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Y Sŵn
Y Sŵn
In 1979, when Margaret Thatcher's first government breaks a promise to establish a Welsh language television channel, a wave of civil disobedience follows. One man - Gwynfor Evans - threatens to starve himself to death unless the government comes good on its manifesto pledge. The reimagining of one of the most colourful chapters in contemporary Welsh history.
Y Sŵn 2023
Pathfinders
Pathfinders
At the beginning of the last century, in the ancient city of Jiangnan, three teenagers from declining families became good friends.They were Qu Qiubai, Zhang Tailei and Yun Daiying who would later become the early leaders of the Chinese Communist Party. Qu Qiubai is the highest-ranking CCP leader who died at the hands of the enemy; Zhang Tailei is the highest-ranking leader who died on the front line of the battle; the "China Youth" magazine founded and edited by Yun Daiying turns 100 this year. The film tells the story of the "finding" life of three teenagers...
Pathfinders 2023
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space
Raised in the small all-Black Florida town of Eatonville, Zora Neale Hurston studied at Howard University before arriving in New York in 1925. She would soon become a key figure of the Harlem Renaissance, best remembered for her novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God. But even as she gained renown in the Harlem literary circles, Hurston was also discovering anthropology at Barnard College with the renowned Franz Boas. She would make several trips to the American South and the Caribbean, documenting the lives of rural Black people and collecting their stories. She studied her own people, an unusual practice at the time, and during her lifetime became known as the foremost authority on Black folklore.
Zora Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space 2023
177 Productions Presents...
177 Productions Presents...
What is 177 Productions?
177 Productions Presents... 2023
Mains basses sur les savants d'Hitler, le plan secret français
Mains basses sur les savants d'Hitler, le plan secret français
Mains basses sur les savants d'Hitler, le plan secret français 2023
Revolta dos Malês
Revolta dos Malês
Salvador, Bahia, January 1835. After more than a decade of hard work, Guilhermina, 27, a slave of Muslim origin, finally gets the resources to buy her manumission, as well as that of Teresa, 11, her teenage daughter. But, contrary to an old promise, his “lord”, farmer Souza Velho, refuses to sell the girl's letter. When Pacific Licutan, Salvador's most esteemed Islamic leadership, is arrested by the Bahian authorities, the Muslim community goes into a boiling state and begins to articulate a jihad. In desperation, Guilhermina sees in the uprising the only way to win her daughter's freedom.
Revolta dos Malês 2023
Lafayette
Lafayette
About the life of Marquis De Lafayette from the Revolutionary War to his Death.
Lafayette 2023
Les Sentinelles de l'oubli
Les Sentinelles de l'oubli
The war memorials of 1914-1918 have become so familiar that we no longer see them. They've become an invisible museum, blending into the landscape of France. Then, one fine day, a sculpture catches our eye. Another History appears, perhaps the most gigantic artistic project since the cathedrals...
Les Sentinelles de l'oubli 2023
National Theater Live: The Crucible
National Theater Live: The Crucible
A witch hunt is beginning in Arthur Miller's captivating parable of power with Erin Doherty (The Crown) and Brendan Cowell (Yerma). Raised to be seen but not heard, a group of young women in Salem suddenly find their words have an almighty power. As a climate of fear, vendetta and accusation spreads through the community, no one is safe from trial. Lindsey Turner (Hamlet) directs this contemporary new staging, design by Tony award winner Es Devlin. Captured live from the Olivier stage of the national theater.
National Theater Live: The Crucible 2023
Elfreda
Elfreda
Nora is consumed with solving the murder of a young woman, Elfreda, that happened in her hometown of Harbour Grace in 1870. The murder has become a symbol for Nora of how long injustice has persisted for women, including in today's society. As a professor of gender inequality, she witnesses the milestones women have made over centuries that are now being obliterated. Nora returns to Newfoundland and from her research finds an article in the Express newspaper of 1870 describing the horrific murder of Elfreda Pike, a sixteen-year-old girl who was found stabbed. Supported by her colleague Vivian and a new friend Zoe, Nora decides to write a book and continues to hunt down details that will solve Elfreda's murder and give her a voice 150 years later. Nora's book launch of Elfreda discloses a historic letter she reads from a Constable Furey, who headed the investigation, and shockingly confesses on his deathbed 50 years later that he was the man who killed Elfreda Pike.
Elfreda 2023
The Mitch Wars: Part Two
The Mitch Wars: Part Two
Two years after being attacked by Dr Heinz Mi’hell and his ruthless gang, Mitch is forced to return to settle a score against the now crazy and dangerous Bunny Mitch.
The Mitch Wars: Part Two 2023
Dodger Special: Bad Egg
Dodger Special: Bad Egg
When a heist goes wrong, Dodger is given his harshest punishment yet - school!
Dodger Special: Bad Egg 2023
Pilecki's Report
Pilecki's Report
The story of a great hero of the Second World War - Captain Witold Pilecki, who, after carrying out military operations, opposed Poland's Soviet domination. His biography shows the heroic, sometimes hopeless, fight with two ruthless totalitarianisms of the 20th century: German and Soviet.
