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The House
An old village house. He looks like an old mighty tree. He is also wise and majestic. And at the same time he is very kind and talkative. He speaks the language of objects accumulated over a long life, cracks, holes, cobwebs, sooty corners, blackened icons in the corners, basins, jars…
The Making of Stranglehold
The Making of Stranglehold is a fantastic look into the development of the classic video game being the last time Chow Yun-Fat and John Woo collaborated together.
The Hunt for the Boston Strangler
Police closed the case of the infamous Boston Strangler when handyman Albert De Salvo confessed to the grisly murder of 13 women. But recent forensic evidence reveals that in at least one of the murders - and possibly all of them - police may have had the wrong man. Some even theorize that the strangler may be walking free today. Now, the National Geographic Channel investigates in The Hunt for the Boston Strangler.
My Class
In 1982, filmmaker Ekaterina Eremenko was among 26 students accepted into Russia’s elite natural science school. A golden future lay ahead of them, but the birth of perestroika and the collapse of the old order meant that that future was no longer certain. Eremenko sets out to discover what happened to her classmates and how the seismic political changes of the 1980s affected her generation.
P.M. Die Wissensedition - Meilensteine der modernen Kommunikation
Dublin Day
An examination of Dublin as it is today and as it was in 1904, retracing the steps of the characters in James Joyce's novel Ulysses.
Caspar David Friedrich – Der Gedankenmaler der Romantik
Let's All Hate Toronto
Inspired by the unguarded animosity that the mere mention of Toronto incites among the majority of Canadians, filmmakers Albert Nerenberg and Rob Spence follow a character named "Mister Toronto" as he launches a coast-to-coast Toronto Appreciation tour. Along the way, the crew will encounter everyone from those claiming to be "recovering Torontonians" to folks who have vowed never to set foot in the city cited by the United Nations as the world's most culturally diverse. Could this seething resentment be something as simple as envy, or have the denizens of this worldly metropolis truly done something to offend their embittered fellow countrymen?
The Unusual Adventures of Diego Diegovich in the Country of the Bolsheviks
The fate of the famous Mexican muralist Diego Rivera is closely linked to Russia: Russian artists Angelina Belova and Maria Vorobyova-Stebelskaya gave birth to his children, for a long time he was a friend of Leon Trotsky, joined the Communist Party several times, was friends with progressive figures of young Soviet art. It was to Soviet Russia that he came in the last years of his life in the hope of recovering from a serious illness…
Plume
The hero of the film has not only the talent to reveal secrets. He himself is a big mystery. Leonid Parshin is the son of a Russian intelligence officer, an illegal immigrant from the age of two. In the 80s, his investigation of Bulgakov's riddles aroused particular interest among the KGB. And then surveillance, an attempt to escape from the Soviet Union, to swim across the Gulf of Finland, in the 86th there was an arrest and a prison. In 2001, his report "Computer study of the psychology of M. Bulgakov and his literary heroes" was a success at an international symposium in Bucharest. In the course of the film, Parshin talks about his unusual adventures, and sometimes severe misadventures in the 70s and 80s of the twentieth century.
I'll Get Up Anyway
This film is about three modern Russian singers (Irina Bogushevskaya, Svetlana Surganova, Anna Gerasimova), whose life and creative path can serve as a model of fortitude. Each of them had to overcome difficult life trials and remain true to themselves and their creativity. The author of the film and their colleague Elena Pogrebizhskaya talks about these outstanding women with a tragic revelation.
Into the Limelight: Tribute Bands
An affectionate look at what goes on behind the scenes of the Limelight Club in Crewe, where for ten years tribute acts to the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain and Phil Lynott have been providing a post-industrial town the chance to hear some legendary live music. In the Limelight, a converted Methodist church, the spirit of rock is alive, along with Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain and Phil Lynott - in reality John, Keith and Wayne. The posters on the club walls display more than a decade of tribute-band entertainment by the likes of Pink Fraud and Stairway to Zeppelin. Arena reveals the characters offering locals the opportunity to hear their favourite music performed live.
