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The film is a true story on the life of the Kocho Topencharov, who after 40 years spent in Albania, returns in his fatherland – Macedonia, with his wife and children. The story begins in Ohrid, when Kocho falls in love with Maria. In 1950, she returns in Albania, where her family lived. In 1950, Kocho illegally crosses the state border of Albania to find his love. But, the birocracy of Albanian state consider him as a spy and he spends many years in jail. Later, he is released, but he is not allowed to return to Macedonia. He marries Maria in Albania… This is a film about his love & life story.

Basic tips on the operation of Japanese weaponry folded into an exercise routine.

Through personal anecdotes, metaphor, and straight talk, Balancing Act examines how Asian American women relate to each other, and by extension, how all women relate to one another. Investigating themes of appearance, image, social competition, identity and cultural negotiation, the film ponders adopting individual identities amidst larger gender and cultural context.

Explores issues facing Chinese women in same-sex relationships. Interviews are intercut with archival footage of a classic Cantonese opera singer known for being a "mannish" woman.

Messianic Judaism is a religious movement that differs from mainstream Christianity and from Judaism by combining elements of each into a single faith.

Pál Schiffer's classic documentary about the closing of the Videoton factory as it falls prey to unfortunate economic transitions.

A short documentary about the works of Cassiano Branco, a modernist architect from Portugal

A resident of the Cantagalo favela in Rio de Janeiro, Adão Xalebaradã is the composer of more than 500 songs and has never been recorded in Brazil.

A private commercial agent investigates the rising popularity of the ”Pingu” cartoon.

The filmmaker looks into problems of personal communication by focusing on the letters of a woman who has done enjokosai, that is, a young woman who agrees to talk with or meet or go to a hotel with (usually older) men for money. The director himself met Ryoko, the film's subject, via her telephone messaging system. Discarding the flood of sensational images found in the mass media, this film illustrates the thoughts of Ryoko and others from the perspective of those actually involved.

The Sun Still Shines is a documentary that presents a slice of the life of people who question their future when their only recourse is food aid. It tells of war and landmines and the United Nations intervention in Angola. The film is the Angolan episode of the serial “Under the United Nations,” produced by La Sept Arte Television to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the United Nations.

Japanese shockumentary from the MAD catalogue focusing on catastrophes

A documentary about people in Stockholm and their daily commutes.

Portraits of contemporary African women from four West African nations: Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal and Benin.

Who was Jesus? Was He born of a virgin? Did He perform miracles? Did He die and rise from the dead? Was He the Son of God? Either this Man was and is the Son of God, or He was a madman, liar, and hoaxer that millions have followed for 2,000 years. Historians, scholars, and scientists examine the Man and His claims to include the Messianic prophecies, the virgin birth, the miracles, the teachings, and His death and resurrection. See the Bible and the life of Jesus under the scrutiny of inquiry as rarely before seen. The New Testament account of Jesus as the Messiah is fully examined through Scripture as well as through archaeology, history, and science to determine if what we read about Jesus is actually true and provable, or just a myth. Jesus proponents and critics confront each other. Enjoy heartwarming re-creations of the life of Christ as you make your own personal discoveries about Jesus.

"Adventure of a Dream" is the autobiography of a 20-year-old Romanian, Valentin Nita, and his dramatic flight from Romania to Austria after Ceausescu's fall in 1990.

People Magazine presents its retrospective of the most interesting people and events of 1995.

Documentary film about the Austrian graphic artist Alfred Kubin. Kubin's work is characterized by the depiction of fantastic dream visions, which are represented with a nervous drawing stroke. Kubin was inspired by the visionary and symbolic works of Francisco de Goya, James Ensor, Odilon Redon, Edvard Munch and Max Klinger, among others.

Concert in the Street (RTV Koper Capodistria) presents a traditional concert in Ljubljanska Street in Izola, where many musicians perform every summer. In 1990, Drago Mislej Mef, Franci Blašković, Drago Mlinarec and Vlado Kreslin performed.

