The park... every city has one... a patch of green surrounded by the concrete jungle. A haven where people walk their dogs, kids play on swings and during the night less savoury things happen. When the drunks get drunk, and the kids smoke dope and plot their next antics. Most of us live near one but…
PREVIEW SCREENER of BATATA - Noura Kevorkian's Peabody & Amnesty Award-winning long process documentary LOGLINE: An unprecedented film covering 10 years in the life of a determined Syrian Muslim woman stuck in a refugee camp in Lebanon, unable to return home. ****Peabody Award winner****…
SYNOPSYS The monotonous singing of the boatmen from Chao Praya, who are currently holding the dress rehearsal of the royal barque procession, penetrates the old city of Bangkok. In Chinatown, yellow streamers instead of slushy pig heads and naked, pale ducks decorate the cook shops. An indication of…
A group of Birmingham Police view and discuss a videotape showing New York police working in Harlem. They comment on the differences and similarities and voice their apprehension at the growing estrangment between public and police in the U.K. The question of carrying arms is something which most policeman…
This World in Action programme examines the loopholes in British law which allow people, especially wealthy powerful people to build what they like even in the "green belts". Counillors claim that developers are using more and more dubious tactics to obtain sites, even resorting to threatening…
Based on the conviction that women's skills and experience as peacemakers within families and communities must be applied globally. Filmed in Canada, Britain and USSR, it presents the perspectives of women who are passionately committed to the causes of social justice and permanent world peace.…
A short video made by health professionals for health professionals. It shows some simple but effective techniques that give confidence to the helper and can really help the patient. As well as demonstrating practical skills, other sources of help are discussed. Can be used by itself or as part of a…
For the famous collection « Cinema de Notre Temps », portrait of the french-lebanese filmmaker Danielle Arbid. From the shooting of her fourth feature film to the preparation of her next film. Shot between Beirut and Paris. Her confessions, her day-to-day life. Intimate portrait of this intense,…
Sofia, Hedvig and Maja grew up with grief. They were only 8, 10 and 16 years old when their mother took her own life. In Daughters, we meet the sisters as children and in their early adult years, as they reflect on what it is like to come of age in the aftermath of trauma. SUBTITLE HELP - For…
After ten years of collaboration, PONI HOAX will record a fourth decisive album in the tropics: Cape Town (South Africa), Sao Paulo (Brazil) and Bangkok (Thailand). TROPICAL SUITE tells this journey in the heart of creation. Much more than a making of, this documentary reveals the musical and intimate…
Where The Water Starts reveals how the fragile alpine region, particularly Kosciuszko National Park, the largest in the Australian Alps, is seen by a number of Indigenous and non-Indigenous people who were born or live there, or who care deeply about it. After seeing the destruction of the fragile…
HM Television presents Ferdinand III the Saint: A Kingdom in Defense of Christianity, a documentary made for the 350th anniversary of the Spanish monarch’s canonization. Ferdinand III was defined by Gregory IX as an athlete of Christ. He stands out among the kings of the middle ages as a king whose…
