In March 2024, to mark the 300th anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion, premiered in Leipzig in 1724, Berlin-born Sasha Waltz presented a movingly intense choreographed version on the stage of the Opéra de Dijon.
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In March 2024, to mark the 300th anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach's St John Passion, premiered in Leipzig in 1724, Berlin-born Sasha Waltz presented a movingly intense choreographed version on the stage of the Opéra de Dijon.
Mix a good amount of Monty Python, a touch of the Marx Brothers, a splash of Buster Keaton, a hint of Benny Hill, shake it all up, and you get 'No Limit.' Friday, May 13, 1964, it's the Cold War, but in reality, it's hot. A group of American bombers has mistakenly received the order to bomb Moscow. We need to remind you. There isn't much time... But a little. But not much. Just a little. So stay calm.
April 17, 1944. A high-profile trial for sedition opens in Washington. Dozens of individuals—including members of Congress—are accused of cooperating with German forces, participating in pro-Nazi movements, and plotting to overthrow the U.S. government. How did this happen in the world's greatest democracy? And why does no one remember this major episode in American history?
Ugo Conti, charismatic Italian aristocrat and influencer, arrives in Mexico where he seduces the Mexican high society. When he meets Frida Becker again, the love of his past, he will end up in the center of a struggle for political power.
After an accident leaves his face entirely bandaged, a neurotic office worker undergoes an identity crisis.
Can oral history restore a forgotten part of our past? Can it break the silence perpetuated over generations? In 1969, seventeen-year-old Mariona was arrested and imprisoned in a reformatory governed by the Patronato de Protección a la Mujer (Women's Welfare Agency), which was dedicated to "regenerating fallen women" during the Francoist dictatorship. In 2023, Mariona and her daughter look back in an effort to piece together her story.
Sara, Ester, and Miriam are three sisters who have never left the farmhouse where their father and grandmother raised them. They venerate God because they are an extremely Christian family, and fully respect the dogmas and punishments that the Scriptures, and the Old Testament above all, have transmitted to them. They believe in no intermediary, no Church, and no sacred image: Grandma Paolina rises to all those roles that separate them from the Lord’s grace. Adolescence, however, has brought with it questions and physical transformations that have changed the sisters’ outlooks. The doubt that sin has penetrated into their minds and hands is a legitimate one, and each of them responds differently to their first sexual urges. When tragedy strikes the family and their young cousin Primo is forced to come to the farmhouse, the sisters’ lives are forever changed.
Martin Scorsese presents this very personal and insightful new feature-length documentary about British filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger.
‘Joao Gomes: The Pitbull’ covers start of the midfielder’s second year in England as he experienced becoming a father for the first time and a full Brazil international within a matter of weeks.
Meet Marissa Rawlings, a reasoned alternative voice or an extremist in moderate’s clothes? She’s taking on Stephen Yardley, a face of the established UK news media. Both apparently seek to deliver the truth. Both claim to represent objective facts and balanced views. But do they really? Nowadays delivery and charisma can be more persuasive than words themselves so we’d better be ready with our own filters.
A group of friends have to survive a weekend in a hotel with a huge amount of virtual money to guard, putting their ingenuity to the test.
Locked outside at 3am, this isn't the wild one-night stand Georgie and Alisha had imagined. A lust story turned sad as the girls desperately chase the night trying not let their high die and the mayhem turn to regret.
The life of astrophysics Margherita Hack, from curious child to unconventional girl at the direction of the Trieste Astronomical Observatory.
A young boy record sounds effects in a park, once at home,he discovers the recording of three discussions of five strangers...
An American couple bring their 10 year old daughter, Claire, to her grandfather Lawrence's hotel in The Dolomites, Italy. They usually come for Christmas but this year it’s August. The fact is they are breaking up, and once Claire realizes there’s not going to be a family Christmas this year, she insists on everyone making it out for Christmas in August. Claire, in collusion with her grandfather, plan activities that are designed to re-unite her parents.
Water follows Anna and Joey as they attempt an intervention on younger brother Adam. And whilst the sibling rivalry swells Adam spews radical conspiracy before becoming symbiotic with an unknown entity.
The master thief Laura faces her ultimate challenge: she must outmaneuver the relentless policewoman Maxine in a dangerous, passionate game of cat-and-mouse, while a sadistic killer marks her for death
Called in the middle of the night to attend a birth in a poor and large family, Emma Goldman, a feminist anarchist, strives to relieve the suffering of the woman in labor. Back at home, she finds herself confronted by her companion Ed, exhausted by her absences.
A group of young travellers discover their dream vacation has turned into a nightmare when an infestation of top-secret deadly spiders escapes mid-flight. When the pilots are killed by the aggressive arachnids, the group must fend for themselves against the relentless swarm and their monstrous "mother" spider, measuring a massive 5 feet.
Two best friends find out they're competing for the same scholarship to play college basketball.
This summer, Ksenia, along with her mother and sister, is forced to pick blueberries in a Kyiv forest to earn a living for the family. But she is distracted by waiting for her lover Misha. Flirting, they go deeper and deeper into the forest, unaware of the danger.
Alma, alone in her big townhouse, and Mina, a single mother from a housing project in another city, have organized their lives around the prison visits they make to their respective partners. When the two women meet in the room outside the visiting area, an unlikely friendship begins...
