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Life is not a pony farm - even if it started there. The experience of three unequal sisters in the young comedy : They learn shortly before the silver wedding of their parents that there is a dark chapter in their picture book marriage. On their trip to the family celebration, this provides additional explosives in the already exciting girl's triangle.
On the North Sea coast, jack of all trades Knud tries his hand at crab fishing, betting on sports and small-time cons. He’s just trying to score an award for his Shanty Choir, which has seen better days, when his son Lenny shows up for the first time in a decade.
A man in a wheelchair finds himself pursued by a policeman on a motorbike.
From the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma Terme di Caracalla "Carmen" by Georges Bizet. Director Jesus Lopez-Cobos. Orchestra, Chorus and Corps de Ballet of the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma.
Private detective Josef Matula investigates again. More bad than right, he hits in Frankfurt as a department store detective until it leads him to a new order to the North Sea coast.
Three men and a houseboat: Three crisis-plagued Stuttgarters sailed for a week on the Havel in the direction of Müritz. The unfamiliar and not so tranquil Dreisamkeit brings so many things to light, which has hitherto been successfully concealed and repressed. The summer boat trip paves the way to the realization that a turnaround in life could not hurt.
In the music show, Germany's most successful composer and producer reveals the craziest and funniest secrets of his music career and reminisces with companions about times gone by. He made music history with Modern Talking - worldwide! The duo was the only German act to reach number 1 in the singles charts with five songs in a row.
"Où en êtes-vous ?" (Where do you stand today?) is a project initiated by the Centre Pompidou, which commissions its guest filmmakers to make a free-form film in response to a question simultaneously retrospective, introspective and focused on their future ideas and projects. Here Christian Petzold is joined by Christoph Hochhäusler as they analyze a sequence from Hitchcock's The Wrong Man (1956) through a series of photograms. With this tribute to Harun Farocki, who died in 2014, Christian Petzold endeavors to revive and perpetuate the spirit, taste and methods of his former teacher and friend.
A funny walk through the life story of Billy Wilder (1906-2002), a cinematic genius; a portrait of a filmmaker who never was a boring man, a superb mind who had ten commandments, of which the first nine were: “Thou shalt not bore.”
Frank and Inez meet while biking to a party. They went out at university but they haven't seen each other for nine years. Their journey through the streets of London, captured on their helmet GoPros, brings to light old stories and old secrets.
A young woman (Tansy Parkinson) who possesses the supernatural powers and visions of an upcoming apocalypse is aided by a retired bounty hunter who must protect her from those who wish to use her abilities for evil.
September 2016: Stacey Dooley embeds herself on the frontline with the extraordinary all-female Yazidi battalion, who are fuelled to take revenge against the so-called Islamic State. As the battle to take Mosul from ISIS advances in Northern Iraq, in this extraordinary film for BBC Three, Stacey finds these young women's lives have been transformed by a desire to avenge their loved ones who were murdered by Isis.
A story about illness and love, flying and walking
An exploration of the last three years of Jesus' life, from His baptism by John the Baptist to His crucifixion.
This documentary draws on new evidence to reveal that a fire was raging in Titanic's boiler rooms before she left port, that it was kept secret and, it's now believed, that it led to the tragedy
This film is an uncompromising portrait of a woman who no-one could have imagined in a position of power a few years ago . A look at the woman and, through her, at the party that continuously raises concerns and stirs up the media.
Martin indulged in his excessive use of drugs. He recorded his frenzied life in his diaries while his friend Ivo passionately captured everything on film with his Super 8 camera. Both sought for the absolute – average was not an option. Through the lens of this journal, Ivo Zen tells the story of his generation, a story about friendship and the desire to fly higher than anybody else.
Two snuff-film directors face a problematic shoot: one goes through a creative crisis, and the other feels guilty. The only one who seems to face the shoot with optimism and good humor is the victim.
Director Alessandro Comodin recounts for Fuori Orario the genesis of his two films, "Summer of Giacomo" and "Happy times will come soon" and reflects on his own conception of cinema: the need for escape and movement, the adolescence of moving bodies and the perception of passing time, the importance of locations and immersion in nature, the technical practice during filming, the approach to the cinematographic medium as a way to see better and to establish a relationship of sensory capture of reality, the relationship with the actors. With references to his favorite filmmakers, from Bresson and Monteiro to Wang Bing, and to the recurring images of his films: the hole and the labyrinth, the loop of time and epilogues, the fairy tale and metamorphosis.
Rich archive and emotional interviews are at the core of this telling of the turbulent life of British footballer Justin Fashanu. His coming out in an age of widespread homophobia not only damaged his football career, but led to the demise of his relationship with the brother with whom he shared a painful early history and a lifelong rivalry.
After losing his job as a marketing officer, Walter, a workaholic in his forties, finds himself in an existential crisis and takes on the identity of another man.
George is in his 40s, a family man, on the fast track in his job - until one day a stranger claims ownership of 2m² of his house, enters the home, sets up his bed in the living room and stays. While the stranger is expanding his space in the house bit by bit, a gloomy feeling is taking hold of George.
Their names are René, Sabine and Daniel – three people among thousands of others who go on to the streets of Dresden every Monday as “Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamisation of the West”. They shout “We are the people!” They claim “Merkel must go!” The director Sabine Michel accompanied them for one year – on their demonstrations and in their daily lives. Merkel Must Go is not a film about PEGIDA, it asks for the personal reasons for this patriotic protest, a film about realistic and absurd fears of the present.
