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2011

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Eat Pray Surf
Eat Pray Surf
Two surfers tell us about life in Bali and what surfing means to them. One of them being a native indonesian, the other one immigrated from the USA, it's fascinating to hear two completely different stories.
Eat Pray Surf 2011
College Conspiracy
College Conspiracy
College Conspiracy is the most comprehensive documentary ever produced about higher education in the U.S. The film exposes the facts and truth about America's college education system. 'College Conspiracy' was produced over a six-month period by NIA's team of expert Austrian economists with the help of thousands of NIA members who contributed their ideas and personal stories for the film. This film explores NIA's belief that the U.S. college education system is in essence a scam that turns vulnerable young Americans into debt slaves for life.
College Conspiracy 2011
Jane Austen: The Unseen Portrait?
Jane Austen: The Unseen Portrait?
Jane Austen: The Unseen Portrait follows the compelling investigation behind this unique discovery and offers fascinating new insights into Austen's life and work.
Jane Austen: The Unseen Portrait? 2011
Walk Tall
Walk Tall
No sponsorship, one kidney, tuberculosis, a broken back. All set for the London Olympics, 1948.
Walk Tall 2011
More Than A Game
More Than A Game
We will be following the progress of US Street Fighter champion Justin Wong and UK champion Ryan Hart as they spend their final month of preperation for the games, travelling to and participating in the tournament. We have unique access to the lifestyle of the pro-gamer, along with a glimpse at a growing cultural phenomenon that has grown almost ten-fold year on year.
More Than A Game 2011
veXed - Live I Dybbøl
veXed - Live I Dybbøl
This is the only live footage ever filmed of the Danish alternative heavy-band "veXed". They played live in Dybbøl, Denmark in 2011 at the location of a notorious motorcycle club called "Apocalypse MC". ...It was a night to remember!
veXed - Live I Dybbøl 2011
The 9/11 Decade: The Image War
The 9/11 Decade: The Image War
9/11: It was a PR stunt which killed thousands and launched a propaganda war that has, so far, lasted a decade. Since then, the US and al-Qaeda have competed furiously to win “hearts and minds” with elaborate media strategies. Spin, threats, lies, censorship, the killing of journalists; how far has each side been prepared to go to win the propaganda war?
The 9/11 Decade: The Image War 2011
I am Fishead
I am Fishead
A provocative snapshot of the world we live in. It is a well-known fact that our society is structured like a pyramid. The very few people at the top create conditions for the majority below. Who are these people? Can we blame them for the problems our society faces today? Guided by the saying “A fish rots from the head” we set out to follow that fishy odor. What we found out is that people at the top are more likely to be psychopaths than the rest of us.
I am Fishead 2011
Iceland Food Center
Iceland Food Center
This is the story about the first Icelandic business expansion in London in 1965. One with all the characteristics of other Icelandic businesses we've come to know in the past few years.
Iceland Food Center 2011
Templars - The Last Stand
Templars - The Last Stand
The order of the Knights Templar has generated centuries of doubt, intrigue and deadly conspiracy. Templars: The Last Stand is a revelatory documentary, featuring Dr Ronnie Ellenblum and his world-class team of archaeologists who will shed light on one crucial part of the Templars' dark past: their downfall. Offering a new analysis of the little-known Battle at Jacob's Ford, Dr Ellenblum suggests this was the scene of one of the Templars' worst defeats and a critical turning point in the Crusades. Attempting to assemble a timeline for the bloody six-day siege, the team heads to the Holy Land to dig for evidence, hoping to prove that the Knights died here in their hundreds. Could the traumatised human remains found belong to the slain warriors of the Knights Templar themselves? After so many years of uncertainty, could this discovery finally provide a vital breakthrough in understanding this fascinating medieval mystery?
Templars - The Last Stand 2011
Cosplayers UK: The Movie
Cosplayers UK: The Movie
A movie following a small selection of talented cos-players as they took part in May 2011 MCM Expo and showcased their costumes in the Masquerade.
Cosplayers UK: The Movie 2011
Katseen raunio
Katseen raunio
Katseen raunio 2011
What We Saw - Gaza, The children of Samuni family
What We Saw - Gaza, The children of Samuni family
A documentary of Palestinian children that lived through the Israeli military's intervention in the Gaza Strip in late 2008. The film depicts how the children of the Samuni family, that lost 29 members in the conflict, have accepted the deaths of their loved ones and how they try to overcome.
What We Saw - Gaza, The children of Samuni family 2011
La Grande Dame
La Grande Dame
This film is an in-camera portrait of the place Ville Marie Royal Bank Building in Montréal.
