Morris Engel: The Independent(2008)

Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas(es)

When looking at Pedro Almodóvar’s filmography, it becomes evident that women are everywhere; in fact, his work revolves around them. His divas are the best to create a real portrait of Almodóvar and evoke the emotional power of his films. These women are the ideal observers of a cinematic career that, from La Mancha to Hollywood, has changed the image of Spain in the world.

Michael Curtiz: The Greatest Director You Never Heard Of(en)

Documentary about the work of film director Michael Curtiz.

Francisco Boix: A Photographer in Hell(es)

In 1939, just finished the Spanish Civil War, Spanish republican photographer Francesc Boix escapes from Spain; but is captured by the Nazis in 1940 and imprisoned in the Mauthausen concentration camp, in Austria, a year later. There, he works as a prisoner in the SS Photographic Service, hiding, between 1943 and 1945, around 20,000 negatives that later will be presented as evidence during several trials conducted against Nazi war criminals after World War II.

Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer(en)

Documentary about the life and work of film director Preston Sturges.

Moving Through Time: Fire Walk With Me Memories(en)

Documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.

On Life On-screen: Miseries and Splendour of a Monarch(fr)

A documentary on the collaboration of filmmaker Sacha Guitry and actor Michel Simon focusing on the film "La Poison" (1951).

El universo en una caja(es)

An account of the life and work of the multidisciplinary Spanish artist Mariano Fortuny Madrazo (1871-1949), textile and fashion designer, set designer, photographer, painter and engraver, known as the Leonardo Da Vinci of the 20th century.

Ciné regards: Jacques Tourneur(fr)

Interview with film director Jacques Tourneur which first appeared on the French television series "Ciné regards".

Blow Up of 'Blow-Up'(it)

Documentary about Michelangelo Antonioni's 1966 film.

Kieslowski: Dialogue(pl)

Documentary featuring a candid interview with Kieślowski and rare behind-the-scenes footage from the set of The Double Life of Véronique

The World According to Parr(en)

Alan Yentob explores the work of Martin Parr, considered to be the most influential photographer of his generation

Somewhere Between New York and LA(en)

Since he was 18 years old, Blake Eckard has written and directed six feature length films in his hometown of Stanberry, Missouri (population 1186). Aside from a short distribution deal in Canada and a few festival screenings, his movies have largely gone unseen.

Artur(pt)

To Paint With Pictures(sv)

Documentary about the making of Swedish film director Jan Troell's "The New Land" (1971) and "The Emigrants" (1972).

Wajda's Danton(pl)

Documentary about the making of the 1983 film "Danton" by director Andrzej Wajda.

Behind the Mirror: A Profile of Douglas Sirk(en)

Television documentary about German-born American director Douglas Sirk.

Bernardo Bertolucci's Chinese Adventure(it)

Documentary about the making of Italian film director Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor.

The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio(en)

After starting his career producing religious film shorts, J. Arthur Rank went on to become Britain's first and only movie mogul with his establishment of the legendary Pinewood Studios. Narrated by Michael Caine, THE GOLDEN GONG chronicles Pinewood's rise to success.

The Dead Nation(ro)

A documentary-essay which shows Costică Axinte's stunning collection of pictures depicting a Romanian small town in the thirties and forties. The narration, composed mostly from excerpts taken from the diary of a Jewish doctor from the same era, tells the rising of the antisemitism and eventually a harrowing depiction of the Romanian Holocaust.

Enrique Herreros(es)

The story of Enrique Herreros (1903-1977), cartoonist, advertiser, poster designer, talent manager, actor, producer and filmmaker, and the most daring of mountaineers; the man who, along with his companions from the so-called “other Generation of '27,” brought Hollywood to Madrid's Gran Vía, turning a grey and sinister post-war city into the capital of an incipient and ambitious cultural industry.