Anlässlich des Lucerne Festivals 1999 soll Othmar Schoecks monumentale Oper Penthesilea konzertant zur Aufführung gelangen. Um das Projekt zu realisieren, setzt der Dirigent Mario Venzago buchstäblich seine Existenz aufs Spiel. Er verpfändet sein Haus und riskiert durch chronische…
You can purchase the DVD of this film at https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=MC322Y8VUSCJL In 1963, from a small field on Haskels Rascals Ranch in Los Angeles, an event known as the “Renaissance Pleasure Faire” was born as a class project by a history…
In the winter of 2010, Alison Bechdel is entrenched in the process of writing "Are You My Mother", a hauntingly personal graphic memoir about her mother, and a follow up of sorts to 2006’s award-winning "Fun Home." Known best for her decades-long comic strip "Dykes to Watch…
Overweight, loaded up on steroids and suffering from a debilitating autoimmune disease, Joe Cross was at the end of his rope and the end of his hope. With doctors and conventional medicine unable to help, Joe traded in junk food and hit the road with a juicer and generator in tow, vowing only to drink…
Enter the world of tango, with its welcoming community, irresistible music, closeness and joy that brings everyone together. “Let’s Tango” is a fun and inviting look at the dance that’s now connecting new friends and enjoying a worldwide renaissance. “…You walk…
Un documentaire réalisé par Oliver Dickinson Langue : français Résumé : Il y a une dizaine d’années, quelques passionnés ont fait revivre la saliculture en Baie de Bourgneuf, jadis célèbre à travers l’Europe pour son…
(Qui la versione italiana del film: http://vimeo.com/ondemand/igort) To ACTIVATE English Subtitles: check the 'CC' button on the bottom line of the player. Igort, is among the most important Italian graphic novel authors. The film tells the method, the design and the work process Igort's…
CUBA MIA was shot when traveling restrictions were first loosened since Castro came to power. It tells the story about of an intimate group of friends returning to their place of birth for the first time after forty years, and while their enthusiasm for their visit remains constant throughout the story,…
Plastic Galaxy is a documentary that explores the groundbreaking and breathtaking world of Star Wars toys. Through interviews with former Kenner employees, experts, authors, and collectors, it looks at the toys’ history, their influence, and the fond and fervent feelings they elicit today.
Dozens of personal stories of military personnel and civilians once silenced by the federal government’s “Don’t ask, Don’t Tell” policy are finally given a voice in this adaptation of the acclaimed one-man show. Adapted from hundreds of hours of interviews collected over…
SPREITENBACH Wie aus einem Dorf eines blieb Ein Film von Beat Lenherr und Thomas Oehninger Spreitenbach - das Bauerndorf von einst gilt heute als das Fleckchen Schweizer Erde mit der abstrusesten Ortsplanungsgeschichte. Im Taumel der wilden sechziger Jahre wollte das aargauische Dorf kurzerhand…
1991 hat sich Alfred mit dem Aids-Virus infiziert. Als er den Kunstmaler Bernd Alder kennen lernt, entschließen sich die beiden, Alfreds fortschreitende Krankheit und die Spuren, die sie auf Gesicht und Körper hinterlässt, in Gemälden festzuhalten. „Der Tod kann etwas…