La Grande Dame 2011
Drive-By Truckers: The Secret to a Happy Ending
Drive-By Truckers: The Secret to a Happy Ending
Documentary covers three tumultuous years in the career of the Southern rock group Drive-By Truckers.
Drive-By Truckers: The Secret to a Happy Ending 2011
100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story
100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story
100 Jahre Hollywood - Die Carl Laemmle Story 2011
Giganten der Gotik
Giganten der Gotik
Giganten der Gotik 2011
Learning
Learning
Learning 2011
Music from Jasibara
Music from Jasibara
A documentary about the current (eternal) state of the Subotica music scene.
Music from Jasibara 2011
Positively False: Birth of a Heresy
Positively False: Birth of a Heresy
Positively False - Birth of a Heresy traces the challenge over the past 25 years to the scientific orthodoxy which maintains that HIV is the cause of AIDS.
Positively False: Birth of a Heresy 2011
There is Something in the Air
There is Something in the Air
As a call from the periphery of sanity, the film is a series of dream narratives, and accounts of spiritual possession as experienced by women 'petitioners' at the shrine of a Sufi Saint in North India.
There is Something in the Air 2011
Glory of Indian Theatre
Glory of Indian Theatre
This documentary explores the world of amateur theatre in India.
Glory of Indian Theatre 2011
Life is Always Concrete
Life is Always Concrete
"Life is always concrete!" – says the hero of the film Anatoly Kanashchenkov throughout his life. At any time – socialist, perestroika, after the collapse of the Union – the "red director" Kanashchenkov emerged victorious from the most difficult situations. However, now, in order to get out of the unfair game of circumstances with dignity, he needs to lose.
Life is Always Concrete 2011
Cry Baby: The Pedal that Rocks the World
Cry Baby: The Pedal that Rocks the World
Cry Baby: The Pedal That Rocks The World tells the story of the wah wah effect pedal, from its invention in 1966 to the present day. Musicians, engineers, and historians discuss the impact of the pedal on popular music and demonstrate the various ways it has been used, as well as how its evolution has improved the ability of artists to express themselves musically. The film features interviews with Brad Plunkett, the inventor of the pedal, plus many other musical luminaries such as Ben Fong-Torres, Eddie Van Halen, Slash, Buddy Guy, Art Thompson, Eddie Kramer, Kirk Hammett, Dweezil Zappa, and Jim Dunlop. These professionals explain how a musical novelty transcended convention and has become timelessly woven into the fabric of modern pop-culture.
Cry Baby: The Pedal that Rocks the World 2011
Moonflower
Moonflower
Take a front seat ride and experience what it takes to make a first ascent on one of the world's biggest alpine faces in 2011. The film joins top British alpinists Jon Bracey and Matt Helliker as they honor their late friend Jules Cartwright by following his original vision of making a stunning and formidable new line on Mt Hunter's incredible north buttress; The Moonflower. Climbing the steepest and coldest section of the buttress; marvel at the dogged determination of the world class climbers as they approach exhaustion in an effort to complete the line before the increasingly freezing conditions irrevocably turn against them. The fruits of their efforts result in 'The Cartwright Connection' Ca 6000ft, Alaskan grade 6 (M6, AI6, 5.8, A2).
Moonflower 2011
Once Upon a Time in the East
Once Upon a Time in the East
In the 90s Bulgaria joined the Eastern Bloc's race for freedom. But as thousands flooded the streets calling for democracy the shadows were giving birth to criminal enterprise. And before anyone could realise, the criminals had taken over the new 'democratic' society. The street gangs dominated, a steel hand of fear was forced on the population. And freedom had come to Bulgaria! They quietly privatised everything in their own interests.
Once Upon a Time in the East 2011
Best Coast Riot
Best Coast Riot
We followed Said Belhaj when he showed his good friend Dani Andrada around on the Swedish west coast for ten days. They climbed some of the old classic routes and also tried some of the projects the area has to offer. We tried our best to capture the spirit, surroundings and the atmosphere around their visit here.
Best Coast Riot 2011
Starman: Yuri Gagarin
Starman: Yuri Gagarin
On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person in history to leave the Earth's atmosphere and venture into space. His flight aboard a Russian Vostok rocket lasted only 108 minutes, but at the end of it he had become the most famous man in the world. Back on the ground, his smiling face captured the hearts of millions around the globe. Film stars, politicians and pop stars from Europe to Japan, India to the United States vied with each other to shake his hand.