Luisa shot to fame following one of the most successful debut stand-up shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, described as “one of the biggest stand up hits of the decade” by the Guardian. This seventy-five minute special captures the infectious energy of Luisa’s shows by joining the queues and audience in the build-up to the event, discovering why her loyal army of fans love her unique approach to stand up and her Beyoncé ethos. The show is set to a soundtrack of Beyoncé’s best known hits.
Sally Rand's famous Bubble Dance routine is re-created and reprinted in a 3D-ish effect, this time with extra added foley.
Whilst trying to reignite their relationship at a remote cottage, Dave and Abi are stalked by a terrifying secret.
How childhood friends David Rocastle and Ian Wright, one a teenage prodigy and the other a late bloomer, went on to become Arsenal legends.
Cowboy has a vision. He wants to save the planet with his movement of Free Swingers. That's why he applies for a grant at The Central Agency, who then sends a representative named Fey of Sweden to approve Cowboy's proposal. She demands results and he decides to stage a charity bicycle rally featuring a roster of two-wheeled Berlin misfits. Meanwhile Cowboy's neighbor kills his mother's budgie and sets the Devil of Hermannplatz on him to sabotage his plans. Pretty bad timing considering that he also has to rescue his stubborn mother from a shady retirement home. Torn between Cowboy's budding crush on Fey of Sweden, his hot neighbor Angel and his innate drive towards chaos, the rally soon turns into a race against time. Soon his mother will be taken away from him and the rally racers are doing anything other than what they should: cycling.
Preston and his roommate Sage try to figure out rent, rapport and the cold hard reality in downtown New York.
Memories and anecdotes of the making of "Padre Padrone"
Sad Little Boy is the story of Del, who is the midst of a bad break up with his now ex Carla. He is left feeling utterly broken and completely cut off from the rest of the world. Carla has left him a sad and angry man and as the days go by, his mind delves from one unsettling extreme to the other - maddening hope to vengeful anger. So much so it just might push him over the edge, and make him do something stupid. Terribly stupid ... all to make her sorry.
Olga struggles to find her footing with her bizarre interest in umbilical cords until she discovers and joins a punk gang of navel enthusiasts.
A different perspective on the exile and social impact of major projects such as oil sands mining in Alberta, Canada. These large-scale projects, based on economic growth, also have human costs that change the cultural face of the regions on a small or large scale. Over a six-month period, three families from the Acadian Peninsula in New Brunswick opened their doors and hearts to director Renée Blanchar and her team. A film about exile, choice of life, values, but especially absence; absence being probably the highest price to pay for each member of these families.
Join the members of the historic Rosetta mission through the years as they launch, wait and then deploy the lander onto the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. Experience the dramatic highs and lows of the first mission to land a probe on a comet in space.
Samuel is sensitive. Samuel is lonely. Samuel only lives for hardcore punk music and underground horror movies. Samuel suffers from being misunderstood. Samuel often recalls his ex-girlfriend, Eva. Samuel, in painful moments, also speaks to the Devil.
Kati has had her dream man at home for five years: attractive, loyal and professionally successful as a doctor. Unfortunately, "her" Felix now spends so much time at work in the hospital that Kati too often feels alone. When she met the good-looking, charming artist Mathias, it hit her like Felix did back then. Shortly before her last inhibitions fall, fate shuffles the cards in an unbelievable way: after a car accident, Kati wakes up in the past - exactly on the day five years ago when she accidentally met Felix
Matilde is a woman who has already inherent insanity because she can't seem to find meaning in her husband's family anymore, since he doesn't respect her. All of this and the malicious insinuations, being subjected to the violent acts of her father in law, are getting her to fall into a state of great distress and instability.
Rocco, a former boxer disappointed by life and his profession, and Ben, an undocumented immigrant in Italy who barely manages to earn enough money for a sandwich and to pay the rent for a cot, tell a story of sport, friendship, and social redemption.
It's been 7 months since the outbreak, Joel and Jade now must survive the new cruel world. But it becomes more dangerous for them when they discover that they are being hunted......they must fight for their survival.
Orchids are counted among the rarest and most endangered, but also the most beautiful species of plant in Germany. In this movie David Cebulla is in search of these unique plants around his hometown Jena, a university town situated in central Germany. He wants to capture impressive footage in order to make a statement for the protection and preservation of nature.
Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is a planetary body capable of human habitation. Cassini-Huygens probe journeyed to Titan. Discover what lies on its surface and find out if it may one day become a habitable zone.
An obsessive and almost surreal love story between Alessandro, a young model of rare beauty, and Sofia, an Argentine girl who has ended up in Rome for a strange game of destiny. Young couple having to adapt at all costs to the logic of this new world, are increasingly forced to live in a dramatic detachment from reality.
Martin cries. He is alone. He woke up in the morning and all his friends were gone. Disappeared. Just not there. He sets off to look for them. And he searches everywhere, in the city, in the mountains, in the rivers, but he doesn’t find them. That makes him furious. Really furious – really sad. Rage, violence, longing, loneliness. Without fear of great feelings, without fear of one's own courage and without fear of violence, Jonathan Vinel tells a story of love and loss entirely based on elements from the computer game Grand Theft Auto V – beyond all kinds of tawdry notions and with extremely concrete physicality.
This 300% French social drama tells the story of two brothers, Dom and Manu, over whom fate is fierce.
Carmen, an overweight woman who seeks to have her first orgasm, while dealing with a narcoleptic grandmother who presses her to lose weight and get married, and with a transsexual brother urged to have a sex change operation.
