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Ola Bola
Ola Bola
Set in the 1970s, a multicultural team of Malaysian football players struggle to overcome personal and collective hardships as a team. Together they create the most triumphant zero to hero story and gain a place at the Asian Games.
Ola Bola 2016
Der Bockerer IV - Prager Frühling
Der Bockerer IV - Prager Frühling
In the year 1968, the “Bockerer” has decided, after many attempts, to marry his long-time widowed housekeeper, Anna. Gustl, whom he as taken in like a son after the war, will open a butchery in the Czech small town Kostelec and invites the Bockerers to spend their wedding journey with him and his Elena. The “Prague Spring”, of which everywhere is talked so much about, promises a nice honeymoon, and their friend Hatzinger is taken along on the journey as well. Soon after their arrival, the Bockerer has to realize that “Communism with a human face” is still an idle wish.
Der Bockerer IV - Prager Frühling 2003
Postwar Album
Postwar Album
Winter 2019. Spanish war photographer Gervasio Sánchez, who documented with his camera the long and tragic siege of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War (1992-95), returns to the city in search of the children he met among the ruins, those who survived to grow up, live and remember.
Postwar Album 2021
Les Trésors du Paris de la Belle Époque
Les Trésors du Paris de la Belle Époque
Les Trésors du Paris de la Belle Époque 2021
Lucky Country
Lucky Country
1902....the Australian Federation is a year old. Twelve year-old Tom's father, Nat, has dragged him and his sister, Sarah, to an isolated farm at the edge of the woods. But Nat's dream of living off the land has died and he is losing his grip on sanity. When three ex-soldiers arrive at their cabin one night Tom, like his father, believes they are providence.
Lucky Country 2009
Northern Crusades
Northern Crusades
Historical epic about the uprising of the Prussians agains the Teutonic crusaders.
Northern Crusades 1972
Shanghai Vance King
Shanghai Vance King
Set in the 1930s in the international city of Shanghai, the film follows the extravagant life and times of a group of jazz musicians, living from one advance paycheck to the next, as the country teeters over the brink into the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Shanghai Vance King 1984
Remembering You
Remembering You
Remembering You 2017
Moog
Moog
Best known as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer, Robert Moog was an American pioneer of electronic music, and shaped musical culture with some of the most inspiring electronic instruments ever created. This "compelling documentary portrait of a provocative, thoughtful and deeply sympathetic figure" (New York Times) peeks into the inventor's mind and the worldwide phenomenon he fomented.
Moog 2004
On Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight
On Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight
The Wings the Wright Brothers Built! On Great White Wings is the amazing story of the Wright brothers and their quest to fly. It is also the theater presentation at Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio where the Wright brothers built, tested and flew what would become the world’s first practical airplane. Self-taught scientists and engineers, Wilbur and Orville taught the world how to fly and are one of America’s greatest success stories. Produced by Aperture Films, Ltd. for the National Park Service. The Sky is No Longer the Limit For over four years, the Wright brother’s struggled with the race for flight. Beginning with just wood and fabric gliders at Kitty Hawk and transforming into the fully functional 1905 Wright Flyer III in Dayton, this inspiring film documents the Wright Brother’s path to make their dream of human flight a reality.
On Great White Wings: The Wright Brothers and the Race for Flight 2000
Stille Retter - Überleben im besetzten Frankreich
Stille Retter - Überleben im besetzten Frankreich
Stille Retter - Überleben im besetzten Frankreich 2017
Hitler's Games, Berlin 1936
Hitler's Games, Berlin 1936
Summer 1936 - The Berlin Olympics, organized by the Nazi regime on the eve of World War II, acted as a grand showcase for a Germany that was athletic, peaceful and rejuvenated. The violence and hate that until then had reigned in the streets of Berlin suddenly vanished. Adolf Hitler became the triumphant host of European countries he would soon try to invade or face in a deadly global conflict.
