The film is about focal dystonia - a disease that primarily strikes professional musicians. This disease ruins the lives of tens of thousands of musicians, in part because the patients are afraid to talk about it, and because doctors misdiagnose the condition. The film originated in a screenplay…
Protests. Riot police. Tear gas. Flaming dumpsters. In 1999, tens of thousands of American citizens claimed the streets of Seattle in a five-day protest that shut down the World Trade Organization. In 30 Frames A Second, Emmy award winning filmmaker Rustin Thompson chronicles his own political awakening…
Explore the dramatic wartime lives of four Dutch citizens who took a stand to protect Jews and resist the overwhelming power of the Nazis during World War II. This inspiring documentary tells their stories of fear and courage, danger and faith as they put their lives on the line to do what they thought…
September 1939 War erupted in Europe as Germany invaded Poland. Eight months later, Hitler publicly broadcasted that he would not invade Holland due to their neutrality during World War I. Within hours, this promise became a treacherous lie that engulfed the small country in World War II. Prejudice…
Refugees fleeing the Shining Path terrorists build a new city called Manchay on the edge of Lima, Peru. A gift from an American family funds construction of the city’s first modern health clinic, inspiring other donors to send medical supplies. Against great odds, the clinic has thrived for 13…
The quiet, poetic tones of this film about Philipp Otto Runge (who is, with Caspar David Friedrich, the most important painter of German Romanticism) are brought to words. Nathalie David takes us into his mind through spoken and sung excerpts from his letters and Poems. We meet the artist in his correspondence…
MY DEAR MISS SCHILDT is the story of a primary school teacher in North Germany and her pupils before everything changes for them – before she goes into retirement, and before the children move on to secondary school education. Their final class trip before the summer holidays takes them to a farm.…
“This film has all the ingredients to become a milestone in the debate on climate change” - De doorbraak "As a viewer you start to think whether we need to think different" - My Filmviews "Confrontational and confusing, journalism at his highest level" - BIFF After…
Every summer for the past 40 years stunning geometric formations have appeared in crop fields all over the world, and in particular in the fields of South-West England. What are these mysterious patterns? Made by clever land artists in a few dark night hours, or creations of an unknown origin, - maybe…
Genocide; The Judgement (2000) The first conviction for genocide The first conviction of rape as a war crime With exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, the film follows the trial of Jean-Paul Akayesu and his role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide in which 800,000 people were killed in just 100 days.…
A film by Valérie Mitteaux / 2014 / France. Shocking picture. In Marseille, in 2012, Julia and Auriane, two young students, stand up to anti-gay marriage and adoption protesters, and offer a snapshot which soon became a reference in terms of anti-discrimination civic action. Opposite them,…
Justine Shapiro starts her historical journey dodging swords at the re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings, then travels up the coast to visit the Royal Pavilion in Brighton. Passing through London she takes a canal ride up to the Yorkshire Moors where she boards a double Decker bus/hotel. Next stop…
