Directed by Ulrik Ehrhorn Gutt-Nielsen When filmmaker Ulrik is 33 years old his mother suddenly passes away after a failed knee surgery his world collapses. His father begins spending money on hookers and loses Ulrik’s childhood home, his favourite location. Ulrik desperately crosses the lines…
Del ist das hässlichste Model der Welt. Nach einer einsamen Kindheit erlangte er plötzlich kurzen Weltruhm. Doch der Höhenflug währt nur wenige Jahre. Heute wandelt er zwischen nur noch vereinzelten Modeljobs und einem Leben als Sozialhilfeempfänger in einem Berliner Randbezirk.…
Directed by: Reiner E. Moritz Produced by: RM Arts/WDR/ORF The Masterworks series is a treasure trove of art. Each ten-minute programme focuses on an individual painting, with a rich visual survey accompanied by an authoritative voice-over commentary. The selection of works, from galleries on both…
The story of one man’s journey through blues music to spiritual redemption. 82-year-old Richard Trice was one of the last survivors of the heyday of the blues in Durham, North Carolina in the 1930s. Through his memory and the memory of others, a world of African American family, music and community…
Eisige Gletscher und heiße Quellen, dunkle Wintertage und helle Sommernächte – Island ist ein Land der Extreme. Aber nicht nur die Natur bietet Überraschungen: viele Jahrhunderte alte Sagas, Krimis, exzentrische Videokunst und enigmatische Musik – die isländische Kunst…
Bali & Java Bali, die „Insel der Götter und Dämonen“, ist unbestritten die faszinierendste Insel des indonesischen Archipels. Eine Insel, auf der Kunst und Alltagsleben, Götter- und Menschenwelt, Landschaft und Kultur eine geheimnisvolle Synthese bilden. Dieser filmische…
GO FAST, TURN LEFT journeys to the grassroots of stockcar racing to Orange Country Speedway in Rougemont, North Carolina. Produced during the 1997 racing season, the film is a celebration of Southern culture and sport and explores one of America's very special short tracks where Scott Riggs, Jimmy…
CHICAGO FILMMAKERS ON THE CHICAGO RIVER is a feature length doc that examines the creative processes of movie makers as they cruise along the Windy City's famous river system. The filmmakers are interviewed aboard an amusing variety of watercraft - speedboat, fireboat, tugboat, houseboat, fishing…
Une collection de films réalisés par Nicole Giguère, pionnière de Vidéo Femmes. • Née à Québec, Nicole Giguère commence en 1975 à réaliser des documentaires avec le collectif Vidéo Femmes dont elle est une des…
Human psychological development. The film shows examples of research methods and ideas in the study of human psychological development. Jerome Kagan shows some of the inborn motor reflexes and also the more perceptual responses in the young child. Mary Ainsworth's "strange situations"…
Three long-term psychiatric patients seek release from hospital. This prize-winning television film follows three psychiatric patients as they seek their release from hospital. Filmed at Creedmore Psychiatric Centre in New York, the documentary reveals the dissatisfaction of patients, staff and relations…
Examines the psychological effects of disasters on those people involved. It has only recently been recognised that even those people like Andrew Parker, who made his body a human bridge in the Zeebrugge disaster, and David Britton, who risked his life to save people in the Bradford football stadium…
