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A leaf is an organ of a vascular plant, as defined in botanical terms, and in particular in plant morphology. Foliage is a mass noun that refers to leaves as a feature of plants.
Typically a leaf is a thin, flattened organ borne above ground and specialized for photosynthesis, but many types of leaves are adapted in ways almost unrecognisable in those terms: some are not flat (for example many succulent leaves and conifers), some are not above ground (such as bulb scales), and some are without major photosynthetic function (consider for example cataphylls, spines, and cotyledons).
Conversely, many structures of non-vascular plants, or even of some lichens, which are not plants at all (in the sense of being members of the kingdom Plantae), do look and function much like leaves. Furthermore, several structures found in vascular plants look like leaves but are not actually leaves; they differ from leaves in their structures and origins. Examples include phyllodes, cladodes, and phylloclades.
Caroline Leaf (born August 12, 1946 in Seattle, Washington) is a Canadian-American filmmaker and animator.
Leaf made her first film, Sand, or Peter and the Wolf, in 1968 at Harvard University. The short was made by dumping sand on a light box and manipulating the textures frame-by-frame.
Her second film, Orfeo (1972), had her painting directly on glass under the camera. Later that year she was invited to join the National Film Board of Canada's English Animation Studio.
She mixed paint with glycerine to produce The Street, adapted from the short story of the same name by Mordechai Richler, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film at the 49th Academy Awards.
From 1981 until 1986 she worked on various live action documentary films. In 1986 she produced her first animation in nearly a decade by scratching on 70mm color film and reshooting it on 35mm. "Two Sisters" (1990) won the award for best short film at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in 1991. In 2004 she co-directed "Suite for freedom" (her part was called "Slavery"). It was included in the Animation Show of Shows in 2004.
Actors: Mirja Oksanen (actress), Anna Maria Pie (actress), Frans Isotalo (actor), Jussi Wahlgren (actor), David Gelkin (actor), Jan Korander (actor), Greta Mandelin (actress), Alina Tomnikov (actress), Marko Loukaskorpi (actor), Erik Mashkilleyson (actor), Sebastian Sonck (actor), Timo Kervinen (actor), Tommi Honkanen (actor), Janina Mattsoff (actor), Maria Nieminen (actress),
Plot: In 1951 a small Northern European Nation established a television directorate. Its charter was to provide the people with the finest quality programming that would both entertain and inform. The legislation included a provision to levy a small annual permit fee to all operators of television receivers. Today it is up to a small group of dedicated professionals to ensure everyone pays their fair share. They are the T.V. Permit Inspectors and this is their story.
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Jim Westcott (actor), Jennifer Prettyman (producer), Jennifer Prettyman (director), Jennifer Prettyman (actress), Kate Cloutier (actress), Casey Millard (actor), Bill Borea (actor), Roxanne Williams (producer), Roxanne Williams (actress), Dan Mundt (miscellaneous crew), Craig Sandberg (composer), Craig Sandberg (actor), Cindy Simmons (actress), Reba (actress), Jesse Meehl (editor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Paula Rogozenski (actress), Walter Fauntleroy (actor), Tiffany Stanley (actress), Maxwell Addae (editor), Maxwell Addae (director), David Nathie Barnes (actor), Maxwell Addae (producer), Maxwell Addae (writer), Shamar Sanders (actor), Joh Cifuentes (actor),
Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi, Short,Actors: Parker Posey (actress), Ian M. Stratford (miscellaneous crew), Shawn Fogarty (actor), Michael Mailer (producer), Galt Niederhoffer (producer), Michael Panes (actor), Jeff N. Maclean (miscellaneous crew), Nicole Signore (actress), Nicole Signore (miscellaneous crew), Christy Scott Cashman (producer), Christy Scott Cashman (actress), Christy Scott Cashman (writer), Stephanie Atkinson (actress), Kathryn Erbe (actress), Kate Jurdi (actress),
Plot: A chicken farmer from middle America wins a vacation for having the "Best Chicken". When Millie arrives at the new-age retreat, she meets lifestyle guru Angelica Lovecraft and her reality TV show producers. Before she knows it, she has accepted their lucrative offer and they arrive at her farm for a week of reality TV programming. While Millie is awfully excited about the show, her husband is much less enthusiastic, the producers are getting antsy and Angelica is getting dramatic. They're going to turn Millie's life, and her chicken farm, upside down.
