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4 Iulie 1977: Cutremurul neștiut
4 Iulie 1977: Cutremurul neștiut
Short documentary about Nicolae Ceaușescu's decision to prematurely halt the retrofitting and repair of buildings in Bucharest after the earthquake in 1977. Based on the official transcript of the meeting that took place on the 4th of July 1977 - 4 months after the earthquake had happened.
4 Iulie 1977: Cutremurul neștiut 2023
Aoley Yilan
Aoley Yilan
Aolei Yilan lead her tribe to defend against russian invasion in 17th century China
Aoley Yilan 1979
The Battle of Canakkale
The Battle of Canakkale
Pilot Captain Salih Ekrem is a young air officer and one of the first Ottoman pilots.
The Battle of Canakkale 2015
Panorama Ephemera
Panorama Ephemera
Collage of sequences drawn from a wide variety of ephemeral (industrial, advertising, educational) films, touring the conflicted landscapes of twentieth-century America.
Panorama Ephemera 2004
Grozny Blues
Grozny Blues
«Grozny Blues» follows a few people around Grozny, the capital of war-torn Chechnya where daily life is defined by political repression, constricting customs, forced Islamification and the failure to come to terms with recent history. The film revolves around four women who have been fighting for human rights under worsening conditions for many years but get more and more disillusioned with the situation in Putin’s Russia. The building where they work is also home to a Blues Club that is frequented by a group of young people. Having only vague memories of the Chechen wars in the 90s, they try to make sense of the strange things that are happening in their country. In linking the personal and intimate to the political, Nicola Bellucci shows in a dramatic and yet very poetic way what it means to live in a divided society that navigates a no-man’s land between war and peace, repression and freedom, archaic traditions and modern life.
Grozny Blues 2015
Jaurès
Jaurès
A studio. A man and a woman. Moving images on the screen, which he comments on, spurred on by her questions. All the footage was shot from the window of a flat: views of the street, the metro line running above it, the canal, into the windows of the buildings opposite. The flat belongs to the man’s lover, the man is a guest, spending his nights there but never his days. By the canal, young men from Afghanistan set up makeshift shelters as the man looks on, developing increasing sympathy for them. The seasons change, winter, spring, summer.
Jaurès 2012
Baloch
Baloch
What is the English language plot outline for Baloch (2023)?
Baloch 2023
The Betrothed
The Betrothed
Based on the famous historical novel by Alessandro Manzoni, and set between 1628 and 1630 in Lombardy, Northern Italy, during the Spanish domination, the film displays the marriage between two young textile workers, Renzo and Lucia. The 1922 version is one of the most ambitious and spectacular films in all Italian silent cinema, with remarkable mass scenes and some images that sparked controversy.
The Betrothed 1922
Giscard, l'impossible retour
Giscard, l'impossible retour
Giscard, l'impossible retour 2014
Rok 1863
Rok 1863
In the Battle of Małogoszcz Prince Jozef Odrowaz was seriously wounded . Miss Salomea Brynicka and his father risked their own lives giving him food and shelter.
Rok 1863 1922
November Days
November Days
Marcel Ophüls interviews various important Eastern European figures for their thoughts on the reunification of Germany and the fall of Communism.
November Days 1991
Dawn of Islam
Dawn of Islam
This is the story of young Hassem, the son of a powerful sheik, set at the beginning of Hegira. When the youngster's uncle is murdered, Hassem decides to go to Mecca with a view to finding the culprit and punishing him. But what he discovers there is not the murderer but the prophet Muhammad. Touched by grace, Hassem converts to the new religion and comes back to his village to propagate the new faith. Which is not to his father's liking, since the Muslim religion is opposed to feudal rights and privileges. The infuriated sheik curses his son and starts persecuting the new converts.
Dawn of Islam 1971
Tung Hsiaowen
Tung Hsiaowen
Tung Hsiaowen 1963
Godzina pąsowej róży
Godzina pąsowej róży
A girl finds herself transported to 1880's Warsaw.
Godzina pąsowej róży 1963
The Presumption of Justice
The Presumption of Justice
Through the socio-political overview of the problematic structure of fan clubs and football supporters in Serbia, this movie focuses on a particular case of an incident involving a French citizen - football fan in Belgrade, which led to 12 young people being convicted to 240 years of prison. One of them is Stefan Velickovic. This is the story about the man who became a part of a huge political scandal, and his right to defend himself. As someone who has not even been at the spot of the incident, he has been pronounced guilty of a crime. What are the interests and intentions for making Stefan a scapegoat?