Hitler's Games, Berlin 1936 2016
Martial Arts Encyclopedia
Martial Arts Encyclopedia
Martial Arts Encyclopedia
Martial Arts Encyclopedia 1934
Čas lásky a naděje
Čas lásky a naděje
Čas lásky a naděje 1976
Children on the Island
Children on the Island
The story of a teacher who comes to a village on the Inland Sea and the relationship that develops between her and her 12 pupils.
Children on the Island 1987
Guedelon II: Rebuilding the Past
Guedelon II: Rebuilding the Past
For the past twenty years, in the Burgundy region of France, archaeologists and craftsmen have been working on the reconstruction of the fortified castle of Guedelon using the same techniques and materials available in medieval times; a fascinating project that brings to the present a vivid image of the past.
Guedelon II: Rebuilding the Past 2019
New Balance: Grey Days
New Balance: Grey Days
Grey Days is a journey through New Balance history that explores the brand’s running heritage and its popularity in style subcultures from the DMV to Tokyo, through the lens of longtime enthusiasts, and features appearances by UK Rapper Dave, star defensive end Chase Young, and skateboarding legend Andrew Reynolds.
New Balance: Grey Days 2024
Bloody Che Contra
Bloody Che Contra
The story of Che Guevara's desperate attempt to escape the mountains of Bolivia. Pursued by an elite ranger unit of the army led by a determined CIA agent, Che is eventually trapped and his men are killed.
Bloody Che Contra 1968
Hawaizaada
Prime Video
Hawaizaada
In 1895, Shivkar Bapuji Talpade constructs and flies India's first unmanned plane, despite having the odds stacked against him.
Hawaizaada 2015
Alive and Kicking
Alive and Kicking
Alive and Kicking gives the audience an intimate, insider’s view into the culture of the current swing dance world while shedding light on issues facing modern American society.
Alive and Kicking 2017
Tall Tales: The Ireland of Orson Welles
Tall Tales: The Ireland of Orson Welles
The story of famous actor and director Orson Welles is told through his two visits to the Republic of Ireland; first in his youth as a promising young actor and finally in later years as a washed up icon of the silver screen.
Tall Tales: The Ireland of Orson Welles 2021
Les Sentinelles de l'oubli
Les Sentinelles de l'oubli
The war memorials of 1914-1918 have become so familiar that we no longer see them. They've become an invisible museum, blending into the landscape of France. Then, one fine day, a sculpture catches our eye. Another History appears, perhaps the most gigantic artistic project since the cathedrals...
Les Sentinelles de l'oubli 2023
The Lost Lincoln
The Lost Lincoln
For the first time, one of American history’s greatest undiscovered artifacts is revealed — an 1865 image of Abraham Lincoln on his deathbed. Now, Professor Whietny Braun is on a mission to determine the authenticity of the photo.
The Lost Lincoln 2020
Nazi Death Camp: The Great Escape
Nazi Death Camp: The Great Escape
The secret Nazi death camp at Sobibor was created solely for the mass extermination of Jews. But on the 14th October 1943, in one of the biggest and most successful prison revolts of WWII, the inmates fought back.
Nazi Death Camp: The Great Escape 2014
El baile de San Juan
El baile de San Juan
It is the final decade of the 18th century in New Spain. We are in Mexico City, inhabited by local adventurers, native inhabitants and Europeans of every kind. In these surroundings, our characters, Jerónimo Marani, court choreographer, Giovanni, his mestizo son, and Victoria, the daughter of the most prominent family in the city, who is in love with Giovanni, live a life of love and aversion, court intrigue and popular grievances, Viceregal dogmas and dreams of freedom. Mexico´s war of independence is only a few years in the future.
El baile de San Juan 2010
Age of Consent
Age of Consent
The story of the HOIST, London's first and only Gay Fetish Bar, coincides with the political struggle to decriminalize homosexual activity within the United Kingdom.
Age of Consent 2014
The Village Tattooed Man
The Village Tattooed Man
A tragic period film about a gangster who comes out of prison and finds it hard to find a place again in society.
