". . . Nevertheless, Fogel pushes these pictures of escalators and suitcase-toting travelers deeply into lyrical, Rorschach-symmetrical abstraction. In the course of moving from video to film, the images become flattened into painterly icons and patterns; their contrast has been increased, and the colors shifted into gemlike purples, greens and blues. Edited with a primal shape-based rhythm, Airport Architecture was created for a live musical accompaniment by Greta Cohn and James Hoff." —Ed Halter

The story behind the construction and operation of the first-ever airport on Saint Helena Island. St. Helena, a British Overseas Territory located in the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean, is one of the most isolated islands in the world. Its gross domestic product (GDP) per capita is well below that of the rest of the United Kingdom. The reduction in travel times from days to hours will hopefully create an economic boom on the island.

Cinelimite presents newly digitized home movies. 1970’s Airports, Airplane, and South America Streets feature gorgeous overhead shots of the state of Paraná and daily happenings in the city of Curitiba.

An experimental investigation of Toronto street life and youth culture.

The Airport, a three-screen film installation conceived as a meditation on Greek history and its recent financial crisis, set around the landscapes of Southern Greece and an abandoned airfield near Athens, recalls the work of two filmmaking greats: Stanley Kubrick and Theo Angelopolous.

Mehran Karemi Nasseri, who now goes by the name "Sir Alfred", has been living in the Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France. For the past twelve years he has been waiting for the document that would allow him to leave. Unlike the story that has been told in the world press of a man trapped in the underground terminals of an airport, dubbed the, "strangest case in immigration history", this documentary examines the life of a man whose only aspiration is to be somebody else.

This educational short shows the operations of a big city airport.

Explores a large metropolitan jet airport, from the traffic control tower to the baggage-processing center. Shows glimpses of hundreds of people on the job.

To avoid making travelers walk excessive distances through a large airport, Washington, D.C.'s new airport is to use mobile departure lounges to transport passengers from the terminal directly to the plane.

Every day they test even the most seasoned pilots. While innovative in design and technology they're also a reminder that tragedy can happen at any moment. The preils are many: short runways, high altitude, umpredictable wheather, difficult terrain, take-off and approach procedures. And in the worst cases a combination of these dangers. These are the world's most extreme airports.

Find out how planes work. See man's early attempts at flying, and the latest planes that do fly. Visit Planes of Fame Air Museum, a control tower, and tour small and large planes.

"In 1983 I was working in San Francisco as a housepainter and much of the time we worked in Burlingame, south of the city. This tape is a meditation on that suburban world, with the actor, me, moodily, incoherently expressing his alienation from the society he inhabits." – Mike Dunford

In 1965 three newly graduated German architects won an international competition for the new Tegel Airport in Berlin with a surprising design.

Every day they test even the most seasoned pilots. While innovative in design and technology they're also a reminder that tragedy can happen at any moment. The preils are many: short runways, high altitude, umpredictable wheather, difficult terrain, take-off and approach procedures. And in the worst cases a combination of these dangers. These are the world's most extreme airports.

Not all airports are equal! John Lennon Airport in Liverpool is the UK’s holiday airport where millions of expectant holiday makers begin their trips of a lifetime.