Pilecki's Report 2023
The Paradox of Martial Law
The Paradox of Martial Law
Under the guise of the increasing threat of Communism and the ever-evolving bureaucracy of Philippine democracy, Marcos Sr. declared Martial Law in an attempt to hold on to subjugate the rise of crime and injustice. But does history narrate a fate that actualized his vision to bring peace? Or do the books echo a paradox? A reality where he fought fire with fire — communism with a strongarm that riddled it with bullets and bloodshed.
The Paradox of Martial Law 2023
Le ventre de Paris
Le ventre de Paris
Le ventre de Paris 2023
The Princes in the Tower: The New Evidence
The Princes in the Tower: The New Evidence
Did Richard III kill his nephews? Philippa Langley and Rob Rinder explore new discoveries and examine the truth about the fate of the princes in the tower. Based on The Missing Princes Project.
The Princes in the Tower: The New Evidence 2023
The Man Without a Lifeline
The Man Without a Lifeline
The invention of the first modern robot for table tennis training turns Ionel Sporea into a star in the world of Romanian sports. A trip to Moscow, however, ends with a harsh sentence: 12 years in prison for treason. Who is to blame: destiny, the Ceausescu regime, or himself?
The Man Without a Lifeline 2023
The Man Who Stood In the Way
The Man Who Stood In the Way
A drama that tells the story of the physician and politician MUDr. František Kriegel, the hero of the Prague Spring of 1968, who was arrested and kidnapped to Moscow on the night of August 21st together with five leaders of the party and the state (Dubček, Černík, Smrkovský, Špaček and Šimon). He was the only Czechoslovak politician who managed to stand up to Brezhnev in Moscow captivity, even under the threat of liquidation, and not to sign the Moscow Protovol which meant agreeing to the occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968.
The Man Who Stood In the Way 2023
Okht-o-Reda
Okht-o-Reda
The movie Okht al-Reza (Reza's sister) narrates the journey of the Lady of Dignity, Hazrat Masoumeh PBUH from Madinah to Qom. While portraying the events of the Prophet's path, her time, Ma'mun's conspiracies and efforts for her martyrdom, the work tries to express a mystical narrative of the character of Hazrat Masoumeh. It deals with the story of this journey, and includes passages about the political and social atmosphere of the time, where the general atmosphere of the storytelling is somewhat close to the documentary.
Okht-o-Reda 2023
It Will Rain Tomorrow
It Will Rain Tomorrow
In the Pomerania of the 1930s and 1940s, Kashubians, Poles and Germans live side by side. Changes made by the war mark the character’s fates. Pomeranian people face various dilemmas. Against the backdrop of historical events, two Kashubian brothers fall in love with a German neighbour. Each must make a choice.
It Will Rain Tomorrow 2023
New Era, New Blood
New Era, New Blood
When a young Alfonse Capone joins in with the Chicago mafia, he seeks to reform the ways in which they carry out their endeavors.
New Era, New Blood 2023
Hour of Danger
Hour of Danger
As the EDSA Revolution unfolds, a mother, son, and daughter who live in a slum near Malacañang Palace grapple with the murder of their patriarch in the hands of corrupt policemen, turning from passive victims of social injustice into active participants in the final hours of the uprising.
Hour of Danger 2023
The Reflection
The Reflection
A dog finds a bone. Based on the fable, "The Dog and Its Reflection" by Aesop.
The Reflection 2023
Flensburg Süßbitter
Flensburg Süßbitter
Flensburg Süßbitter 2023
The Servant
The Servant
Domestic service worker Lera is accused of a crime. In a cell in the premises of a Civil Guard barracks, she meets Mihaela and Julia, two prostitutes with whom she shares the story of Santa Vicenta María, founder of the Religious of Mary Immaculate, which she says saved her life.
The Servant 2023
The Memory of Cinema: A Film About Fernando Méndez-Leite
The Memory of Cinema: A Film About Fernando Méndez-Leite
A look at the life and work of Spanish filmmaker and film critic Fernando Méndez-Leite, as he writes his memoirs and a novel with autobiographical resonances.
The Memory of Cinema: A Film About Fernando Méndez-Leite 2023
Siglo ng Kalinga
Siglo ng Kalinga
Three periods interconnect the life experiences and teachings of Anastacia Giron-Tupas while transposing her story into the lives of her contemporary counterparts. Anna Formantes strives to uphold the personal and professional values of Anastacia Giron Tupas, sacrificing her happiness for education, better degrees and experiences, community advocacy, and advancing nursing standards.
Siglo ng Kalinga 2023
Zindagi Zindabaad
Zindagi Zindabaad
It is always been said that "Addiction to Life is more stronger than an Addiction to Drugs". Zindagi Zindabaad takes us to the deep insights of five individual lives who are chained into the misery of addiction and how these very individuals break free from these chains to live a clean and more realistic colorful lives.