The Village Tattooed Man 1935
The Timok Rebellion
The Timok Rebellion
In 1883 Milan Obrenovic, arrogant and despotic king of Serbia, felt threatened by the militia segments of his army. In order to remove that threat he disbanded militia. However, people of Timok Valley decide not to surrender their arms to the regular troops. The movie was made for the 100th anniversary of the event.
The Timok Rebellion 1983
Shahid
Shahid
Narges Shahid Kalhor is a director seeking to be rid of the "Shahid" (martyrs), who are too heavy a burden. From Bavarian bureaucracy and therapy to dancing with Iran’s past generations and their long shadows, she twirls through a heady autofiction.
Shahid 2024
National Theater Live: The Crucible
National Theater Live: The Crucible
A witch hunt is beginning in Arthur Miller's captivating parable of power with Erin Doherty (The Crown) and Brendan Cowell (Yerma). Raised to be seen but not heard, a group of young women in Salem suddenly find their words have an almighty power. As a climate of fear, vendetta and accusation spreads through the community, no one is safe from trial. Lindsey Turner (Hamlet) directs this contemporary new staging, design by Tony award winner Es Devlin. Captured live from the Olivier stage of the national theater.
National Theater Live: The Crucible 2023
Rosa Bonheur
Rosa Bonheur
Based on the life of Rosa Bonheur, a trailblazing feminist and artist who rose to fame in 19th century France.
Rosa Bonheur 1
The Smuggler and Her Charges
The Smuggler and Her Charges
A captivating and personal detective story that uncovers the truth behind the childhood of Michaël Prazan's father, who escaped from Nazi-occupied France in 1942 thanks to the efforts of a female smuggler with mysterious motivations.
The Smuggler and Her Charges 2016
Le Roi Soleil
Le Roi Soleil
Le Roi Soleil 1
Temno
Temno
Temno 1951
Sugar Fields
Sugar Fields
A young peasant is forced to flee for killing involuntarily an abusive guard. After an entire year hiding in a remote fishing island, he decides to return to his countryside and reunite with his wife and daughters.
Sugar Fields 2016
Outbreak: Anatomy of a Plague
Prime Video
Outbreak: Anatomy of a Plague
Patient Zero is a stewardess, stricken with what she thinks is chickenpox. She goes to ground in a Montreal hotel room. A few weeks later, she's back on the job, unaware of her role in an impending public health catastrophe. Pandemics have killed more people throughout history than all wars combined. They are unpredictable - and inevitable. Are we ready for the next big one? Outbreak: Anatomy of a Plague juxtaposes a 21st century scenario against the little-known story of the 1885 smallpox epidemic that devastated Montreal. Combining brisk narrative with rigorous research, it vividly evokes a modern city under siege, drawing eerie parallels with 1885. Confronted with social unrest, ethnic scapegoating and economic ruin, authorities struggle to maintain control - and to contain a deadly infection.
Outbreak: Anatomy of a Plague 2010
Minions: Rise of Yeat
Minions: Rise of Yeat
Yeat joins Kevin, Bob, Stuart, and Otto to fight lean minions
Minions: Rise of Yeat 2022
Titanic: Untold Stories
Titanic: Untold Stories
The gripping personal accounts of the people and the tragedy. In never-before-seen footage, we journey with historian Charles Haas, as he descends into the depths of the North Atlantic and guides us on a tour of the RMS Titanic. While recounting tales of triumph and struggle, we see among the many sites the doors where all passengers would have entered, peer through the porthole of a first class cabin, see the davits where the too few lifeboats hung and pause by the mail room where the postal workers heroically died. This unique footage coupled with letters, old stills, artifacts and new recreations tells the amazing human stories of this famous ship as never before.
Titanic: Untold Stories 1997
79 A.D.
79 A.D.
Intrigue at the Roman Emperor's court prior to its destruction by Vesuvius.
79 A.D. 1962
Seven Arhat
Seven Arhat
The Chinese version of Home Alone; this action comedy chronicles the antics of the seven mischievous young monks Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La and Si as they seek to outwit a group of grave robbers through entertaining tricks and kung fu.
Seven Arhat 2010