A biographical story of Krzysztof Kieślowski. The production is composed of well-selected fragments of his documentaries and feature films. The aim of that is to create a universal human story: birth, education, maturation, love, work, illness, and death.

Student demonstrations of 1986 in Almaty and the ensuing crackdown and repression, told through a series of interviews. During the film, quotations from Gabriel Garcia Marquez’ One Hundred Years of Solitude are interspersed. The two young female film directors showed great courage in being able to make the film.

About the help of man to man, about the residence of people in need in the House of Mother Theresa.

During World War II, the propaganda engine of the U.S. government made a pivotal decision with unforeseeable results: they tapped John Huston to shoot war documentaries with an expressly patriotic spin. Few could guess the degree to which Huston's documentaries would depict the sheer brutality and horror of modern warfare - particularly his Let There Be Light and The Battle of San Pietro. The films served (by default) as cinematic protests, even as they graced new and brilliant heights within the scope of American documentary. (Indeed, Light was banned by the government for 35 years). Midge Mackenzie's 1998 documentary John Huston: War Stories explores this little known facet of Huston's career, intercutting clips from the various documentaries with a Huston interview shot just prior to his death.

PASSION is a film diary in which Reble accompanies his unborn child through the year, following the seasons until his birth. Reble's unfamiliar chemistry generates slowly pulsating structures and colors. Micro and macroscopic imagery build a near abstract, hypnotic landscape - an intimate perception of creation.

From 1984 to 1988, Robb Moss travelled around the world as a free-lance cameraman. In 1984 he got married, to Jean. They decided to start a family. During the subsequent four years, Robb's life moved to and fro between his job as a cameraman and the regular, but failing attempts to have children. In THE TOURIST he brings these two worlds together and examines the various ways in which the personal and professional crises mirrored each other: at times comically, sometimes ironically, at other times confusedly. A reflection on fertility, uselessness, and making documentaries. -IDFA

Women who are HIV-positive discuss how they "came out" about their infection and became politically active.

At the center of the politically stormy 1960s was the controversial but beloved mayor of Chicago, Richard J. Daley. Through archival footage and interviews with both friends and foes, this frank political biography reconstructs how "Da Mayor" rose from his Irish roots to build a power base securing his mayoralty for 21 years. Daley: The Last Boss depicts Chicago's infamous past, from bootlegging to ballot-box stuffing, to the race riots and antiwar demonstrations that tore the city apart.

Short film created for 1992 Hiccup: A Pop Culture Symposium benefit.

Documentary about the state of the conducting world in the 1990s. Broadcast as part of the BBC OMNIBUS strand of documentaries.

A documentary exploring the phenomenon of child labour in Gaza. The film tells the moving stories of four children, looking into the economic, social and political conditions that led them into the workforce at a young age, and examining the impact and implications for their families, the society and their future.

See cathedral-like sequoia groves, mountain meadows and glacier-carved canyons. Highlights include Giant Forest, Grant Grove, Moro Rock, Mineral King, Crystal Cave, Congress Trail, Roaring River Falls, Crescent Meadow and Mt. Whitney.

N.E.P. or The Stones God Threw on the Barricades was made as an independent project by TV Bordoshbagn for A1 Independent Television in Skopje. The film is of an undefined genre and speaks about the Third World lies, which renowned 'well-intentioned' missionaries, founders of certain foundations and institutes, have promoted in the countries of the former socialist regime, especially in Eastern Europe. This project is an outsider's look at the paradox about the secret beauty of power and the submission to that power. N.E.P. is a video reflection on the aesthetics of the transformation of power, looked at from the point of view of the ordinary man in the so-called transitional countries who, after five years of living in 'freedom' still can't understand why the most democratic system of them all – parliamentary democracy – is better than the one before.

A look at the unlikely community forged in the 200 degree heat of the last traditional steam baths in the U.S. From gamblers to "new age" masseuses, from poets to rabbis, the characters form a sometimes conflicting, yet often compelling voice. The film uses the baths to give a perspective on the evolution of city life, while bringing up issues of ethnicity, nostalgia, sexuality, spirituality and ritual. "When we sit in this intense heat", says one patron, "we're all the same - millionaire and pauper".

