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Touching and hopeful immigration film about a grieving Syrian father and his three sons’ quiet struggle not to be deported from Denmark and scattered to all sorts of other countries.
"Belgrano, a Pirate Film" sets out to explore the world of passion, tracing key moments in the club's history intertwined with the history of the Alberdi neighborhood and its fans: the origin of the "pirate" nickname, the team's famous 1968 formation, the club's bankruptcy in 2001, and its subsequent recovery by its members. Belgrano's identity is that of a neighborhood club, close to its neighbors and supporters. It possesses the spirit of greatness of clubs that rise from the ground up, and it is the effort of its people that makes it great. The film invites us into this sky-blue world, the stadium known as El Gigante de Alberdi, and idols like Artime, Sosa, Olave, and Farré. But the true protagonists are the pirate fans, who, through their experiences and stories, convey the passion they feel for the club, the passion that moves thousands of souls at every match.
This is a film about how war settles in the bodies of the people who are forced to experience it directly. And then, thousands of miles away and dozens of years ahead, how, like a virus, it can still infect other human beings.
A class reunion of the twenty-somethings in the old school. What one remembers, what the individual has new to tell. One of them: Marieluise. Her love, her work, her demands on herself and the world into which she is coming of age.
Professor József Öveges was a famous Hungarian physicist and television personality, who starred in a very successful educational programme, teaching nature sciences for children in Hungarian Television in the 1960s. This movie contains his favorite experiments.
Film reconstructs the historic match Argentina vs England at the 1986 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals, famously remembered for the the hand of God goal by Maradona. Also exploring the sporting, political, and cultural dimensions of the encounter, in the background of the recent deadly Malvinas War between the two countries.
Two biologists set out on an undertaking as colossal as their subjects—deciphering the complex communication of whales. Dr. Michelle Fournet and Dr. Ellen Garland journey to opposite hemispheres to uncover a culture eons older than our own.
Documentary about the Armenian poet, Sayat-Nova. It first appeared as an episode of the French television series "Foi et traditions des chretiens orientaux (Faith and Traditions of the Oriental Orthodox Churches)."
Trolls in various forms have accompanied mankind from the beginning, depending on how people understood the word each time. They can be people outside society who also symbolise the fears haunting those within it.
A VHS featuring Lionel Messi starts a tug of war between Spain and Argentina over his loyalty.
This documentary focuses on the love story between Dr. Tian and Mrs. Tian. And how fought for democratization of Taiwan.
The story of a family marked by tragedy gives rise to a reflection on memory, emotional ties, family secrets and the difficulty for new generations of knowing and accepting life events.
A sensitive and intimate portrait of Ivanna, a nomadic reindeer herder in the Russian Arctic and mother of five small kids. Ivanna is forced to leave the traditional way of life and emigrate to the city, following her own dreams, due to the quickly deteriorating conditions of life in the tundra. We follow her life for several years.
Célia plays Roblox with her 12-year-old sister Anna. Things get out of hand after they meet another player who wants to play Truth or Dare.
Documentary about the conflicts currently involving the Amazon. The film captures the everyday activity of several social groups fighting for their space, such as indians, landowners, landless workers, prospectors, among others. Scientists, specialists and public figures are interviewed, aiming to map out the current state of things and the consequences of the human occupation of the Brazilian Amazon.
The Land Without Evil is the mythology that guides the Guaraní communities. It narrates the search for a lost paradise. From the moment that Europeans crossed the Atlantic, it became the anima of a resistance discourse. How many different weapons does it take for a fight? The solo exhibition of Patrícia Ferreira Pará Yxapy, one of the most engaged women among Brazil’s Indigenous filmmakers combines new works and the archive behind her audiovisual journey over the past 15 years, always in close collaboration with the Mbyá-Guarani Cinema Collective. It presents Indigenous cinematic practice as a tool of resistance and healing showcasing intimate and painful thoughts on the feminine, on spirituality, colonization, and the relationship to land.
