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In a landscape forgotten by time, the archaic reminder of a past civilizations remain imprinted amongst the ruins scattered across the countryside where a goat meanders. An intimate and almost mythical portrait of southern italy that bears witness to the cohabiting contradictions of distant worlds.
Biography of the award-winning Argentinian leftist filmmaker Raymundo Gleyzer, who was kidnapped by the CIA-backed military junta in 1976 at the age of 35. Features extensive clips from his movies as well as interviews with the people who knew him.
This documentary tells the story of Bruce Lee and his unsuccessful efforts to start a acting career in the U.S., he returned to Hong Kong where he became an international star, and his death at age 32.
A look into the underground community of rule-breakers at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida and how their actions led to the disappearance of an Audio-Animatronic named Buzzy.
What was once considered a childhood hobby has evolved into a billion-dollar global marketplace. Signed, Sealed & Delivered takes audiences inside the high-stakes world of sports collectibles, where rare trading cards, signed jerseys, and historic memorabilia have become status symbols, emotional investments, and financial assets. Through exclusive access, interviews, and behind-the-scenes footage, the documentary explores the personalities and businesses driving the hobby's modern explosion. Featuring appearances and commentary tied to sports and business icons including Lionel Messi, Kevin O'Leary, and Gary Vaynerchuk, the film uncovers the culture, psychology, risks, and financial opportunities behind the booming collectibles industry — while asking what people are truly chasing when they spend fortunes trying to own a piece of sports history.
In Budapest, an elderly mother teaches her Hungarian-speaking daughter the difference between active and passive tenses in the mother's Indonesian mother tongue.
By exploring the relationship between the watched and the watching, our film uncovers the trauma and hope engendered by the Chinese all-surveilling state and lends a voice to those that stand in resilient defiance of such blatant abuse of power.
$80 due today. Out of time and out of options, Ernesto keeps a positive outlook while he hunts the streets and dumpsters of LA in the hope of finding enough recyclables to pay for his daughter’s chemo treatment back home in the Philippines.
BBC Arena's documentary on the Dames of British Theatre and film featuring Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins, Judi Dench and Joan Plowright on screen together for the first time as they reminisce over a long summer weekend in a house Joan once shared with Sir Laurence Olivier.
Jiří, a Czech physicist and a visionary handyman, has an idea on how to save the planet. But no one will listen to him. His daughter, Marta, a musician and mother of two, is annoyed at this. She takes her camera and goes "out into the world" with her dad. She wants to see if the world could work just as Jiri had envisioned it. Humor is brought to the film as they showcase their combined and inventive strategies on how they should present their idea and to whom.
A film in three movements. In the first one, we find a historical synthesis of Brazilian architecture, from the slaves' dwellings to the Ministry of Education Building. In the second segment, architects such as Burle Marx, Lina Bo Bardi, Grigori Warchavchik and Joaquim Cardoso talk about architecture's social function. In the third movement, inhabitants of some Brazilian cities discuss the space they live in.
A country awakens from a deep winter sleep. An incomprehensible and absurd world slowly unfolds before the camera, imbued with strangeness, even though we are familiar with its sounds, rhythms and colours.
"Verde Salvaje" follows three biologists, who embark on their adventures in Isla de Aves, Los Roques and the Gulf of Venezuela, to provide three points of view on the fascinating green turtle, a species in danger of extinction. These stories show that while biodiversity side, they also present a stark contrast as why the Wayuu communities have been striving for centuries to be able to feed their families.
The story of the most popular piece of furniture of all times: the monobloc chair, sold over a billion times across the globe.
Portrait from 1964 of the editors of the film magazine Skoop, founded in 1963. Portrait from 1964 of the editors of the film magazine Skoop, founded in 1963. Pim de la Parra, Wim Verstappen, Rob du Mée, Nicolai van der Heyde, Rein Bloem, and Gied Jaspars give their opinion on Dutch film and how Skoop aims to improve the Dutch film climate. Joris Ivens also speaks, applauding the initiative of the young filmmakers/editors.
Ira and Manya are friends who share an apartment in Kyiv. Ira is an activist, an organizer of the children's fund and a palliative patient. Manya is her best friend and also a volunteer - the girls work and live together.
Four Swedish families, totaling 19 people, celebrated Christmas on the paradise beach in Khao Lak, 2004. At 10:45 on Boxing Day was only three adults and two children still alive. After the tsunami: how was it possible to live on - when all that is worth living for was gone? We get the surprising answer ten years later - in a gripping tale of deep friendship, love and the good in life.
