Documentary
A different history of the Cold War: how Estonians under Soviet tyranny began to feel the breeze of freedom when a group of anonymous dreamers successfully used improbable methods to capture the Finnish television signal, a window into Western popular culture, brave but harmless warriors who helped change the fate of an entire nation.
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Son of Torum
Bellini and Mantegna: Renaissance Rivals
The Jewish-Roman Wars
RINO – Příběh špiona
Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr: Ronald Reagan
Blush: An Extraordinary Voyage
Africa Rising
The Trial of Lady Chatterley
Adolphe Appia Visionary of Invisible
Finlandia
Napoleon’s James Bond
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Generation Sputnik
Tales of a Toy Horse
Chet Larson
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The Trials of Alger Hiss
IMDB 2.7 | Mar , 1980
Documentary by lifelong friend that supports the innocence of Alger Hiss (convicted in January 1950 on two counts of espionage-related perjury)City of the Dead
IMDB 6.5 | Oct , 2019
The human being feels generally as fascinated as fearful before death and the inevitable fact of dying. Workers at the cemetery of Palma de Mallorca, in Spain, face this harsh reality every day, so they have found a way to deal with it.Osteuropa zwischen Hitler und Stalin - Das große Sterben
IMDB 0 | Jun , 2025
Between 1930 and 1945, Eastern Europe experienced mass violence on an unprecedented scale. Hitler and Stalin exploited the vast region for their respective expansionist plans. It is estimated that around 14 million civilians were murdered—primarily Jews, Poles, Balts, Belarusians, and Ukrainians.Ghost Empire: The Forgotten Story of Harvey Comics
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2026
For half a century Harvey Comics characters ruled newsstands, television screens, and the imaginations of children across the United States. While the names Casper the Friendly Ghost, Richie Rich, Little Audrey, Dick Tracy, and The Green Hornet live on, Harvey Comics has been largely forgotten. This film will bring together stories from family members, artists, historians, and celebrities to reveal the untold story of a company that changed comic books and pop culture forever.Son of Torum
IMDB 0 | Feb , 1989
In the same vein as Meri's other documentations, this one takes advantage of the glasnost policy to discuss the social and ecologic impact of the Russian oil industry on the natives and the lands they inhabit.Bellini and Mantegna: Renaissance Rivals
IMDB 6 | Mar , 2019
The mysterious parallel story of Italian painters Andrea Mantegna (ca. 1431-1506) and Giovanni Bellini (ca. 1435-1516), brothers-in-law, public rivals and masters of the early Renaissance.The Jewish-Roman Wars
IMDB 7 | Apr , 2019
In the first century, after the death of Herod the Great, Judea goes through a long period of turbulence due to the actions of the corrupt Roman governors and the internal struggles, both religious and political, between Jewish factions, events that soon lead to the uprising of the population and a cruel war that lasts several years and causes thousands of deaths, a catastrophe described in detail by the Romanized Jewish historian Titus Flavius Josephus.RINO – Příběh špiona
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2016
Documentary portrait of Karel Köcher, supposedly the most important communist agent to infiltrate the CIA.Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr: Ronald Reagan
IMDB 8 | Apr , 2026
The wish was father to the thought: instead of asking Mr. Reagan conventionally worded questions about his candidacy, as he had done Messrs. A discussion full of substance-on topics ranging from Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia, to the way government bonds should be issued, to the still-ongoing energy crisis, to the still-high unemployment-but also a delicious dress rehearsal.Blush: An Extraordinary Voyage
IMDB 7.7 | Oct , 2022
For 18-year-old Finnish–Kosovan Fatu, a simple visit to the grocery store feels as nerve-racking as a lunar expedition: for the first time in his life, he’s wearing makeup in public. Luckily his best friend Rai, a young woman on the spectrum of autism, is there to ferociously support him through the voyage.Africa Rising
IMDB 7.5 | Jun , 2019
How African artists have spread African culture all over the world, especially music, since the harsh years of decolonization, trying to offer a nicer portrait of this amazing continent, historically known for tragic subjects, such as slavery, famine, war and political chaos.The Trial of Lady Chatterley
IMDB 0 | Oct , 1980
A docudramatisation of the 1960 obscenity trial in the United Kingdom of Penguin Books for publishing D.H. Lawrence's novel Lady Chatterley's Lover.Adolphe Appia Visionary of Invisible
IMDB 0 | Sep , 1988
The life and work of stage designer ADOLPHE APPIA, originator of the most profound agitations in contemporary theatre. Through the dynamic alternation of animated drawings and choreographies specially conceived for the film, we discover the steps of his artistic evolution.Finlandia
IMDB 2 | Oct , 1922
A documentary from Erkki Karu, one of the earliest pioneers of Finnish cinema: This government-produced propaganda film introduces the nature, sports, military, agriculture and capital of Finland.Napoleon’s James Bond
IMDB 5.5 | Oct , 2017
Charles Louis Schulmeister (1770-1853) was a smuggler and a revolutionary, but also a chief of police and Napoleon Bonaparte's favorite spy. A look back on his adventurous life with the purpose of unraveling the many mysteries of his unique path.Fanalysis
IMDB 5 | Mar , 2002
Actor/cult icon Bruce Campbell examines the world of fan conventions and what makes a fan into a fanatic.Generation Sputnik
IMDB 6.5 | Dec , 2016
From 1957 —the year in which the Soviets put the Sputnik 1 satellite into orbit— to 1969 —when American astronaut Neil Armstrong walked on the surface of the moon—, the beginnings of the space conquest were depicted in popular culture: cinema, television, comics and literature of the time contain numerous references to an imagined future.Tales of a Toy Horse
IMDB 0 | Feb , 2021
In his own way, Anatoli Ljutuk is a legend of Tallinn's Old Town - a man from Western Ukraine who has built a unique world on Laboratory Street, the main core of which is the Ukrainian Cultural Center and Church. There, he engages in calligraphy, makes paper in a medieval way, carves traditional wooden toys in his workshop and makes books in the spirit of old monasteries. According to the oath taken a quarter of a century ago, he has promised to create something good every day. His daily commitment is challenged by the war that broke out in Ukraine, which Anatoly cannot passively ignore.Chet Larson
IMDB 0 | Aug , 2021
A mockumentary following the rise, fall and continued tribulations of former internet personality Chet Larson and those associated with him.Pseudo Secular
IMDB 6.8 | Nov , 2016
They are frozen in place, stagnating without any direction. Around them, things change rapidly.