A film by Nikolaus Geyrhalter A film poem about a continent at night, a culture on which the sun’s going down, though it’s hyper alert at the same time, an “Abendland” that, often somewhat self-obsessively, sees itself as the crown of human civilization, while its service economy…
C’est l’histoire d’une déportation qui ne menait pas vers l’Est, mais vers l’Ouest, sur l’île anglo-normande d’Aurigny (Alderney). C’est l’histoire d’une déportation pour construire la plus inutile des citadelles, mais qui…
A film by Nikolaus Geyrhalter Life on the Danube is essentially determined by two factors: the river itself and the often strange idiosyncrasies of the people who live along its banks. And they are multifarious: fishermen and graveyard wardens, Buddhist monks, allotment holders on Danube Island, stranded…
PETER CUSHING: Perspectives is a documentary that celebrates one of the UK's finest and best loved actors, featuring some of those who knew him and worked with him during his long career. The documentary features actors Derek Fowlds, Madeline Smith and Judy Matheson, writer Paul Welsh MBE, author…
Nine thousand years ago man chose to make his first home here. Matera. Perhaps the mother of all cities. Country of rocks, caves and human traces. Axis between East and West. The European Capital of Culture has experienced all that makes Europe different, from art to epoch making changes. Yet,…
9000 anni fa l'uomo la scelse come sua prima casa. Matera. Forse la madre di tutte le città. Terra di pietre, cave e tracce umane. Asse tra Oriente e Occidente. Capitale europea della cultura, Matera contiene in sé tutto ciò di cui l′Europa è fatta: dall'arte…
A film by Nikolaus Geyrhalter Brenner Pass, Alpine border, spring 2016: the Austrian government announces the construction of a border fence, expecting a shift of the refugee routes to Italy after the Balkan route is closed. The residents fear the fence just as much as the supposedly threatening…
Ein Film von Nikolaus Geyrhalter Das Jahr nach Dayton ist die Beobachtung des ersten Friedensjahres in Bosnien anhand einiger Porträts von Bosniern, die vielleicht repräsentativ sind für die Bewohner dieses noch so jungen Staates, der in erster Linie durch äußere Einflüsse…
A cab ride is actually a pragmatic affair - on the way from A to B, on the fastest route and preferably as cheap as possible. But in a cab ride is much more to experience. In the confined space of the car, where two strangers meet, a form of closeness and an intense personal exchange emerges. In Taxi,…
In 2011 Naked Club organized a weekend retreat offering various workshops and activities including this group exploration into intimacy through touch. The class was designed so each individual could choose how to comfortably break through their own close contact insecurities. All Naked Club events are…
Sparked by research that plastic straws are now among the top-ten beach litter items collected globally, award-winning STRAWS has been lauded as one of “the 5 documentaries to make you rethink single-use plastic.” and an "Inspiring story of how it's possible to make a sea of change,…