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For a life of pomp and splendor, Bastian takes over the kindergarten of a private parents' initiative as treasurer. The documentary tells the true story of an impostor. It is about social coexistence, trust and setting an example of values for children. Bastian doesn't give a damn about these values. For him, they are just annoying conventions, obstacles on the way to a life with a Ferrari and high-class prostitutes. And for this life, Bastian steals from the kindergarten of a private parents' initiative. For the viewer, this is an astonishing balancing act between right and wrong, between pity and schadenfreude.

Get informed on the science behind post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, its symptoms and how the brain reacts to trauma.

Film scholars Mary Desjardins, Amy Lawrence, and Patricia White consider the collaboration between Marlene Dietrich and Josef von Sternberg, as well as Dietrich's role as a Hollywood icon.

Hannibal is one of the most famous warlords in history. To invade Rome, he crossed the Alps in just 16 days with 30,000 men, horses and an elephant army. How was that possible? Investigators are now looking for evidence of Hannibal's mythical warfare.

Writer Douglas E. Winter on Clive Barker's seminal Books of Blood and Candyman's source story, The Forbidden.

A biographical documentary about Moisés Avendaño, artist, athlete, sportsman, adventurer, and doctor from Veracruz, Mexico. Seen from his golden years, until his imminent encounter with Parkinson's disease, in the present.

Ritual film in remembrance of three disappeared film students from Jalisco, Mexico.

A documentary film that re-imagines schools and learning through the lens of Montessori education.

After being kidnapped in Syria and witnessing the execution of a colleague, war correspondent Témoris Grecko returns to a Mexico submerged in violence and starts a chronicle of the 3 most dangerous years for mexican journalists, from 2015 to 2017.

When a director dreams of bringing India's classic Mughal-E-Azam on stage as a musical, doubts arise whether he can recreate the magic. It's the opening night where the world is waiting to either take a bow or rip it apart.

An immersive glimpse of a school day through the eyes of deaf children.

The film consists of video tapes made by the filmmaker’s father documenting daily scenes of family life, family celebrations, and holidays over the course of fifteen years. The tapes are a mixture of the personal and the political – the father was politically engaged in the revolutionary movement that brought Hugo Chávez to power. The family’s life becomes a backdrop for political and economic developments in Venezuela and their impact on the lives of ordinary citizens.

A non-narrative cine-essay that collaboratively explores the potentials for trans feminine representation in film.

Documentary about a stay in Japan.

Ecuadorian athlete Millán Ludeña, embarks on his new adventure to be the first athlete to register a new Guinness World Record for his beloved country.

How do changes in the brain cause us to see differently? Experience the world through the eyes of people living with a rare form of dementia, affecting how they process objects and tasks around them.

After 7 years since “Tokyo-Morava”, Moku and Bekim were filming at Brčko. Based on “Tvoj sin Huckleberry Finn”.

Film maker's personal journey in his past of Bosnian War and present Syrian conflict to tell the story of humans in the war who are forced to flee their homes.

This observational documentary hears from a number of young women aged 11-20 who were directly involved in the May 2017 Ariana Grande concert bombing, many of whom reflect on their experiences for the first time. Following three of them in the months after the attack, this intimate film also explores the lasting psychological impact and how their lives have been changed forever.

Meet the fascinating felines and the people who pamper then in this whimsical look at the ins and outs of Canada's competitive cat show circuit, where the claws come out when a Turkish Angora and an adorable fluffy red Persian face off to take home the national award for Best in Show.

All across Alaska, Native cultures have depended on the abundant natural resources found there to support their families, cultures and way of life. Now these resources are growing scarce, and the people who have relied on them for centuries have to find new ways to adapt.

A lip-syncing scandal pits an American singer against an Italian male model over the legacy of 1980s 'Italo Disco' star Den Harrow.

rare vines is a diaristic exploration and an euology shaped like a Vine Compilation: six seconds per video in a gapless stream of images and using the qualifier 'rare' in its title.

