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Wings of Kyrgyzstan
As „wings of men“ they became the faithful companion of a great nomadic nation thousands of years ago.
Today, 28 years after the Soviet occupation, the little horse is an essential part of the cultural heritage and the search for identity of the modern Kyrgyz people. Based on its own story, a so called „good brown horse“ leads through the film and offers an insight of what it could mean to be „todays wings of men“. Told by a horse’s voice and through its eyes, this short film still is a documentary, but also a poetic journey to a nomadic culture.
Botswana: Trouble in the Elephant Sanctuary
Allegations of a significant elephant-poaching problem in Botswana have sparked a political row between the president and his predecessor. As Alastair Leithead reports, the issue has ignited a national debate over whether there are too many elephants and whether hunting should be re-introduced.
...und Charlie sagte: Go for Landing!
When Kennedy announced in 1961 that he wanted to take humans to the moon within a decade, Charles M. Duke was skeptical. Almost 11 years later, however, Charles M. Duke was standing on the moon himself. He gave Neil Armstrong the go-ahead for the landing on Apollo 11. Because he contracted rubella, the Apollo 13 crew had to be changed. In 1972, he landed with Apollo 16 and looked down on Earth from the moon himself.
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Led Zeppelin: Whole Lotta Rock
Led Zeppelin. One of the most iconic rock bands of all time, and key pioneers of heavy metal. Follow the band through their journey, from formation in 1968, their exciting climb to being one of the most successful and influential bands in history, up until their split following the tragic death of John Bonham in 1980. Led Zeppelin still have a large presence in the music industry today, having sold over 300 million records worldwide.
Through the Windows
A vivid trip down memory lane, Through the Windows celebrates San Francisco’s own beloved Twin Peaks bar. With its sky-high windows looking out onto the corner of Castro and Market, this landmark establishment stands not only as one of the gayborhood’s most beloved establishments but also as a testament to the revolutionary idea that gay people should be seen and celebrated rather than hide in the darkness of alleys and blacked-out windows. Whether you’re a regular who thinks of the bar as “Cheers for Queers” or a passerby, this snappy locally-produced documentary is chock-full of familiar faces and fascinating stories. Deeply personal interviews provide a history of this lesbian-owned bar as well as the Castro area—a blue collar Irish-Italian community in the ‘60s that became a gay mecca in the ‘70s, endured the health crisis of the ‘80s, and has served as a sense of home, family, and emotional nourishment for so many in our community every day of its 47-year history.
Resuscitation
A documentary about the life of a children’s resuscitator. For ten years he has been with children between life and death. Once his world collapsed, and he was left alone with the empty ceiling of a rented apartment. Then he covered his whole body with tattoos. Then he was in the center of two tragedies, to which the attention of the whole world was drawn.
Truth Be Told: Rick Ankiel
"Truth Be Told: Rick Ankiel" gives insight into Ankiel's personal journey of redemption - overcoming a troubled youth, high expectations, and psychological struggles to achieve success on the field.
The Calling
They left ordinary life, wife, kids, work and entered to a monastery.
In its portraits of three monks, Erik Praus’s documentary captures the inimitable spiritual ambiance and mysticism of Pochayiv Lavra, an Eastern Orthodox monastery on a hill above the town of Pochayiv in western Ukraine’s Ternopil Oblast. Fathers Gabriel, Vicilentius and Nazarij have left their past traumas behind, finding peace, balance and their lives’ meaning at the monastery.
Their stories are allegories of spiritualization and purification from human passions against the backdrop of the turbulent Ukrainian reality.
Motivated by material need and spiritual desperation, the faithful flock to this place of pilgrimage in search of new strength and forgiveness. The film respectfully observes the monks’ everyday lives, while also noticing the opulent splendour of their surroundings.
The road to faith is not a privilege of the chosen few; it is open to all who hear its “calling”.