The Presumption of Justice 2012
Prince Rastko of Serbia
Prince Rastko of Serbia
The story of the life of a Serbian prince Rastko Nemanjić - Saint Sava.
Prince Rastko of Serbia 2021
Suitcase of Love and Shame
Suitcase of Love and Shame
A forbidden love story played out in a decade that would soon spawn the sexual revolution. Part historical documentary and part experimental narrative the film reconstructs a mesmerizing and erotic narrative from 60 hours of reel-to-reel audiotape discovered in a suitcase. Recorded in the 1960's by a Mid-western woman and her lover they chronicle the details of their adulterous love affair. Reliant on recording devises to document and memorialize their affair the tape recorder evolves as a confidant, witness and participant, always omnipresent creating a welcomed threesome. Mirroring the compulsion to confess ones indiscretions in today's Internet world these captivating recordings speak to an audience that can remember Bert Parks as well as one who has never set finger to a rotary phone.
Suitcase of Love and Shame 2013
War Dogs of the Pacific
War Dogs of the Pacific
It’s 1942, somewhere in the Pacific: Deadly ambushes by entrenched Japanese in the thick jungles take a heavy toll on American troops. Marine commanders were willing to try anything, including using dogs to sniff out the hidden enemy. But even with their superior senses, nobody anticipated just how effective they would be.
War Dogs of the Pacific 2009
Seeds
Seeds
The film is based on the true story of the Great Catholic Christian Massacre of nearly 700 Christians that took place in 1544 in Mannar and the chain of events related to the same massacre that took place in 1560.
Seeds 2022
Rediscovery: The Lives of Cordwainer Smith
Rediscovery: The Lives of Cordwainer Smith
When a mysterious science fiction author dies, his fans discover the secret behind his unusual pen name: he had been a soldier, spy, diplomat, and psychological warrior, and his stories contain far more than meets the eye.
Rediscovery: The Lives of Cordwainer Smith 2023
Playing Under The Moon
Playing Under The Moon
This is the story of two teenage women affected by violence and the painful journey to become full and liberated. One, Maruja is a young rape victim. The other Carmen Luisa is beaten by violence within her own family.
Playing Under The Moon 2000
The Sordid Affair
The Sordid Affair
At the height of the Watergate scandal on April 30, 1973, President Richard Nixon delivered his first major speech broadcast live from the White House, addressing the charges being made against his Presidency. Produced by Dimitri Devyatkin, with Walter Wright on synthesizer, the video is an overlay of mesmerizing computerized animations that reflect upon the speech.
The Sordid Affair 1972
Contingency
Contingency
Shortly after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, writer Rob Sterling is tasked by the CIA to write a cover story for the assassination within one week. If he fails, he dies. Will the pen prove mightier than the sword?
Contingency 2024
Drain the Oceans: Arctic War
Drain the Oceans: Arctic War
From a long lost US base beneath the Arctic ice cap, to a sunken Soviet submarine, the Cold War's toxic legacy is both fascinating and terrifying.
Drain the Oceans: Arctic War 2021
Summer Crisis
Summer Crisis
In the summer of 1969, Bernard, a Gaspesian fisherman's son, arrive in Perce to fin work. He meets Paul, Jacques and Francis, Quebec Independence activists who have come to open the 'Fisherman's House'. They aim to organize public conferences and offer lodgings to young travelers. A motley crowd of Quebecers from all over the province soon flocks to Perce: artists, hippies, rockers, hitchhikers and the like shake local authorities. Bernard is won over by the trio's ideas and gets increasingly involved in their project. The following year, the will join the Front de liberation du Quebec (FLQ) and play a pivotal role in the Summer Crisis 1969.
Summer Crisis 2013
Mafioso: In the Heart of Darkness
Mafioso: In the Heart of Darkness
Three members of the Cosa Nostra, the Sicilian Mafia, who were captured in the early nineties and cooperated with the authorities in exchange for immunity, tell how they became criminals, what their experiences were within the bloody organization and how they managed to leave it.
Mafioso: In the Heart of Darkness 2022
The Warrior Empress
The Warrior Empress
The poetess Sappho led an uprising against the corrupt government of the island of Lesbos.