A documentary originally released in 1995 by Polydor Japan to the Japanese market. The documentary features members of The Cadigans discussing their early formation, daily life, touring, and more. It also features several music videos and a live performance.

A 25th-anniversary celebration of director George A. Romero's seminal horror classic Night of the Living Dead, with film clips from the original, interviews with many cast and crew members, and comments by such famous "fans" as directors Wes Craven,' Sam Raimi and Tobe Hooper.

The Who's landmark album, Who's Next, in a new remix by Steven Wilson, featuring bonus tracks from the 10 disc super deluxe box set. Includes stereo, 5.1, and Atmos mixes.

Documentary that deals with the "trash TV" of the 1990s.

As legend has it, there is an ancient curse associated with the mummys and tombs of the Egyptian pharaohs. Disturbing these embalmed remains has been said to bring bad luck, illness and death. Shortly after unearthing King Tut's tomb, Carnarvon was found dead.

Four tales of girls’ coming of age - through the trajectories of aspiration, curiosity, flamboyance and desire - are juxtaposed with testimonies of adult women on familial violence. The fictional tales and the documentary testimonies overlap, complement each other and then create a line of legacy of FEAR. The normalized and habitual moments in the daily lives of the women weave together a formidable web of fear. This omnipresent female fear then accompanies the young girls into the womanhood of vulnerability.

Documentary on the fall of O.J. Simpson after his arrest for double murder.

History in a hurry: Namibia becomes independent in March 1990, in July the Publicly Owned Enterprise DEFA becomes a GmbH, in October GDR becomes FRG East, in August a West and an East German filmmaker record one of the last GDR inconsistencies for DEFA. The state in pre-retirement sends 425 Namibian children, whom it had rescued from Angolan camps eleven years earlier, “home.” Hastily. But why? When Grote, Kunert and the children arrive, a Namibian minister explains that the East German supporters of these colonial war victims are now out of power. The new powers had no interest … In the Leipzig festival selection in 1990, and again in 1991, this film about German-Namibian foreignness and alienation cannot be found. The Retrospective 2024 makes up for this strange omission.

They were high schoolers, students, sons of peasants, workers. Among them were Jews, foreigners and Communists. Some were born in France, others in Poland, Hungary, Romania, Italy, Spain or Brazil. In 1939, they didn't know each other. In 1943, they took up arms together in Toulouse to fight the Nazi occupiers and the Vichy regime. Here, they tell their stories.

Portrait of Dr Hoa, an extraordinary woman who was a minister in the South Vietnamese revolutionary government. Her life is a battle, and that battle is a pleasure. During the war she was at times imprisoned and at times a member of the resistance. She tells Jocelyne Saab about her experiences.

The documentary Segredos de amor (Just Between Us) is a beautiful testament to the struggle of lesbian lives and loves in Brazil.

A portrait of three friends from the GDR. Dieter, a painter, spent ten years in prison on account of his "aversion to work". Alfred, promoted to the position of deputy executive editor, ends up in prison and receiving psychiatric help as a result of a catch-22 situation involving protests and alcoholism. Michael, who had studied foreign trade in Moscow, was kicked out of the Academy and now earns a living crafting lamps.

Hammu is the name of the hamster I had as a child. It seemed it was my only friend and being to identify with. One day it disappeared from the cage and was never to be seen again, that marked the end of my childhood, of unreserved trust and commitment. This work is a visualisation of the memories I have about the event, of obsession, tediousness and loss.

The main characters in the political scene during the seventies in Argentina tell their stories for the very first time.

This French-produced 1996 documentary is an hour-long piece covering the history of techno music from Detroit to Berlin Sheffield.

Memories from the neighborhood theaters in Cali, spaces that each summer occupied an important place in the heart of the people. In the neighborhood theaters, among others, Mexican cinema was widely exhibited, which incorporated Cali fashions and even strongly influenced the work of various local artists.

The story of a bus driver Pentti Hartikainen.