Thomas Dörflein
2007-04-09
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Cathy’s birthday’s on 29th February, which is an impossible day as it is, because it’s a leap day. Then her dad comes up with the bright idea of giving her a duck egg to hatch for her tenth birthday. The chick appears when Cathy and her best friend Margot are watching, and the chick thinks Margot is its mummy. But Margot is bound to a wheelchair and will soon have to go to a special home. Unable to look after the duckling on her own, her parents decide to ged rid of it... Cathy and Margot end up in an adventure which teaches them a lot about how to rescue a migratory bird, but even more about themselves.
Documentary about the Swedish artist Tomas Ledin where interview is mixed with performances from his new album and a look at the recording process.
Based on an interview with Ingmar Bergman and footage taken during the director's visit to the Reykjavík Art Festival in 1986, this film focuses on Mr. Bergman's methods and philosophy on film direction.
Expert interviews, dramatic reconstructions and location shooting bring to life the iconic legend of Egyptian Queen Cleopatra in this historical documentary.
The film shows the work of the Red Cross in Sarajevo during Yugoslavia. The Red Cross has been present in Bosnia and Herzegovina since 1912, and thanks to its work, many families had a hot meal every day.
Chronicles over four centuries of African American influence on the development of the modern-day United States. Before Plymouth Rock and Jamestown, St. Augustine, FL had built a multicultural colony of free and enslaved men and women. This small colony would eventually set the stage for the first Underground Railroad in the late 1600s. Then, 300 years later, be the epicenter of events that would lead to the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Williamstown, Kentucky, is home to the Ark Encounter – a “life-size” creationist museum filled with all of the creatures that traveled in Noah's Ark, including dinosaurs. With incredible access to the park leading up to its opening, the filmmakers expose the larger system behind the creationist movement, piecing together the many factors that have led to the museum presenting its information as historical fact, and the people who are fighting to set the scientific record straight. Amid a climate of science denial and a well-funded corporate behemoth, three Kentuckians (a local geologist, an ex-creationist, and an atheist activist) try their best to challenge the movement that is taking over their home state. Meanwhile, fervent believers work diligently to create the lifelike animatronics that will be on display in the Ark.
A magic realist fable about invisible elves, financial collapse and the surprising power of belief, told through the story of an Icelandic woman - a real life Lorax who speaks on behalf of nature under threat.
Ai Weiwei, famous for his large-scale installation work and his dogged social justice advocacy, created a career-defining work in 2015 with @Large, mounted at Alcatraz, the emblematic site associated with egregious incarceration conditions and radical Native American protest. At the core of @Large were portraits of prisoners of conscience coupled with the opportunity to write letters of solidarity to the imprisoned. In her impassioned and powerful film, exhibition curator Cheryl Haines visits several current and former prisoners, including American whistleblower Chelsea Manning, and learns how these letters were vital to their survival. “The misconception of totalitarianism is that freedom can be imprisoned. This is not the case. When you constrain freedom, freedom will take flight and land on a windowsill.” — Ai Weiwei
Examines how a US value system built on the extreme masculine ideals of money, power and control has glorified individualism, institutionalized inequality, and undermined the ability of most Americans to achieve the American Dream.
Powerfully and heartbreakingly detailing the challenging process that LGBTQ refugees must go through to find safety and security while starting over in the US, Tom Shepard’s inspiring new documentary profiles four people who have come to San Francisco to save their own lives. Over the course of this unforgettable group portrait, Subhi (from Syria), Junior (from Congo), and Mari and Cheyenne (from Angola) experience roadblocks and triumphs as they reflect on their respective histories and try to create a home for themselves in an environment that is not always welcoming. Once in San Francisco, they are met with setbacks but each maintains hope for a better future – Mari and Cheyenne record an album, Subhi starts a tour speaking on behalf of Syrian refugees and finds love, while Junior faces challenges of homelessness and gender non-conformance.
Weed. Marijuana. Grass. Pot. Whatever you prefer to call it, America’s relationship with cannabis is a complicated one. In his directorial debut, hip hop pioneer Fab 5 Freddy presents an unparalleled look at the racially biased history of the war on marijuana. A range of celebrities and experts discuss the plant’s influence on music and popular culture, and the devastating impact its criminalization has had on Black and Latino communities. As more and more states join the push to legalize marijuana, this documentary dives deep into the glaring racial disparities in the growing cannabis market.
