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Egypt's Modern Pharaohs: Nasser
From Gamal Abdel Nasser to Anwar Sadat, to Hosni Mubarak, “The Pharaohs of Modern Egypt” follows the path of the successive regimes in power, and reveals their common goal to carefully lay the basis of a solid independence, but which, on the other hand, led to the revolution on Tahrir Square in 2011. President Anwar Sadat led the country down the diametrically opposite path. He forged an alliance with the Muslim Brotherhood, the regime’s life-long enemy, and rerouted the country onto the road of capitalism. By ignoring increasing wealth gaps and insisting on peace with Israel at all political costs, the “pious” president opened up the Pandora’s Box of radical Islam, a decision that cost him his life, and which has since had repercussions on the entire world.
Police Record from Jungmann Square
A testimony on a pipeline damage incident, theft and two official records from one police station in the Prague city centre, disturbing the peaceful Christmas spirit during which blood is drained.
Frankfurter Filmtheater – Eine Geschichte in Bildern
Little Island
Little Island is a short documentary about the story of a man who chose to abandon all other life and for almost 40 years live on a small greek island in the south of Crete. Through the years, he became one with the environment and managed to survive despite the many difficulties. When his stay on the island is disturbed by the tenacity of the forestry commission he is still not willing to leave the island. A person’s destiny always lies in his worst fears. And unlike all our worst fears a strong will hidden behind a life makes it always a worthwhile story to tell.
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[...] craving for narrative
Set in a desktop-like visual space, «[…] craving for narrative» analyses and decomposes a famous scene from the film Grease, starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. This clip becomes the starting point for a reflection on obsession, nostalgia, rhythm, repetition, and media theories, and their exponential development over the Internet.
Waterloo: Hidden Traces
Using new archeological findings, first hand accounts of the battle, expert interviews and CGI and 3D animations this program helps us understand the dynamic elements of strategy and weather that led to Napoleon's historic defeat by the Duke of Wellington on the fields of Waterloo.
United Sharks of America
A showcase for breathtaking shark behaviour, covering a wide variety of species across the coastal waters of the US.
Winner Takes It All: Pain and Gain of Russian Rhythmic Gymnasts
Rhythmic gymnastics competitions are a huge favorite among sports enthusiasts. The discipline originated in Russia, and this country continues setting the bar for excellence and creativity. Russian rhythmic gymnasts have gained quite an amount of fame worldwide because of the famous legendary coach Irina Viner Usmanova. She is said to have had a revolutionary impact on the lives of the many famous athletes she has trained. She is well known for creating routines for them that have wowed international judges.
Maybe someday, another history of French rap
In the early 2000s, the landscape of French rap undergoes a transformation, opening up to new horizons. A look at the birth, evolution, and legacy of an original rap that left a mark with its boldness and the novelty of its sounds and themes.
Empire
24-hour surveillance film of the Empire State Building (an homage to Andy Warhol and Jonas Mekas) but shot at 10-second intervals, and set to Furtwängler‘s version Ode to Joy.
SP
The biggest, most populated, and frantic city in South America. While Cariocas are like tropical birds, Paulistas are like frenetic ants. Distances are longer and they're always in a hurry. A busy journey through this beautiful Brazilian beast which cannot help but beating irregularly.
Sleeping with Tito
Jelka and Egon are elderly people who spend the autumn of their lives together.
Lost in Manboo
A four-square-metre box with a screen and computer. This is what Japanese cyber-cafes offer, around the clock. Most customers just spend an hour or two here. But there are thousands who spend their lives in them. The Manboo in Tokyo has its own permanent residents: Masata and Hitomi. It is a home for them, even though they sleep on the floor.
American Dreamlands
The Christmases find beautiful pieces of untamed wilderness and transform them into incredible homesteads. After each renovation, they sell the land to families and help them reconnect with the great outdoors.
Giraffe: African Giant
Long legs, tall neck, wide eyes – giraffes are the beauties of the African savannah. But there is so much more to these gentle giants: their exceptional body, their distinctive behavior, and their social lives. So far, giraffes have been decorative extras in many wildlife films, towering over the savannah. Our production takes a fresh look at the tallest animals of all, revealing brand new details about the African icon. We present giraffes in the savannah of Kenya, in the South African grassland as well as in the desert of Namibia. Experience never before seen material that will add up to a comprehensive and entertaining portrait of Nature’s High Society.
Searching for Rushdi
A journey of a Director searching for a beach photographer who took a picture of his father in the 1970s.
From Another Life
Ludmila is in a difficult place of her life right now. She lost her husband a year ago. Ending up alone she is stuck between past and present where memories are louder than reality.
No Destination
The film records a long journey by Guo Kuan and his friends, as well as a post-cycling biography. The changes in Dali after one year, and the hurried passing by around. These subtly melt into life, and then there is this instinct documentary that needs to be expressed.
