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Durchs Höllentor ins Paradies - Die Geschichte des Kunsthaus Zürich
The history of the Kunsthaus Zürich, from its opening in 1910 to the present day. It is marked by countless exciting, sometimes dramatic, sometimes amusing and bizarre episodes. Among them are repeated public socio-political disputes, such as the controversy surrounding the establishment of the Zurich Giacometti Foundation in the 1960s or, more recently, the debate about the Emil G. Bührle Collection. Legendary exhibitions have contributed to the international reputation of the museum, including the world's first museum exhibition of Picasso in 1932.
DETRANS: The Dangers of Gender-Affirming Care
What happens when a child is told she is born in the wrong body and undergoes life-altering surgery only to experience regret? A growing number of young Americans are being manipulated by social media and pushed by medical professionals to take hormones and undergo surgery. Now, many are finding the courage to detransition and warn others about their experience.
Non-Permafrost
Permafrost is a commonly used scientific term. This is the frozen soil as a result of numerous glacial periods. The territory of Russia is covered by 2/3 of it. But it turned out that "eternal" does not mean "forever"... Our heroes are scientists who go on dangerous and exciting expeditions to the most diverse corners of the Russian Arctic - from Yamal to Chukotka. They are watching the permafrost melt, trying to understand its laws, to preserve it.
Getting Older is Wonderful
“I’m an exile, and an exile always needs a light at the end of the tunnel.” I don’t know whether I can make my dreams come true, but I want to reach the Dutch literary and linguistic top. I say that quite consciously: to keep that light burning in the future. An exile always runs the risk of falling, and I don’t want to fall. I want to stay on my feet.” Kader Abdolah, an Iranian political refugee, arrived in the Netherlands in 1988 at the age of 33, without knowing a word of Dutch. Twenty-five years later, one of his novels, The House of the Mosque (2005), was voted by the readers the second best book ever written in Dutch. The son of a deaf and dumb carpet repairman, Kader had been, since childhood, his father’s ears and tongue. For all his life he has been searching for those words that aloud us to exist.
Amine – Hero on Probation
Amine Diare Conde fled from Guinea to Europe at the age of fifteen. His voluntary work makes the 22-year-old the best-known asylum seeker in Switzerland.
Grief – Those Who Remain
A descent into the world of mourning and loss through three homicide stories that shook Greek and European society: the cruel murders of Shahzad Luqman, Pavlos Fyssas, and Zak Kostopoulos. The grieving families of the victims converse with their absences, defend the memory of the dead, and turn their suffering into a fight for justice.
Walker on Water
A film about Kristiina Ehin, the beloved and internationally known modern poetess of Estonia. Her honest, beautiful and painful sharings reveal to us what experiences she has had to go through to grow into the woman and poet we know her as today. The film contains topics that Kristiina agreed to share for the first time during the filming of "Waterwalker".
I Am Sirat
Deepa Mehta’s first documentary in decades introduces us to Sirat, a trans woman in Delhi who is forced to go back into the closet when living with, and caring for, her traditional mother.
Yallah Gaza
Gaza is a small palestinian territory where more than 2 millions people live. Completely locked up by Israel since 2007, its society is still structured and organized, but for how many more times ?
The Kharkiv Files
Shot over the entire first year of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, The Kharkiv Files documents the life of soldiers and civilians from Ukraine’s second-largest city and the surrounding oblast. The first half of the film shows life in the late winter and early spring, when Russian forces were relentlessly bombarding the city from its outskirts and Ukrainian forces were stubbornly resisting. The second half shows Ukrainian forces slowly pushing the Russians back towards the border, culminating in their famous counteroffensive in the fall. The film ends with the return of winter. The Russians have been almost entirely expelled from Kharkiv oblast, and a semblance of normality has returned to the city. But with the war still raging, no one knows if the battle for Kharkiv is truly finished.
Poet Laureate
An unemployed man tries to become the poet laureate of his hometown, a small Canadian town in the middle of nowhere.
