A humorous and heartwarming documentary feature, CYBER-SENIORS chronicles the extraordinary journey of a group of senior citizens as they discover the world of the Internet through the guidance of teenage mentors. Their exploration of cyber-space is catapulted to another level when 89 year-old Shura…
This is an observational documentary, which records one individual's efforts to stand up for the memory of his ancestors, against a state committed to genocide denial.
Against the backdrop of a family dealing with illness and death, Ayal is repeatedly called for reserve duty as a Tank Commander in the Israeli army.
Filmmaker and author, Elisabeth Thieriot, embarks on an epic journey of discovery through the jungles of the Yucatan Peninsula and Guatemala to dispel the myths about “the December 21st 2012 end of the world” conspiracy theories surrounding Aztec and Mayan Calendars. Specifically, the mystery…
Natalie Wood war ein Kinderstar, bevor das Zeitalter der Castingshows anbrach. Aber ihr gelang die Wandlung zur ernsthaften Schauspielerin, die mit Preisen ausgezeichnet wird und Nominierungen für den Oscar, die begehrteste Filmtrophäe überhaupt, erhält. Und sie nimmt eine Prophezeiung…
Passion, Faith & Football "I've played for Barcelona and Brazil all over the world at all the major stadiums but I have never experienced anything to compare with playing at La Bombonera against Boca Juniors. It's the closest you come to Hell". (Romario, professional footballer) Football…
She steps in front of Hollywood’s cameras for the first time at the tender of age of 4 and already as a teenager she is considered the female idol of the 50s. As a young criminal in “Rebel Without a Cause” she pays opposite James Dean in one of the films that bears a far-reaching impact…
“This is the most important film on zero, the network, the artists, the events, and their ongoing search for a better world. (…) For all those studying zero a real must see.” Tijs Visser, directeur ZERO Foundation No artist has rid himself with as much flair and force of the arrogance…
A film by ROBERT FRANCIS. Australia's reformist and controversial former Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam, shares his views on 50 years of public life, in an in-depth conversation with Senator John Faulkner. GOUGH WHITLAM: IN HIS OWN WORDS looks at Whitlam's early parliamentary life, his…
A film by Esben Storm. Shen Jiawei, one of Australia’s foremost painters, was born in Shanghai a year before the Chinese Communist Party came to power in 1949. Forty years later, Shen moved to Australia, at the time of both the Tiananmen Square uprising and the birth of his daughter, Sydney. Now,…
At the request of a dying Tiwi man and his family on Melville Island, this film was made of the pukumani (bereavement) ceremony to follow his death. The film observes the family through the long period of preparation for the ceremony, following age-old traditions. Dancing and face-painting are rehearsed,…
Directed by CHERIE NOWLAN. Produced by GLENYS ROWE. GOD'S GIRLS describes life in a Sisters of Mercy convent in country New South Wales from the 1940s to the present day. In early times, the days were regimented to military precision - prayer, work, prayer and more work. The nuns were permitted…
