The Earth is home to over 2 million plants and animals with great biodiversity. The result of evolution over billions of years is a beautiful composition of changing landscapes: mountains, deep forests, vast oceans and arctic ice fields. Written & Directed by Kalle Max Hofmann © 2015…
How do perfectly ordinary, normal people cope with the extraordinary challenge of an embarrassing, provocative, famous or unbelievable name? This documentary examines the phenomena of “strange names. Featuring Donald Trump, James Bond, Howard Schmuck, Stuart Putz Directed by Richard Tilkin ©…
Objectified is a feature-length documentary about our complex relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them. It’s a look at the creativity at work behind everything from toothbrushes to tech gadgets. It’s about the designers who re-examine, re-evaluate…
When developers in Durham, NC, demolish an iconic tobacco auction house in the name of revitalization, they not only displace a community of artists, they also threaten the soul of the community. “The Rise and Fall of Liberty” examines the ebb and flow of Liberty Warehouse’s 80-year…
Elephant’s Dream, c’est l’histoire de trois employés du service public. Leur lieu de travail se situe respectivement dans une ancienne gare désaffectée, au bureau de poste central et à la seule caserne de pompiers de Kinshasa. Malgré des circonstances…
Three years and a quarter of a million Super 8 frames in the making, And We Were Young is truly one of a kind: a feature-length, silhouette-animation oral history of Americans fighting in France in the last days of the Great War. Equipped with craft knife, paper and authentic source material culled from…
"Helvetica" is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. The film is an exploration of urban spaces in major cities and the…
In September, RAF Scampton in Lincolnshire opened its gates to the public for the Scampton Airshow. More than 50,000 people attended the two-day event which attracted 104 aircraft - 41 in the flying display and 63 in the static line-up. Expertly recorded in high definition, 4k and powerful telephoto…
A lone monk’s actions 500 years ago continue to have a great impact. In “500: The Impact of the Reformation Today,” renowned Luther scholars from around the world reveal how the Reformation surrounds us more than we realize through religion, politics, and our society. This thought-provoking…
"You´ll die. Or get kidnapped by Al Qaeda. What you want to do is impossible!" That is what all experts, analysts and the Yemenis themselves told me. But I have done the impossible. I have made my way into what many say is one of the most difficult countries in the world to enter,…
About the Film Ten years in the making, In the Light of Reverence explores American culture’s relationship to nature in three places considered sacred by native peoples: the Colorado Plateau in the Southwest, Mount Shasta in California, and Devils Tower in Wyoming. Rich in minerals and timber…
Doing Nothing All Day follows a fictitious mother’s search for the ideal school for her son in Israel, Germany and the UK. She discovers the concept of democratic schools. Children are allowed to learn what, when and how they want to. Pupils set and monitor the rules and their learning progress…
