While editing her last film in Toronto, filmmaker Maria Teresa Larraín suddenly loses her sight. Battling despair and misplaced shame, she closes the doors to her past and decides to face her loss alone. However, when her mother dies in Chile she returns to the country she left thirty years ago.…
When you have hearing loss, conversation is like a game of Wheel of Fortune. Some of the letters are blank. Others are filled in. People with hearing loss take these incomplete sounds and put them into words or phrases that make sense in the context of the conversation. It doesn’t always work,…
The Minoan civilization is regarded as the very cradle of European culture. Every year thousands of tourists travel to Crete to gaze at the imposing Palace of Knossos. Apart from the pyramids of Gizeh, the centre of Minoan culture is one of the most famous archaeological excavations. The few existing…
Resilience: Stories of Single Black Mothers is an intimate, richly detailed documentary that confronts long-held stereotypes by stepping inside the lives of three real women in the real world.
Hitler's Canadians tells the little known story of German POWs behind Canadian barbed wire during World War Two. It features dramatic re-enactments of daring and hilarious escapes, the biggest prison rebellion in Canadian history and surprising interviews with former prisoners whose words reflect…
League of Exotique Dancers explores vintage Burlesque's world of fun, frolic, and feathers, yet also turns the spotlight on the poverty, racism, and sexism that were rampant under all that glitter.
GERMANY - the second part of our feature looking at the main line between Coswig and Riesa on the Dresden to Leipzig route. In this section we study a variety of train workings bringing a wide mixture of locomotive and train types, including Classes 112, 140, 146, 151, 152, 185, 186, 187, 193, 233, 285,…
Corey is a highly sought after national touring college, club and corporate and cruise ship performer. He was the winner of The Catch a New Rising Star, The Funniest Comic in New England and the 2017 Big Sky Comedy Festivals.
Over 160 wild dogs inhabit the Save conservancy, but this film focused attention on just one of these formidable packs known as the Pungwe pack. Our story begins with the birth of 16 pups, documenting the packs relentless hunting endeavours, as they take down small plains game as well as taking on prey…
Abschiednehmen bei einer Demenzerkrankung des Partners Der Film erzählt vom doppelten Abschiednehmen bei einer Demenzerkrankung des Partners im Laufe der Erkrankung und nach dem Tod. Es werden drei Partnerschaften porträtiert, die den Umgang mit der Erkrankung zeigen. Was passiert mit einer…
Spiders are found in every home and garden but their relationship with humans has never been an easy one. Shot over three years and with the use of macro filming techniques, this film reveals the hidden lives of these astonishing creatures and how they adapt and thrive in the face of constant hostility.
In spite of exhaustive studies, no one knows what exactly causes Alzheimer’s - the most deadly form of dementia. But possible new evidence pointing to the roots of Alzheimer's may now be untangling the mystery. The latest theories and science behind the disease are examined, together with…
