Dir. Andrés Di Tella Documental / Argentina, Chile 2015, 79, DCP 5.1 Premiere: Festival Internacional de San Sebastián Ricardo Piglia, uno de los grandes narradores de lengua hispana, regresa a la Argentina después de muchos años de vivir en el exterior. Se propone revisar…
Committed to more than saving lives. 2014 Grand Jury Prize Finalist, American Black Film Festival Transcending Surgeon is a 30-minute documentary film about renowned Washington DC based trauma surgeon Dr. Edward Cornwell III and the challenges and impact of his career. African American pioneers…
A short documentary film contrasting the Northern Lights with decaying manmade debris in Canada's north. Featuring an original score by Jim O'Rourke (Gastr Del Sol, Sonic Youth, Wilco) a voice-over by Will Oldham (Bonnie "Prince Billy, Matewan, Old Joy) and some of the best footage of…
While Egypt has traditionally been the beating heart of classical Arabic music, with legendary singers such as Oum Kalthoum and Abdel Halim Hafez, a new craze is taking over the Arab world’s most populous nation: Electro Chaabi. Inspired by the down-and-dirty music played at street parties and…
De François-Xavier Vives 52 minutes Coproduction : La Compagnie des Taxi-Brousse, Fact + Film, Leonardo Film, 3sat © 2015 Mathématiciens, origamistes et informaticiens ont été les acteurs d’une véritable révolution de l’origami ces 20 dernières…
Adolf Hitlers „Mein Kampf“: Es gibt kaum ein Buch, das mit so vielen Mythen überfrachtet ist, das so viel Abscheu und Ängste weckt. Das Werk ist das Symbol der Naziherrschaft, verantwortlich für 60 Millionen Tote. Jahrzehntelang war ein Neudruck verboten. Doch 70 Jahre nach…
I WILL DANCE follows the young people of Selma Alabama’s RATCo as they journey to New York City to share their story of hope, resilience, and overcoming. Official Website: iwilldancemovie.com
"Karski & The Lords of Humanity" , a partially animated film tells the story of a member of the Polish underground who acted as a courier during World War II and part of his mission was to inform the Allied powers of Nazi crimes against the Jews in of Europe in an effort to prevent the…
Maverick director Seidl (DOG DAYS, the PARADISE trilogy) delves into yet another exploration of the dark underside of the human psyche with a look at Austrian basements fitted out as private domains for secrets and fetishes. No desire or proclivity is off limits to Seidl’s camera, which takes in…
Classification by the Régie du cinéma in Quebec: General How did words like nirvana, karma, guru, reincarnation, meditation, and “Om” come to be part of everyday language in the West? The answer lies in yoga, the fastest-growing spiritual practice around the world. Planet…
Comparison of two abortion cases in different locatons. Two cases are compared in two cities – a young girl who had made up her mind that it would be wrong to have a child at that time is humiliated and made to wait far too long for an abortion, while in another town the case is dealt with sympathetically…
Short fictional video about the psychological effects of rape. A woman has been raped - weeks, months, years ago. Some days she can live what seems a normal life, but most days she is plagued by terrifying images. In a state of denial, fear and shame she is perpetually on guard against the world,…
