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Analysis of the problems facing the rural world of Araba, a region of the Basque Country.

August 1914. In the village of Öd, the maid Rumplhanni has a love affair with Simon, son of the farmer Hauser. Before he goes to war, she dizzy to him, she expects a child from him. Simon can persuade his parents to say goodbye to Hanni as a daughter-in-law. Thus she has achieved what she wanted: to come out of the state of an illegitimate maid and to become peasant woman with house and farm. Since the old farmer wants to give her but nothing written, Hanni sets out another plan ...

Lisa and Jamie, residents of the Alton House Children's Home, learn that the home is to close because of government cuts. They decide to run away, and meet up with Mr. Skeeter who brings them food but steals their emergency money.

Ulrich Seidl applies his characteristically gentle eye to the wonderful people of his hometown of Horn, documented making fools of themselves during an annual student ball.

"Your Child Interests Me" - analyzes the ideologies, the stages and the political choices which led to the contemporary and dominant concept of education.

A behind-the-scenes look at Roger Waters and Alan Parker’s 1982 film, “The Wall”

“In this documentary depicting a self-defence course for women. How can one’s strength and anger be used to prevent men’s violence towards women, in order to no longer be a victim?” (Centre Simone de Beauvoir)

The tranquil family life of a police officer is disrupted when a colleague on duty goes berserk and expects him to make a false statement. A question of conscience? But how does one live with a guilty conscience if one violates the unwritten laws of the police?

A film director is making a film about a woman's obsession with a foreign desert, starring drama students at the Paris Conservatory of Dramatic Arts.

This film primarily tells the story of a Taekwondo youth named Wai Wai as he grows up, facing his dreams, himself, and the choices he makes. He often has a heroic dream at night, where he punishes evil and promotes good, to the extent that in every night's dream, he becomes that superhero. However, the gap between reality and dreams always leaves him with a deep sense of loss, and in reality, he feels isolated, like a dark cloud hanging over him. All of this changes when he starts learning Taekw

Short film by José Luis Egea

An old man and a teenage boy, both neo-Nazis, are travelling across Germany to take funds to the party headquarters. On the way they encounter a young woman and things become difficult.

A comedy about love, money and alcohol. About someone who tries to exploit love to sell alcohol and get rich...

An extensive interview with legendary director Andrei Tarkovsky conducted by Donatello Baglivo.

A man films himself in bed in the morning, as soon as he is awakened by the lamps illuminating him (1800 Watts) and by the radio (tuned to France Culture), programmed for this purpose. He declares, microphone in hand, that he will go to bed early that evening because he is tired and "this can't go on any longer."

Taken from DVD Volume 9, this documentary features the legendary Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan live in concert during his 1985 UK tour. Recorded at Wolverhampton’s Wulfrun Civic Hall on October 25, 1983, the film captures his mesmerizing performance. Known as the "Shahenshah of Qawwali," Nusrat revolutionized the Sufi devotional music tradition with his powerful vocals, intricate improvisations, and deep spiritual expression. Originally produced by Oriental Star Agencies Ltd. in 2004.

The German national swimming team travels to Budapest for a competition. However, the teenagers are more interested in flirting with each other than training. Their coach is less than thrilled with his team's behavior.

Lyrical and critical look at the effects of the Galician diaspora by the portrait of an old woman who waits for her son to return.

A young pair of lovers record on tape their sexual activities. The only problem: the neighbors in the apartment building can receive the erotic recordings with their TV sets due to an antenna fault.

With excerpts from Goethe's diary, sketches and engravings, this film follows Goethe's Italian Journey through Rome, Naples and Pompeii.

Focuses on the performance of various elite athletes during the PanAmerican Games held in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1979. Athletes showcased in the documentary include USA team swimmer of Puerto Rican origin Jesse Vassallo; legendary Cuban track and field athlete Alberto Juantorena; Mexican diver Carlos Girón; American diver Greg Louganis; and the Puerto Rico national basketball team, among others. At the end of the film, the athletes expressed their hopes of being "a step away" from the 1980 Olympics Games; however, these hopes were shattered by the political crisis and the eventual USA-led boycott to the Olympic Games held in Moscow in 1980.

French thriller written by Jean-Claude Carriere.

