12.000 lions live in South Africa. However, 8.000 of them live in captivity behind bars, in breeding farms. They are part of a cruel industry reducing the king of the beast to a product used as tourist attraction for cub petting and for the purpose of a so-called canned hunt. International thrillseekers…
In February 2014 a group of amputee military veterans set forth on a monumental goal for physical and spiritual recovery. They would train and climb the world's tallest free-standing mountain, Mt. Kilimanjaro (19341ft) in Tanzania, Africa. Consisting of six amputees and five wing man climbers, the…
the fight for fair food
Children of the Arctic is a portrait of five Native Alaskan teenagers coming of age in Barrow, Alaska - the northern-most community of the United States. As they embark on their journey into adulthood, they strive to be both modern American kids and the inheritors of an ancient whaling culture. For the…
Multi-awarded Nikolaus Geyrhalter delivers stunning images from inside the immense CERN apparatus. Alternated with interviews with the experts who devised and operate this gigantic big bang machine, the film gives an insight into the complex experimental research institution.
Nominated for a Goya, this short film tells the story of four men who - after spending years of their lives on Death Row for crimes they did not commit - were exonerated and freed. Ron, Shujaa, Greg and Albert. Four men who have experienced first-hand the injustice of America’s Death Row. “We’ve…
Elephant poaching worldwide has reached epidemic proportions. In Kenya, the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust provides a sanctuary for baby elephants who are its greatest victims, left to die without the nurture and protection of their matriarchal herds. In 2010 a baby elephant named Sities was rescued…
FOR THE LOVE OF ELEPHANTS takes viewers inside the emotional world of orphaned African elephants and their compassionate keepers at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. We witness the rescue of baby SITIES and other playful young elephant orphans, who together with caregivers Daphne, Edwin, Mishak and…
The British architect based in Stockholm looks back on major projects of a long career inspired by European Modernism combined with his personal sensitivity to nature and community. Erskine is especially valued for his vital understanding of social interaction, exemplified in commissions for universities…
A visit to the studio of Ernst Wilhelm Nay, a remarkable, if somewhat solitary German artist, who had established his own position at age 30 among the many 'isms' of the time, just before the advent of the Nazi takeover. Soon his art was labeled "decadent" by the Hitler regime. His…
The Rottweiler is one of the oldest dog breeds with a heritage that can be traced back to ancient Roman times. Loyal, highly intelligent and courageous, the modern Rottweiler is often misunderstood. Black Beauty Breed brings you closer to the dog behind the perceived intimidating image. The film celebrates…
MARATUS is a delightful and good-humoured film by Simon Cunich about the experiences of an enthusiastic “citizen scientist”. One weekend, when bushwalking in the Namadgi National Park near Canberra, Stuart Harris, a spider enthusiast who is a garbage collector by day, unwittingly photographs…