Cobby's Hobbies was a 1960's children's TV program featuring a chimpanzee getting hmself into all sorts of mischief. For filmmaker Donna McRae, the show was a crucial part of getting through a lonely childhood. McRae seeks people that made the show, Cobby's zoo friends, zoo keepers and the animal rights activists that help her piece together the story of an animal stolen from his natural habitat to work on TV before, being retired into the San Francisco Zoo at age 7. Most primates chimps in entertainment suffered horrifically, becoming research animals or caged in roadside zoos. This documentary examines how we perceive animals in entertainment and how we address their plight now.

The award winner Brazilian photographer Luciano Candisani embarks in a new journey, interested by the story of a group of women who take their living from the sea. He will cross the world to portrait the story of the daily work of these heroines and bring awareness to a vital necessity of modern times: sustainability. Candisani leaves to an island in South Korea called Jeju, where he meets the Haenyeos, the women from the sea. These brave women follow a century tradition: they dive in the sea in order to harvest marine goods.

This documentary is by fans and for the fans, chronicling why John Carpenter's classic has stood the test of time. Bringing together some of the brightest voices from independent horror we will explore what makes the film so special. From the music, the mask to Michael Myers, everyone has their own take on Halloween, and why it is the blueprint for slasher horror and in our humble opinion, has never been bettered.

Film about the struggle of women who work in municipal kindergartens and nurseries in Poznań (Poland). They fight for living wages and better conditions for themselves and the kids. In 2011, the women set up a union section. Since then they have learned to put pressure on their employers effectively, and they have also supported other workers during their struggles.

In 1990, when Bischofferode entered the market economy, potash production in East Germany was in third place in the world's export ranking and in West Germany in fourth place. Bischofferöder Kalisalz is of a special quality and the plant therefore had loyal customers in Western Europe, especially in Scandinavia, even before the fall of the Wall. In the West, there is a major competitor - BASF subsidiary Kali und Salz AG from Kassel. The film reconstructs the mega-deal in one of the world's most important raw materials markets. The so-called potash merger was the biggest economic deal of German reunification, which has cost the taxpayer almost two billion euros to date. The Free State of Thuringia - the federal state with the best potash deposits in Germany - is still the big loser of the mega-deal today. Thuringia may be rich, but it loses almost all its potash mines, along with Bischofferode, and now has to spend millions of euros each year to rehabilitate and secure its mines.

18 partners discuss the choices they’ve made in deciding on their mates. At its heart, this unscripted documentary film is about acceptance; a gentle message that we shouldn’t judge the choices of others, even if they seem a little different.

THE OLD STRIPPER is an epic feature documentary film about a burlesque legend visiting her dancing cities from yesterday. Burlesque legend Opal Dockery travels the country with her real-life son, award-winning filmmaker Jack Truman on a cross country road trip. Visiting all 48 states coast to coast, Dockery and Truman visit her dancing cities from yesterday, landmarks nationwide, and interview over 50 burlesque dancers across the country, young and old, to show how burlesque is today compared to yesterday. An epic underground unforgettable journey, THE OLD STRIPPER opens the audience's eyes to a lost era. Written by Jack Truman

Comedian Shane Mauss goes on a series of adventures to deepen his understanding of psychedelics. He describes the indescribable and takes us through some of his most intense experiences, while getting the added perspectives of some of the top scientists and experts in this realm. With moments of both confusion and clarity, this is as an honest account of the experiences of a genuine Psychonaut.

Six university professors of math and physics wanted to share the beauty of their research. They organize a competition with the hope of inspiring artists to create ground breaking pieces, based on modern science. A jury of six experts in art, fashion and architecture were invited to judge the results. One may think, that in contrast to mathematical beauty, artistic beauty can be appreciated without a complete understanding. Unexpectedly, mathematical rigor is replaced by artistic rigor; the overconfidence of scientists in the beauty of their research clashes with the modern artists world view.

