Criminologist Dr. Dan Philipp has devoted his career to treating sexual offenders. The intense encounter with evil has not shaken his belief in the basic humanity of even the worst criminals. "Our attitude towards sex offenders lacks compassion because we fear we resemble them," he says. At…
Rachel, an ultra-orthodox young woman, entered an 'arranged' marriage ready to be a "kosher" woman doing the will of her husband. After her marriage fails and she gets divorced, she asks permission to remove her wig – an unusual move in the ultra-Orthodox society. Facing the…
Hidden behind heavy metal doors of an old Jerusalem bomb shelter, lies a tiny animation studio. Every week several children of Russian immigrants meet to create a colorful carnival of monsters and earthquakes. “Wild Kids" illuminates the subversive world of two talented teenage artists, Zalman…
Journey to Hokusai is a feature-length documentary that intimately follows an artist's creative process and discovery of the origins of his art. Tom Killion, a woodblock print artist, identifies the 19th century Japanese artist Hokusai as his inspirational master and “the most talented artist…
Nach «z’Alp» kehrt Thomas Rickenmann zu den drei Familien zurück, die er vor drei Jahren beim Alpaufzug porträtierte. Im zweiten Teil bleiben wir den ganzen Sommer lang oben im Alpstein, im Berner Oberland und in der Zentralschweiz. Wir erleben die Alpzeit der Bergbauern…
Among the most beautiful Italian railway lines is the Brenner Pass route. In addition to being a strategic axis for onward connections with northern Europe, the line also passes through a marvellous and beautiful natural landscape. For you we have ridden on board ‘The Bull,’ a Taurus OBB…
—Solo Para Uso Doméstico— En 1948 Costa Rica abolió su ejército y cultivó diversas relaciones para garantizar su seguridad a través de leyes y organismos internacionales. Libre de la carga de los gastos militares, Costa Rica creó un sistema…
— For Home Use Only — In his famous "Cross of Iron" speech in 1953, President Eisenhower critiqued the military-industrial complex while asking, "Is there no other way the world may live?" In Costa Rica today, we glimpse another way to live. In 1948, Costa Rica dismantled…
The film is the personal story of three generations: the (late) grandmother, the father and the daughter, who is directing the film. It focuses on the trans-generational transfer of traumatic experiences. It's a spiritual road movie through deep and diffuse layers of feelings resulting from historical…
Enjoy the wonderful scenery as we journey to Mannheim, Heidelberg and the Neckar Valley. Mannheim is the most northerly city in Baden Württemberg. It lies at the confluence of three major routes from the north, funnelling these towards either Stuttgart or Karlsruhe and Switzerland. We visit the…
A group of Czech Jewish teenagers sets out on a journey to the North. Without their parents to look after them, they must rely on each other. That's how their great adventure starts. They spend four years in Denmark, an oasis in the midst of raging WWII. More than seventy years later, they are ready…
Gisi Fleischmann believed she could stop the Holocaust if only she succeeded to raise enough money. She led a resistance group in Slovakia which tried to stop the transports to Auschwitz by bribing Nazi officials. Her story has been almost forgotten until the Slovak National Theatre staged a play about…
