnes "Astra" Huston, a fortune teller at a run-down fair, is found strangled in her bedroom. As the police question five suspects, their interactions with her are shown in flashbacks from their point of view.
In order to help neighboring Indians irrigate their farms, the Hotshots plan to put on a fair for tourists. But first they need $2000 for an advertising campaign, and the only way they can get it is to borrow it from a wealthy local woman, who has made it clear that she won't give them the money until Hezzie marries her.
Film of local events in Ajmer province including the fair at Pushkar.