Documentary

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A collective memory of the abandoned community, and shows how these mothers and their love – withstand the trials of life in jail, far from family and loved ones.Read More »

Plans to build the largest power plant on the Congo plunge 17 million people into darkness and insecurity.Read More »

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Explores the times, travels and experiences of a tribe of surfers who search for the spark of life and look to pass it on to the younger generation.Read More »

Jewish life in Poland before World War II. The Vladimir Medem Sanatorium stood as the embodiment of health and enlightenment in striking contrast to the grim images of urban Polish-Jewish poverty.Read More »

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From 1965 to 1983, Hyères hosted the Festival International du Jeune Cinéma. Archival materials, unfold a dazzling fresco of splendors and miseries, with stars and nobodies, while the main event loses itself in, and to the zeitgeist.Read More »

Veit Helmer’s sizzling ‘behind the scenes’ exposé of the casting business and how acting hopefuls break into show biz.Read More »

After fleeing Vietnam by boat in 1975, Hoa Thi Le and Hue Nguyen Che arrived in the Philippines and were cast as extras in Apocalypse Now.Read More »

Il Cinema Ritrovato wrote:
Alfred Machin started at Pathé in 1908, in the department called “Service de Voyage”. Its staff had their travel expenses covered by the company and were paid per film accepted (“bande accepté”) so it was a kind of freelancing. The frequency of hunting films, especially from distant countries, is some indication of the popularity of this genre a hundred years ago. According to the Pathé catalogue, Machin was also responsible for Chasse à L’hippopotame, Chasse à l’aigrette, Chasse à la giraffe, Chasse au marabout, Chasse aux singes, and Chasse aux éléphants.Read More »

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Joris Ivens’ Rain left a lasting impression on Bergmann-Michel. The main motif of the lyrically edited film is a single rain shower, filmed over a period of two years. As a working portrait with photos, drawings, collages and sequences from the films rediscovered for this purpose, Mein Herz schlägt Blau – Ella Bergmann-Michel combines her artistic biography with her cinematic commitment to social reform. The essay by Jutta Hercher and Maria Hemmleb tells of the grotesque collages influenced by natural science, of pacifist hopes, photographic experiments and the film working group in New Frankfurt. Mein Herz schlägt Blau begins in the Schmelzmühle, the meeting place of artist friends and, during the Nazi era, an ‘underground’ retreat. – Fischfang in der Rhön comes closest to Bergmann-Michel’s free artistic work and combines it with a documentary perspective. The encounter with Ivens’ Regen echoes.Read More »