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The Last Queen
The Last Queen
1516, Legend has it that the king of Algiers had a wife named Zaphira. When the pirate Aroudj Barbarossa arrives to liberate the city from the Spaniards, he is determined to conquer Zaphira as well as the kingdom itself. But is Zaphira willing to let him, or is she plotting for herself?
The Last Queen 2023
Max & Me
Max & Me
The story unfolds through a present-day encounter of an older man, Gunther, and a rebellious teenager, DJ, as the story of Father Max teaches the young boy about love and sacrifice.
Max & Me 2023
Tel Aviv Beirut
Tel Aviv Beirut
In 2000, as the Hezbollah organization takes over Lebanon, Yossi, a Lebanese soldier, helps his friend Fouad to flee the country in order to avoid punishment, as he’s been working against them for 16 years. Fouad takes refuge in Israel with his daughter, Tanya. A few years later, a new war breaks out in Lebanon, causing tensions at the Israeli border. Yossi’s wife, Myriam, decides to go there and asks for Tanya’s help to look for their soldier son, who hasn’t given sign of life since then. This journey will allow the two women to share their sorrows and heal together.
Tel Aviv Beirut 2023
Sarabha
Sarabha
Young revolutionary Kartar Singh Sarabha fights for Indian Independence in the early 1900s.
Sarabha 2023
Down in Dallas Town
Down in Dallas Town
Through interviews with people on the street and songs recorded to memorialize JFK in the mid-1960s, the film explores the impact of the November 22, 1963 assassination on issues in today’s world, from lingering conspiracy theories to the proliferation of gun violence, homelessness, and the scourge of K-2.
Down in Dallas Town 2023
Brothers
Brothers
Based on the true story of brothers Josef and Ctirad Mašín who, in 1953, tried to escape communist Czechoslovakia to join the US army in West Berlin.
Brothers 2023
We're Broke, My Lord!
We're Broke, My Lord!
Koshiro Matsudaira lives in Tanjousan Bun in Echigo as a commoner and surrounded by people that love him, including his father Sakubei, who works for the Tanjousan Bun. One day, many officials working for Tanjousan Bun come to Koshiro's house and Sakubei tells his son the shocking truth about his birth. Koshiro learns that he is the son of Daimyo Ikkosai of the Tanjousan Bun. Even more shocking to Koshiro, is that Daimyo Ikkosai has suddenly handed over his feudal lord position to Koshiro and has gone into retirement. Koshiro thinks that he has come across good fortune, but he soon learns that the Tanjousan Bun has a huge debt that needs to be payed off soon.
We're Broke, My Lord! 2023
She Sings for the World
She Sings for the World
A Chinese Canadian son sets out to make a film on his mother, who was once known as the first ever Chinese Opera Singer to have performed Pingju Opera in English in late 1980's China.
She Sings for the World 2023
Hidden
Hidden
Hidden is a short period drama that explores World War II from the perspective of a young Jewish girl, Esther, who lost her father to Holocaust. Years later, with a heavy heart she reveals the truth about the horrifying events of the past, and tells the stories of those who never had a chance to share them.
Hidden 2023
JFK: The Three Miles
JFK: The Three Miles
A new, Irish documentary directed by Galway native Pamela Finn.In June 1963, President John F. Kennedy made a visit which would change America and the rest of the world’s perception of Ireland forever. Kennedy referred to his visit to Ireland as “the best four days of his life”. One of those days, June 29th, was spent in Galway, known for its long winding promenade, beautiful beaches and traditional Gaeltacht culture of music, dancing and Irish language. Told through the eyes of residents who were present on the day, the film recalls the euphoric excitement felt within the local community. Nobody in Galway had ever experienced such privilege before, nor had they felt such an atmosphere, and they’d certainly never met someone as famous as the President of the United States.
JFK: The Three Miles 2023
Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
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Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul
In an age of legends and glamour Jack Warner reigned supreme. From humble beginnings, he and his brothers founded Warner Bros. studios. For over fifty years he held the crown, and with it made movie history-from flickering silents to wide-screen color epics. An insider's account of the man Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, James Cagney, Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, and Bugs Bunny called "boss."