Julia has a wonderful family, an enviable home, high social status, and life smiles on her, but she finds herself caught up in a series of events that tear her world apart and break her spirit. Unable to bear so much adversity, she decides to run away, but life has big changes and challenges in store for her, and it all begins when she puts on her slip-on sneakers.
The film delves into the mind of its protagonist, revealing his darkest secrets and what he wants to hide through words, placing it close to the psychological thriller genre.
Comedian Mark O'Sullivan researches and writes a sitcom about the sexual abuse he survived as a child, and the court case that led to the conviction of the man who abused him.
An investigation into Antonio's murder reveals details about his private life
Nine-year old Jacob has a vivid imagination, spending hours engrossed in his toys. When he’s disturbed by a stranger’s knock at the door, his world is plunged into uncertainty and his home threatened. With emotions too overwhelming to understand, Jacob's mind quickly spirals as he grapples to hold on to the people and possessions he loves most.
Siblings Elsa and Franck used to be close, but everything changed when Franck’s space mission went awry. Three years have passed since his mysterious disappearance, and 23-year-old Elsa is having trouble moving on with her life. One day, an unidentified life form makes contact, offering to bring her big brother back to Earth. But there's a price to pay...
A potter loses himself in a dream about matter, and seeks The way out by transforming himself and by transforming matter.
Suhail, a young boy with Autism, flees to live in the mountains after his father shuns him, not understanding his disability.
Comedian Jim Davidson offers an in-depth exploration of his life and unique career. Sign in to watchTrue, he's no longer the BBC's Mr Saturday Night. At one point he was earning £1.5 million a year as host of Big Break and The Generation Game. The BBC dropped him in 2002, but that was years before cancel culture, and even his manager admitted that he'd had a good run.
Half-animal, half-human creatures meet at a speed-dating dance event where they explore their differences and difficulties communicating. When a lovestruck man-cum-anteater falls for a woman-cum-shrew, he gets caught up in this courtship ballet.
The astronomer is still searching for his star. Two teenagers have stopped understanding the world and are still searching for something genuine. They all hope to find answers in the stars, and it seems that these have always been there for them.
Logan Paul, one of the biggest social media influencers in the world, is facing criticism for his role in promoting cryptocurrency projects. Matt Shea investigates the allegations.
Alberto Angela takes viewers on a journey through the Archaeological Park of Pompei, revealing a preview of unexplored areas and finds newly discovered by archaeologists.
On a seemingly normal day for non-binary teenager, Alex, horror strikes when they experience a period at school. However, the responses and the attitudes, generated by the school and the students, aren't exactly the most helpful. A silly queer comedy short film with elements of social-commentary about ignorance, self-image, respect and how society discusses periods.
A widow struggling to readjust to a life of grief unexpectedly meets a woman whose presence is transformative.
Two couples and friends, Ale and Santi and Natalia and Mario, are celebrating their twenty years together by holidaying in the Caribbean. They catch up with each other's news, drink, reconnect... Ale, tipsy on the rum, decides to admit that the night the four met one another, she had played her hand to end up with Santi, who had initially fancied Natalia. The news doesn't get the expected response. The following morning, Ale gets up with a horrible hangover and absolutely no idea of the extent to which she will have to face the consequences of her action.
After suffering a head injury during training, aspiring footballer Jordan traverses his own mind and memory in order to rediscover his passions and fix his broken relationship with his Coach Father.
Along the coast of Northern France, Raphael, a lonely and depressed serial killer, is desperately looking for the one who could share his love of poetry. Until he meets Lucy, a strange blind woman on the brink of suicide.
One winter day in 1934, Pr. Vangengheim was arrested for sabotage and sent to the Gulag on the Solovki Islands. He decided to hide the truth from his wife and daughter Eleonora, until his execution.
A bored teacher, bold caretaker, passionate art dealer and young maverick meet through a bizarre road accident. At first they don't seem to have much in common, but they soon develop a genuine interest in each other, and as their pasts unravel, forge odd alliances and friendships.
A furious, iconoclastic attack on power and the media in a modern France where Islamophobia has become mainstream and inequality is growing from the suburbs to the boulevards.
Musa goes to the Registry Office to verify his identity, but discovers that there is no trace of him in the system: he does not exist. This raises suspicions among the officials and they convince Musa to plunge into a Kafkaesque process where he will have to go to a judge.
A group of friends, in dire need of cash, find themselves at a secluded medical trial retreat in what seems like an easy way to earn money but quickly turns into their worst nightmare. Under the guise of a harmless experiment run by the enigmatic Dr. Feldman, they are about to face a horror they never imagined. Unbeknownst to them, Dr. Feldman has unleashed a new terror: a swarm of genetically engineered killer flies, with an insatiable thirst for human blood.
A celebration of all things Irish, from sweeping landscapes to traditions and quirky sense of humor.
The film revolves around three missing people who return to a remote town in Tunisia, where the local police inspector, Fathi, tries to unravel the mystery with the help of her friend Amine. Then a second inspector arrives from the capital. The events of the film develop as if they were taking place in the dreams of two animals – a blue dog and a black crow.
Swann Périssé’s special that was written in a week, produced, shot and edited in the month of June 2024 after the first phase results of the French Far-Right Party (Rassemblement National) at the Legislative Elections.