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The film "Eternal Mission" tells about the tumultuous fate of the delegation of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic sent to the Paris Peace Conference in January 1919 under the leadership of Alimardan Bey Topchubashov, the Speaker of the Parliament.
The American composer and author Paul Bowles was a man with a great deal of charisma and influence. When he moved to Tangier, Morocco, in 1949, half the world followed him to the enigmatic city. His marriage with author Jane Bowles was a loving relationship of opposites, even though both were homosexual. Based on exclusive interviews with Bowles shortly before his death interwoven with anecdotes recounted by his friends and co-workers, the film portrays a daring and visionary life as well as a relationship shaped by an interdependency that encompassed much more than sexuality.
Soma, an immigrant from a defeated country, lives as a fortuneteller in Japan. She is saved from corrupt court officials by Kojiro Masakado, a warrior from Bando. They get swept up in a conflict between Bando and the imperial forces.
After saving lives on the battlefields of Afghanistan, the members of a medevac unit return home to their families, each wounded in different ways.
Ayako Koshino is rushed to the hospital in a critical condition, and as her three daughters rush to the scene, an angel appears before her. The angel tries to guide Ayako to a place where she will be judged between heaven and hell. Ayako looks back on her own life, including the opening of her western clothing store, her first love after the death of her husband in the war, and the brand she launched at the age of 74. The life of one woman who lived in the world of fashion as the mother of three sisters, Hiroko Koshino, Junko, and Michiko, Ayako's daughters who are each world-class designers.
In 19th-century China, during the corrupt Qing Dynasty, the people are suffering at the hands of greedy landlords, crooked officials, and unwelcome invaders. To bring his people together, Chen Xiang opens a martial arts school combining teaching techniques from both the North and the South. When Chen refuses to join the armies of the Qing Prince, the prince seeks revenge on Chen's school and family. To survive, Chen must rise up and fight to free his students and protect his home.
Children and families will laugh, sing-along, and learn animal and nature facts that are all based on the truth of what the Bible says. You will learn about the many species and variations within bears and how they all originate from the biblical kind, God calling us to be fishers of men, the raising of the mountains and lowering of valleys, the value of gold in the Bible, and more! So bring the whole family together and get ready for another “Amazing Adventure” with Buddy Davis!
The Holy Lance is said to be the weapon with which Roman legionary Longinus pierced Jesus Christ's side after his crucifixion; this documentary explores the history of this captivating artefact.
Based on age-old Buddhist folklore connected with Mauryan Emperor Ashoka's son Kunal.
A video essay by Anni Puolakka and Alexander Iezzi, connecting monsterhood, post-fossil transgression and forms of refusal in the lives and practices of artists.
Paris, the middle of the XIX century. Young Marius Petipa is going on a long journey to St. Petersburg, where he is invited to become the first dancer. He doesn't know that his life will develop both happily and dramatically, and his work will be the glory and pride of Russian ballet.
Biographical film of the most dramatic period in the life of the famous Ukrainian writer Ostap Vyshnya, who in the 1930s was repressed by the Russian authorities and exiled to Siberia. Faithful wife and assistant Varvara Maslyuchenko shared his fate and followed her husband into exile.
When Japan opened its borders in 1854 after a period of extreme closure, it was revealed that there were thousands of Japanese Christians hidden around the area of Nagasaki; they had survived during 240 years secretly practicing their religion in their homes. Western nations received the news with joy, but the laws prohibiting Christianity in Japan were still in force, which caused a last wave of religious persecution, the most savage of all. This true story tells the personal experience of one of the survivors, Jinsaburo Moriyama, who was jailed in the prison camp of Tsuwano from 1867 to 1873, when the persecution stopped due to the international pressures.
One of Japan's most popular stories is the tale of Kutsukake Tokijiro, a traveling gambler who finds that he must take care of the wife and child of a yakuza he had been forced by the code of the gamblers to fight man to man. In a brilliant performance from super-star Ichikawa Raizo, with strong support from two of the greats from Toho, Shimura Takashi (7 Samurai) and Aratama Michiyo (Sword of Doom) the heartfelt story reaches new heights. Tokijiro, having learned the true nature of the boss to whom he was obligated for having spent a night and eaten at the gang's headquarters takes up arms against them in a running battle fought across the back roads of the entire nation. Another powerful rendition of this superb story, it is not to be missed!