Jack L. Warner: The Last Mogul 2023
Bernard Tapie, le spectacle permanent
Bernard Tapie, le spectacle permanent
Bernard Tapie, le spectacle permanent 2023
Where Ravens Fly
Where Ravens Fly
Colorado, 1880. Sophie lives peacefully with her father Ernest, a former colonel of the US Army, and their Indian mare Nola, the only remaining vestige of the Cheyenne presence. Their existence is shattered when James and Hank Lewis, the sons of Ernest’s former soldier, happen to pass through their farm.
Where Ravens Fly 2023
The Hiding Place
The Hiding Place
World War II. Darkness has fallen over Europe, and the boots of the Third Reich echo through the streets. But on a quiet city corner in the Netherlands, some choose to resist. Corrie Ten Boom and her family risk everything to hide Jewish refugees by the hundreds, and they ultimately face the consequences when they are discovered.
The Hiding Place 2023
Tzadik
Tzadik
In 1942, Red Army officer Nikolai Kiselyov receives orders to evacuate over 200 Jewish women, children, and elderly men facing brutality and death in Nazi-occupied Belarus. These exhausted, starving, terrified and bereaved people, deeply scarred by the horrors they have witnessed, must trek hundreds of kilometers along forest paths to regain hope of survival and faith in the future.
Tzadik 2023
Amadeo
Amadeo
Amadeo: a mysteriously restless and indefatigable man as if always sensing brevity of the time he had left. An artist out of definition, whose painting questions the painting itself, indomitable, scandalous and misunderstood. For being «Infinitely» according Almada, is someone who never had the time within him. How many lives are there in Amadeo de Souza Cardoso’s brief life?
Amadeo 2023
Traumschiffe des Sozialismus - Kreuzfahrten in der DDR
Traumschiffe des Sozialismus - Kreuzfahrten in der DDR
When luxury invited itself to the paradise of socialism... For three decades, East Germany rewarded its exemplary citizens by putting them on a boat.
Traumschiffe des Sozialismus - Kreuzfahrten in der DDR 2023
Melchior the Apothecary: The Executioner's Daughter
Melchior the Apothecary: The Executioner's Daughter
Melchior’s bride Keterlyn happens to witness an attack on a young man. The victim, who has lost his memory, does not know who he is and how he ended up in a Tallinn. A ring found at the scene leads Melchior to the trail of the nocturnal brotherhood, questions are also raised by the troupe of freaks who performed on fair day. Ominous signs suggest that not only is the stranger recovering from a murder attempt at risk, but Melchior and Keterlyn as well. At the same time, an inquisitor known as a ruthless witch hunter arrives in town. Melchior's ability to "speak to the dead" and to notice invisible traces of murder have raised the suspicion that he may be a dangerous heretic. And the place of the enemy of the church is at the stake…
Melchior the Apothecary: The Executioner's Daughter 2023
Klubben
Klubben
Klubben 2023
The Boy in the Woods
The Boy in the Woods
The remarkable true-life survival story of a Jewish boy hiding and being hunted in the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, based on Maxwell Smart's memoir.
The Boy in the Woods 2023
Atatürk
Atatürk
The story of the life of the founder of the Turkish Republic and its first President, a towering figure of the 20th Century Mustafa Kemal ATATÜRK.
Atatürk 2023
Thread Tension
Thread Tension
A sweatshop somewhere in England, 1987. Management is desperate to dispel the mysterious phenomenon spreading among the seamstresses: full-body possessions. When a failed attempt to cover up a vulnerable coworker's fits leaves would-be agitator Maggie unemployed, she must choose between swallowing her pride or taking a stand, until she realizes what's been occurring isn't mass hysteria-it's a strike.
Thread Tension 2023
Akropolis - Beraubtes Symbol
Akropolis - Beraubtes Symbol
Akropolis - Beraubtes Symbol 2023
רכבת דוריטוס
רכבת דוריטוס
רכבת דוריטוס 2023
The Apothecary Diaries
The Apothecary Diaries
A young maiden is kidnapped and sold into servitude at the emperor's palace, where she secretly employs her pharmacist skills with the help of the head eunuch to unravel medical mysteries in the inner court.
The Apothecary Diaries 2023
A Dreamer's Search
A Dreamer's Search
In 1918, Rockwell Kent leaves New York City with his eight-year-old son and travels to the rugged wilderness of Alaska in search of inspiration. Kent settles on a remote island, isolated and free to do his work. He befriends an old prospector whose stories energize his pursuit. As he struggles with internal turmoil, his son’s innocence and willingness to face failure inspire Kent to dig deep inside himself and begin again. Father and son’s connection blossoms as they embrace the wilderness experience together. Surrounded by the quiet magnificence of Fox Island, Kent creates the drawings and paintings that will catapult his career to national success and turn his dream into reality.