The Warrior Empress 1960
Jerry Building: Unholy Relics of Nazi Germany
Jerry Building: Unholy Relics of Nazi Germany
Jonathan Meades explores the architecture of Nazi Germany, from its holiday camps to its concentration camps.
Jerry Building: Unholy Relics of Nazi Germany 1994
Exodus 1826
Exodus 1826
Exodus 1826 2017
L’Amérique lui doit son nom : Amerigo Vespucci
L’Amérique lui doit son nom : Amerigo Vespucci
L’Amérique lui doit son nom : Amerigo Vespucci 2023
Operation Autumn
Operation Autumn
A film about General Humberto Delgado's brutal assassination by the Portuguese fascist police in 1965.
Operation Autumn 2012
Dance Around the Steam Boiler
Dance Around the Steam Boiler
The movie travels through the 20th century by monitoring a steam boiler. We see the history of Estonia through life, agricultural work and people at different times.
Dance Around the Steam Boiler 1988
Egypt: The Treasure Of The Sacred Bulls
Egypt: The Treasure Of The Sacred Bulls
This documentary follows a team of archaeologists, mandated by the Louvre Museum, as they pick up where Egyptologist Auguste Mariette left-off with his discovery of the Serapeum tomb of the bull of Apis - one of the most sacred places in Saqqara, Egypt, in 1850. Mariette also managed to map out a network of underground tunnels leading to other burial sites that he did not have time to uncover. With exclusive access, we follow a team of archaeologists continue the research of Mariette.
Egypt: The Treasure Of The Sacred Bulls 2024
9/11: Inside the Pentagon
9/11: Inside the Pentagon
The Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the Pentagon is recalled via the first-person accounts of Pentagon personnel, first responders, aviation experts and journalists. Included: Department of Defense footage from inside the Pentagon.
9/11: Inside the Pentagon 2016
Mito Kōmon Manyu-ki
Mito Kōmon Manyu-ki
This is the only surviving "Mito Komon Manyu-ki" film. This release also known as Adrift Tour Memoir is an 80-minute compilation of the first and second parts (147 minutes), which were re-edited and screened at a time when presentable films were dried up immediately after the defeat of the war.
Mito Kōmon Manyu-ki 1938
Temporary Government in Shanghai
Temporary Government in Shanghai
The story deals with the life of Kim Gu, who dedicated his life for the good of his country and people.
Temporary Government in Shanghai 1969
Chopin, Chopin!
Chopin, Chopin!
Set in 1830s Paris, Frédéric Chopin’s personal and professional lives are explored through eleven distinct chapters while also exploring the wider artistic scene of Paris at the time.
Chopin, Chopin! 1
The Eloquent Peasant
The Eloquent Peasant
Based on one of the major literary texts survived from the Middle Kingdom, the classical period of Egyptian literature, The Eloquent Peasant is a combination of a morality/folk tale and a poem. The events are set between 2160 and 2025 BC. When the peasant Khun-anup and his donkey stumble upon the lands of the noble Rensi, the peasant’s goods are confiscated and he’s unjustly accused of theft. The peasant petitions Rensi who is so taken by the peasant’s eloquence that he report his astonishing discovery to the king. The king realises the peasant has been wronged but delays judgement so as to he can hear more of his eloquence. The peasant makes a total of nine petitions until finally, his goods are returned.
The Eloquent Peasant 1970
The Right Man
The Right Man
Film on presidential campaigns and the right to vote. Used as educational material in American classrooms.
The Right Man 1960
Farzand
Farzand
Maharashtra has a very well known history and in that, the period of Shivaji Maharaj is of pride to us all. Adilshah from Bijapur was the strongest enemy of Shivaji Maharaj and the ruler of Konkan and Maharashtra. Shivaji established Swaraj in these parts and set the people free from Adilshah's slavery. And hence, he became Shivaji's biggest enemy. Adilshah later, declared a war against Shivaji Maharaj and captured the Panhala fort. After several attempts for recapturing the fort, Shivaji Maharaj failed. Adilshah, being a tricky politician, appointed the brutal Beshakh Khan as the guardian of the fort. The illegal and immoral acts of Beshakh Khan was against Swaraj and a hurdle for the coronation of Shivaji Maharaj. To stop him and capture the fort of Panhala was now an issue of prestige for Shivaji Maharaj. Farzand is the movie about Shivaji Maharaj's 60 great warriors lead by Kondaji Farzand, which portrays their great achievements in capturing Panhala fort.
Farzand 2018