„Berlin Stories – Die Bücher einer Stadt“ sieht Berlin durch die Augen der Literatur – Eine Charakterstudie über die Hauptstadt anhand der Geschichten, die in ihr geschrieben wurden und geschrieben werden. Wenn die Stadt, anders als Paris oder Wien, sich immer wieder…
Nathan Verhelst, a 44 year old transgender man from Sint-Niklaas in Belgium, becomes world news when he demands and receives euthanasia after several failed gender operations. Nathan's life is filled with rejection. Thinking of himself as a freak, he can't find peace as a woman nor as a man.…
Anxious over moral choices, angry at growing wealth inequality, insecure about employment and personal relationships... welcome to life in the world of liquid modernity. This film is a journey through the life and work of Professor Zygmunt Bauman, one of the twenty-first century's most influential…
In 2002, the Museum of Modern Art in New York held the first major retrospective of his work in the America. Curator Robert Storr and the artist selected 188 paintings for the show. Before the opening they visit the exhibition and discuss this remarkable body of work. This film presents a rare opportunity…
Un joven obsesionado con los juegos de Guerra se convierte en soldado siguiendo su sueño. Pero la guerra real le aburre y vuelve a casa para enfrentarse a una guerra familiar causada por la crisis económica. Sólo cuando se dé cuenta de que la realidad no es como en las películas,…
“Berlin Stories – Books of a City” sees Berlin through the eyes of literature – A character study of the capital based on the stories that were and will be written there. If the city, different from Paris or Vienna, is reinventing itself again and again, can it even leave a literary…
Entre 1947 et 1951, le Gouvernement Grec a interné sur l’île déserte de Makronissos près de 80’000 soldats et civils (hommes, femmes, enfants). Ils avaient participé à la résistance contre l’occupation nazie et étaient suspectés…
Summary Between 1947 and 1950, more than 80 000 Greek citizens were imprisoned on the isle of Makronisos (Greece) in reeducation camps created to ‘fight the spread of communism’. Among these exiles were a number of writers and poets, including Yannis Ritsos and Tassos Livaditis. Despite the…
Carmen es una joven gitana que habita en Almanjáyar, un temido barrio periférico de la ciudad de Granada. Desafiando a su comunidad y a su familia, Carmen mantiene en secreto una intensa relación con Sheila; un amor que le permite subsistir a una realidad hostil y desolada. Premio…
Across America’s heartland, cities and towns are nestled among expansive fields of corn and soybeans, yet local communities must ship in 90% of the food they eat from someplace else. Though surrounded by verdant farmland, why do so many local families not have enough nutritious food to eat? "From…
BECOMING BULLETPROOF documents the making of an original Western film called, Bulletproof. Bulletproof features actors with and without disabilities who meet every year at Zeno Mountain Farm (ZMF) to write, produce, and star in original short films. Founded by two brothers and their wives, Zeno Mountain…
Au tout début de sa carrière, avec l'un de ses premiers salaires, Georges Brassens s'offre une caméra 16 mm. Il filme ses parents, ses amis, ses amours : un univers et des êtres qui sont restés dans l'ombre de son succès et qui lui ont inspirés…
