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Publisher
Utopia
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
THE SEER & THE UNSEEN is a magic realist fable about invisible elves, financial collapse and the surprising power of belief, told through the story of an Icelandic grandmother who speaks on behalf of nature under threat. As it is about to be razed by a road construction project, our heroine Ragga fights to save a threatened lava field believed to be home to a community of elves - invisible spirits of nature that over half of Iceland believes in. This...
Publisher
British Film Institute
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
A man and his gay friend Robinson, are recruited as spies. They set out on seven trips around England - to the west and east of London; Oxford and Bristol; the West Midlands; Birmingham and Liverpool; Manchester and Hull; Scarborough and Whitby; and Blackpool and Sellafield.
Publisher
Feelsales
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
Enrique was separated from his mother at birth and Ascensión was forced to hand over her daughter after giving birth to her. Both are victims of the "stolen children" conspiracy; a slippery slope for the Spanish government. Whilst they continue their legal battle, they'll continue with their searches and live alongside blame, rejection, and the construction of their own identities.
Publisher
Pragda
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Español
Description
A passionate documentary about the history of the legendary Gypsy district, the Sacromonte barrio in Granada (Spain). Founded in the 1600s, it served as a source of inspiration for artists such as Debussy, Glinka, Falla, and Lorca. Winner of Best Documentary at the **Valladolid Film Festival**. *"In this film, [the director] passionately documents the history of a legendary district, the Sacromonte barrio in Granada, through a range of artists and...
Publisher
Cohen Film Collection
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Sicilian photographer Letizia Battaglia began a lifelong battle with the Mafia when she first dared to point her camera at a brutally slain victim. A woman whose passions led her to abandon traditional family life and become a photojournalist in the 1970s-the first female photographer to be employed by an Italian daily newspaper-Battaglia found herself on the front lines during one of the bloodiest chapters in Italy's recent history. She fearlessly...
8) Vas-y Coupe!
Publisher
First Run Features
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Français
Description
Every year for the harvest, a motley team of laborers travels from the north of France to a celebrated family-owned vineyard in the Champagne region. Many of them have been picking these grapes for a quarter century and, though the work can be grueling, there is a cherished comfort in the comradery, the lovingly prepared meals, and the late-night partying. But as the winemaker begins to hand over the business to his son-and younger workers increasingly...
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Comedian Jack Dee has drawn the short straw. He's going on a two-week journey to Siberia, one of the most remote and inhospitable places on the planet. The trip starts with a nine-and-a-half-hour plane journey from Moscow into Yakutsk and then a two-and-half-hour helicopter ride up into the mountains of Lepikha. Jack will stay for two nights in a desolate reindeer herder village where he will learn basic survival skills and will be introduced to the...
10) Frau Loosli
Publisher
Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Swiss German
Description
Mrs. Loosli is old. Her husband died many years ago; her children have moved out. She spends her days alone on her farm at the foot hills of the Swiss Alps. She knits. She keeps in shape on her treadmill. She listens to the radio. She fires up the oven and fetches wood. She bakes an apple pie for herself. She spends time with her dog. A young film crew documents how each morning she braces herself against her life's loneliness and the absurdity of...
11) Nicky’s Family
Publisher
Menemsha Films
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The nearly forgotten story of Nicholas Winton, an Englishman who organized the rescue of 669 Czech and Slovak children just before the outbreak of WorldWar II. *"An enthralling documentary by Matej Minac..." - Anita Gates, **New York Times***
12) Sacro GRA
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
Italiano
Description
This film documents an engaging tour of Rome's ring road, populated by a fascinating group of eccentrics. Director Gianfranco Rosi has emerged as one of the most awarded and provocative documentarians working today. His observational films artfully and sympathetically depict the lives of subcultures and displaced peoples the world over. Winner of a Golden Lion at the **Venice International Film Festival**. Nominated for Best European Documentary at...
13) Good Fight
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The fight for the freedom of Loyalist Spain during the 1936-39 civil war pitted an International Brigade of 35,000 civilian soldiers from more than 50 nations against the well-equipped insurgents of Generalissimo Francisco Franco. Aid to Franco came via Italian fighter planes from Mussolini and from the Nazi Condor Legion of Junker bombers sent by Hitler, who wanted to try out his new weaponry in anticipation of the larger war to come. Spurred by...
Publisher
Icarus Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
An intimate conversation between the director and her mother, the dynamic activist and scholar Srbijanka Turajlić, reveals a house and a country haunted by history. What begins as the chronicle of a childhood home grows into an elegant portrait of a charismatic and brilliant woman in times of great political turmoil.
Publisher
Java Films
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Monday 15th, April 2019. The world watches in horror as Notre-Dame, Paris' iconic cathedral, burns. While news stations around the globe cover the events live and the streets fill with people in shock, an extraordinary story was taking place behind the scenes. Just a few key moments decided the fate of the Notre Dame, saving it from total destruction. Director Emilie Lançon gained access to unpublished images and exclusive testimonies from the Paris...
Publisher
First Look Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Polish
Description
George and George are both 83. Every summer they sail together on the Mazury lakes in northeast Poland, happy with the simplicity of life, the beauty of nature and their friendship. In this intimate film of friendship and joy, we see what might be their last summer on the lakes together.
Publisher
Feelsales
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Ukrainian
Description
A portrait of a bohemian Ukrainian family. Artist/Singer Tolik, his sister Anya and his niece Katya are struggling through daily life filled with love, soul searching, loneliness and illness. Official Selection at the **Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival**.
19) Terminus
Publisher
British Film Institute
Pub. Date
1961.
Language
English
Description
Shows changing patterns of human emotions during 24 hours in the life of Waterloo Station.
20) In Touch
Publisher
Feelsales
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Polish
Description
The story of people from a little Polish village called Stare Juchy (in Polish: Old Blood). The village is located in Masuria, area often referred as ''The Land of Thousand Lakes''. Around 400 people from this village have emigrated to Iceland since the 80's and nobody has returned. Those who stayed behind - most of them from the older generation - are hoping for the reunion. But by now their children and grandchildren are settling into new lives...
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