Shot over ten years and prompted by the death of her father, filmmaker Joan explores Britain's colonial past and the legacy her dual black and white heritage has had on her life.
10,348 Matches Found
Shot over ten years and prompted by the death of her father, filmmaker Joan explores Britain's colonial past and the legacy her dual black and white heritage has had on her life.
Esquisses Helléniques pour "A propos de la Grèce" is a filmed diary which is a summer journey through the Greece of Athens and the islands. This film served as a preparation for the feature film, A propos de la Grèce.
Amy dreams of being a musical star on the West End stage - but when her boss threatens to fire her from her day job, she must push her performance to a whole new level.
Ana Rosa was a pianist and the music was the only thing that went through the wall of silence. She was never talked about in the family, neither my father, nor my uncle psychiatrist, his children. But I was told many times that I looked like her.
How the European Union has outsourced its migration policy to third countries. This well-documented overview exposes European hypocrisy towards refugees.
Ineas, a newly ascended angel, goes to Saint Peter's office to deliver some bad news: inadvertently, he has wiped out the dinosaurs.
A woman is forcibly locked in her home during the Covid pandemic
Spring 2020. The population is confined. Libero, an SME boss, recruits 250 seamstresses to make the masks that will liberate his region. But Libero knows nothing about sewing, the fabric does not arrive and most of the newly hired have never used a sewing machine in their life.
Marina Satti boldly marches through musical frontiers. This Greek artist with Sudanese roots gleefully draws on Arabic pop and Balkan folk to create her uniquely Aegean hip hop sound.
A short film.
In order to renew her passport, Tereza drives to the spa town where she grew up. Surrounded by tourists, she is neither a guest nor a resident of the city. She meets a young man. He is the only one who notices when she vanishes again.
Following Shamim Khan’s and his co-workers’ daily care for the Islamic Delhi Gate Cemetery over the last two years, the film attempts to comprehend an event unprecedented in the recent history of the world – the COVID-19 pandemic – through the eyes of a keeper of the dead.
Notes on Summer is a 2023 short movie shot in Italy and France. It is up to you to grasp the meaning, because the meaning is always different, nevertheless, I want to dedicate this film to all those who already know what to do even before starting their holidays.
Sunspot (2023) shows two lives and two observatories, one in Los Angeles, one in Tokyo. Using archival imagery, the film tells the tale of two sunspot observers both making drawings of the same sun on the day the Hiroshima bomb killed 100,000 people on August 6th, 1945. The film reflects on the forms and uses of light, from the light reflecting in a mirror to look at the sun and into space, the white hollow light of the bomb, and the light shone through the old film footage to create the image we see now. The huge wildfire that threatened Los Angeles’ Mount Wilson Observatory becomes a mirror of the huge clouds and destruction from the atomic bomb.
Unpublished testimonies and exclusive documents trace the journey, successes, failures, networks and fortune estimated at 85 million euros of Cyril Hanouna, the kid from the 93 who took his time to conquer the small screen.
Wanjugu Kimathi is the daughter of Dedan Kimathi, legendary leader of the Kenyan Land and Freedom Army, or Mau Mau. This resistance group fought the British colonial regime from 1952 to 1960 to stop it from confiscating land, a conflict known as the Mau Mau Rebellion. In 1957, the British authorities hanged Dedan for possession of firearms, and then dumped his body at an unknown location.
Gaetanos the destroyer of worlds and his army are willing to do anything to obtain the stone of power and become the undisputed rulers of the universe. The situation is critical and everything seems lost, the world superpowers don't know how to react and are asking for help from the only people who are able to reverse this situation: the Italians. Misfits, criminals, witches and cockroach men take up the call to arms and take to the field to do what we've always done best: solve problems with style.
Four episodes – Christmas, May 1st (Labour Day), August 15th (Ferragosto), Halloween – to tell four stories that delve into the human soul.
A 'Vlogumentary' following Joseph as he meets up with legendary street artist: George. Watch as George breaks down the political barriers of society through his wonderful and very serious works.
Rudi lives on petty crimes in his small world. He is sixty and he has spent most of his life on his own. He is feared and respected, he knows everything about this small world of his, but he doesn’t know that anything you leave behind can sometimes catch up, grab you and crush you. When he finds himself having to take care of his daughter Susanna, he is forced to come to terms with himself.
A pioneering force in feminist art for more than four decades, Judy Chicago paved the way for generations of women artists. She decided to join forces with Pussy Riot founder Nadya Tolokonnikova to inspire people to imagine a different, more humane world.
An empathic, young plant doctor gifted with extrasensory powers and an emotionally fragile, isolated artist, must rescue each other to rediscover the essence of living. A coming of age story about two women from different generations, who have more in common than they are willing to admit.
Behind-the-scenes stories from the long-running sci-fi drama. There are tales of stunts that went dangerously wrong and secrets of how the crew brought monsters to life, as well as revelations about how some storylines proved to be so scary the BBC were forced to re-edit episodes.
A look at the Sun, the star that revolves at the center of the Solar System, and its representation in art throughout history.
The idea of rites and tradition for the young Basque designer, Aitor Goikoetxea, new collection, "Adarrak".
J. Robert Oppenheimer, a physics professor known for creating the atomic bomb during WWII. He witnessed the first atomic bomb detonation in New Mexico in 1945. This film examines Oppenheimer's life, from his early years to his involvement with nuclear physics and his later advocacy for nuclear weapons controls, with interviews and insights from those who knew him and impacted by his legacy.
