He has only one year and only one shot at winning the first culinary "Oscar" in the history of Russia. Chef Arthur Ovchinnikov is serving!
Reflecting on their lives, their crimes and wondering when they're going to get out, these men allow an intimate and humane glimpse into a world most of us don't get to, or want to, experience. Originally conceived as a documentary aimed at preventing youth violence, LIFERS evolved to become…
The flow of Sicilian emigrants to Tunisia and Tunisian emigrants to Sicily has generated a wealth of stories for decades. Some are stories of cross-cultural integration, some are of animosity and hatred. Most are between the races--where the border between the Islamic world and the Western one is both…
High School football can be a magical thing, transforming unsteady, rebellious teenagers into selfless teammates and athletic heroes. High School football can also be a terrible thing, changing young boys into football players. “High School Football: Passing Dreams” examines two of Northern…
This documentary film follows Punch’s ancestors back to the common origin of theatre and religion. Just like today’s Punch, Kasperl, Pulcinella, and Polichinelle, more than 3000 years ago the child god Indra in the Old-Indian Rig Veda must defeat a smiling monster. Indra is repeatedly referred…
For more than a decade, German filmmaker Manfred Karremann has been reporting on the treatment of animals, particularly the abuses of livestock. His undercover documentaries contain disturbing footage of cattle transports, where cows suffer shocking treatment on the way to slaughter. Many are transported…
While the fragile relationship between Israel and Palestine remains highly explosive and unpredictable, promising initiatives of peace-making are taking place both in and outside of the Middle East. Among the most remarkable projects are Austrian summer camps that unite Jewish and Palestinian adolescents.…
In 1936, director Henry Koster’s first Hollywood film "Three Smart Girls" premiered. As Koster waited in the lobby of the movie theater, the Jewish émigré from Germany knew the film’s success was literally a do-or-die situation. If the audience laughed, he figured…
Spanning centuries, the mythical dragon occupies a significant role in a wide range of religious texts, from the ancient Indian Rigveda to the sacred book of the Maya. In such texts, various figures are called upon to slay these dragons. The Child-god Mithra, for instance, kills a dragon or snake, sacrifices…
In 1997 the so-called "Hall of the Races" in the Museum of Natural History in Vienna was closed and an exhibition showed what leading anthropology professors like Horst Seidler say: There are no racial differences among human beings. This film traces the origins of defining and rating races…
Kemal Ataturk, the father of modern Turkey, proclaimed the republic in 1923 and wanted to completely westernize his country. Thus the religious turban for men and the veil for women were prohibited. These clothing regulations are still valid today for female students and civil servants. But Ataturk’s…
Totally revealing himself, Kolbas uses his own life story as a paradigm of the war that has changed everybody's lives. ------------- In this very personal film, the author follows the events in his native Slavonia during the aggression on Croatia in 1991. Using the footage he himself made during…
