On board a factory trawler from a small village in the north of Iceland, a group of fishermen have found an unusual way to deal with the rough life at sea. They put together a band - No Bone No Skin. The music of - No Bone No Skin stays close to home and deals with the everyday life of the fishermen, their longings, hopes, fears and desires. In fact it is their own work songs
2011-01-29
7
A documentary on sensitive issues such as historical memory, silence, collective trauma, the constructs of official history, the perceptions prevalent in Greece regarding the German Occupation and the extermination of 87% of Greek Jews, one of the Holocaust’s highest killing rates. The documentary starts with the shoah of thessaloniki’s Jewish community – Europe’s most ancient Jewish community – and continues with the unknown story of the rescue of Greece’s smallest Jewish community at the time, that of the neighboring town of Katerini. a documentary/essay comprising testimonials by Greeks who survived the Holocaust, as well as in-depth analyses by leading historians and other scholars, By-standing and Standing by attempts to transcend the stereotypes which, for some reason, persist and continue to poison society to this day.
An inspiring look at how wonderful birth can be when your right to choose how, where and with whom you give birth is respected & protected. Every woman has the right to be informed about their options in childbirth. Through an exploration of home birth, this 87 min film looks at what natural, physiological childbirth really is. Is birth a medical emergency waiting to happen or a profound, natural and physiological event that women are designed for? The most comprehensive film ever made on home birth and a voice of reason in the debate, The Face of Birth outlines the importance of education in birthing and the right of a woman to choose the best and safest birth method for her and her baby.
An undercover Army captain links missing gold and murder to a gambler's ghost.
A man must express his true passion of music and rhythm in a world where it is repressed and outlawed.
The somewhat indolent father Traugott Wurster looks after his six sons while his wife works in a butcher's shop. One day, when Traugott falls into a mysterious prolonged sleep, mother Wurster is forced to give the children to relatives. Markus is sent to the stuffy Uncle Theodor, who turns into a childhood friend under his influence. Mother Wurster also "rents" the sleeping Traugott to a furniture store, which uses him to advertise mattresses in the shop window.
Baroness Kandy Kaye Horn seems like a character drawn out of some warped East Texas fairy-tale, but she's as real as the stars. Her rags-to-riches story is one you can't make up: from homeless at 15 to a millionaire philanthropist; from getting thrown into psych wards to throwin' herself into the Texas gubernatorial race... she's led one helluva life. Call her crazy, but under the larger-than-life exterior, this Texas tornado is a woman with resilience, fierce intelligence, and an enduring love for Momma.
Charlie Chaplin look-a-like doing bullfighting.
9/11 led to many advances in forensics science, as detailed in this documentary.
Marc-Antoine, a solitary 30-something with an outdated appearance, sees a new neighbour arrive in the building opposite his home, on the other side of the courtyard. He discovers that Amélie, an unacknowledged high school sweetheart, is his girlfriend. Resembling this neighbour then becomes an obsession.
A small town's religious beliefs have pushed them back to the dark ages. Halloween has morphed into a modern-day witch hunt, victims sold like fireworks for the public to dispose of. Prepare for Exodus.
Based on Edgar Allan Poe's iconic poem "The Raven", "Nevermore" explores the musicality, stylized language, and the supernatural atmosphere of the iconic poem. A lone violinist tells the story of a raven's mysterious visit and conversation with a distraught lover to tracing the man's slow fall into madness.
An animated singing western short in which a cowboy takes on the villain to save his beloved.
In the year 2012 historian Raimo Lappalainen wants to illustrate how life was 50 years earlier. He becomes obsessed with the fate of a 1970s nude model Saara Turunen, and finds a perfect actress to reconstruct her life and death in front of a TV camera. Meanwhile, a strike at a nuclear plant is covered up by the media.