Keywords: chicken, chicken-farm, chicken-farmer, farm, farmer, guru, hippie, husband-wife-relationship, life-coach, lifestyleActors: Keith Mackler (actor), Calvin C. Winbush (actor), Evgeniya Orudzheva (actress), Nneka Croal (actress), Massiel Hernandez (actress), Janani Saara (actress), Jason Torres (actor), Matt McAllister (actor), Gene Geter (writer), Gene Geter (director), Gene Geter (editor), Emily Bennett (actress), Lenoré Coer (actress), Roberto Zuniga (actor), Erica Lee Hammond (actress),
Genres: Horror,Actors: Sabine Bail (actress), Jean-Chrétien Sibertin-Blanc (actor), Youxin Yang (producer), Youxin Yang (director), Youxin Yang (actress), Youxin Yang (writer), Philip Worrell (editor), Philip Worrell (producer), Véronique Testard (actress), Shicong Fang (producer), Hongwu Chen (actor), Jana (composer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Jôji Nakata (actor), Ted Lewis (actor), Lisa Ortiz (actress), Crispin Freeman (actor), Bill Timoney (actor), Nobuyuki Hiyama (actor), Chikao Ohtsuka (actor), Crispin Freeman (actor), Shô Hayami (actor), Michie Tomizawa (actress), Debora Rabbai (actress), Bruce Winant (actor), Yu Asakawa (actress), Nobutoshi Kanna (actor), Shotaro Morikubo (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Fantasy,Actors: Wendy Shapero (actress), Michele Pacitto (editor), Michele Pacitto (director), Michele Pacitto (writer), Lonnie Jackson (actor), Derek Justice (miscellaneous crew), Robert Skates (actor), Raquel García (actress), Ron Ramsey (actor), Carol Teegardin (actress), James R. Smith (actor), Neal A. Rogers (actor), Alisha Frank (actress), Suzanne Labatt (actress), Jim Petersen (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama,Actors: Norio Wakamoto (actor), Tarô Ishida (actor), Bill Timoney (actor), Ichirô Nagai (actor), Wataru Takagi (actor), Osamu Saka (actor), Hideyuki Tanaka (actor), Takeshi Aono (actor), Akira Kamiya (actor), Shô Hayami (actor), Fûrin Cha (actor), Takeshi Kusao (actor), Shûichi Ikeda (actor), Ted Lewis (actor), Kappei Yamaguchi (actor),
Plot: On the cursed island continent of Lodoss, a party of adventurers becomes caught up in the struggle against a plot to conquer Lodoss and revive a long-dormant ancient evil deity. This thirteen-part Japanese television series is based on a series of Japanese novels, and is notable among other things for its inclusion of elements from the Dungeons & Dragons (TM) role-playing game.
Keywords: anime, based-on-novel, cult, dragon, dungeons-and-dragons, elf, goblin, good-versus-evil, magic, sacrificeActors: Nigel Barrie (actor), Tom Coventry (actor), Bill Shine (actor), Harry Lachman (writer), Frank Launder (writer), Rex Taylor (writer), Harry Lachman (director), Sidney Gilliat (miscellaneous crew), Monckton Hoffe (writer), Thomas Hardy (writer), Marguerite Allan (actress), Emile de Ruelle (editor), Wilfred Shine (actor), John Batten (actor), Maud Gill (actress),
Genres: Drama,There was a song,
I almost caught it on the way down.
A leaf in your hand, reaching,
reaching out.
You can press the leaf, and hold it forever.
Or you can leave it in the weeds.
Empty pages in a journal can tell more than any words
were able
when the leaf falls out on the table