Zindagi Zindabaad 2023
Dong Dynasty: Remastered
Dong Dynasty: Remastered
"Dong Dynasty: Remastered" breathes new life into the captivating saga of Kevin Dong, tracing his awe-inspiring ascent from destitution to reigning over a colossal empire that stretches across China, Germany, and Russia. This remastered edition unveils previously unseen scenes, enhancing the gripping narrative of Dong's relentless pursuit of power, visionary leadership, and the transformative impact on a world spared from World War I. However, the remastered footage delves deeper into the intricate psyche of Kevin Dong, unraveling the consequences of absolute power that propel him towards the precipice of madness. This epic retelling, with its added scenes, explores the delicate balance of ambition, the fragility of empires, and the tragic descent of the Dong Dynasty.
Dong Dynasty: Remastered 2023
Seeds of Hunger - Ukraine 1933
Seeds of Hunger - Ukraine 1933
Between 1931 and 1933, 4 million Ukrainians were to die of hunger. This famine was not preceded by any cataclysmic weather event, nor by a war. This was an ideological crime: decided by Stalin and approved by the Politburo, with the aim of punishing Ukrainian peasants who refused the collectivization of the countryside, cultivated a strong form of nationalism and showed resistance to communist ideology. Drawing on previously unpublished material, on many Soviet films and on a number of particular points of view, including that of Welsh journalist and whistleblower Gareth Jones, this film retraces the story of that famine.
Seeds of Hunger - Ukraine 1933 2023
Diagnosis: Dissent
Diagnosis: Dissent
The protagonist Andrii Dovzhenko finds out a horrible truth, that has been hidden in USSR for years - most of those accused of «anti-Soviet propaganda» were never sent to prison, but to special psychiatric hospitals with a diagnosis of "slow progressive schizophrenia". Andrii finds himself in a real hell of punitive psychiatry and faces a difficult choice - to cooperate with the KGB and return to his family, or to reveal the truth about dissidents tortured in such psychiatric hospitals. The script was based on the memoirs of Soviet dissidents who faced the brutality of a totalitarian system that used so-called "punitive psychiatry" as a weapon against free thought.
Diagnosis: Dissent 2023
The Forgotten Era
The Forgotten Era
Centuries ago, in a wild and inhospitable territory, The Heir is betrayed and nearly killed by people he helped. He manages to survive and begins a journey of revenge against his now enemies.
The Forgotten Era 2023
Raul Gardini
Raul Gardini
Raul Gardini 2023
Israel: Clash of the Tribes
Israel: Clash of the Tribes
Ashkenazi, Mizrachi, ultra-Orthodox, Israeli Arabs... The different groups that make up Israeli society seem irreconcilable. Who are they? Can their complicated history explain the current situation in the country?
Israel: Clash of the Tribes 2023
Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis
Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis
Willem was an artist who lived openly as a gay man at a time when few did. Frieda was a well-connected musician who became the first woman to lead an orchestra. We learn of their early lives and the selfless decisions that informed their devotion to the anti-Nazi cause, often at great personal risk. The gentle revelation of these extraordinary lives is gradually revealed through archive footage, skillfully combined with photographs and interviews with experts, journalists and family members.
Willem and Frieda: Defying the Nazis 2023
Sultana
Sultana
After a tumultuous rise to power, the first Muslim Sultana of Delhi fights to guide her kingdom while the people closest to her plot against her.
Sultana 2023
The Macondian Hollywood
The Macondian Hollywood
Functions without theaters, murals without walls, clothes without fabrics and students without schools says the necessary about the state abandonment and but also talent and creativity of Colombians, which it has nothing to lose. The documentary tells the story of the beginnings and resilience of several artist from Barranquilla in different disciplines in continuing to maintain and diversify the living culture, that remain to exist.
The Macondian Hollywood 2023
The Secrets of War
The Secrets of War
A cinematic investigative journey to a story hidden by the IDF for 50 years - a brutal massacre of 17 Israeli prisoners by Syrian soldiers in two tragic events on the Golan Heights front. An event shrouded in secrets and lies that is a metaphor for the first days of that terrible war that caught the State of Israel in its weakness and disgrace .
The Secrets of War 2023
Italia: Fire and Ashes
Italia: Fire and Ashes
The epic and poetic tale of the early years of Italian cinema, from 1896 to 1930: how peplum was born, how the first stars shone, how many daring filmmakers were able to create an original style amalgamating literature, theater, painting and opera; a tale of splendor and decadence.
Italia: Fire and Ashes 2023
Naval Cadets 1787. War
Naval Cadets 1787. War
The action of the film begins in the Crimea in 1787. Representatives of the Western powers once again begin their intrigues against Russia, but the main characters, former midshipmen, who have already reached a respectable age by this time, and their adult children, stand up to defend their homeland. They have to sail to the Crimea from Malta and there take part in the war with Turkey; in particular, to take part in the battle of Kinburn under the command of Suvorov.
Naval Cadets 1787. War 2023