The last journey of Thomaskantor Johann Sebastian Bach leads from Leipzig to Potsdam. Already 60 years old, he hopes that an audition with the Prussian King Frederick II will not only bring him artistic recognition and renewed appreciation, but also an end to his grueling financial worries.

This anti-smoking public information film has the kind of stylistic sheen often associated with 1980s British advertising, with its sci-fi setting, filtered smoke and gloomy aesthetics clearly inspired by the works of Ridley Scott (although it’s directed by his contemporary, Barry Myers). It imagines a genetically advanced future humanoid who’s evolved to be a ‘natural born smoker’ – complete with enlarged nostrils and tapping finger - before reminding us that no such creature yet exists. While we expect smoking adverts to be disturbing, the titular character is disquieting in a refreshingly unusual sense.

An author who falls in love with a girl gets haunted by the ghost of the dead lover of the girl's mother.

Considers Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection, from a single cell and beyond.

Barbara and Naseem are in the same hospital, having babies. They make friends. But the celebrations of their husbands, Kenny and Quereshi, 'Jimmy', lead to a headlong chase, with crazy mix-ups, collisions and brushes with the law

TV documentary about the bicycle sequence in Ozu`s Banshun (Late Spring)

"Christian Lebrat said he thought of Monet, who painted with the series Water Lilies colors ‘at the edge of the visible;’ those of Holon indeed display colors so intense, so enraged with energy that they release in a pure way the performative, exclamative character, the character of act which, in a more or less underground way, informs every image." Nicole Brenez

Puppets play the story based on the famous children's song.

"I think of Fragments of the Angel and the sequence with Françoise and Ermina in the countryside, and I ask myself how to "justify" it throughout the film and tell myself that the text could say: "The angel is leading me to... ” [...] There are a thousand arrows embedded in the framework of reality." -Hernández

All is peaceful in the lovely land of RARG, that is, until an old professor & a tiny baby make an alarming discovery about the nature of dreams...

Salamanca, 1973. A congressman in love with his daughter's teacher hires an assassin to kill his wife.

The story of two youths – one Algerian, one French – who become juvenile delinquents in a Paris suburb.

A collection of short computer animations. Produced by aaa Production, France.

Between 1976 and 1982 thousands of citizens were kidnapped, tortured and killed in Argentina. How do Argentinians cope with this tragedy? How do they elaborate their recent past?

From Palazzo Barberini in Rome, flutist Marzio Conti and pianist Gloria Belli will perform: “Cantabile et presto” by George Enescu; “Fantaisie, Op. 79” by Gabriel Fauré; and “Suite Paysanne Hongroise” by Béla Bartók.

BRUTE!'s Malcolm Bennett wrote and acted as special consultant on this 1987 trailer for Mallet!, a ultra-violent cartoon noir directed by Blink animation director Bob Lawrie. Although it was never picked up by a major network, Mallet's influence can be seen in many films and animations that followed, namely the film adaptation of Frank Miller's Sin City. Starring Bob Pugh as Mallet and featuring Stephen Haley as Skillet.

A South African girl guides anti-apartheid guerrilla fighters across the border from Botswana to South Africa.

In 1903, Jan Anskath and his half-brother Martin are living in Rajgorod at the border between Russia and Prussia – Jan on the Russian, Martin on the Prussian side. Both are occasionally smuggling stuff over the border. But while Jan acts from political conviction and is smuggling illegal writings over the border, Martin is only interested in the money. That is why he does not question his shadowy client when he sneaks out refugees into Russia. But then it becomes evident that the distinguished gentleman has robbed the refugees from all of their belongings, only to turn them over to the authorities of the Czar.

In the idyllic Bavarian village of Himmelsheim, a peaceful existence is disrupted when the German Federal Railway plans to build a high-speed rail line through their town, necessitating a massive tunnel. The construction upheaval shakes the lives of the villagers, triggering old conflicts and new rivalries. Amidst this chaos, Toni, a spirited traveler with a video mobile, becomes entangled in a love triangle involving Petra and Jonny, a driller working on the project. While most of Himmelsheim unites against the railway, the wily winemaker and council member, Münzel, secures a solution.

Eleven-year-old Guillaume suffers from a serious and potentially fatal heart condition. Gradually, the young boy's family fractures under the weight of his illness.

Anke and Philip are a young modern couple who reject the conformism of the society in which they live. They are both lawyers, he working in a ministry in Bonn. They expect happiness around the clock.