Documentary, History
According to the official history of Afghanistan, ruthless destruction has always prevailed over art and creation; but there is another tale to be told, the forgotten account of a diverse and progressive country, seen through the lens of innovative filmmakers, a story that survives thanks to a few brave Afghans, a small but very passionate group that secretly fought to save a huge film archive that was constantly menaced by war and religious fanaticism.
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The Footprints of a Spirit
William the Conqueror
The Jodorowsky Constellation
Armadillo
Utøya: July 22
Shared Table
Broken Palace
Ciudad de la Selva - Runaways & guerrilla in the forests of Casaio
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Winter
The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus
Jan Hus – Cesta bez návratu
Stranded: I've Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains
Dirty Harry: The Original
Afghan Coal
The Cruel Sea
Nadia Comăneci: The Gymnast and the Dictator
A Heart Set Free: Charles Wesley
High Road to China
Salem Witch Trials
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The Footprints of a Spirit
IMDB 6 | Oct , 1998
The story of the creation of The Spirit of the Beehive, a film directed by Víctor Erice in 1973.William the Conqueror
IMDB 5.2 | Apr , 2014
England, 11th century. William the Conqueror (ca. 1027-1087) wins the Battle of Hastings (1066), changing the shape of medieval Europe and the course of English history. An account of the life of the extraordinary Norman warrior who became king.The Jodorowsky Constellation
IMDB 6.2 | Oct , 1994
This documentary depicts the filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky talking about his life, his loves, his career as a filmmaker, graphic novelist, and workshop leader, and his eccentricities including tarot reader and theatrical director during The Panic Movement. Directed by Louis Mouchet, La Constellation Jodorowsky includes a lengthy on-camera interview with Jodorowsky in Spanish with subtitles. Marcel Marceau, Fernando Arrabal, Peter Gabriel, Jean "Moebius" Giraud, and Jean Pierre Vignau make appearances discussing their various projects with the director. In addition to the interview and film clips, Mouchet features some bizarre footage from Jodorowsky’s absurdist plays in which topless women splattered with paint writhe around the stage in a theatrical production meant to represent The Panic Movement, i.e., an artistic expression in which reason cannot fully express the human experience.Armadillo
IMDB 7 | May , 2010
Danish soldiers are sent to Afghanistan in 2009 for 6 months, to help stabilize the country against the Taliban. They're stationed on Armadillo military base in Helman province. Unlike other war movies, this is the real deal – no actors.Utøya: July 22
IMDB 7.2 | Mar , 2018
A teenage girl fights for survival and to locate her young sister during the 2011 terrorist attack at a political summer camp on the Norwegian island of Utøya.Shared Table
IMDB 0 | Mar , 2016
“Last August, several filmmakers joined me to repair the splices in Markopoulos’s Eniaios. I interrupted our work for a moment; the generosity of James, Silvia, Nina, Alexandre and Julia prompted me to film them. Then I filmed James Edmonds a second time with the avocado plant that he had grown while we were working together.” (RB)Broken Palace
IMDB 9 | Sep , 2014
A short documentary about the rapidly disappearing era of heritage movie palaces and the film going experience once offered within those hallowed walls.Ciudad de la Selva - Runaways & guerrilla in the forests of Casaio
IMDB 0 | Sep , 2022
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
IMDB 7.1 | Jan , 2006
Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America rates films, revealing the organization's underhanded efforts to control culture. Dick questions whether certain studios get preferential treatment and exposes the discrepancies in how the MPAA views sex and violence.Winter
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2021
During another snowless winter, a famous freeride skier has a chance encounter with two kids on the street, which prompts him to dig through his grandfather's old family albums, capturing the snowy winters of the past. Immersing himself in the photos, the young man is transported to the parallel world of the winter mountains. Is winter irretrievably lost?The Illness and Recovery of Buda Brakus
IMDB 0 | Aug , 1980
The protagonists of this docudrama are old farmers who migrated to Banat after the First World War, in 1922. The film is focused on a couple of important events in their impressive lives, which are woven into lively scenes and stories full of wise instances. Their statements become spontaneous recounts of the lives of people in this region.Jan Hus – Cesta bez návratu
IMDB 6 | Nov , 2015
Stranded: I've Come from a Plane That Crashed on the Mountains
IMDB 8.2 | Oct , 2008
The story, told by the survivors, of a group of young men, members of a Uruguayan rugby team, who managed to survive for 72 days, at an altitude of almost 4,000 meters, in the heart of the Andes Mountains, after their plane, en route to Chile, crashed there on October 13, 1972.Dirty Harry: The Original
IMDB 7.4 | Nov , 2001
A retrospective look at the five Dirty Harry films (1971-88), starring Clint Eastwood.Afghan Coal
IMDB 0 | Oct , 2018
The story of a country that is obliged to give up on its future... The documentary pictures the town of Tor famous for its coal mines located in the north of Afghanistan, which most of us haven’t even heard of, and the tragedy of the children that are obliged to work there.The Cruel Sea
IMDB 6.9 | Feb , 1953
At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. The winter seas make life miserable enough, but the men must also harden themselves to rescuing survivors of U-Boat attacks, while seldom able to strike back. Traumatic events afloat and ashore create a warm bond between the skipper and his first officerNadia Comăneci: The Gymnast and the Dictator
IMDB 8.8 | Jul , 2016
A documentary portrait of legendary Perfect Ten gymnast Nadia Comaneci after becoming an icon in the 1976 Olympics, during her Romanian period, and her challenging years under the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu.A Heart Set Free: Charles Wesley
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2008
A biography of Charles Wesley, father of the Weselyan Church, hymn writer, and preacher.High Road to China
IMDB 5.9 | Mar , 1983
A biplane pilot is saddled with a spoiled industrialist's daughter on a search for her missing father through Asia that eventually involves them in a struggle against a Chinese warlord.Salem Witch Trials
IMDB 6.1 | Dec , 2002
Salem, Massachusetts. A small town—with no clear governing body—became embroiled in a scandal that forever stands as one of the darkest chapters in American history. For those accused of witchcraft by their neighbors and friends, there was little chance of clearing their names; the mass paranoia that ravaged through the community took the lives of 19 innocent men and women.