A Dreamer's Search 2023
Dastaan-E-Sirhind
Dastaan-E-Sirhind
The film is based on a Canadian NRI Punjabi, who goes far away from his religion. Due to his busy work schedule he fails to give time to his family and teach his child about his culture and Sikh religion. He comes to Fatehgarh Sahib in Punjab along with his family to reconnect with his ancestral roots, culture, tradition. His grandmother tells about the entire history of martyrdom of Chote Sahibzadas and Mata Gujri.
Dastaan-E-Sirhind 2023
Merci Zaza - La folle histoire de la Cage aux Folles
Merci Zaza - La folle histoire de la Cage aux Folles
A look back at "La Cage aux Folles", which ran non-stop for five years, from February 1973, on the stage of the Théâtre du Palais Royal in Paris. At a time when homosexuality was considered a crime by the law, Poiret and Serrault achieved great success in boulevard theater. Their success continued on the silver screen, with three Oscar nominations and a Broadway musical. Combining never-before-seen archives from the play, extracts from the film, confessions by Poiret and Serrault, and interviews with witnesses, this is the story of a wild epic.
Merci Zaza - La folle histoire de la Cage aux Folles 2023
1971 Shei Shob Din
1971 Shei Shob Din
The film revolves around a family's experiences during 1971, providing a poignant portrayal of the era.
1971 Shei Shob Din 2023
Die Keltinnen
Die Keltinnen
Die Keltinnen 2023
L’Amérique lui doit son nom : Amerigo Vespucci
L’Amérique lui doit son nom : Amerigo Vespucci
L’Amérique lui doit son nom : Amerigo Vespucci 2023
Jack the Ripper
Jack the Ripper
An English woman is unwittingly sold into prostitution and joins a brothel run by a mysterious baron.
Jack the Ripper 2023
The Lascar
The Lascar
At the end of the 18th century, hundreds of Indian sailors, known as lascars, worked amongst European settlers in Aotearoa New Zealand - often under the gruesome working conditions of seal hunting gangs. The story follows a lascar, Dasa, who has been abandoned on the coast of Aotearoa NZ by the East India Company, alongside his sealing gang. When Dasa finds himself in the middle of a conflict between his abusive British superior and two Māori traders, he is faced with a choice: bend the knee or take a stand.
The Lascar 2023
Ancients
Ancients
Working in ancient Greece, Phineas is an established myth writer who has finished his latest tale about a father and a son. He meets with two young, ambitious Roman publishers, Julius and Atilus, in an attempt to sell it and put his work into the world.
Ancients 2023
Zondebokken
Zondebokken
On the eve of the French Revolution, two town officials confront the Buckriders - a criminal gang who appear to ride on flying goats with the Devil - but along the way they will face deceit, corruption, betrayal and finally each other.
Zondebokken 2023
Padatik
Padatik
The film follows Mrinal Sen in his early days around the time of India’s independence, where he is a struggling idealist with an all-consuming hunger for cinema but unable to feed himself or his young wife, to 1950s Calcutta, where (alongside Satyajit Ray) he helped start the Indian New Wave cinema movement.
Padatik 2023
Mystery Man of the A-Bomb
Mystery Man of the A-Bomb
Stories of the people who built the first atomic weapons are well known. But what about those who provided the uranium? We look at a mysterious man who derived huge profits from the business of war.
Mystery Man of the A-Bomb 2023
Der Ölschock von 1973 - Autofreie Sonntage
Der Ölschock von 1973 - Autofreie Sonntage
Der Ölschock von 1973 - Autofreie Sonntage 2023
Gunjal (Entangled)
Gunjal (Entangled)
When the killer of an adolescent labor activist is acquitted, journalist Shahbaz Bhatti sees glaring loopholes in the verdict, and begins a quest for justice. But each lead he follows contradicts the one before, and the twisted story reveals the ugly truth of child labor in 1990s Pakistan.
Gunjal (Entangled) 2023
Manuel Ugarte: El destino de un continente
Manuel Ugarte: El destino de un continente
Manuel Ugarte: El destino de un continente 2023