My Love Affair with Marriage

Rocks in My Pockets

The personal story of a woman struggling with an inherited illness, as told by Signe Baumane, the Latvian director-animator living in New York City. With humour and courage, the director sets out on a challenging journey to discover her family’s best-kept secret. Featuring five stories about the courageous women in Signe’s family and their battles with madness, visual metaphors, surreal images and director’s narration.

Washington Wolves

Alberto and Miguel have a bar, but things are not going very well. They need to get out of this black hole and they need money to do it. Alberto is divorced and alcoholic, Miguel has a big secret... Their old friend Claudio is very rich. Why not steal some of his money? Troubles grow when Claudio's wife is planning to steal this money too... The Washington wolfs, in a circus near all this, are the silent witnesses of all that happens that night.

Desafane

Situated on 1960’s student protests in Mexico City, uncomprehended and rebel, Lucía, must decide wether to stay home or leave her conservative family and old friends behind.

The Solitary Life of Cranes

Part city symphony, part visual poem, the film explores the invisible life of a city, seen through the eyes of crane drivers working high above its streets. Within the loose structure of a day, starting with the drivers climbing up at dawn and ending with them coming down after a nightshift, the film observes the city as it awakens with a bustle of activity, through the lull of midday and the manic rush in the evening, until it calms down again deep into the night. Throughout the film, the drivers share their thoughts and reflections on London and life in general. What emerges is a lyrical meditation about how our existence is shaped through the environment we inhabit, both for the drivers high up in the sky and the people on the ground they are watching.

Archipel

Abed, a young Palestinian, enters Israel illegally by passing under the Wall, through the sewers. He works in a restaurant in the West of Jerusalem. On his day off, Abed decides to go home with a mysterious white box. It is the beginning of a long journey.

Goodtimes and Show Off

Two friends, Pavlakis and Markos are permanently unemployed and foolish trying to be full of food and love. Pavlakis represents the subconscious and tries to engage in the rich Toto. But when his scam is revealed he will put it on his feet.

Tennessee Champ

A boxer desperate for money falls in with a shady promoter.

Motivos Para Sonhar

Chicago Live In Japan 1995

The concert is recorded in Japan in support of the Chicago Night and Day (Big Band) album. Not released and performed with a Japan Big Band ensemble and one of my personal favorites in my Chicago live concert video collection. Setlist: Band Introductions Saturday In The Park Questions 67 and 68 You're The Inspiration Free Hard Habit To Break Colour My World Look Away The Making Of Night and Day - Big Band Night And Day Chicago Don't Get Around Much Anymore Moonlight Serenade Goody Goody Make Me Smile Beginnings Just You And Me Does Anybody Rally Know What Time It Is I'm A Man Hard To Say I'm Sorry In The Mood 25 Or Six To 4 If You Leave Me Now

Virgin Soil Upturned

The movie is based on the the same name novel of the Nobel Prize In Literature Winner Mikhail Sholokhov. The action is taken place in 20-30-s years of the XX century in the Russian countryside going through an uneasy process of collectivization.

El prieto Crispin

The Sound

Two years after a woman experiences sudden hearing loss, strange things begin to happen.