Renowned scientists Gloria Dominguez-Bello and Marty Blaser confront an international public health emergency – the loss of our ancestral microbes – while three patients with life-threatening diseases triggered by this disruption explore experimental treatments to save their lives.
Beat poet and experimental filmmaker Piero Heliczer's daughter explores the artistic legacy and life of a man she never knew; the promise and perils of leading an authentic, creative life; and how to make peace with never knowing your father.
The Invisible Heart provides an expansive and compelling overview into the world of social impact bonds (SIBs). The film calls into question the responsibilities of governments and private citizens as it follows many stakeholders’ viewpoints on this innovative social endeavor: policymakers, billionaire…
Drei schwule Palästinenser sind vor ihren Familien geflohen sind und halten sich jetzt illegal in Tel Aviv auf: Louie, 32, der sich seit acht Jahren in Tel Aviv versteckt; Abdu, 24, der in Ramallah geoutet wurde und daraufhin von den palästinensischen Sicherheitskräften der Spionage beschuldigt…
To get out of a dark period, a young musician and a group of boys with drug and alcohol addiction problems approach the mountains, discovering new inner paths. Eleonora is 17 years old and has a wonderful talent for the cello. She has to prepare for an event that will take her to the Musica sulle Apuane…
To take a good photograph is never easy. To take a great photograph of an uncooperative subject - like a bird for example - is even harder. But to take the perfect image of a bird midst breath-taking behaviour is practically impossible. Bence Máté however, knows the trick, for he is invisible!…
The gripping story of one Italian town’s war against the Vatican Cesano is a small town in the Roman countryside with an abnormally high incidence of leukaemia and other diseases, especially among children. It is also home to the Vatican Radio’s global transmitter site. Links between the…
The uranium mines have been shut down and Mounana, the small city, has been forgotten. The former miners, who spent their whole life working for French nuclear industry, now fear for their health and their family's and everyday they have to make do within a polluted land. At the heart of the…
Feature documentary about an American basketball player’s experience in Iran. 90% on Rotten Tomatoes "I confess to being a sucker for sports movies, the ones with the "Big Game" at the end. "The Iran Job" has all the requisite elements of that cinematic subgenre,…
The ways we use animals in laboratories and factory farms are discussed. A moving short film which looks at the ways we use animals and explains why we have to improve our treatment of and attitudes towards them. The film is not a simple catalogue of the inhumanity of vivisection laboratories and…
"The Iron Ministry" Filmed over three years on China's railways, J. P. Sniadecki's masterful documentary traces the vast interiors of a country on the move: flesh and metal, clangs and squeals, light and dark, language and gesture. Scores of rail journeys come together into one,…
Documentary on Israel's settlement program, made by Palestinians and Israelis together. Following the 1967 occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, more than 200 settlements and outposts have been built in these territories, in violation of international law. The Iron Wall exposes this phenomenon…
