Andreea Răducan is a successful 32-year-old woman and one of Romania’s greatest gymnasts. She sacrificed her childhood to become an Olympic champion, and when she finally won the all-round Olympic gold medal in Sydney in 2000, she was stripped of it 3 days later, after being found positive for…
The Golden Temple aims to capture the spirit and the atmosphere of the last year before the Olympic Games. The games were passing like a devouring lion through the metropolis of London for the third time in modern history. Three temples were located in the same space: one for Leisure, another for Worship…
Franco Nones made history in 1968 by becoming the first non-Scandinavian to win Olympic gold in cross-country skiing. Born in Val di Fiemme, Italy, he began his athletic career as a cyclist before switching to skiing, where he quickly dominated national competitions. Despite being an underdog against…
‘The Good Change Poles Apart’ (DOBRA ZMIANA) is a unique documentary analysis of the conflict, which is tearing Poland apart and is an example an early glimpse of the populist movement spreading throughout the Western world. The story is led by two Polish women and their families representing…
‘The Good Change Poles Apart’ (DOBRA ZMIANA) is a unique documentary analysis of the conflict, which is tearing Poland apart and is an example an early glimpse of the populist movement spreading throughout the Western world. The story is led by two Polish women and their families representing…
Janette is terminally ill and wants to die in a dignified way but this is not permitted under British law. She refuses to wait for death in unbearable pain so she opts for a physician-assisted suicide in Switzerland. Before departing on the final journey she has to explain her intention to the family…
Director Eva Mulvad (2010) Two ladies - mother and daughter - live on the sunny Portuguese coast. Throughout their entire lives, they have had more than enough money to live the good life - no work and lots of pleasure. But now they have a problem: Their wealth has run out! A jet set upper-class life…
April, 1947. The artist Joy Hester – The beautiful, peroxide-blonde bombshell of the Melbourne art world – discovers she is dying of cancer. She is twenty-seven years old. Hester responds to the news as only Hester could – within days, she abandons her artist husband Albert Tucker,…
The Good Nazi tells the story of Major Karl Plagge, a high ranking Nazi officer who risked his own life to save hundreds of human beings. In a story reminiscent of Schindler’s List, Plagge employed some 1,240 Jews - men, women and children - and was able to protect many of them from the near total…
This film takes a closer look at the effect on the local people living in the area of the Canadian oil sands in Alberta. Through a young Norwegian woman’s eyes we get an insight into the complicated industry's navigations between the lack of governmental rules and regulations, and the violations…
A young Norwegian woman embarks on an epic journey in a car running on vegetable oil. She drives all the way from Montréal to McMurry to learn more about the Norwegian oil company Statoil’s operations in the Canadian oil sands. She quickly finds herself navigating through a system, which…
The shocking story of young Or, who tricks his parents into giving him their life savings, takes the money, goes on a plane and then.... A documentary thriller about living up your dreams, about family, about acceptance and about love. Festivals: IDFA 2013 Thessaloniki 2014 Planete Doc 2014 DocsBarcelona…
