Can a school play undo an entire community? In this hilarious, coming-of-age film, a fifth grade production of “The Wizard of Oz” becomes an utterly charming look at American life...and childhood itself! Directed by Eddie Rosenstein and Rick Velleu Winner of 11 Film Festival "Best…
An award winning documentary that explores the all female aerial silks group located in a small Canadian town and the journey of this death defying artistry. Director Tom Strnad follows Kristin Nunes and her Collingwood based aerial silks performance group known as the Vertical Belles over the course…
The Val Veny is a valley located at the foot of the south slope of the Mont Blanc. The Peakpowder team will organize a base camp where the supplies are transported by back. They will ski the summits that were previously climbed for one week to strengthen their calves. With a pure spirit, they wish to…
(German below) PREMIERE: 57. Int. Film Festival Berlin (Panorama) FESTIVALS: 22nd Singapore Int. Film Festival 09; Reykjavik Int. Film Festival 08; MusiXine–Finland 2008 UNERHÖRT Filmfest Hamburg 08; Music Doc Festival Malmö 08, etc www.schueppel-films.de BerlinSong is a story…
With unprecedented access, WHAT TOMORROW BRINGS goes inside the very first girls’ school in one Afghan village. While the girls learn to read and write, their education goes far beyond the classroom as they confront what it means to become a woman in a rigidly patriarchal society, and how they…
What the Health is the groundbreaking follow-up film from the creators of the award winning documentary Cowspiracy. The film follows intrepid filmmaker Kip Andersen as he uncovers the secret to preventing and even reversing chronic diseases – and investigates why the nation’s leading health…
The first film to ever document the tradition of bride kidnapping in the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan, where half of all rural marriages are still carried out this way.
On a Tightrope tells the story of four Uighur orphans in Xinjiang, China, dreaming of becoming professional tightrope walkers - an ancient Uighur tradition. A story about the oppression of the Uighur minority in China. On a Tightrope premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
A film about injustice in the aftermath of the 2011 Arab Spring uprising in Egypt. Five stories of those who continue to suffer at the hands of the regime. "haunting and eye-opening" - Huffington Post "important stories to tell" - Variety "a raw portrait of the victims…
A documentary about the populism of Iran's President Ahmedinejad. Broadcast on HBO and ARTE, the film premiered at the 2009 Berlinale and SXSW Film Festivals. "Succeeding where Oliver Stone famously failed, Lom was granted permission to shoot a film about President Ahmedinejad and how…
Margaret Rutherford’s true life story is in fact much more eccentric than the most famous fictional role she ever played: Miss Jane Marple – Agatha Christie’s amateur sleuth. Rutherford’s version was the very first appearance of Miss Marple on the big screen and it was far removed…
For 50 years scientists have been working to understand humanity’s daily influence on our planet’s life forces. SPACESHIP EARTH is a poetic feature film exploring what they have learned, and what that tells us about our responsibility for steering the only ship in the universe known to carry…