Scotch Mist: A Film with Radiohead in It
Radiohead plays songs from their album In Rainbows for a webcast broadcast on New Years Eve. The film was made by Radiohead, Nigel Godrich, Adam Buxton, Garth Jennings, Stanley Donwood, Ric Jerrom, Hugo Nicolson and Dan Grech-Marguerat.
Andrey Mironov. An Ordinary Miracle
20 years after Mironov's departure, his wife, actress Larisa Golubkina and his closest friends, for the first time with their participation, will reveal little-known pages of his theatrical and private life.
Holiday Train Show With David Hartman
From Thanksgiving through January each year, visitors of all ages, by the thousands, stream into the Haupt Conservatory from wintry cold New York to a miniature make-believe New York City, a wintry wonderland warmed by sparkling holiday music, all beautiful and fun. The video takes us to rural Kentucky to join Paul Busse and his talented team of artists as they collect their plants, roots and berries, then design and construct the new additions to the show, guiding us through the creative process. Video of New York City's "real" buildings mirror the make-believe as we rejoin Paul and the team reinstalling the fairyland city to celebrate the new holiday season.
Wings of Defeat
Wings of Defeat is a feature-length documentary exploring the human experience of surviving kamikaze pilots. When director, Risa Morimoto, learned that her beloved uncle had trained as a kamikaze pilot in his youth but carried that secret to his grave, she decided to retrace his footsteps and ask surviving pilots about their provocative experiences. Sixty years later, survivors in their eighties tell us about their training, their mindsets, their experiences in a kamikaze cockpit and what it meant to survive when thousands of their fellow pilots crashed to their deaths. Their stories insist we set aside our preconceptions to relive their all too human experiences with them. Ultimately, they help us question what responsibilities a government at war has to its soldiers and to its people.
Aoluguya, Aoluguya
Aoluguya, Aoluguya is the first film in Gu Tao’s Ewenki Trilogy. A tale that unfolds in the Aoluguya forest, featuring such unique characters as a mother who dulls her sadness over the absence of her son, Yuguo, with alcohol; her brother; and Maria, the tribal chieftain who watches over them.
Liam Brady's Dalymount Days
Liam Brady presents a history of Dalymount Park, the home to Bohemian FC and Irish football, and a stadium that has played host to many of the game's greatest players.
Remembering Vietnam: The Wall at 25
Looking back on the creation of the Vietnam Memorial, this Emmy-nominated documentary chronicles the controversy surrounding the monument's construction and touches on the history of the polarizing war that inspired it. Fueled by the vision of Vietnam veteran Jan Scruggs and brought to life by then-fledgling designer Maya Lin, the memorial would eventually become the nation's most visited monument. But its success was a hard-fought victory.
God Enjoys The Impossible
In this inspiring message, Otto Koning dramatically illustrates the power of prayer to change the situation. From national fears of an invading army to the bedside of an ill little girl, God loves to show His power in tremendous ways. Get a new perspective on the stories of Gideon and the army of Midian, Elijah and the prophets of Baal, Asa and the army of the Ethiopians, and many more. Also hear the story of a poor boy with broken egg who believed that God could do anything. Does God get worried when situations get tough? Do angels scratch their heads to find a solution to a child's 'impossible' request?
The Diabolikal Super-Kriminal
A documentary on the controversial 1960s Italian photo novels known as Killing, aka Satanik in France and Sadistik in America. Also the basis for the Turkish cult film series shot as Kilink. Includes interviews with the original actors who were familiar faces from spaghetti westerns, splatter films and historical dramas from the 1960s and 70s.
Bing'ai
Feng Yan spent seven years in the Three Gorges region following a peasant woman, Bingai, who refused to give up her land [for new development]. Feng is greatly moved by Bingai’s uncompromising personality. Feng says that most Chinese people give up their land too easily, like losers. Meanwhile, the extraordinary effort Feng puts into making this documentary is comparable to Bingai’s perseverance. In this sense, the filmmaker and her subject are mirror image of each other.
