When a close relation goes missing this has traumatic effects, this film looks at this further.
The contrasting abilities and behaviour of two boys, aged two and four, are shown as they play together without adult interference. They are seen in their surroundings at home, on the farm and at playgroup. This film leads students to think about the brothers' relationship with each other as well…
The first part deals with the parents - the tensions and strains on the marriage - money, travel, having to stay in the hospital - and available help. Part two covers the effects of the illness on children and their siblings, and relationships with other children on the ward.
Un voyage. Un pèlerinage sur les traces de Missak et Mélinée Manouchian à travers la voix de leur petite-nièce Katia, qui dessine subtilement les parcours de deux êtres d’exception. Deux survivants du génocide arménien devenus des figures…
Directed by Ruedi Gerber https://zasfilm.ch/films/metamecano The Jean Tinguely Museum in Basel, Switzerland, designed by Mario Botta, opened in 1996, five years after the Swiss sculptor’s death. META MECANO is a poetic depiction of the genesis of this monographic museum, from the builders’…
Un film écrit par Claire Jeantet & Fabrice Caterini - Réalisé par Claire Jeantet En périphérie de Toulouse, le film cherche à raconter à travers le portrait de femmes syriennes qui ont fui la guerre, ce qu’il reste de leur vie d’avant…
Paraphrasing Assata Shakur’s dictum “a woman’s place is in the struggle,” this programme of films by and about women in the Middle East is meant to foreground their place on the frontlines of political struggles, past and present. Often faced with a dual form of oppression, within…
An intimate look at MMA champion Israel Adesanya’s rise to become the global phenomenon known as ‘The Last Stylebender'.
The Palestinian Amer family lives surrounded by the West Bank Wall. Through a sensitive lens, we discover the private world of all eight members of the family, whose lives are dominated by electrified fences, locks and Israeli soldiers.
When a young woman is shot by an undocumented immigrant on Pier 14 in San Francisco, the incident ignites a political and media furor that transforms a pivotal presidential election in the United States. In the eye of this storm, two public defenders take a seemingly impossible case. Together they work…
The Upsetter tells the wild, weed-fueled story of Lee "Scratch" Perry, a visionary Jamaican musician, artist and all around madman who burst upon the Kingston scene in the '50s with a brand new sound, inventing a genre of music that would come to be called Reggae. Narrated by Benicio Del…
A booming mining town that once set world records, now lay eerily quiet, rusting, and still. The community's complexion marred by rusting mine equipment, broken windows, and collapsed roofs. But just when it looked like Lynch's story was ending, things started to get interesting...
