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My Heart of Darkness
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My Heart of Darkness
Four war-veterans, from different sides, step onto a boat at the mouth of the Kwando river, deep within the African interior. They are on a journey back to the battlefield, the site of the last "great" battle of the Cold War - its inconclusive and a very secret Armageddon, where they as youngsters, once tried to kill each other. But now, twenty years later, they've come together as former enemies, a new unit of disparate souls joined together not only by the common haunting of war trauma, but also by their need to understand, to reconcile, to forgive.
My Heart of Darkness 2010
Deserted
Deserted
In a desperate attempt to survive, two deserters and a green beret try to reunite with their forces after the enemy unleashes its secret weapon.
Deserted 2010
Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow
Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow
An exploration of how the U.S. military employs video game technology to train troops for war. In A Sun With No Shadow, Farocki calls attention to the subtle differences between the simulations for combat training and PTSD. With the former, the sun can be programmed to cast shadows in the virtual combat zones, while the latter, less expensive technology does not offer this feature.
Serious Games 4 – A Sun With No Shadow 2010
8
8
In the depths of a snowy forest in an unknown wartime, two soldiers from opposing armies try to outwit each other in a perilous game of cat and mouse - until they find themselves outplayed by destiny.
8 2010
Sands of Fire - Part One
Sands of Fire - Part One
Coalition Forces are at war in Iraq. On March 31, 2004, a group of American soldiers are sent to the City of Fallujah. After a fierce attack from Iraqi insurgents, one soldier is captured and held hostage. As a response to this horrific event, the US military sends in American troops to rescue him. But will they arrive in time, can he survive?
Sands of Fire - Part One 2010
Otto Frank, the Father of Anne
Otto Frank, the Father of Anne
Director David de Jongh represents the life Otto Frank in his documentary Otto Frank, the father of Anne. The film deals with various facets of Otto Frank’s life: his youth in Germany, including his military service during the First World War, his marriage to Edith Holländer and the birth of their daughters Margot and Anne, their flight to the Netherlands, the time in hiding and the deportation to Auschwitz, his life after the Second World War and his dedication to the diary and the ideals of his daughter Anne, and his second marriage to Fritzi Geiringer. The documentary features many photos and film images, as well as interviews, including new ones, with people who knew Otto Frank. His stepdaughter Eva Schloss is one of the interviewees. The film is produced by Pieter van Huystee Film.
Otto Frank, the Father of Anne 2010
The Cross Roads
The Cross Roads
Europe, autumn 1944. In the middle of a platoon of the 82nd Airborne, errors of command are going to isolate a small group of men who are under the command of Sgt. Pallumbo. Their destiny, mingled with hope and death, is going cross that of a family of citizens who struggle to survive too.
The Cross Roads 2010
Fiasko
Fiasko
"The photonovel FIASKO is based on and named after Kertész’ novel. He describes his absurd attempt of a new beginning – after Auschwitz and Buchenwald – in the Budapest of the Stalin area. Our photonovel transfers Kertész’ literary method into a visual language: the joining of fragmentary elements of the past and of the present, finding a trace that links experience and remembrance. From 2008 to 2010 approximately 800 colored medium-format photos were taken. The sequential photos have been taken on the original locations. The remainders of the past systems are rendered via multiple exposures, pictures shown in their ambivalence, mirroring etc. The literary text and the photographies remain independent from one another, however they enter into a dialog and open up space for associations. The course of movement caused by the juxtaposition of multiple still images is continued when one turns the pages (see chronophotography)."
Fiasko 2010
Silence
Silence
During the civil war in Turkey, many people were assassinated or disappeared while in custody. Mothers and families of the ones who disappeared in custody have held a demonstration every Saturday for the last 15 years. These mothers are called the Saturday mothers. The project tells the story of the encounter between an ex-soldier and a mother who's son disappeared in custody.
Silence 2010
Porcelain Unicorn
Porcelain Unicorn
In 1940s Germany, a young boy stumbles upon a Jewish girl in hiding.
Porcelain Unicorn 2010
442: Live with Honor, Die with Dignity
442: Live with Honor, Die with Dignity
Medal of Honor Recipient George Sakato said with tear, ' I am not a hero. I just killed a lot of people. It's not good. This medal is for the people who couldn't return their homes, not for me.' Even many soldiers who received the decoration still have deep scars in their hearts now. He is the veteran of 442nd Regimental Combat Team in WW2 composed of Japanese Americans, who were at first seen as the problem because of their race, but later seen as problem solvers because of their splendid achievements on the battle field. They had to fight not only the enemy but also prejudice. This is the story of the 442nd and their veterans now and then.
442: Live with Honor, Die with Dignity 2010
Paroles d'un Prisonnier Français de l'ALN
Paroles d'un Prisonnier Français de l'ALN
The image of French prisoners was very often evoked in Algerian cinema and literature, but until today, no Algerian or even European report or documentary had given voice to one of these French prisoners of the war of Algeria. In the interest of truth and writing history, we set out in search of one of these French witnesses. This witness is René Rouby, prisoner of Amirouche's group for more than 114 days in 1958 in the Akfadou region in Kabylia. This is the first testimony from a French prisoner of the ALN (the National Liberation Army).
Paroles d'un Prisonnier Français de l'ALN 2010
Hitler's Secret Science
Hitler's Secret Science
During the Second World War, to give himself every chance of winning the conflict, Adolf Hitler instructed the most brilliant German scientists to develop advanced technology weapons of mass destruction. Among them were the V1, the first cruise missile, and the V2, the first ballistic missile. The document looks back at the context in which their creators worked and succeeded in designing innovations that laid the foundations of modern aviation and aerospace.
Hitler's Secret Science 2010
Ghosts of War
Ghosts of War
Northern France, 1917. Australian Private Joseph Richmond and his fellow soldiers from the 18th Battalion A.I.F. have retreated into a supply trench during an artillery barrage. After being left by himself to act as a listening post, Joe discovers the all-important trench periscope has been damaged, meaning he has to poke his head above the parapet to determine enemy movements after he can overhear them close by. After exchanging shots with an unseen enemy, he retreats, but is confronted by a mysterious soldier. The soldier tells Joe go with him, even though he is not Joe’s relief. Joe refuses to leave his post without proper orders. The soldier reveals himself to be Joe as well, that Joe’s shooting exchange was fatal, and he has been dead ever since. The mysterious soldier represents everything Joe had to leave behind to become a soldier, but now he is dead, the two must reunite so Joe’s soul can meet its destiny.
Ghosts of War 2010
There is No Third
There is No Third
In 1944, a Russian agent was infiltrated into the command of the Nazi army in the north of Ukraine. Its mission: to discover enemy plans so that the Russian army can destroy the Germans and put an end to the war.
There is No Third 2010
Taste Of Spring
Taste Of Spring
Taste Of Spring 2010
The Ambidextrous
The Ambidextrous
1937, Spanish Civil War. A man wakes up in the middle of a battlefield with amnesia. The soldiers of both trenchs do not recognize him, so nobody will help him. He is injured and his time is about to finish.
The Ambidextrous 2010
Lo sono qui
Lo sono qui
A Donatello award nominated short film.
Lo sono qui 2010