Piet is gone tells the story of Piet Beentjes, who went missing on the isle of Texel in 1987. For 30 years, Toos Beentjes has desperately tried to uncover the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of her homosexual brother. In vain. The police saw no reason to investigate the case: 'Eventually,…
In a classroom newly arrived refugees learn a lesson about multifarious Europe. Operating at the intersection of fiction and documentary, Stranger in Paradise reflects on the power relations between Europeans and refugees in a candid fashion.
Meet Hugo Vickers, royal historian to Queen Elizabeth. Hugo’s close relationship with the Royal Family gives a riveting perspective on what was happening behind the scenes. We learn how Wallis was seen by the royals and intimate details about the duke and Duchesses‘ life. We also hear from…
Documentary by Elyes Baccar - 94 minutes - Arab with english subtitles - 2011 The Arab Spring erupted in a country where few would have expected, starting a political earthquake that shook the world. « Rouge Parole» is the story of the Tunisian popular revolution, emotionally told by its…
Was the earth created, or did it come into existence on its own? Meet seven experts who have devoted their lives to the study this question and hear opinions on both sides. The world around us contains many systems that work together, sparking the question, Do these things happen by chance, or by design? Featuring…
Japan's 731 Biological Weapons unit committed some of the worst crimes against humanity in modern history. "731" is the story of their atrocities and how the US chose not to prosecute its leaders in exchange for data they obtained from human experimentation. Did the US ever use the…
The film tells the story of two brothers, Hjalmar and Simon, who move to Ireland with their parents. Hjalmar begins in a tiny village school, but doesn’t understand a word they are saying. He feels utterly alone, but gradually he learns English and makes new friends. Suddenly both he and his little…
The film stars two boys, Hjalmar and Simon, who move to South Africa with their parents. Full of wonder the children begin to explore their new world, which until recently was a white dictatorship treating black people like slaves. In everyday life and travelling across the huge country with their parents…
The third part of Jon Bang Carlsen’s documentary trilogy about the meeting of his two sons Hjalmar and Simon with other cultures. After lengthy stays in Ireland and South Africa, in the family returns to Denmark by ship. During the long voyage, their thoughts go back to a trip through the Kalahari…
Miriam Lichterman and Pinchas Gutter, two survivors from Auschwitz, tell of the horrors of war and the Nazi death camps’ unimaginable horror. After the war both fled Europe and settled in Cape Town, South Africa, at a time when the brutally racist apartheid regime came to power. Suddenly they were…
About a warrior's battle against boredom. As leader of a survival school in Phoenix, Arizona, Vietnam veteran James Jarrett teaches middle class white Americans to defend themselves against criminals and illegal immigrants with weapons in hand. A portrait of a warrior who misses a war.
In "The Sons of Mapes", the filmmaker creates an intimate portrait of his Afro-Caribbean father, following his youth on the island of Curaçao and rise to international success as a professional tennis player in the 1960s and 70s. The film also chronicles his father's 40-year reunion…
