Nascida no Estado Novo para controlar os estudantes ultramarinos, a Casa dos Estudantes do Império, em Lisboa e com delegações em Coimbra e Porto, foi fundamental nas lutas de independência das colónias portuguesas. Por aquele ponto de encontro passaram futuros líderes…
Born in Lisbon during the Fascist Regime in order to control students coming from the portuguese overseas colonies, the Casa Estudantes do Império, with delegations in Coimbra and Porto, was fundamental to the independence movements in the colonies. Through that meeting point passed future anti-colonial…
People meeting and talking, and everyday situations… An uncompromised speech, sometimes edgy, others shy. These are the voices overheard, telling their small tales that the image unravels, multiplies or just exhales: rehearsing worlds that are house-being (or being-house), moored in boxes, bodies,…
This programme about modern religious cults in the 80's assesses the allegations made against them especially of splitting up families, brainwashing converts and financial chicanery. Interviews with representatives of the Moonies, scientology and Hare Krishna, as well as dissatisfied ex-members,…
A Cat Is Always Female R. Martina Meštrović, Tanja Vujasinović / Prod. Kreativni sindikat (HR) Language: Croatian / Jezik: hrvatski Subtitles: English / Titlovi: engleski Through a feminist lens, the filmmakers pay homage to their professor Marija Ujević Galetović – arguably one…
It all started with a picture taken in 1974 in Lisbon, just after the Portuguese Revolution. She, the Revolution Hunter, tries to enter in that picture as if she could enter into a time she didn't belong and finally understand what it means to be part of a revolution or what it means to fight for…
Accepting the volcano - 40 years later The documentary seeks to shed a light on the inner struggle of those who experienced the volcanic eruption in Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland, in 1973, and its consequences. Is that struggle truly over? Have these individuals come to terms with this event 40 years later? Iceland…
This tangible “gym culture” has evolved from mustached strongmen in the 1900s to a community of motivated exercise enthusiasts where biceps are built and pounds are shed. What really makes the modern gym such a special meeting place for today’s health minded individuals?
Carne Ross was a government highflyer. A career diplomat who believed Western Democracy could save us all. But working inside the system he came to see its failures, deceits and ulterior motives. He felt at first hand the corruption of power. After the Iraq war Carne became disillusioned, quit his job…
Summiting Mount Everest is a grueling and dangerous endeavor for even the most experienced climber. The world’s highest mountain is known to torture the mind, body, and soul of those who dare to do what few have ever achieved. When a 68-year-old great grandfather attempts to become the oldest American…
Featuring Shawn Micallef Toronto’s most distinctive physical attribute is also one of its least appreciated: its 44,000-acre ravine system. That’s thirty times the size of Central Park in New York that is distributed throughout the region, interconnecting the entire Greater Toronto Area…
Durée : 52mn - 2022 - Réalisée par Caroline Puig-Grenetier Pourquoi des bénévoles s’engagent-ils pour accompagner des personnes de la fin de leur vie jusqu’à leur mort ? Le film regarde au-delà de la générosité de ces…
