Anshan Diaries uses a real family's life as its backdrop. Director Charles Xiuzhi Dong casts his grandpa, the revolutionaries of the left wing, as the film's lead, investigating and retracing his family saga spanning three decades of Chinese post-cultural revolution history.
Part of a four part series on the changes taking place in China and the effects on individual people, presented by Glenda Jackson. Glenda Jackson visits Chinese houses, schools, nurseries, kindergartens, factories, market places and hospitals, in the cities and the countryside, to find out the implication…
ON SCENE 2018 8.05 min single-channel video (ENG) What if you can`t remember but you know you have been there? You see the photographs you have taken but you have no memories of the situation? The short film On Scene deals witness and testimonies and the gap, an essential part of all testiomies…
Part of a four part series on the changes taking place in China and the effects on individual people, presented by Glenda Jackson. Life expectancy in 1949 was 35 years, today it is almost 70. China has developed a unique collaboration between those manning its health services and the Chinese people,…
Part of a four part series on the changes taking place in China and the effects on individual people, presented by Glenda Jackson. "Granny is head of the family. She arranges everything and handles the money. She was married at sixteen and had seven children. She and her husband met only just…
Part of a four part series on the changes taking place in China and the effects on individual people, presented by Glenda Jackson. This vibrant colourful film captures the quality of idyllic life of the Dai community, a friendly, practical people living in Yunnan, close to the Burmese border of China.…
A collection of stories leading to the year 1947, centering the political evolution of director Orson Welles.
CELEBRATED Photographer and makeup artist François Nars reveals his striking inner world in this feature-length documentary by filmmaker Lisa Immordino Vreeland. Mr. Nars takes us on a tour of the fashion designers and models of 70’s Paris, the underground of 90’s…
Son Of A Son Of A Sailor is a laid back documentary journey through the early days of Jimmy Buffet's rise to fame. It features footage of his life in Key West, cruisin' the Caribbean, and, of course, downing the libation that made "Margaritaville" a classic and spawned his first album…
"Cajundome City” tells the remarkable story of how a community transformed an event venue, designed to hosts basketball games and concerts, into the country’s first mega-shelter following Hurricane Katrina. Over the course of 58 days, countless volunteers showed their compassion and…
Réalisé par Thomas Licata et Hugo Brilmaker. La petite ville de Datong se transforme, suivant le chemin de la grande histoire chinoise. Les jeunes y travaillent dur, visant le ciel, la tradition disparaît face à l’urbanisme moderne et rien n’arrête l’avancée…
Ben Tuff found recovery from alcohol and mental illness in 2012. He is a record-holding ultramarathon swimmer who has created the movie Swim Tuff with Producer, Matt Corliss. Over ten years ago, Ben gave up the bottle and taught himself to swim. Swim Tuff captures Ben’s perseverance and joy in…
