“Getting to the top matters,” or so says veteran alpinist Mark Richey as he prepares to climb Saser Kangri II, at 7,518 meters the world’s second highest unclimbed mountain. In “The Old Breed”, co- director and climber Freddie Wilkinson takes the audience with him on a journey…
Meet M Narayanan, the oldest Veena maker of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. Witness the legacy passed down from generation to generation in the historical town of Thanjavur. Crafting this priceless instrument, where fresh bark from a Jack Fruit Tree is carefully selected and tested, ensures the utmost quality.…
this is a documentary of Gloucester Paranormal Investigation Services, co-founders and lead investigators Paul Cowmeadow and Ed Francis are being filmed doing a investigation in a property in Gloucester,United Kingdom
In the city of Santa Clara, Cuba, three elderly musicians drift between present and memory to relate their undying passion for what keeps them alive: music. Zaida sings her tired heart out, Bringuez struggles to play the saxophone again, and Cándido, with an impressively athletic form, uses old…
The first Jewish cemetery in Riga was opened in 1725 and burials continued there until the late 1930s. After German forces occupied Riga in 1941, the prayer house and the mortuary were burned down. The cemetery became a mass burial site for over 1 000 Jews killed in the streets and houses of Riga Ghetto.…
THE OLD MAN AND THE WISDOM tells the story of Sven Damsholt, who for more than 70 years ran a magical little bookstore in the heart of Copenhagen, selling classic books on spiritual wisdom. For just as long, he himself has been seeking, while helping other seekers on their way. The old man, now 96,…
A candid account of what life is like in a pioneering Hampshire hostel for children with learning disabilties. 18 children live in the hostel and the film concentrates on five of them, in an attempt to put on film what it feels like to live there.
For its harvests, Italy relies heavily on seasonal migrant workers whose work takes them from one crop to another. Their living conditions are most often unacceptable, often camping wild without any amenities. In Campobello di Mazara a local association, supported by the antimafia association Libera…
The Olive Route takes us on an unforgettable journey across the Mediterranean. From the Tuscan hillsides to the plains of Andalusia, from the cobbled streets of Athens to the shores of the Aegean, reaching the coasts of Asia Minor and the minarets of Istanbul, then passing through Palestine and Israel,…
Did the German church resist the Nazis? Did Dietrich Bonhoeffer lead the anti-Nazi movement within the church? Did German pastors resist or support Hitler in the years of the Third Reich? "Theologians Under Hitler," "God With Us," and "Elisabeth of Berlin" each tell…
Narrated by Iain Sinclair On the eve of the 2012 Olympics, this critical portrait explores the transformation of East London from a marginal, working class community to a vibrant cultural hotspot, about to take the world's centre stage. A film by Daniele Rugo & Abi Weaver Official…
With the participation of George Kennan and Günter Behnisch, Peter Bohlin, Frank Gehry, Meinhard von Gerkan, Gerhard Kallmann, Josef Paul Kleihues, Christian de Portzamparc, Kevin Roche, John Ruble and Buzz Yudell, Robert Stern, Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, Michael Wilford, and others.…