Siberian Manufactory: Contemporary Art
In Krasnoyarsk, contemporary art was born within the Cultural and Historical Center named after V.I. Lenin, built in 1987. Here, bold and innovative ideas were presented, and different cultural worldviews were formed. However, all these ideas are united by one thing – the harsh and beautiful Siberia.
Parents' School
No one knows how an ordinary person in Russia comes up with the idea of taking a child from an orphanage. At first, it seems crazy: everyone is afraid of insurmountable difficulties, but gradually a person begins to act. Very soon, potential parents will find out that the most difficult thing in this quest is to go through the school of foster parents. Alas, not everyone reaches the end.
Chinese Room
A video essay consisting of Uyghur detention portraits and a narration chronicling the persecution of Uyghur people by the Chinese government with an emphasis on the role of technology and AI.
No Place like Haddonfield
Return to the town where it all started and go behind the scenes with the cast and crew from Halloween Ends.
Credere a tutto
Designing artificial relationships between found or stolen elements is a technique that seeks to discuss found footage. Credere a tutto tells about houses and living beings and has developed by intertwining ancient photos, a text, a film sequence and original video footage. Materials that take on time, space and new meanings within the expanded vision of the so-called “spectators”. A techno music session while séances and panoramic views of derelict houses question us about what we see and what we cannot see.
Carne: The Unsustainable Footprint
It's a documentary about the consequences of our eating habits for the planet, our health and in animal well-being. Filmed in several countries: Portugal, Belgium, France, UK and Lebanon. It gives global insights about the problem.
Renée Fleming's Cities That Sing - Paris
Step onto the stage of the Théâtre du Châtelet alongside superstar soprano Renée Fleming in Renée Fleming's Cities That Sing: Paris. Tenor Piotr Beczała and performers Axelle Fanyo and Alexandre Duhamel join an exquisite cinematic journey into the sights, sounds, and history of the City of Lights.
The Black Death: A Plague Upon the World
Dan Snow and Raksha Dave investigate how the plague devastated Britain 700 years ago, killing around three million people across the country. In the first edition, Dan heads to Melcombe Regis in Dorset as he traces the spread of the plague and finds out how the disease reached Britain's shores in 1348. At The Old Operating Theatre in London, Raksha witnesses the horrific symptoms of this deadly disease and the terrifying outcome for those who fell victim to it, and also investigates the recent discovery of mass graves beneath a tranquil London square.
Return of the White-tailed Eagle
The documentary Merikotkan paluu (Return of the white-tailed eagle), tells the tale of the past and the present of the white-tailed eagle. The second protagonist of the film is the human - the animal that can be blamed for the eagles’ distress but also credited for its rescue.
Rise and Burn: Meet Paulo Galo, Brazilian Activist
Paulo ‘Galo’ Lima gained the media spotlight in 2020 as a leader of the first anti-fascist delivery man movement in Brasil. In 2021, he was arrested after the action that set fire to Borba Gato’ statue in São Paulo, which has agitated protests as a symbol of colonialism and racism. Discover the true story of Galo.
Get Your Eurovision On!
BBC Eurovision Commentator for over 10 years Scott Mills loves the annual song contest and in this special compilation he is joined by EastEnders’s star, Natalie Cassidy for a celebration of the pure joy, unity and downright banging tunes that is… Eurovision. They will delve in to some of the most iconic performances and look back at incredible staging, memorable moments and of course costume.
Paved Paradise
The more food we produce on less land, the more space there will be for plants and animals to thrive.
The Air We Breathe
The Air We Breathe is an experimental documentary that thinks through the complexities of air pollution by weaving together themes of environmental catastrophe, environmental racism, cultural and political shifts, and conspiracy. Combining research into air pollution along with personal storytelling and speculative imaginings, this project deeply considers the complicated ways in which our air impacts us: from the way that smells travel through it and the memories they evoke; to the physical impacts of pollutants through shared inhalation; to the ways in which the air serves as a metaphor of connection in a cultural sense.
Experimentally
There is an opinion that science is born within the walls of metropolitan universities. But there are other researchers as well. Their inventions appear in small villages and urban suburbs, in home workshops and garage boxes.
Offshore
An observational mini-documentary following the home lives of Eve and Barry when Barry's work takes him offshore.