Tscharniblues II
Bern, 1979: a tower block called Tscharnergut. Together with a few friends (among them famous Swiss actor Stefan Kurt), director Aron Nick's father and uncle shoot the idealistic Super 8 film "Dr Tscharniblues" ("The Tscharni Blues") – a wild, unvarnished self-portrait of their generation. 40 years later, Nick gathers the friends at Tscharnergut and asks what has happened to them and their ideals in the meantime. What have the achieved? What have they lost? Past, present, and future clash and form a journey of personal disappointments, hopes, and a collective search for identity. In "Tscharniblues II," Aron Nick discovers a kind of friendship that can weather anything.
Kids in the Spotlight
This film accompanies five children of the young ensemble of the Friedrichstadt-Palast during the creation of the new children's play from the castings to the rehearsals to the grand premiere evening in front of 2,000 spectators.
Classic Albums: The Chirping Crickets
Among the first half-dozen debuts by rock ’n’ roll’s original founders, more significantly it was the first rock album credited to a band rather than a solo artist, as well as a landmark in the history of independent recording methods. Crowned by four of Holly and The Crickets’ best-loved and biggest-selling singles - That’ll Be the Day, Not Fade Away, Maybe Baby and Oh, Boy! - The Chirping Crickets was one of only two albums Buddy Holly recorded in his tragically brief career.
Ouvertures
Reflecting on the legacy of Haitian revolutionary Toussaint L’Ouverture, Ouvertures follows a collective’s process of translating Édouard Glissant’s play Monsieur Toussaint from French to Creole.
Legends of War: Battle of Baideng
The war units of the Hun Emperor Mete Han and the Chinese Emperor Gao-Zu, the father of the turan tactic used by the Turks for centuries, come face to face in the Battle of Baideng. The war genius Mete Han was going to surround the Chinese with an unexpected war tactic and inflict a heavy defeat on them.
Life as a B-Movie: Piero Vivarelli
The unbridled life and kaleidoscopic filmography of Piero Vivarelli, who made Italian B-movies of all genres, wrote hit rock songs and penned the screenplay for Sergio Corbucci's Western "Django," adored by Quentin Tarantino, are intertwined in a portrait of an unsung postwar provocateur and revolutionary (the only non-Cuban besides Che Guevara to be given a Cuban Communist Party card signed by Fidel Castro). The creative doc is also a prism into an unexplored territory of Italian — and by extension global — pop culture and its unique vitality.
Infiltration: Conscience Trade
What happens behind the walls of our hospitals? How do doctors treat us? How can a healthy child become a lying wreck? All this was revealed by a hidden camera in the next episode of Infiltration ... (Česká televize)
Where We Used to Swim
Lake Urmia in Northern Iran was once the largest lake in the Middle East. Human influence brought upon a devastating drought that the lake could not withstand, and today, just 5% of the original lake remains.
Duerrenwaid 8
An animated documentary that fuses stories of a house, a garden and a stream, and also beehives and huts in the forest.
Guy Martin's D-Day Landing
Guy Martin undertakes a challenge to restore a plane from the Second World War, and recreate a parachute jump into Normandy, as thousands of Allied soldiers did during D-Day.
Planet Malek
Ahmed Malek’s name might have been forgotten by his fellow Algerians but his timeless tunes certainly haven’t. Called the Ennio Morricone of Algiers, he composed music for more than 200 movies, amongst which the most famous films of the Algerian New Wave in the 70s and the 80s can be found. Paloma Colombe, a DJ, digger and documentary director, went to Algiers to meet his daughter, friends and former coworkers. Images of the city by night offer a perfect background to Ahmed Malek’s music. Globetrotter, pioneer of electronic music and of the concept of the home studio, he created a unique sound that truly goes beyond genres and countries.
Don't Look Now: 4K Restoration Featurette
New featurette, Steve Bearman (senior colorist at Silver Salt Restoration) discusses some of the issues that had to be addressed during the 4K restoration of Don't Look Now. Cinematographer Anthony B. Richmond also comments on the type of look that he and the restorers wanted to preserve for the final product. Before and after comparisons are provided.
