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Set in the late 1960s, the film explores the issues of immigration, community values and family devotion through the eyes of a young girl, Lucia, who is left behind with her grandmother while her parents emigrate to France to find work. Lucia pains to be with her family as she struggles to learn her role in the tiny, traditional village under the watchful guidance of her stern grandmother.
A documentary taking a look at the career of Jess Franco.
At 10 years old, we all dream about our adult life. But Thibaut had a very precise idea : one day, he will become a musher. Except that Thibaut grew up in the North of France, in a family which hate dogs, and he never left his native region. Today, he's 41 years old, and he's giving himself a challenge: be part of the biggest european trainee dogs running, in the north of the Polar Circle. This means that he will have to leave his family for three months and fight the "Great White Silence" loneliness and dangerousness.
Since the death of his wife, Jef has been in depression. For a weekend, his goddaughter entrusted him with Jacques, his little rabbit. When Jacques made the chest, who would have thought that Jef's life would become even more complicated?
Set in a dystopian future, a lesbian couple seeks refuge in an abandoned childhood home.
«Fulci for Fake» is the first biopic on Lucio Fulci. Lucio Fulci is an enigma. The mystery that surrounds Fulci is linked in part to his personal life. The director only rarely spoke about himself in interviews. But he did let his experience be reflected in his films. The setting of the film sees Nicola, a successful actor, agree to play the part of Lucio Fulci in a biopic on the director. Nicola will ask himself probing questions about the real nature of a man who, in his own lifetime, had already rewritten his biography.
The ever-magnificent Sally Phillips stars as Julia, a woman dealing with the stresses of the modern world and paranoia in the face of an unknown technological future. As Julia retreats from social conventions and human connection, she may have found that her detachment from progress is, in fact, a strength, in this silent scream for individuality.
Grandpa Günter is a retired circus elephant who takes his grandson Charlie on musical excursions. In this episode they are rudely woken because the usually quiet forest is suddenly full of noise. It’s Grandpa’s brother Karl-Heinz merrily setting up his forest cinema. Singing, Grandpa complains about the disturbance and explains what his brother is actually doing there.
Matías De Stefano, an Indigo child who was born in Venado Tuerto, Argentina in 1987. From the moment of his birth he has the ability to remember everything he has done before birth and can understand, in a simple way, how the Universe works. His memories take him to travel the world and share what he knows with thousands of people. His trips help him discover his purpose in life and fulfill a mission that he could not complete thousands of years ago.
Portrait of Julia Jean Turner, from her childhood to her rise of fame as Lana Turner, to her last role.
Wolfgang Paalen (1905–1959) was an Austrian-born artist who became a prominent figure in the Parisian Surrealist movement under André Breton. Invited by Frida Kahlo, he moved to Mexico in 1939, where his evolving style greatly influenced abstract expressionism. Paalen’s impactful yet turbulent life ended in 1959 when he died by suicide in Taxco, Mexico.
In a seminal, identity-defining film, film-maker Stewart Kyasimire gathers together prominent black Scots from all generations to ask: what does it mean to be black and Scottish?
This daredevil documentary trails behind and into the minds of the biggest names in one of the world's most dangerous sports, superbike racing.
Depicting the events of Mardin-İdil in the late 1980's, the film deals with international migration of Assyrians in the context of "leaving" and "staying", based on the story of an ordinary group. Today, among the 18 people who are narrated, nine live in Germany, seven live in Switzerland and only two people stayed in Turkey. This documentary, while combining the instants, on the other hand explores the memories of the past and today through the present atmosphere and aims to answer these questions: "Is it hard to go? To stay? Or to be together again?"
Founded in the second half of the 1990s, the experimental film association L'Etna witnessed the transition from film to digital cinema. Its premises, located in the heart of Paris, were unable to withstand gentrification.
"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well."
Squirrels are among the most widely known and recognized mammals. In many parts of the world they gladly join us for our lunches in city parks, amaze us with their acrobatics and entertain our children as cartoons on TV. Squirrels live in an extraordinarily diverse range of habitats. Some can fly, some can swim, some live in trees or underground, others love icy wastelands or burning hot deserts. But don’t let their cuteness fool you! They may be small, but squirrels are one of the most successful species on the planet. And they have big families. This blue-chip documentary explores some of the most fascinating squirrel species and shows how they became so successful dealing with extreme environments and curious (human) neighbors. 'Going Nuts' unveils the enchanting world of one of the “most watched” mammals on the planet.
A cat, a hen and her chicks live peacefully together beside a farm. Like all close friends, they sometimes indulge in a good-natured squabble. But one night, the wolf comes out of the forest and kidnaps the hen. The cat and the chicks bravely decide to go and rescue her. This is the beginning of an epic tale and a wild adventure...
Steve has been with Carola for five years. But then Steve has to watch as his friend Bob is left out of the blue by his girlfriend, who turns to the much older tantra teacher Harald. Steve begins to have doubts: Is Carola really happy with him? Steve, already under pressure from a professional situation, has to act. Self-optimization is the new motto, physically, emotionally and sexually.