In 2016, Montana opened its doors to refugees for the first time this century. RENGA FOR THE WEST explores the relationship between new refugee arrivals and long-time Montanans through a tapestry of self-directed first-person stories.

Several independent observers capture silly and cute nonsense that is going on in homes of disabled voters and in polling stations during presidential election day on March 18, 2018 in Russia.

An examination of one incident in one man's life: Army helicopter pilot Hugh Thompson and his discovery and exposure of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam.

Shinya Tsukamoto recalls the development of his adaptation of 'Fires on the Plain' by Shohei Ooka

New technologies come into our lives sometimes in the most unexpected way. A group of developers of intelligent machines led by the hero of the film Sergey Markov creates robots for calling debtors on bank loans. One day they come up with the idea to teach a robot to speak in the voice of a famous artist who died several decades ago...

Sound editor/re-recording mixer Larry Blake and composer Cliff Martinez have worked with director Steven Soderbergh since the beginning of his career. In this conversation, recorded in April 2018, they discuss the challenges of the director's debut film and the execution of his work since then.

Documentary that tells the story of Vianney Trejo, a young woman who struggles every day despite her disability. We go through her daily routine, as well as her passion, swimming, where she has consistently achieved triumphs and has been considered for international competitions.

Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957), the most important sculptor of the first half of the 20th century, has been a fascinating and enduring influence on a generation of contemporary American artists. Insights into Brancusi’s legacy are presented by Carl Andre, Lynda Benglis, Ellsworth Kelly, Martin Puryear, Richard Serra, and Joel Shapiro, with additional commentary on Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, Roy Lichtenstein, Isamu Noguchi,and Claes Oldenburg. In 1995, Anne d’Harnoncourt, Director Emeritus of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, asked Checkerboard to document the PMA’s acclaimed retrospective on Brancusi for the Museum’s archive. The resulting footage became the genesis of the documentary.

"Mulheres que Transformam a Ilha" is a narrative about the fusion between Woman and social impact, is the portrait of the doubts, opportunities, accesses, sweat, victories and conquests of spaces lived by them.

The Lacosse family goes on a roadtrip to Rockglen, SK.

Physically, mentally, intuitively…but really it’s just a movie about having fun and keeping your board tuned.

Few recording studios in the world can claim to have hosted the simply incredible list of musicians that found their way into Berlin’s Hansa Studios, standing virtually alone in the wasteland, metres from the Berlin Wall.

What does daily life with autism looks like? What do people with different types of autistic disorders need and how do they feel? Meet Viktor, Tamara, Bor, Alek and Tadej. Their world is not black and white-- it is ours and theirs.

Dare to Be is a documentary film not only on the sport of rowing, but also the human spirit. It follows a series of rowers ranging from novice girls to women training for the Olympics, as they overcome obstacles and seek greatness. We learn along their journey that greatness can come in many forms and should not always be measured by traditional concepts of success, but rather by individual triumphs. It essentially suggests that athletes can define what success looks like to them – not coming in last place, beating a rival, medaling for the first time, qualifying for nationals, or winning an Olympic gold medal.

A group of American and Vietnamese fighter pilots gather almost fifty years after the end of the Vietnam War in 1975. Despite their training, aerial combat encounters, and being shot down, these veteran pilots talk as friends with mutual respect.

The film focuses on skaters from Carazinho, Rio Grande do Sul, and their only skatepark. It exposes, through interviews and tracking shots, the DIY approach taken by them due to the local government's inability to provide decent parks.

Documentary in the form of a musical tragi-musical on the people who live in the four corners of a very vast country. Valechka is a bearded man of gigantic size. He prepares an old tub to descend the Neva and considers his homeland is the Soviet Union. Ivan Ivanovich likes music, the army and Irina Pavlovna. Nika lives in Yalta and goes to school. She considers that her homeland is Russia and wants to serve at the Ministry of the Interior. Macha has chosen college rather than an actress career and she wants to help people. During the filming, the life of each of them has changed. What is their homeland now and in what role do they want to serve it?