David Parker Ray: The Toy Box Killer
This video takes a walk through this horrifying case to uncover the dark secrets he kept hidden from the world for decades. He's one of the few serial killers that was never convicted of murder.
All Come From Dust
A loop of edgeless bend. You were its doom, he was its bloom. You were its tomb, he was its womb. You were its gloom, he was its loom. For Heaven and Hell, were words made of fume.
The Game Designers
Board games are exploding in popularity. With scores of players, huge conventions, countless media outlets, and thousands of games coming out each year, the board game industry is truly a global phenomenon. But who makes all of the games that fuel this industry? And how are all of these games designed, developed, and eventually released to the public? The answer is found in The Game Designers!
All We've Got
A personal exploration of LGBTQI women’s communities, cultures, and social justice work through the lens of the physical spaces they create, from bars to bookstores to arts and political hubs.
Two Moons
Filmed on November 21 and 22, 2018 in Valencia, California. A gibbous and full moon rising.
For My Father's Kingdom
The church of Tonga demands donations, especially from those who have left the country. This personal documentary follows the family of Saia Mafile’o who, decades after moving to New Zealand, still dedicates his life and money entirely to his homeland.
+6 Gain
An unsettling look at a group of young people that seem to linger in a kind of perpetual twilight, while playing and getting high. Like dancing on the brink of an abyss that stares defiantly at you. A film that moves from being observational to being abstract and sensorial. The revelation of a unique talent. Precise, powerful, with a touch of techno.
Yooper Creoles: Finnish Music in Michigan's Copper Country
When the immigrants came to America, their cultures entered the "great melting pot." In Michigan's Upper Peninsula Finnish immigrants mixed their musical traditions with many other cultures, creating a sound that was unique to the "Copper Country."
A Primeira Foto
At 30 years of age, the director is coming to terms with the death of his father, who he does not remember, through images he attempts to reconstruct. This is the case with his first photo, taken in a photography studio that still today lives on in his memory.
Lugau City Lights - Ein DDR-Dorf schreibt Popgeschichte
May '68, My Father and Some Nails
Bricomonge is closing down! A son films his father during the last months preceding the closure of his hardware store, giving him an opportunity to question his father about his past and his life choices. The son tries to understand what led his Maoist activist father of the 60s–70s—the intellectual graduate—to sell nails.
Fechtbuch: The Real Swordfighting behind Kingdom Come
A realistic medieval game demands realistic medieval combat! The documentary Fechtbuch not only charts Warhorse Studio’s quest to create a unique experience, but also presents medieval martial arts as a phenomenon and an important element of European history.
Life to AfterLife: I Died, Now What
Craig McMahon asks leading spiritual experts about the afterlife. What happens when we die, where do we go, and what is important to know about the afterlife.
Endless Letterpress
Facing deteriorating machines and the advance of new technologies, Argentine printing presses are closing up their shops. A group of young designers has rediscovered this great technical innovation in the history of the written word – the typesetting printing press – but the technique is difficult to learn, passed down from master to apprentice. The last press mechanic in the country will be in charge of teaching them so that this historic technique endures.
Die fünf Geparde - Gemeinsam durch die Serengeti
Wolf vs Bear
In the far reaches of the North, wolf and bear come head to head. Winter has been long. The melting ice reveal scattered carcasses in the Swamp: a feast worth fighting for. The bears must fatten up before Winter comes again, the wolves must strengthen their pack. The Swamp has been their battleground for decades, who will rule the North?
Northern Wind Can Be Warm
The hermit and philosopher and reindeer herder Alexander has lived alone for many years in the heart of the arctic taiga in Yakutia. Alexander's life is an endless struggle for survival. Instead of a shop, there are mountains, instead of a refrigerator, a stream, instead of the Internet, a walkie-talkie. For 20 years he has not been to the city. Someday he wants to go on a world tour, to see Tibet, Rome, Australia. But for now, deer, nature and a dream are all that he has.