Facing the gate of a fancy property under surveillance, a lonely dog falls in love for a female dog sitting on her balcony at the very end of the garden. Determined and charmed, he needs to do everything possible to reach and seduce her.
Jordi was born 51 years ago with cerebral palsy. Although he can’t speak, he tries to communicate using his letter chart. That’s how he tells Maider, the director of the film, that at the age of 21 he felt God talking to him for the first time. But today, now that he has moved out of his parent’s house into a home, he no longer feels God. Once a year, Jordi makes a pilgrimage to the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, where he searches for his connection with God, despite not knowing if God will come back one day.
David Olusoga opens secret government files to show how the Windrush scandal and the ‘hostile environment’ for black British immigrants has been 70 years in the making.
"The Roads of Cuba" is a documentary that seeks to rescue the voice of some people who tell us the day to day of their country and the great transformation that has been carried out in Cuba for a few years. These characters open their history and allow us to participate in it, they speak of their passions, their loves, their sorrows. All of them with different histories and cultural backgrounds but all crossed by the revolutionary struggle and Cuba.
Nello and Rufetto are two second-rate robbers, both in their forties and living in a suburban neighborhood of Rome. After serving four years in prison for a botched robbery, resuming their business, and more importantly, successfully completing it, is no easy feat.
Europe’s most successful public cultural radio station is struggling. The film follows the passionate radio crew over a period two years as they attempt to reinvent their program. Just when the station begins to regain listeners the right-wing government starts to threaten its independence.
Salim comes to grieve beside his mother’s dead body. But very quickly, between religious customs he doesn’t understand and the constant comings and goings of people he doesn’t know, the young man feels uncomfortable in the small family apartment.
Gerd has three children from three different wives. He also owns a small craft business. But he has promised Michaela that he will look after their daughter Laura as soon as she starts school. This allows Michaela to resume her work as a nurse. The condition for Michaela accepting Gerd's marriage proposal is that he takes on this task and fulfills it responsibly.
An old lady lets herself go with the stories of a sprightly old man, sitting next to her. But when she reveals that she is married, he waves her confused and goes away. The gentle goodbye she returns back reveals who is she actually married to.
Join Ben as he discovers the story of his favourite super hero 'Gun Metal Max' may be more real than he could possible imagine.
A group of Australians undertake a trip to South America together with their leader, the English writer, William Lane (1861-1917), with the aim of setting up a socialist colony in the Paraguayan nature.
Once Don Gino discovers his son's homosexuality, he'll have to choose between family and respect.
On the set of a commercial shoot a corporate boss is involved in an accident which leads him to question everything he holds dear.
A cholo from Ciudad Juárez earns a living as a hawk on the dividing line with the United States; he will have in his hands a very precious object which he will try to sell to get money.
The making of the last 7 months of my life. The transformation that changed my life.
Based on the true story of the death of Crown Prince Rudolf and his young mistress Mary Vetsera in 1889, Steven McRae and Sarah Lamb take on these challenging roles in a dark and intense ballet. Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary is emotionally unstable and haunted by his obsession with death. He is forced to marry Princess Stephanie. Soon afterwards, his former lover, Marie Larisch, introduces him to a new mistress, Mary Vetsera, a young woman who shares his morbid fascination.
A short film about a college student who wants to make a artistic masterpiece, his canvas: people.
Each year, every French citizen has a one in 1,300 chance of receiving a summons to jury service from the Ministry of Justice. Ten former jurors recall being selected, hearing evidence, deliberating, and reaching a verdict: an examination of our society’s civil duty to pass judgement on the most serious cases.
The story sounds like a gripping thriller: almost 400 years after its publication, a previously unknown copy of Galileo Galilei's "Sidereus Nuncius", the "Starry Messenger", has appeared on the international book market. Unlike in the known copies, Galileo allegedly drew the moons himself. Who is behind the forgery?
Experience an action-packed urban mountain bike adventure with extreme sports athlete Fabio Wibmer. Why does he keep pushing his limits and expose himself to high risks of injury? Find out what's going on in his mind and witness how they conquer the craziest urban spots in France - including security & police, as well as spectacular crashes. His videos have millions of clicks but is it really worth the risk?
A couple looks hopefully into the future. They soon discover the obstacles they must overcome to be accepted. As generations evolve their position alters in what was once a foreign land.
Who creates order creates calm. Excessive clutter can drive people crazy. Gaël is convinced of that. In order to bring this idea closer to his drunken friend Maurin, Gaël begins to arbitrarily destroy their surroundings, a green oasis far away from the big city, driving Maurin step by step into madness.
Danger! mutant giant duck attacks the city!
A short spoken word performance filmed in the Peak District, UK.
It’s 1987 and two metalheads open a gateway to hell when they follow the instructions of a satanic aerobics tape.
Andrew Graham-Dixon investigates the story of the 20th century's greatest art forger, Han van Meegeren, who made millions during World War II selling fake Vermeers in Nazi-occupied Holland.
A lonely man who operates a film projector finds his only solace in a woman he sees on a film reel. After the reel is lost in an accident, he sets out to find the woman through the remotest, poorest places of the Dominican Republic.