Autopsy
A personal, unwavering documentary of a dialogue between mother and son regarding his sexuality.
35 Cents
Boy meets girl, finds herself in trouble, boy gets drafted goes to Vietnam. Girl is not there when boy comes home, trauma of war catches up with boy, his world comes undone.
Rocking the Nation
A concert tour with the rock band “Romantic Violence” to get insight into the Hungarian radical right-wing subculture. The slogans are rocking: freedom, anti-Communism, Trianon, the Jews, 100% Hungarian, to arms!
Where Is My Romeo?
Various Iranian women, including Golshifteh Farahani, Hamideh Kheirabadi, and Pegah Ahangarani, watch Romeo and Juliet and cry. This short is similar to Kiarostami's 2008 film Shirin.
Vampyres
A journalist discovers the underworld of the clans of Vampyres in New York City. He spends two years with the real vampyres like an anthropologist and brings back unique evidence on film.
China's Stolen Children
Ten years after the policy-changing and award-winning film, The Dying Rooms, the same team returns to a very different China where the infamous One Child Policy has had the horrific side effect of a boom in stolen children. With extraordinary access to devastated parents desperately searching for their stolen son; a man who brokers the deals and has sold his own offspring; and prospective parents grappling with giving up their soon-to-be-born daughter through lack of options, we are brought face to face with the crisis that such a stringent government policy has created among China's poorest people.
One Way
Contemporary economic conditions in Nepal are examined with documentary images, interviews, and narration. There has been, for many years, a labour migration from across Nepal to India ’s cities. This short film is set in the underground parking lot of an apartment building in Bangalore, in South India. One Way follows the livelihood of a security guard named Shyam Bahadur, who lives with the rest of his family in the electric switching room of an apartment block, to whom he provides service for the sake of survival. The narrative of the journey he made 35 years ago, from the mountains of Nepal to the southern plateau of Bangalore, punctuates his day-to-day life in and out of the basement. As his personal story unfolds, the hills of Nepal are being rocked by “the people’s war,” yet another historical disturbances that has forced Nepalis to emigrate for work.
Space Station and Beyond
Documentary about the International Space Station, and it's future as a base for further exploration of the solar system
Si Sullivan M'était Contée...
Françoise Sullivan, signatory of the manifesto Refus global, in 1948, is a painter, sculptor, choreographer and dancer. She is one of the outstanding figures of the art and automatism movement in Quebec (Canada).
65 Revisited
Recorded during Bob Dylan's tour of England in 1965, this documentary from director D.A. Pennebaker captures the legendary artist in his prime -- both on- and offstage. Edited from never-before-seen footage that was originally shot for the cinema verité classic Don't Look Back, the film also features intimate original interviews with Dylan alongside unused concert footage, including a memorable performance of Dylan's "To Ramona."
British Film Forever
Documentary about the different genres popular in classic British cinema.
The Story of India
The Story of India is a BBC TV documentary series, written and presented by historian Michael Wood, about the 10,000-year history of the Indian subcontinent in six episodes. It was originally aired on the BBC in six episodes in August and September 2007 as part of the BBC season "India and Pakistan 07", which marked the 60 years independence of India and Pakistan. In the United States, PBS broadcast the series on three consecutive Mondays, 5 January to 19 January 2009, from 9pm to 11pm. In Australia, the series was broadcast on ABC1 each Sunday at 7:30pm from 29 March until 3 May 2009. An accompanying text was published by BBC Books. As in most of his documentaries, Wood explains historical events by travelling to the places where they took place, examining archeological and historical evidence at first hand and interviewing historians and archaeologists, as well as chatting with local people.
Game On: A Journey into the Underground Seduction Community
Game On is a documentary that chronicles a bold journey into the heart of the now infamous “Seduction Community.” Between the years of 2002 and 2005, the film covers the rise of the Seduction Guru Leaders of the time and more importantly, the obsessive followers that give them their power. Insightful, humorous, thought-provoking, and at times just bizzare, Game On gives us an insight into a passionate and growing underground world.