The Cold Winter
The Cold Winter was shot from the end of 2009 to early 2010, and focuses on the struggle of artists near Beijing’s famous Chaoyang District 798 Art Zone to protect their land and studios from demolition by developers. During the exceptionally cold winter of the title, the artists formed the “Warm Winter Plan” movement as a means of defending their rights and raising public awareness, being subjected to threats and brutal violence in the process.
Navidad en el fin del mundo
Collective creation of a short fiction film made in a single day during the so-called "Express Cinema Workshop" carried out by the Cinema with Neighbors Foundation of Argentina together with the INCAA (National Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual Arts) and its Federal Action Management. From 10:00 AM to 04:00 PM, a group of residents of the city of Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world, participated in the intense experience coordinated by Argentine filmmakers Fabio Junco and Julio Midú. The collective process allows participants to pitch ideas in the morning, vote on a story at noon, and immediately start filming expressly, with a camera and microphone. The collective work was titled: "CHRISTMAS AT THE END OF THE WORLD" and tells an attractive intersection of stories of families living in the extreme south of Argentina on a date as sensitive as Christmas.
Gallipoli 1915
The six months of the war that was fought on the Gallipoli peninsula was the culmination of months of British errors. The transferal of Imperial prejudices to military planning ended up costing thousands of their lives and showed the incompetence of British generals.
Terror in Times Square: A Guide To Nightmare's Grindhouse Kingdom
2015 featurette documentary behind the experience of Nightmare and grindhouse cinema.
None of Your Business
The reserved seat carriages of the train, trees flicker outside the window, they are replaced by waves and the sea, the roar of the engine, the serpentine. He and she. Kobuleti, Georgia, hospitable people and difficult relationships against the backdrop of measured local life.
Life is Good. Even Better
After the collapse of the USSR, the fate of the former Soviet Republics and the people living in them developed in different ways. The protagonist of the film, a former citizen of the Soviet Union, and now a citizen of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan, is trying to live with dignity, or rather, to survive in the new post-Soviet reality.
Il Martello, il Coltello e la Pietra
This short film was shot between January and March 2015 in several Sardinian villages. It shows various aspects of the pastoral culture specific to the island's mountainous regions. This vibrant culture remains a cornerstone in the education of young people. Songs, extensive cattle rearing, ricotta, wine and drink, dance and crafts are all components of a culture whose unity has been forged over the centuries.
Triangle Lifted: Krystian Lupa Stages Heroes Square
This film follows the rehearsals of ‘Heroes Square’, staged by the famous Polish theatre director, Krystian Lupa, who works with the text of his favourite writer, Thomas Bernhard, at the Lithuanian National Theatre in 2015.
All Rise
The United Nations' International Court of Justice resolves international disputes through dialogue rather than warfare. Modeled on the ICJ, the Jessup is a prestigious simulated court competition that offers a sneak peek at the international leaders of the future. All Rise profiles seven passionate international law students, representing Jamaica, India, Palestine, Russia, Israel, Uganda and Singapore, as they overcome personal challenges and put idealism into practice to face the challenge of the rigorous competition at the dramatic world championships.
Grenzpunkt Beton
Documentary short film about the afterlife of the remnants of the Berlin Wall.
Prisoners of Tales
In Hungary, more than 50 percent of all inmates end up back in prison within 5 years from their release. The tale therapy was launched in 2010 in the Heves County Remand Prison in Eger, and since its inception, more than 100 women have taken part in it. Out of them, only one went back to prison. The 26 minute-long animated documentary, which was the director's graduation film at the University of Theatre and Film Arts Budapest, introduces the tale therapy through a particular tale and everyday life of two imprisoned mother. We discover the prison life and also the desires and change in these two women through their stories and the tale. Even though they are locked up in prison, viewers can embrace their imagination and created worlds they utilize to get closer to their children's forgiveness.
Sat-chan Tadashi-chan: Sengo minshu-teki dokuritsu pro funtō-ki
After the war, many filmmakers were expelled from the Japanese film industry due to the Toho Dispute and the Red Purge. Amid such circumstances, there were people who set up their own independent production companies and embarked on film production without relying on corporations. This documentary film focuses on the passionate "spirit of film" of directors such as Satsuo Yamamoto and Tadashi Imai, who, despite many hardships, produced a succession of masterpieces overflowing with humanism and rebellious spirit.
Richard Galliano New Musette Quartet - North Sea Jazz Festival 2015
Solos
Solos portrays a diversity of characters expressing themselves sexually. They speak about their fetishes, connection and fantasies. Underwear, leather, rubber, jeans, socks, boots, big penises, tattoos, hairy, extended ejaculations, ropes, childhood memories and more. Some take this opportunity to express their exhibitionism on camera going all the way from unzipping to cumming.