Starman: Yuri Gagarin 2011
Plasma Art Classic Aquariums
Plasma Art Classic Aquariums
In this special edition a unique selection of sweet water aquarium fish glide across your screen, instantly becoming an organic part of your immediate surroundings. Harmony defined, these scaly little friends are anything but fishy. Three different aquarium options with goldfish, cichlids or angelfish and barbs. Enjoy each aquarium individually or loop them all together to create a diverse mix. Originally filmed in true High Definition 1080p, you can enjoy an exclusive selection of natural audio tracks, relaxing classical music and vibrant lounge music.
Plasma Art Classic Aquariums 2011
Making Faces: Metal Type in the 21st Century
Making Faces: Metal Type in the 21st Century
The film talking about the personality and work process of the late Canadian graphic artist Jim Rimmer. In 2008, P22 type foundry commissioned Rimmer to create a new type design that became the first-ever simultaneous release of a digital font and hand-set metal font. Rimmer was one of only a few who possessed the skills needed to create a metal font.
Making Faces: Metal Type in the 21st Century 2011
The Frog Princes
The Frog Princes
A Montreal-based theater troupe is working tirelessly to put on a play. The challenges they face are also a part of the usual drama behind any live show. There's the backstage politics, the forgotten lines, the missed cues, the romances and the rivalries. But for this troupe, the stakes are a bit higher - each cast member faces intellectual, developmental and mental health disabilities, ranging from Down syndrome to autism to schizophrenia
The Frog Princes 2011
Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football
Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football
Follows a predominately Arab-American high school football team from Dearborn, Michigan during the last ten days of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and unearths the story of a community desperately holding onto its Islamic faith while struggling to gain acceptance in post 9-11 America.
Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football 2011
Iron Crows
Iron Crows
Every day some 20,000 people in Chittagong, a small port city of Bangladesh risk their lives for 2$US. They dismantle old ships retired from all over the world. An average of 20 workers dies in Chittagong every year. Despite the harsh working environment full of contaminants and toxic gases, the ships are gifts from God. A 21 year old Belal who left home 10 years ago, a Gascutter Rufik who has devoted all his 32 years in the shipbreaking-yards and a 12 year young child laborer Ekramul tell a heart-breaking story of their lives with breathtaking views of the ship-breaking yards.
Iron Crows 2011
Huber Brothers, The - Life on a Cliff Edge
Huber Brothers, The - Life on a Cliff Edge
Huber Brothers, The - Life on a Cliff Edge 2011
Alpi
Alpi
Armin Linke’s Alpi is the result of seven years of research on contemporary perceptions of the landscape of the Alps, juxtaposing places and situations across all eight bordering nations. Alpi shows the Alps as a key location, owing to its delicacy and environmental importance, where one can observe and study the complexity of social, economic, and political relationships. Even if the imagery of Alps is still that of a world that is pre-modern, Alpi presents that unique landscape as a laboratory of modernity and its illusions.
Alpi 2011
Rise of the Jellyfish
Rise of the Jellyfish
"Rise of the Jellyfish/3D" is a groundbreaking documentary special from Story House Productions. It takes an in-depth look at a new natural disaster: a growing scourge decimating coastlines around the world. The special examines the emerging jellyfish invasion that is descending on coastlines from Korea to Hawaii to New England to Florida and The Gulf Coast. Hear from scientists who are racing against time to understand why these primitive, mysterious creatures are suddenly breeding and spreading abnormally, wreaking havoc on unsuspecting populations worldwide.
Rise of the Jellyfish 2011
The Phantom Cat: Jaguar
The Phantom Cat: Jaguar
A jaguar is sought in South America.
The Phantom Cat: Jaguar 2011
La rue est à eux
La rue est à eux
La rue est à eux 2011
How do we know what we know?
How do we know what we know?
"How do we know what we know?" asks the journalist in the studio to the special correspondent in Turkey who couldn't get into the conflict zone in Syria. The news report he put together is therefore made out of amateur footage.
How do we know what we know? 2011
House of Shame: Chantal All Night Long
House of Shame: Chantal All Night Long
In this documentary, filmmaker Johanna Jackie Baier tells her story. It begins with Chantal’s escape to Berlin from the confines of a small country town in southwest Germany in 1980. Interweaving interviews and portraits, but also on- and off-stage stories, backstage gossip, copious amounts of music and excerpts from her shows, the film allows Chantal’s story to unfold before a backdrop of recent and very recent history. House of Shame takes us to the squats of Oranienstrasse of the early 1980s; to Martin Kippenberger’s newly founded club ‘SO36’; to the studios of the artists of the ‘Neuen Wilden’ movement, and the epicentre of gay emancipation. The film also takes a look at the lives and deaths of transsexuals. No amount of colourful parades and riotous parties can conceal the fault lines in a personality: a body can thwart everything and lead to apartheid among sex workers, in bars and even in everyday professional life.
House of Shame: Chantal All Night Long 2011