Retrospective documentary on the making of the low-budget sci-fi cult classic Liquid Sky (1982).
This 90-minute documentary chronicles the making of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey’s 146th Edition of The Greatest Show On Earth including heartfelt moments from the performers as they prepared to take their final bow.
The major flood disaster on February 17, 1962 hit Hamburg completely unprepared. It left 315 dead and 10,000 people homeless. Almost a fifth of Hamburg's urban area was under water. In times of need, the people of Hamburg followed their young police and interior senator Helmut Schmidt, who later became Chancellor, who gained respect nationwide in those days.
A lesbian couple calls upon a donor by internet to have a child. The relationship that develops between the future biological mother and the donor will not be without consequences for the couple.
As a result of a successful conspiracy against Menshikov, Peter II is prematurely recognized as an adult and is in a hurry to be crowned in Moscow. The Dolgoruky brothers gather for this celebration. There were eight of them - all-powerful and influential representatives of the ancient Rurikovich family - and among them the beautiful Ekaterina, the daughter of the huntsman Alexei.
When the Germans invade Poland during World War II, a family of Jews seeks refuge in a well. Based on real events, the three survivors moved to Buenos Aires in 1952.
Puchuncaví originally derives from Mapudungún (the Mapuche natives' language) and reads as something like 'where fiestas abound' referring to the tradition of the native fiestas. This is in contrast to the more recent industrial development of the area that includes copper refineries, steam power plants and a lading port. The lading port and its immediate environment could be regarded as the intersection of the site Puchuncaví. The concept of this film is an ongoing project that grows every year with new blocks of fragments, all fragments are mostly consisting of one shot or edited in the camera and in the editing table and exploring the different stratas of this place.
Four young women walk home alone after a trip to town. They are all confronted with the general fear and paranoia when a woman walks home alone late at night. But not all dangers lurk in the unknown.
The ups and downs in the lives of immigrants from post-war Europe, arriving in Brazil in search of a better future.
To bring peace back to the universe, Amazoness Queen, Hippolya, sends her soldiers, Altesia and Nadia to the earth. Their mission is to find Prince Intao.
From the Walter Lantz archives comes this charming and nostalgia-inducing collection of Woody Woodpecker cartoons. With 15 hilarious shorts and two episodes of THE WOODY WOODPECKER SHOW, this set offers the very best in screwball animation and includes appearances by the classic characters Chilly Willy and Andy Panda.
Tell about Tahir (Ameerul Affendi) who could do anything to get Aishah (Siti Saleha). With the help of his best friend, Malik (Ken Ridzuan), Tahir gets Tok Bomoh (Mior Hashim Manap) service. After fulfilling Tok Bomoh's demand for every night of the month, the jinn used to get Aishah should be treated with menstrual blood, finally Tahir's desire is reached. After a year of marriage and endowed with a son, Anis (Nurul Hikmah), Tahir once again got Tok Bomoh's service for a luxurious life to rejoice Aishah and take heart of his father-in-law. But this time the set conditions are very tight. If Tahir fails to 'entertain' his pet genitals with the dead human being killed, either Aishah will be the property of his genie until at any time or the life of his beloved son becomes a bet At the same time, Aishah's former girlfriend, Halim (Nam Ron) had just returned to the village after six years of disappearance and after that, beginning one conflict and finding an answer.
Ernesto Yañez, Luis Enrique Parra and Flavio Peniche star in this intense Mexican drama that chronicles one man's journey toward redemption. Having destroyed the lives of his wife and child after abandoning them for the bottle, he would seem to be the last person to be considered their savior. But that's exactly what happens when he takes it upon himself to rescue them from an abuser who's made his way into their lives.
EVOLVE 89 was an event put on by Evolve which took place on July 9, 2017 at the Marietta Event Hall in Marietta, Georgia.
Juan is a man recently retired leading a monotonous life with his wife Julia. Their relationship has been deteriorating, so he is constantly looking for signs of affection from her. Given the rejection, Juan will take shelter in his guitar and his dog “Poffi.”
When Mickey accidentally knocks out a local boxing champ, he is forced to take the fighter's place in a bout.