After a shady fire, city corruption, and 10 years of neglect, activists race to save the Majestic Hotel from demolition.
Chiu is 32 when she starts to run in the sports team of her Taiwanese company. Very quickly she will be recognized as a winning member, in particular in long distances. She discovers that she really likes marathon, trains passionately for it, and over a few years, becomes the most celebrated multi-winning…
Best Mid-length Award – Hot Docs Film Festival Berlinale 2010 HotDocs Film Festival “I’m scared of cars, of dogs, of snakes; I’m scared of airplanes, helicopters, tanks and soldiers. I’m scared of terrorist attacks. I’m scared of Jews, I’m scared of Arabs,…
One Day University presents a series of video lectures recorded in real-time from some of the top minds in the United States. Given by award-winning professors and experts in their field, these recorded lectures dive deep into the worlds of religion, government, literature, and social justice. Longevity:…
The export of drugs banned in the West, to third world countries. Examines the overseas marketing of pharmaceuticals that are banned or restricted for use in the countries where they are produced. Drug firms often export these products with improper instructions and warnings. Thus the medications…
Eine Filmreihe über Umweltschutz und Nachhaltigkeit Die von jungen Menschen produzierten umweltpolitischen Kurzfilme behandeln die Schwerpunkte Umweltzerstörung, Klimapolitik, alternative Energieformen, nachhaltiges Handeln und Konsumieren sowie Klimafluchtursachen. Weitere Filme bieten…
Eine Filmreihe über Umweltschutz und Nachhaltigkeit Die 12 umweltpolitischen Kurzfilme behandeln die Schwerpunkte Konsum und Verzicht, Umweltzerstörung, Klimapolitik und nachhaltiges Handeln. Die Filme inspirieren zum nachhaltigeren Handeln und bieten Diskussionsanstöße zu aktuellen…
Eine Filmreihe über Umweltschutz und Nachhaltigkeit Die umweltpolitischen Kurzfilme behandeln die Schwerpunkte Umweltgerechtigkeit, Umweltzerstörung, Klimapolitik und nachhaltiges Handeln. Die Filme inspirieren zum bewussteren Handeln und bieten Diskussionsanstöße zu aktuellen…
a film by Samir A filmic reflection about the stereotypes of “Jew” and “Arab” through onehundred years of film, contrasted with the history of Jewish communists from Iraq. The protagonists are Shimon Ballas, a writer and professor of Arabic studies in Tel Aviv and Paris; the…
A story of identity, love, and dignity: Dementia is the second biggest cause of death in Australia. More than four-hundred thousand Australians are living with the disease and the figures are rising. A diagnosis is devastating. But for these families, it is being faced clear-eyed, with a determination…
Gilda is a middle aged woman, mother and wife. One day she realizes she's having problems setting the table. These are her first symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. Through family footage and poetic visions, the stages of her illness become a stream of images on the breach of oblivion. By purchasing…
What makes a mother give away her baby? This is the big question in Sun Hee Engelstoft’s poignant heartbreaker of a film about three Korean women who have become pregnant outside of marriage and are now hiding from the outside world until they give birth. They live in a shelter for unwed mothers…