East Germany after the fall of the Wall. Beate opens up a store, which hardly anyone notices. Steffen travels the country with new products and Jan struggles with his job creation program. A memory log with gaps from the year 1992.
A shot breaks the dusk. Hunters with GPS screens follow their dogs into the forest, and the night catches up with them. Elsewhere, Maina counts her sheep daily. The wolf has been sighted nearby. Adam, fascinated by this apparition, goes out to look for it with his camera, taking advantage of the full moon. Everyone relates to the animal in their own way, but they agree on one thing: they all want to see without being seen.
We invited a group of people to a reading of the script of a film about a man who romanced women in order to swindle them. As the reading progressed, people began to dig into their own stories. The whole thing was recorded live. The result is a shared reflection on the ideal of romantic love and the extraordinary (and not necessarily positive) influence it has on men and women.
A gang decides to kidnap Éva Henger who should open a club, to ask for a ransom. Éva, however, realizes that she is positive for COVID-19 and communicates it to the manager; he decides to replace her with three influencers of lesser calibre than Éva. The gang decides to carry out the plan, triggering a series of events until the final tragicomic.
The ITN-produced documentary promises to “go beyond” news coverage and bring viewers up to date, while examining the wider context about the voyage, its passengers and the fascination with the Titanic shipwreck. The film will also talk to experts and look at the rise of extreme tourism.
Despite its title, this short film explores the delicate and serious theme of sexual harassment.
On April 12, 2023, 2 journalists, Evelyn Morvan and Sydney Potts, decided to report on the "Enquêteurs de l'outre-tombe", a famous group of investigators specializing in supernatural phenomena. They were investigating the sudden and mysterious disappearance of one of their members: Frédéric Martini.
Through its two parallel plotlines, the film follows the exploits of a volunteer evacuation team in the front lines of Eastern Ukraine, led by young, precociously stoic Anton, as well as the wartime daily lives and unlikely friendship of two elderly women - pragmatic Zinaida and dreamy, starry-eyed Taisia - who decided to stay at their homes in the now de-occupied Chernihiv region. While Anton faces the most visceral horrors of war on a daily basis during his team's urgent, desperate attempts to rescue the most vulnerable, who are often reluctant or unwilling to leave, Zinaida and Taisia seek to pursue any forms of resistance within their power - from praying and writing poetry to hiding historic plaque and reporting intelligence to the Ukrainian military.
Teresa has waited years for her husband to return after his disappearance at sea. But when the lovers are finally reunited, not all is as it was.
While rehearsing on stage, a mime notices that he can create objects from his past and is therefore confronted with a long-repressed memory.
Behind the iconic Eiffel Tower lies the story of an incredible challenge to erect a thousand-foot tower that went far beyond a design competition, and marked a major turning point in engineering history. It was the beginning of radical transformation where iron was pitted against stone, engineering against architecture, and modern design against ancients. Press campaigns, lobbying, public conferences, denigration of opposing projects, bragging about big names - all participants engaged in a fierce battle without concession. Using 3D recreations, official sources (reports, letters, drawings...) and intimate archives obtained from their descendants, this film will bring to life this vertical race through a fresh and visual way to mark the centenary of Eiffel death.
Under the shade of a Magnolia tree, a group of pregnant women gathers weekly. Among them is Teresa, an experienced midwife who listens to them attentively. Sitting in a circle, the women reflect on the impending birth of their children and their own emerging roles as mothers.
This documentary is a touching and intimate portrait of André Brasilier, both as a man and as an artist. Presented as a testament to his art, the film focuses on two main aspects: André's connection to his youth and early inspirations, and the evolution of his art. The film pays special attention to his wife Chantal, who was André's muse and who appears in many of his paintings.
A leak in the ceiling of the Louvre pulls Jacques into an emotional vortex where a cosmic teardrop dissolves the museum’s masterpieces into their rawest forms. Follow your tears and see where it might take you.
When an indecisive people pleaser is running late for the world’s busiest day, his misguided decisions escalate towards a single choice that risks everything he holds dear.
Elisa, an aspiring actress, goes to talk about her experience to a journalist. During the interview she becomes aware of what she has gone through and the guilt she is carrying. Based on a true story.
In 1983, Franz Paludetto acquired Rivara Castle at the foot of the Italian Alps. A century earlier, artists from all over Europe had gathered here to establish the Rivara School of Painting. We witness the story of Italy during the latter half of the 20th century.
A thriller-like story, except that it is true. Helen, an awarded author, is a public person. Her photographs can easily be found online and on her social media profiles. The woman has never shared her intimate photographs or recordings. To her immense surprise, she discovers that vulgar pictures containing her image can be found on porn sites. Helen is terrified and feels as if she is losing ground under her feet. She was abused, just like many other persons who increasingly more often are falling victim to deepfakes.
Like every day, Alicia takes her son to school. Michael, a teenager overwhelmed by his mother's protection, knows that he can't do much. She is determined to prevent him from being recruited by gangs that spread terror in neighborhoods with invisible borders where every step taken has to be calculated. This is the story of Alicia, the day her son doesn't return from school, and of Michael, the day his miscalculated steps lead them both to the abyss.
Noémie, an experienced screenwriter, meets up with Vincent, her first childhood love, at the film school where he is now the director. Through an extraordinary masterclass where intimacy rubs shoulders with the universal and reality flirts with fiction, Noémie will teach Vincent and his students that the art of writing a screenplay is the art of living passionately.
Carpenter Jan had actually planned to go to the land registry office, but then he gets caught up in a drug deal.
A couple of city dwellers move to the suburbs and are bombarded by their hyperactive neighbours who aggressively try to get them to try a strange, new health product.